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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 - 1993 (1993/94) · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney · 2 January 1994 · South Africa won the toss and chose to bat

South Africa won by 5 runs · Man of the Match: Fanie de Villiers

South Africa won by 5 runs. Michael Slater top-scored with 92 for Australia. Man of the Match: Fanie de Villiers.

South Africa ARCHIVE Australia ARCHIVE 1994 TESTS Sydney Cricket Ground ARCHIVE

South Africa, 153 (10 wkts)

Andrew Hudson	lbw	0	7
Gary Kirsten	stumping (Ian Healy)	67	186
Hansie Cronje	caught (Mark Waugh)	41	101
Daryll Cullinan	bowled	9	11
Jonty Rhodes	lbw	4	20
Kepler Wessels	caught (Shane Warne)	3	15
David Richardson	caught (Mark Taylor)	4	8
Pat Symcox	bowled	7	48
Craig Matthews	caught (Mark Taylor)	0	3
Fanie de Villiers	caught (Mark Waugh)	18	48
Allan Donald	not out	0	9

Craig McDermott 18.10-2-42-2Glenn McGrath 19.00-5-32-1Shane Warne 27.00-8-56-7Tim May 10.00-1-34-0

Australia, 286 (10 wkts)

Michael Slater	bowled	92	262
Mark Taylor	caught (David Richardson)	7	13
David Boon	bowled	19	61
Mark Waugh	lbw	7	16
Allan Border	caught (David Richardson)	49	190
Damien Martyn	caught (David Richardson)	59	135
Ian Healy	caught (David Richardson)	19	67
Shane Warne	caught (Jonty Rhodes)	11	30
Craig McDermott	caught (Hansie Cronje)	6	11
Tim May	not out	8	51
Glenn McGrath	bowled	9	15

Allan Donald 31.20-8-83-4Fanie de Villiers 36.00-12-80-4Craig Matthews 28.00-11-44-0Pat Symcox 46.00-11-82-2

South Africa, 220 (10 wkts)

Andrew Hudson	caught (Ian Healy)	1	13
Gary Kirsten	bowled	41	121
Hansie Cronje	bowled	38	152
Kepler Wessels	bowled	18	51
Daryll Cullinan	lbw	2	13
Jonty Rhodes	not out	76	162
David Richardson	lbw	24	70
Pat Symcox	caught (Ian Healy)	4	14
Craig Matthews	caught (Mark Waugh)	4	10
Fanie de Villiers	lbw	2	15
Allan Donald	caught (Ian Healy)	10	39

Craig McDermott 28.00-9-62-4Glenn McGrath 14.00-3-30-1Tim May 22.00-4-53-0Shane Warne 42.00-17-72-5Allan Border 3.00-1-8-0

Australia, 108 (10 wkts)

Mark Taylor	caught (David Richardson)	27	84
Michael Slater	bowled	1	7
David Boon	caught (Gary Kirsten)	24	85
Tim May	lbw	0	1
Mark Waugh	lbw	11	36
Allan Border	bowled	7	13
Damien Martyn	caught (Andrew Hudson)	6	59
Ian Healy	bowled	1	8
Shane Warne	run out	1	2
Craig McDermott	not out	29	38
Glenn McGrath	caught (Fanie de Villiers)	1	7

Allan Donald 17.00-5-34-3Fanie de Villiers 23.30-8-43-6Craig Matthews 6.00-5-9-0Pat Symcox 10.00-3-22-0

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