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 1st Test

New Zealand tour of South Africa - 1961 (1961/62) · Kingsmead, Durban · 8 December 1961 · South Africa won the toss and chose to bat

South Africa won by 30 runs

South Africa won by 30 runs. Jackie McGlew top-scored with 127* for South Africa.

South Africa ARCHIVE New Zealand ARCHIVE 1961 TESTS Kingsmead ARCHIVE

South Africa, 260 (10 wkts)

Jackie McGlew	not out	127	0
Eddie Barlow	bowled	15	0
John Waite	caught (Artie Dick)	25	0
Roy McLean	bowled	63	0
Colin Bland	caught (John Reid)	5	0
Kim Elgie	bowled	1	0
Sid O'Linn	lbw	8	0
Peter Pollock	caught (Artie Dick)	0	0
Goofy Lawrence	caught (John Sparling)	16	0
Kenneth Walter	caught (Artie Dick)	0	0
Harry Bromfield	lbw	0	0

Dick Motz 23.00-3-64-2Gary Bartlett 9.00-3-39-1Frank Cameron 27.00-5-60-3John Reid 11.00-1-38-0Jack Alabaster 17.50-2-59-4John Sparling 1.00-1-0-0

New Zealand, 227 (10 wkts)

John Guy	caught (Kenneth Walter)	8	0
John Sparling	caught (John Waite)	13	0
Paul Barton	caught (Kim Elgie)	54	0
Noel McGregor	caught (Eddie Barlow)	20	0
John Reid	caught (Peter Pollock)	13	0
Zin Harris	caught (Kim Elgie)	74	0
Artie Dick	caught (John Waite)	3	0
Dick Motz	caught (Jackie McGlew)	0	0
Gary Bartlett	caught (Peter Pollock)	40	0
Jack Alabaster	lbw	2	0
Frank Cameron	not out	0	0

Peter Pollock 22.00-3-61-3Kenneth Walter 25.30-6-63-4Goofy Lawrence 29.00-6-63-3Eddie Barlow 8.00-3-17-0Harry Bromfield 15.00-5-23-0

South Africa, 130 (10 wkts)

Jackie McGlew	bowled	5	0
Eddie Barlow	caught (Artie Dick)	10	0
John Waite	caught (Graham Dowling)	63	0
Roy McLean	caught (Gary Bartlett)	0	0
Colin Bland	run out	30	0
Kim Elgie	stumping (Artie Dick)	0	0
Sid O'Linn	caught (Frank Cameron)	6	0
Peter Pollock	caught (Artie Dick)	15	0
Goofy Lawrence	lbw	0	0
Kenneth Walter	caught (Artie Dick)	1	0
Harry Bromfield	not out	0	0

Dick Motz 20.00-1-51-3Gary Bartlett 9.00-3-11-0Frank Cameron 15.20-1-32-3Jack Alabaster 17.00-6-36-3

New Zealand, 149 (10 wkts)

John Guy	caught (Harry Bromfield)	1	0
John Sparling	caught (John Waite)	10	0
Paul Barton	caught (John Waite)	23	0
Noel McGregor	caught (Kenneth Walter)	55	0
Zin Harris	lbw	0	0
John Reid	caught (John Waite)	16	0
Artie Dick	caught (John Waite)	2	0
Gary Bartlett	caught (Sid O'Linn)	23	0
Dick Motz	bowled	10	0
Jack Alabaster	caught (Harry Bromfield)	8	0
Frank Cameron	not out	1	0

Peter Pollock 20.30-8-38-6Kenneth Walter 16.00-5-34-1Goofy Lawrence 25.00-8-40-0Harry Bromfield 18.00-4-37-3

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