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 New Zealand 2nd Test

New Zealand tour of South Africa - 1953 (1953/54) · Ellis Park, Johannesburg · 24 December 1953 · South Africa won the toss and chose to bat

South Africa won by 132 runs

South Africa won by 132 runs. Russell Endean top-scored with 93 for South Africa.

South Africa ARCHIVE New Zealand ARCHIVE 1953 TESTS Ellis Park ARCHIVE

South Africa, 258 (10 wkts)

Jackie McGlew	caught (John Reid)	13	0
Anton Murray	caught (Murray Chapple)	7	0
Russell Endean	caught (Bert Sutcliffe)	93	0
Ken Funston	lbw	0	0
Roy McLean	caught (Bob Blair)	27	0
Clive van Ryneveld	bowled	65	0
Jack Cheetham	caught (Frank Mooney)	20	0
Hugh Tayfield	not out	20	0
John Waite	caught (Frank Mooney)	0	1
David Ironside	bowled	13	0
Neil Adcock	run out	0	0

Bob Blair 17.00-4-50-2John Reid 18.00-3-63-2Guy Overton 20.00-4-68-2Tony MacGibbon 22.00-5-61-3Geoff Rabone 3.00-0-16-0

New Zealand, 178 (10 wkts)

Geoff Rabone	caught (Russell Endean)	1	0
Murray Chapple	bowled	8	0
Matt Poore	bowled	15	0
Bert Sutcliffe	not out	80	0
John Reid	caught (Russell Endean)	3	0
Lawrie Miller	bowled	14	0
John Beck	caught (John Waite)	16	0
Frank Mooney	bowled	35	0
Tony MacGibbon	caught (Russell Endean)	0	0
Guy Overton	caught (Anton Murray)	0	0
Bob Blair	stumping (John Waite)	6	0

Neil Adcock 14.00-2-44-3David Ironside 19.00-4-51-5Anton Murray 12.00-3-30-1Hugh Tayfield 8.20-2-53-1

South Africa, 143 (10 wkts)

Jackie McGlew	bowled	8	0
John Waite	caught (John Reid)	5	0
Russell Endean	caught	1	0
Ken Funston	caught (Guy Overton)	11	0
Hugh Tayfield	bowled	34	0
Jack Cheetham	caught (Bert Sutcliffe)	1	0
Roy McLean	lbw	36	0
Clive van Ryneveld	caught (John Reid)	17	0
Anton Murray	caught (Bob Blair)	13	0
David Ironside	not out	11	0
Neil Adcock	caught (Matt Poore)	6	0

Bob Blair 5.00-0-14-0John Reid 16.00-5-34-4Guy Overton 12.10-1-33-2Tony MacGibbon 20.00-2-62-4

New Zealand, 90 (10 wkts)

Geoff Rabone	caught (Clive van Ryneveld)	22	0
Murray Chapple	caught (John Waite)	22	0
Matt Poore	bowled	1	0
Bert Sutcliffe	caught (Russell Endean)	10	0
Frank Mooney	caught (Ken Funston)	10	0
John Reid	caught (Ken Funston)	1	0
Lawrie Miller	caught (John Waite)	0	0
John Beck	caught (Russell Endean)	7	0
Tony MacGibbon	not out	11	0
Bob Blair	bowled	4	0
Guy Overton	run out	2	0

Neil Adcock 19.00-4-43-5David Ironside 20.50-10-37-3Anton Murray 8.00-3-10-1

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