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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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Australia v South Africa 5th Test

South Africa tour of Australia - 1931 (1931/32) · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne · 12 February 1932 · South Africa won the toss and chose to bat

Australia won by an innings and 72 runs

Australia won by an innings and 72 runs. Alan Kippax top-scored with 42 for Australia.

South Africa ARCHIVE Australia ARCHIVE 1932 TESTS Melbourne Cricket Ground ARCHIVE

South Africa, 28 (10 wkts)

Bruce Mitchell	caught (Keith Rigg)	2	0
Syd Curnow	caught (Bert Oldfield)	3	0
Jim Christy	caught (Clarrie Grimmett)	4	0
Herbie Taylor	caught (Alan Kippax)	0	0
Ken Viljoen	caught	1	0
Jock Cameron	caught (Stan McCabe)	11	0
Denys Morkel	caught (Laurie Nash)	1	0
Cyril Vincent	caught (Laurie Nash)	1	0
Quintin McMillan	stumping (Bert Oldfield)	0	1
Neville Quinn	not out	5	0
Sandy Bell	stumping (Bert Oldfield)	0	0

Laurie Nash 12.00-6-18-4Stan McCabe 4.00-1-4-1Bert Ironmonger 7.20-5-6-5

Australia, 150 (9 wkts)

Bill Woodfull	bowled	0	1
Jack Fingleton	caught (Cyril Vincent)	40	0
Keith Rigg	caught (Cyril Vincent)	22	0
Alan Kippax	caught (Syd Curnow)	42	0
Stan McCabe	caught (Jock Cameron)	0	1
Laurie Nash	bowled	13	0
Bert Oldfield	caught (Syd Curnow)	11	0
Clarrie Grimmett	caught (Jock Cameron)	9	0
Bill O'Reilly	caught (Syd Curnow)	13	0
Bert Ironmonger	not out	0	0
Donald Bradman	did not bat	0	0

Sandy Bell 16.00-0-52-3Neville Quinn 19.30-4-29-3Cyril Vincent 11.00-2-40-0Quintin McMillan 8.00-0-29-3

South Africa, 41 (10 wkts)

Jim Christy	caught (Laurie Nash)	0	1
Syd Curnow	caught (Jack Fingleton)	16	0
Sandy Bell	caught (Stan McCabe)	6	0
Bruce Mitchell	caught (Bert Oldfield)	4	0
Jock Cameron	caught (Stan McCabe)	0	0
Denys Morkel	caught (Keith Rigg)	0	3
Herbie Taylor	caught (Donald Bradman)	2	0
Ken Viljoen	caught (Bert Oldfield)	0	0
Cyril Vincent	not out	8	0
Quintin McMillan	caught (Bert Oldfield)	0	0
Neville Quinn	caught (Jack Fingleton)	5	0

Laurie Nash 7.00-4-4-1Bert Ironmonger 15.30-7-18-6Bill O'Reilly 9.00-5-19-3

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