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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South Africa v New Zealand 5th Test

New Zealand tour of South Africa - 1961 (1961/62) · Crusaders Ground, Gqeberha · 16 February 1962 · New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat

New Zealand won by 40 runs

New Zealand won by 40 runs. Paul Barton top-scored with 109 for New Zealand.

New Zealand ARCHIVE South Africa ARCHIVE 1962 TESTS Crusaders Ground ARCHIVE

New Zealand, 259 (10 wkts)

Graham Dowling	lbw	2	0
John Sparling	caught (Tiger Lance)	3	0
Paul Barton	caught (Harry Bromfield)	109	0
John Reid	bowled	26	0
Noel McGregor	bowled	10	0
Zin Harris	caught (Jackie McGlew)	7	0
Artie Dick	caught (John Waite)	46	0
Gary Bartlett	hitwicket	29	0
Jack Alabaster	lbw	24	0
Dick Motz	caught (Roy McLean)	2	0
Frank Cameron	not out	1	0

Neil Adcock 27.00-11-60-3Peter Pollock 28.00-9-63-3Goofy Lawrence 26.20-7-71-2Tiger Lance 14.00-4-50-1Harry Bromfield 16.00-7-15-1

South Africa, 178 (10 wkts)

Eddie Barlow	caught (Graham Dowling)	20	0
Goofy Lawrence	caught (Artie Dick)	43	0
John Waite	caught (Graham Dowling)	0	0
Buster Farrer	caught (Artie Dick)	7	0
Roy McLean	caught (Noel McGregor)	25	0
Colin Bland	lbw	12	0
Tiger Lance	stumping (Artie Dick)	9	0
Jackie McGlew	not out	28	0
Peter Pollock	lbw	8	0
Neil Adcock	caught (Graham Dowling)	5	0
Harry Bromfield	caught (Artie Dick)	21	0

Frank Cameron 11.00-2-46-1Gary Bartlett 8.00-4-10-2Dick Motz 14.00-7-33-3Jack Alabaster 25.40-7-63-2John Reid 14.00-6-26-2

New Zealand, 216 (10 wkts)

Graham Dowling	lbw	78	0
John Sparling	caught (Harry Bromfield)	4	0
Zin Harris	caught (Colin Bland)	13	0
Paul Barton	lbw	2	0
John Reid	caught (Harry Bromfield)	69	0
Noel McGregor	bowled	24	0
Artie Dick	lbw	1	0
Gary Bartlett	caught (Eddie Barlow)	18	0
Jack Alabaster	caught (Neil Adcock)	7	0
Dick Motz	caught (John Waite)	0	1
Frank Cameron	not out	0	0

Neil Adcock 21.00-11-25-1Peter Pollock 24.10-5-70-3Goofy Lawrence 28.00-5-85-4Tiger Lance 8.00-0-36-2Harry Bromfield 2.00-2-0-0

South Africa, 248 (10 wkts)

Eddie Barlow	bowled	59	0
Buster Farrer	lbw	10	0
Jackie McGlew	run out	26	0
John Waite	caught (Graham Dowling)	7	0
Roy McLean	bowled	10	0
Colin Bland	lbw	32	0
Tiger Lance	caught (Artie Dick)	9	0
Goofy Lawrence	bowled	17	0
Peter Pollock	not out	54	0
Neil Adcock	bowled	24	0
Harry Bromfield	caught (Noel McGregor)	0	0

Frank Cameron 18.00-6-48-2Gary Bartlett 9.00-3-26-0Dick Motz 20.00-11-34-1Jack Alabaster 52.00-23-96-2John Reid 45.00-27-44-4

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