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 3rd Test

England tour of New Zealand - 1963 (1962/63) · Lancaster Park, Christchurch · 15 March 1963 · New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat

England won by 7 wickets

England won by 7 wickets. John Reid top-scored with 100 for New Zealand.

New Zealand ARCHIVE England ARCHIVE 1963 TESTS Lancaster Park ARCHIVE

New Zealand, 244 (10 wkts)

Graham Dowling	caught (Ted Dexter)	40	0
Bill Playle	caught (Ken Barrington)	0	1
Barry Sinclair	hitwicket	44	0
John Reid	caught (Peter Parfitt)	74	0
Paul Barton	caught (Alan Smith)	11	0
Mike Shrimpton	caught (Barry Knight)	31	0
Artie Dick	bowled	16	0
Dick Motz	caught (Peter Parfitt)	7	0
Bob Blair	caught (Peter Parfitt)	0	0
Jack Alabaster	not out	20	0
Frank Cameron	caught (Alan Smith)	1	0

Fred Trueman 30.20-9-75-7David Larter 21.00-5-59-0Barry Knight 23.00-5-39-2Fred Titmus 30.00-13-45-1Ted Dexter 9.00-3-8-0Ken Barrington 5.00-0-18-0

England, 235 (10 wkts)

David Sheppard	bowled	42	0
Ray Illingworth	caught (Artie Dick)	2	0
Ken Barrington	lbw	47	0
Ted Dexter	bowled	46	0
Colin Cowdrey	caught (Dick Motz)	43	0
Peter Parfitt	lbw	4	0
Barry Knight	bowled	32	0
Fred Titmus	caught (Artie Dick)	4	0
Fred Trueman	caught (John Reid)	11	0
Alan Smith	not out	2	0
David Larter	bowled	2	0

Dick Motz 19.50-3-68-3Frank Cameron 24.00-6-47-2Bob Blair 24.00-12-42-2Jack Alabaster 20.00-6-47-2John Reid 8.00-1-31-1

New Zealand, 150 (10 wkts)

Graham Dowling	caught (Alan Smith)	22	0
Bill Playle	caught (Alan Smith)	3	0
Barry Sinclair	lbw	0	0
John Reid	bowled	100	0
Paul Barton	lbw	12	0
Mike Shrimpton	bowled	8	0
Artie Dick	caught (Peter Parfitt)	1	0
Dick Motz	bowled	3	0
Bob Blair	bowled	0	0
Jack Alabaster	caught (Peter Parfitt)	1	0
Frank Cameron	not out	0	0

Fred Trueman 19.40-8-16-2David Larter 23.00-8-32-3Barry Knight 10.00-3-38-1Fred Titmus 21.00-8-46-4Ted Dexter 10.00-2-18-0

England, 162 (3 wkts)

Ken Barrington	caught (John Reid)	45	0
David Sheppard	bowled	31	0
Peter Parfitt	caught (Mike Shrimpton)	31	0
Colin Cowdrey	not out	35	0
Barry Knight	not out	20	0
Ray Illingworth	did not bat	0	0
Ted Dexter	did not bat	0	0
Fred Titmus	did not bat	0	0
Fred Trueman	did not bat	0	0
Alan Smith	did not bat	0	0
David Larter	did not bat	0	0

Dick Motz 20.00-6-33-0Frank Cameron 12.00-3-38-0Bob Blair 12.00-3-34-1Jack Alabaster 15.30-5-57-2

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