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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New Zealand v South Africa 1st Test

South Africa tour of New Zealand - 1953 (1952/53) · Basin Reserve, Wellington · 6 March 1953 · South Africa won the toss and chose to bat

South Africa won by an innings and 180 runs

South Africa won by an innings and 180 runs. Jackie McGlew top-scored with 255* for South Africa.

South Africa ARCHIVE New Zealand ARCHIVE 1953 TESTS Basin Reserve ARCHIVE

South Africa, 515 (8 wkts)

Jackie McGlew	not out	255	0
John Waite	caught (Frank Mooney)	35	0
John Watkins	caught (John Reid)	14	0
Ken Funston	bowled	2	0
Russell Endean	caught (Frank Mooney)	41	0
Roy McLean	bowled	5	0
Jack Cheetham	bowled	17	0
Anton Murray	stumping (Frank Mooney)	109	0
Percy Mansell	run out	10	0
Hugh Tayfield	not out	27	0
Eddie Fuller	did not bat	0	0

Bob Blair 36.00-4-98-4Eric Fisher 34.00-6-78-1John Reid 24.00-8-36-0Tom Burtt 44.00-7-140-2Alex Moir 35.00-4-159-0Bert Sutcliffe 1.00-0-4-0

New Zealand, 168 (10 wkts)

Bert Sutcliffe	caught (Jackie McGlew)	62	0
Gordon Leggat	caught (Eddie Fuller)	22	0
Eric Fisher	bowled	9	0
Merv Wallace	caught (John Waite)	4	0
Ted Meuli	caught (Russell Endean)	15	0
Lawrie Miller	caught (Russell Endean)	17	0
John Reid	bowled	1	0
Frank Mooney	not out	27	0
Alex Moir	run out	1	0
Tom Burtt	lbw	10	0
Bob Blair	bowled	0	0

Eddie Fuller 19.40-7-29-3John Watkins 27.00-17-29-1Hugh Tayfield 38.00-15-53-2Percy Mansell 11.00-3-27-0Anton Murray 28.00-15-30-3

New Zealand, 156 (10 wkts)

Bert Sutcliffe	bowled	33	0
Gordon Leggat	caught (Russell Endean)	47	0
Merv Wallace	bowled	2	0
Ted Meuli	bowled	23	0
Lawrie Miller	caught (John Waite)	13	0
John Reid	caught (John Waite)	9	0
Frank Mooney	bowled	9	0
Alex Moir	caught (Eddie Fuller)	0	0
Eric Fisher	caught (John Waite)	14	0
Tom Burtt	lbw	0	0
Bob Blair	not out	6	0

Eddie Fuller 27.00-8-43-1John Watkins 23.50-14-22-4Hugh Tayfield 32.00-12-42-3Percy Mansell 13.00-2-30-0Anton Murray 23.00-16-19-2

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