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 2nd Test

New Zealand tour of England - 1965 (1965) · Lord's, London · 17 June 1965 · New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat

England won by 7 wickets

England won by 7 wickets. Colin Cowdrey top-scored with 119 for England.

New Zealand ARCHIVE England ARCHIVE 1965 TESTS Lord's ARCHIVE

New Zealand, 168 (10 wkts)

Bevan Congdon	lbw	0	2
Graham Dowling	lbw	12	0
Barry Sinclair	bowled	1	0
John Reid	caught (Jim Parks)	21	0
Ross Morgan	caught (Peter Parfitt)	0	0
Vic Pollard	caught (Fred Titmus)	55	0
Artie Dick	bowled	7	0
Bruce Taylor	bowled	51	0
Dick Motz	caught (Jim Parks)	11	0
Richard Collinge	bowled	7	0
Frank Cameron	not out	3	0

Fred Rumsey 13.00-4-25-4Fred Trueman 19.50-8-40-2Ted Dexter 8.00-2-27-0John Snow 11.00-2-27-2Fred Titmus 15.00-7-25-2Bob Barber 8.00-2-24-0

England, 286 (10 wkts)

Geoff Boycott	caught (Artie Dick)	14	0
Bob Barber	caught (Artie Dick)	13	0
Ted Dexter	caught (Artie Dick)	62	0
Colin Cowdrey	caught	119	0
Peter Parfitt	caught (Artie Dick)	11	0
Mike Smith	caught	44	0
Jim Parks	bowled	2	0
Fred Titmus	run out	13	0
Fred Trueman	bowled	3	0
Fred Rumsey	bowled	3	0
John Snow	not out	2	0

Richard Collinge 28.20-4-85-4Dick Motz 20.00-1-62-2Bruce Taylor 25.00-4-66-2Frank Cameron 19.00-6-40-1Ross Morgan 8.00-1-33-0

New Zealand, 317 (10 wkts)

Bevan Congdon	lbw	26	0
Graham Dowling	bowled	66	0
Barry Sinclair	caught (Jim Parks)	72	0
John Reid	bowled	22	0
Ross Morgan	lbw	35	0
Vic Pollard	run out	55	0
Artie Dick	caught (Jim Parks)	3	0
Bruce Taylor	caught (Mike Smith)	0	0
Richard Collinge	caught (Jim Parks)	21	0
Dick Motz	caught (John Snow)	8	0
Frank Cameron	not out	9	0

Fred Rumsey 26.00-10-42-1Fred Trueman 26.00-4-69-0John Snow 24.00-4-53-2Fred Titmus 39.00-12-71-2Bob Barber 28.00-10-57-3Peter Parfitt 6.00-2-25-1

England, 195 (3 wkts)

Geoff Boycott	lbw	76	0
Bob Barber	bowled	34	0
Fred Titmus	caught (Artie Dick)	1	0
Ted Dexter	not out	80	0
Colin Cowdrey	not out	4	0
Peter Parfitt	did not bat	0	0
Mike Smith	did not bat	0	0
Jim Parks	did not bat	0	0
Fred Trueman	did not bat	0	0
Fred Rumsey	did not bat	0	0
John Snow	did not bat	0	0

Richard Collinge 15.00-1-43-0Dick Motz 19.00-5-45-3Bruce Taylor 10.00-0-53-0Frank Cameron 13.00-0-39-0Ross Morgan 3.00-0-11-0John Reid 0.50-0-4-0

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