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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 3rd Test

South Africa tour of Australia - 1952 (1952/53) · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney · 9 January 1953 · South Africa won the toss and chose to bat

Australia won by an innings and 38 runs

Australia won by an innings and 38 runs. Neil Harvey top-scored with 190 for Australia.

South Africa ARCHIVE Australia ARCHIVE 1953 TESTS Sydney Cricket Ground ARCHIVE

South Africa, 168 (10 wkts)

Jackie McGlew	run out	24	0
John Waite	caught (Arthur Morris)	32	0
Russell Endean	bowled	18	0
Ken Funston	bowled	56	0
Roy McLean	bowled	0	2
Jack Cheetham	caught (Bill Johnston)	5	0
Anton Murray	caught	4	0
John Watkins	caught	17	0
Percy Mansell	bowled	8	0
Hugh Tayfield	not out	3	0
Michael Melle	caught (Gil Langley)	1	0

Ray Lindwall 14.20-1-40-4Keith Miller 17.00-1-48-3Bill Johnston 18.00-5-46-1Doug Ring 12.00-4-23-1Graeme Hole 2.00-0-11-0

Australia, 423 (10 wkts)

Colin McDonald	caught (Russell Endean)	67	0
Arthur Morris	bowled	18	0
Lindsay Hassett	caught (Ken Funston)	2	0
Neil Harvey	caught (John Watkins)	190	0
Keith Miller	lbw	55	0
Graeme Hole	run out	5	0
Richie Benaud	lbw	0	0
Doug Ring	bowled	58	0
Ray Lindwall	bowled	1	0
Gil Langley	caught (Percy Mansell)	20	0
Bill Johnston	not out	7	0

Michael Melle 23.00-3-98-1John Watkins 12.00-5-16-1Anton Murray 51.20-11-169-4Hugh Tayfield 38.00-9-94-3Percy Mansell 7.00-0-46-0

South Africa, 231 (9 wkts)

Jackie McGlew	caught (Gil Langley)	9	0
John Waite	caught (Graeme Hole)	0	0
Russell Endean	lbw	71	0
Ken Funston	caught (Graeme Hole)	16	0
Jack Cheetham	caught (Arthur Morris)	5	0
Roy McLean	caught (Richie Benaud)	65	0
Anton Murray	caught (Graeme Hole)	17	0
John Watkins	caught (Keith Miller)	48	0
Percy Mansell	caught (Graeme Hole)	0	0
Michael Melle	not out	0	0
Hugh Tayfield	did not bat	0	0

Ray Lindwall 20.00-3-72-4Keith Miller 18.00-6-33-2Bill Johnston 14.60-0-51-1Doug Ring 12.00-1-54-0Richie Benaud 5.00-1-21-2

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