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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England v New Zealand 3rd Test

New Zealand tour of England - 1958 (1958) · Headingley, Leeds · 3 July 1958 · New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat

England won by an innings and 71 runs

England won by an innings and 71 runs. Peter May top-scored with 113* for England.

New Zealand ARCHIVE England ARCHIVE 1958 TESTS Headingley ARCHIVE

New Zealand, 66 (10 wkts)

Lawrie Miller	caught (Mike Smith)	26	0
John D'Arcy	caught (Mike Smith)	11	0
Noel Harford	caught (Colin Cowdrey)	0	0
Bert Sutcliffe	bowled	6	0
John Reid	bowled	3	0
Bill Playle	caught (Arthur Milton)	0	0
Tony MacGibbon	bowled	3	0
John Sparling	not out	9	0
Eric Petrie	caught (Colin Cowdrey)	5	0
Harry Cave	caught (Arthur Milton)	2	0
Johnny Hayes	caught (Godfrey Evans)	1	0

Fred Trueman 11.00-5-18-1Peter Loader 5.00-2-10-0Trevor Bailey 3.00-0-7-0Jim Laker 22.00-11-17-5Tony Lock 18.10-13-14-4

England, 251 (2 wkts)

Mike Smith	caught (John Reid)	3	0
Arthur Milton	not out	104	0
Tom Graveney	caught (John Sparling)	31	0
Peter May	not out	113	0
Colin Cowdrey	did not bat	0	0
Trevor Bailey	did not bat	0	0
Godfrey Evans	did not bat	0	0
Tony Lock	did not bat	0	0
Fred Trueman	did not bat	0	0
Jim Laker	did not bat	0	0
Peter Loader	did not bat	0	0

Johnny Hayes 13.00-4-30-0Tony MacGibbon 27.00-8-47-1John Reid 26.00-7-54-0John Sparling 23.00-2-78-1Harry Cave 13.00-4-42-0

New Zealand, 117 (10 wkts)

Lawrie Miller	lbw	18	0
John D'Arcy	bowled	6	0
Noel Harford	lbw	0	0
Bert Sutcliffe	lbw	0	0
John Reid	caught (Fred Trueman)	13	0
Bill Playle	bowled	18	0
Tony MacGibbon	lbw	39	0
John Sparling	caught (Peter May)	18	0
Eric Petrie	bowled	3	0
Harry Cave	caught (Colin Cowdrey)	2	0
Johnny Hayes	not out	0	0

Fred Trueman 14.00-6-22-0Peter Loader 13.00-7-14-0Trevor Bailey 3.00-2-3-0Jim Laker 36.00-23-27-3Tony Lock 35.20-20-51-7

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