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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Pakistan v Australia 1st Test

Australia tour of Pakistan - 1959 (1959/60) · Dacca Stadium, Dhaka · 13 November 1959 · Australia won the toss and chose to bowl

Australia won by 8 wickets

Australia won by 8 wickets. Neil Harvey top-scored with 96 for Australia.

Pakistan ARCHIVE Australia ARCHIVE 1959 TESTS Dacca Stadium ARCHIVE

Pakistan, 191 (10 wkts)

Hanif Mohammad	bowled	66	0
Ijaz Butt	caught (Wally Grout)	0	0
Saeed Ahmed	caught (Neil Harvey)	37	0
Wallis Mathias	caught (Richie Benaud)	4	0
Duncan Sharpe	run out	56	0
Wazir Mohammad	caught (Ian Meckiff)	0	0
Imtiaz Ahmed	bowled	13	0
Israr Ali	stumping (Wally Grout)	7	0
Shujauddin	not out	2	0
Fazal Mahmood	bowled	1	0
Nasim-ul-Ghani	bowled	5	0

Alan Davidson 23.50-7-42-4Ian Meckiff 10.00-2-33-0Ray Lindwall 15.00-1-31-0Richie Benaud 38.00-10-69-4Ken Mackay 19.00-12-16-1

Australia, 216 (10 wkts)

Colin McDonald	lbw	19	0
Les Favell	bowled	0	0
Neil Harvey	bowled	96	0
Norm O'Neill	bowled	2	0
Peter Burge	caught (Imtiaz Ahmed)	0	0
Richie Benaud	lbw	16	0
Ken Mackay	bowled	7	0
Alan Davidson	lbw	4	0
Wally Grout	not out	66	0
Ray Lindwall	lbw	4	0
Ian Meckiff	bowled	2	0

Fazal Mahmood 35.50-11-71-5Israr Ali 23.00-5-85-2Nasim-ul-Ghani 17.00-4-51-3Shujauddin 3.00-0-9-0

Pakistan, 120 (10 wkts)

Hanif Mohammad	bowled	19	0
Ijaz Butt	bowled	20	0
Saeed Ahmed	bowled	15	0
Wallis Mathias	lbw	1	0
Duncan Sharpe	lbw	35	0
Wazir Mohammad	lbw	5	0
Imtiaz Ahmed	bowled	4	0
Shujauddin	not out	16	0
Israr Ali	bowled	1	0
Fazal Mahmood	caught (Ken Mackay)	4	0
Nasim-ul-Ghani	caught (Colin McDonald)	0	0

Alan Davidson 11.00-3-23-0Ian Meckiff 3.00-1-8-0Ray Lindwall 2.00-0-5-0Richie Benaud 39.30-26-42-4Ken Mackay 45.00-27-42-6

Australia, 104 (2 wkts)

Colin McDonald	not out	44	0
Les Favell	caught (Israr Ali)	4	0
Neil Harvey	bowled	30	0
Norm O'Neill	not out	26	0
Peter Burge	did not bat	0	0
Richie Benaud	did not bat	0	0
Ken Mackay	did not bat	0	0
Alan Davidson	did not bat	0	0
Wally Grout	did not bat	0	0
Ray Lindwall	did not bat	0	0
Ian Meckiff	did not bat	0	0

Fazal Mahmood 20.10-4-52-1Israr Ali 9.00-0-20-1Nasim-ul-Ghani 10.00-2-16-0Shujauddin 8.00-4-12-0Saeed Ahmed 1.00-0-4-0

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