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 England 1st Test

England tour of South Africa - 1889 (1888/89) · Crusaders Ground, Gqeberha · 12 March 1889 · South Africa won the toss and chose to bat

England won by 8 wickets

England won by 8 wickets. Bobby Abel top-scored with 46 for England.

South Africa ARCHIVE England ARCHIVE 1889 TESTS Crusaders Ground ARCHIVE

South Africa, 74 (10 wkts)

Albert Rose-Innes	bowled	0	0
Bernard Tancred	bowled	29	0
Philip Hutchinson	bowled	0	1
Charles Vintcent	caught (Bobby Abel)	3	0
Arthur Ochse	caught (Bobby Abel)	4	0
William Milton	caught (Bobby Abel)	1	0
Owen Dunell	not out	26	0
Robert Stewart	lbw	4	0
Fred Smith	bowled	7	0
Charlie Finlason	bowled	0	0
Gus Kempis	caught (Frank Hearne)	0	0

Johnny Briggs 37.00-21-39-4Arnold Fothergill 24.00-15-15-1Aubrey Smith 13.20-6-19-5George Ulyett 1.00-0-1-0

England, 142 (10 wkts)

Bobby Abel	caught (William Milton)	46	0
George Ulyett	bowled	4	0
Maurice Read	caught (Owen Dunell)	1	0
Frank Hearne	caught (Robert Stewart)	27	0
Henry Wood	caught (Philip Hutchinson)	3	0
Monty Bowden	run out	0	0
Johnny Briggs	caught (Fred Smith)	0	0
Aubrey Smith	caught (Robert Stewart)	3	0
Basil Grieve	not out	14	0
The Hon. Charles Coventry	caught (Fred Smith)	12	0
Arnold Fothergill	caught (Bernard Tancred)	32	0

Gus Kempis 31.00-14-53-3Charlie Finlason 3.00-0-7-0Charles Vintcent 12.00-4-34-0Albert Rose-Innes 18.00-5-43-5William Milton 2.20-1-5-1

South Africa, 122 (10 wkts)

Albert Rose-Innes	bowled	13	0
Bernard Tancred	caught (Johnny Briggs)	29	0
Arthur Ochse	lbw	8	0
Charles Vintcent	caught (George Ulyett)	4	0
Philip Hutchinson	bowled	11	0
Owen Dunell	caught (George Ulyett)	11	0
William Milton	caught (Monty Bowden)	19	0
Robert Stewart	caught (George Ulyett)	9	0
Fred Smith	bowled	12	0
Charlie Finlason	bowled	6	0
Gus Kempis	not out	0	0

Johnny Briggs 27.00-14-34-2Arnold Fothergill 18.10-11-19-4Aubrey Smith 25.00-10-42-2George Ulyett 20.00-9-27-2

England, 60 (2 wkts)

Bobby Abel	not out	23	0
George Ulyett	bowled	22	0
Maurice Read	bowled	3	0
Basil Grieve	not out	12	0
Frank Hearne	did not bat	0	0
Henry Wood	did not bat	0	0
Monty Bowden	did not bat	0	0
Johnny Briggs	did not bat	0	0
Aubrey Smith	did not bat	0	0
The Hon. Charles Coventry	did not bat	0	0
Arnold Fothergill	did not bat	0	0

Gus Kempis 11.00-3-23-1Charles Vintcent 8.10-2-21-1Albert Rose-Innes 2.00-0-16-0

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