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 Australia 5th Test

Australia tour of South Africa - 1957 (1957/58) · Crusaders Ground, Gqeberha · 28 February 1958 · South Africa won the toss and chose to bat

Australia won by 8 wickets

Australia won by 8 wickets. Ken Mackay top-scored with 77* for Australia.

South Africa ARCHIVE Australia ARCHIVE 1958 TESTS Crusaders Ground ARCHIVE

South Africa, 203 (10 wkts)

Jackie McGlew	caught (Bob Simpson)	14	0
Trevor Goddard	caught (Neil Harvey)	17	0
Russell Endean	caught (Colin McDonald)	2	0
John Waite	caught (Neil Harvey)	17	0
Ken Funston	caught (Wally Grout)	20	0
Clive van Ryneveld	caught (Jim Burke)	26	0
Chris Burger	lbw	3	0
Peter Carlstein	caught (Lindsay Kline)	32	0
Hugh Tayfield	caught (Jim Burke)	66	0
Peter Heine	lbw	3	0
Neil Adcock	not out	3	0

Alan Davidson 20.00-6-44-4Ian Meckiff 18.00-4-76-1Richie Benaud 12.00-2-34-1Ken Mackay 11.00-3-16-0Lindsay Kline 13.60-3-33-4

Australia, 278 (10 wkts)

Colin McDonald	caught (John Waite)	58	0
Jim Burke	caught (Russell Endean)	8	0
Neil Harvey	lbw	15	0
Ian Craig	caught (Russell Endean)	17	0
Richie Benaud	caught (Trevor Goddard)	43	0
Bob Simpson	caught (Peter Carlstein)	23	0
Ken Mackay	not out	77	0
Alan Davidson	lbw	4	0
Wally Grout	caught (Russell Endean)	25	0
Ian Meckiff	caught (John Waite)	8	0
Lindsay Kline	caught (Trevor Goddard)	0	0

Peter Heine 30.00-3-68-3Neil Adcock 24.00-1-81-2Trevor Goddard 23.00-9-48-2Hugh Tayfield 30.30-12-81-3

South Africa, 140 (10 wkts)

Russell Endean	caught (Bob Simpson)	23	0
Trevor Goddard	lbw	33	0
John Waite	bowled	0	0
Ken Funston	caught (Bob Simpson)	4	0
Hugh Tayfield	caught (Wally Grout)	2	0
Clive van Ryneveld	bowled	5	0
Jackie McGlew	bowled	20	0
Chris Burger	not out	37	0
Peter Carlstein	lbw	1	0
Peter Heine	lbw	15	0
Neil Adcock	bowled	0	0

Alan Davidson 26.10-8-38-5Ian Meckiff 16.00-8-20-0Richie Benaud 33.00-14-82-5

Australia, 67 (2 wkts)

Colin McDonald	caught (Hugh Tayfield)	4	0
Wally Grout	not out	35	0
Neil Harvey	caught (Hugh Tayfield)	22	0
Richie Benaud	not out	6	0
Jim Burke	did not bat	0	0
Ian Craig	did not bat	0	0
Bob Simpson	did not bat	0	0
Ken Mackay	did not bat	0	0
Alan Davidson	did not bat	0	0
Ian Meckiff	did not bat	0	0
Lindsay Kline	did not bat	0	0

Peter Heine 3.00-0-12-0Neil Adcock 4.00-0-18-1Trevor Goddard 1.00-0-8-0Hugh Tayfield 4.00-1-25-1Clive van Ryneveld 0.40-0-4-0

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