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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 2nd Test

South Africa tour of Australia - 1952 (1952/53) · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne · 24 December 1952 · South Africa won the toss and chose to bat

South Africa won by 82 runs

South Africa won by 82 runs. Russell Endean top-scored with 162* for South Africa.

South Africa ARCHIVE Australia ARCHIVE 1952 TESTS Melbourne Cricket Ground ARCHIVE

South Africa, 220 (10 wkts)

Jackie McGlew	bowled	46	0
John Waite	caught (Ray Lindwall)	0	1
Russell Endean	caught (Richie Benaud)	2	0
Ken Funston	caught (Doug Ring)	9	0
Roy McLean	caught (Ray Lindwall)	27	0
Jack Cheetham	caught (Bill Johnston)	15	0
John Watkins	caught (Gil Langley)	19	0
Percy Mansell	bowled	24	0
Anton Murray	caught (Bill Johnston)	51	0
Hugh Tayfield	caught (Gil Langley)	23	0
Michael Melle	not out	4	0

Ray Lindwall 14.00-2-29-3Keith Miller 21.00-3-62-4Bill Johnston 12.00-2-37-0Doug Ring 18.00-1-72-1Richie Benaud 6.60-1-20-2

Australia, 241 (10 wkts)

Colin McDonald	caught	82	0
Arthur Morris	caught (Hugh Tayfield)	43	0
Neil Harvey	caught (Jack Cheetham)	11	0
Lindsay Hassett	caught (Michael Melle)	18	0
Keith Miller	caught (Russell Endean)	52	0
Graeme Hole	caught (John Waite)	13	0
Richie Benaud	bowled	5	0
Ray Lindwall	run out	1	0
Doug Ring	caught (Jackie McGlew)	14	0
Gil Langley	not out	2	0
Bill Johnston	lbw	0	0

Michael Melle 14.00-0-73-0John Watkins 6.00-1-15-0Anton Murray 3.00-1-11-0Hugh Tayfield 29.40-9-84-6Percy Mansell 19.00-3-58-3

South Africa, 377 (10 wkts)

Jackie McGlew	stumping (Gil Langley)	13	0
John Waite	caught (Graeme Hole)	62	0
Russell Endean	not out	162	0
Ken Funston	run out	26	0
Roy McLean	lbw	42	0
Jack Cheetham	lbw	6	0
John Watkins	bowled	3	0
Percy Mansell	bowled	18	0
Anton Murray	stumping (Gil Langley)	23	0
Hugh Tayfield	lbw	22	0
Michael Melle	bowled	0	0

Ray Lindwall 31.50-4-87-2Keith Miller 22.00-5-51-3Bill Johnston 31.00-9-77-2Doug Ring 31.00-5-115-2Richie Benaud 6.00-0-23-0Graeme Hole 7.00-0-24-0

Australia, 282 (10 wkts)

Colin McDonald	caught (Percy Mansell)	23	0
Arthur Morris	caught (John Watkins)	1	0
Lindsay Hassett	lbw	21	0
Neil Harvey	caught (John Watkins)	60	0
Keith Miller	bowled	31	0
Gil Langley	bowled	4	0
Graeme Hole	bowled	25	0
Richie Benaud	caught (Michael Melle)	45	0
Ray Lindwall	bowled	19	0
Doug Ring	caught (Michael Melle)	53	0
Bill Johnston	not out	0	2

Michael Melle 11.00-2-39-2John Watkins 10.00-2-34-0Anton Murray 23.00-7-59-1Hugh Tayfield 37.10-13-81-7Percy Mansell 14.00-2-69-0

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