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 4th Test

England tour of South Africa - 1956 (1956/57) · New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg · 15 February 1957 · South Africa won the toss and chose to bat

South Africa won by 17 runs

South Africa won by 17 runs. Roy McLean top-scored with 93 for South Africa.

South Africa ARCHIVE England ARCHIVE 1957 TESTS New Wanderers Stadium ARCHIVE

South Africa, 330 (10 wkts)

Tony Pithey	caught (Johnny Wardle)	10	0
Trevor Goddard	bowled	67	0
John Waite	caught (Godfrey Evans)	61	0
Ken Funston	caught (Godfrey Evans)	20	0
Roy McLean	run out	93	0
Chris Duckworth	caught (Johnny Wardle)	13	0
Russell Endean	bowled	13	0
Clive van Ryneveld	caught (Colin Cowdrey)	36	0
Hugh Tayfield	caught (Trevor Bailey)	10	0
Peter Heine	not out	1	0
Neil Adcock	lbw	6	0

Brian Statham 23.00-5-81-2Peter Loader 23.00-3-78-1Trevor Bailey 21.00-3-54-3Johnny Wardle 19.60-4-68-2Jim Laker 15.00-3-49-1

England, 247 (10 wkts)

Peter Richardson	caught (Hugh Tayfield)	11	0
Trevor Bailey	caught (John Waite)	13	0
Doug Insole	run out	47	0
Peter May	bowled	61	0
Denis Compton	caught (Tony Pithey)	42	0
Colin Cowdrey	caught (Trevor Goddard)	8	0
Godfrey Evans	caught (Russell Endean)	7	0
Johnny Wardle	caught (Trevor Goddard)	16	0
Jim Laker	lbw	17	0
Peter Loader	caught (Russell Endean)	13	0
Brian Statham	not out	12	0

Neil Adcock 21.00-5-52-2Peter Heine 23.00-6-54-2Trevor Goddard 25.20-15-22-1Hugh Tayfield 37.00-15-79-4Clive van Ryneveld 8.00-0-40-0

South Africa, 137 (10 wkts)

Tony Pithey	bowled	18	0
Trevor Goddard	caught (Godfrey Evans)	49	0
Ken Funston	run out	23	0
Roy McLean	caught (Colin Cowdrey)	0	10
Russell Endean	caught (Doug Insole)	2	0
Chris Duckworth	bowled	3	0
John Waite	caught (Colin Cowdrey)	17	0
Clive van Ryneveld	caught (Brian Statham)	12	0
Hugh Tayfield	not out	12	0
Peter Heine	caught (Doug Insole)	0	0
Neil Adcock	run out	1	0

Brian Statham 13.00-1-37-3Peter Loader 13.00-3-33-0Trevor Bailey 13.00-4-12-2Johnny Wardle 14.00-4-29-2Jim Laker 7.00-1-26-1

England, 210 (10 wkts)

Peter Richardson	bowled	39	0
Trevor Bailey	caught (Russell Endean)	1	0
Doug Insole	caught (Hugh Tayfield)	68	0
Colin Cowdrey	caught (Hugh Tayfield)	55	0
Peter May	caught (Russell Endean)	0	8
Denis Compton	caught (Trevor Goddard)	1	0
Johnny Wardle	caught (John Waite)	22	0
Godfrey Evans	bowled	8	0
Jim Laker	caught (Chris Duckworth)	5	0
Peter Loader	caught	7	0
Brian Statham	not out	4	0

Neil Adcock 8.00-1-22-0Peter Heine 8.00-1-21-0Trevor Goddard 25.00-5-54-1Hugh Tayfield 37.00-11-113-9

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