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 4th Test

New Zealand tour of England - 1958 (1958) · Old Trafford, Manchester · 24 July 1958 · New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat

England won by an innings and 13 runs

England won by an innings and 13 runs. Peter May top-scored with 101 for England.

New Zealand ARCHIVE England ARCHIVE 1958 TESTS Old Trafford ARCHIVE

New Zealand, 261 (9 wkts)

Bert Sutcliffe	bowled	41	0
John D'Arcy	lbw	1	0
Noel Harford	lbw	2	0
John Reid	caught (Fred Trueman)	14	0
Bill Playle	lbw	15	0
Tony MacGibbon	caught (Godfrey Evans)	66	0
John Sparling	caught (Godfrey Evans)	50	0
Eric Petrie	not out	45	0
Alex Moir	not out	21	0
Johnny Hayes	bowled	4	0
Bob Blair	bowled	2	0

Fred Trueman 29.50-4-67-3Brian Statham 33.00-10-71-4Ted Dexter 5.00-0-23-0Tony Lock 33.00-12-61-1Ray Illingworth 28.00-9-39-1

England, 345 (9 wkts)

Peter Richardson	stumping (John Reid)	74	0
Willie Watson	caught (Tony MacGibbon)	66	0
Tom Graveney	caught (Jack Alabaster)	25	0
Peter May	caught (Bill Playle)	101	0
Raman Subba Row	caught (Eric Petrie)	9	0
Ted Dexter	lbw	52	0
Godfrey Evans	caught (Bob Blair)	3	0
Ray Illingworth	not out	3	0
Tony Lock	lbw	7	0
Fred Trueman	bowled	5	0
Brian Statham	did not bat	0	0

Johnny Hayes 19.00-4-51-0Tony MacGibbon 34.00-8-86-3Bob Blair 27.00-5-68-1Alex Moir 17.00-3-47-1John Sparling 21.00-7-46-1John Reid 11.30-2-47-3

New Zealand, 78 (10 wkts)

Bert Sutcliffe	bowled	28	0
John D'Arcy	caught (Raman Subba Row)	8	0
Noel Harford	bowled	4	0
John Reid	caught (Willie Watson)	8	0
Bill Playle	lbw	1	0
Tony MacGibbon	lbw	1	0
John Sparling	caught (Tony Lock)	2	0
Eric Petrie	caught (Brian Statham)	9	0
Alex Moir	caught (Godfrey Evans)	12	0
Johnny Hayes	not out	5	0
Bob Blair	bowled	0	0

Fred Trueman 2.00-1-11-0Brian Statham 9.00-4-12-1Tony Lock 24.00-11-35-7Ray Illingworth 17.00-9-20-2

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