GUIDES

The Follow-On Rule, Explained— What the follow-on is, when a captain can enforce it, and how the margin has changed since cricket's first Test in 1877.
How CricArcade Decides a Single Delivery— The geometric-mean matchup at the heart of every engine: how a batter's numbers and a bowler's become a run and a wicket probability, then a result.
How a Test Pitch Plays— Green tops, dustbowls and roads: 60-plus real venues, per-match pitch preparation, wear over five days, the new ball and the sessions in The Follow-On.
The Six Eras of Test Cricket— From the three-day Golden Age to the DRS era: six periods of Test cricket, each calibrated to the real match record, and two findings that surprised us.
Test Captaincy: Declarations, the Follow-On and Reviews— When to bat first, when to declare, whether to enforce the follow-on and when to burn a review, and how The Follow-On's AI captain weighs each call.
Settling In, and the Myth of the Nervous Nineties— A new batter is most vulnerable early, and the nervous nineties turn out to be a myth. How CricArcade models both, measured from real Test data.
How to Read a Cricket Scorecard— A plain-English guide to the batting card, bowling figures, extras, fall of wickets and the result line, with what every abbreviation actually means.

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New Zealand v England 2nd Test

England tour of New Zealand - 1955 (1954/55) · Eden Park, Auckland · 25 March 1955 · New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat

England won by an innings and 20 runs

England won by an innings and 20 runs. John Reid top-scored with 73 for New Zealand.

New Zealand ARCHIVE England ARCHIVE 1955 TESTS Eden Park ARCHIVE

New Zealand, 185 (10 wkts)

Bert Sutcliffe	caught (Trevor Bailey)	49	0
Gordon Leggat	lbw	4	0
Matt Poore	caught (Godfrey Evans)	0	0
John Reid	caught (Brian Statham)	73	0
Geoff Rabone	caught (Godfrey Evans)	29	0
Noel McGregor	not out	15	0
Harry Cave	caught (Trevor Bailey)	6	0
Tony MacGibbon	bowled	9	0
Ian Colquhoun	caught	0	1
Alex Moir	lbw	0	0
Johnny Hayes	bowled	0	0

Frank Tyson 11.00-2-41-2Brian Statham 17.40-7-28-4Trevor Bailey 13.00-2-34-0Bob Appleyard 16.00-4-38-3Johnny Wardle 31.00-19-44-1

England, 223 (10 wkts)

Reg Simpson	caught (Alex Moir)	23	0
Tom Graveney	caught (Geoff Rabone)	13	0
Peter May	bowled	48	0
Colin Cowdrey	bowled	22	0
Leonard Hutton	bowled	53	0
Trevor Bailey	caught (Ian Colquhoun)	18	0
Godfrey Evans	caught (John Reid)	0	0
Johnny Wardle	caught (John Reid)	0	0
Frank Tyson	not out	27	0
Bob Appleyard	caught (Ian Colquhoun)	6	0
Brian Statham	caught (John Reid)	13	0

Johnny Hayes 23.00-7-71-3Tony MacGibbon 20.00-7-33-1John Reid 25.00-15-28-0Harry Cave 24.00-10-25-1Alex Moir 25.10-3-62-5Geoff Rabone 2.00-0-4-0

New Zealand, 26 (10 wkts)

Bert Sutcliffe	bowled	11	33
Gordon Leggat	caught (Leonard Hutton)	1	3
Matt Poore	bowled	0	7
John Reid	bowled	1	9
Noel McGregor	caught (Peter May)	1	23
Geoff Rabone	lbw	7	46
Harry Cave	caught (Tom Graveney)	5	19
Tony MacGibbon	lbw	0	2
Ian Colquhoun	caught (Tom Graveney)	0	1
Alex Moir	not out	0	17
Johnny Hayes	bowled	0	2

Frank Tyson 7.00-2-10-2Brian Statham 9.00-3-9-3Johnny Wardle 5.00-5-0-1Bob Appleyard 6.00-3-7-4

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