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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Australia v West Indies 3rd Test

West Indies tour of Australia - 1975 (1975/76) · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne · 26 December 1975 · Australia won the toss and chose to bowl

Australia won by 8 wickets · Man of the Match: Jeff Thomson

Australia won by 8 wickets. Gary Cosier top-scored with 109 for Australia. Man of the Match: Jeff Thomson.

West Indies ARCHIVE Australia ARCHIVE 1975 TESTS Melbourne Cricket Ground ARCHIVE

West Indies, 197 (10 wkts)

Roy Fredericks	caught (Rick McCosker)	59	115
Gordon Greenidge	caught (Rod Marsh)	3	18
Lawrence Rowe	caught (Ian Chappell)	0	3
Alvin Kallicharran	caught (Rod Marsh)	20	48
Viv Richards	bowled	41	54
Clive Lloyd	caught (Greg Chappell)	2	9
Deryck Murray	caught (Max Walker)	24	38
Bernard Julien	caught (Ashley Mallett)	18	34
Vanburn Holder	bowled	24	47
Andy Roberts	caught (Rod Marsh)	6	28
Lance Gibbs	not out	0	6

Dennis Lillee 14.00-2-56-4Jeff Thomson 11.00-1-62-5Max Walker 13.00-1-46-1Gary Cosier 4.00-0-15-0Ashley Mallett 5.00-1-18-0

Australia, 452 (10 wkts)

Ian Redpath	bowled	102	258
Alan Turner	bowled	21	47
Rick McCosker	caught (Deryck Murray)	4	10
Ian Chappell	caught (Alvin Kallicharran)	35	105
Greg Chappell	caught (Deryck Murray)	52	127
Gary Cosier	caught (Alvin Kallicharran)	109	186
Rod Marsh	caught (Lance Gibbs)	56	109
Max Walker	caught (Deryck Murray)	1	2
Dennis Lillee	caught (Viv Richards)	25	69
Jeff Thomson	lbw	44	47
Ashley Mallett	not out	3	13

Andy Roberts 32.00-2-126-4Vanburn Holder 27.00-2-123-1Bernard Julien 28.30-5-120-3Lance Gibbs 30.00-9-81-2Viv Richards 1.00-0-2-0

West Indies, 286 (10 wkts)

Roy Fredericks	bowled	26	44
Gordon Greenidge	caught (Rod Marsh)	8	23
Lawrence Rowe	caught (Rod Marsh)	8	19
Alvin Kallicharran	caught (Rod Marsh)	32	117
Viv Richards	caught (Rod Marsh)	36	51
Clive Lloyd	caught (Dennis Lillee)	102	121
Deryck Murray	caught (Rod Marsh)	22	82
Bernard Julien	bowled	27	56
Vanburn Holder	run out	15	31
Andy Roberts	caught (Ashley Mallett)	5	5
Lance Gibbs	not out	5	25

Dennis Lillee 15.00-1-70-3Max Walker 19.00-1-74-2Greg Chappell 7.00-1-23-1Ian Chappell 5.20-3-7-1Jeff Thomson 9.00-0-51-1Ashley Mallett 14.00-0-61-1

Australia, 51 (2 wkts)

Rick McCosker	not out	22	32
Alan Turner	bowled	7	22
Ian Redpath	caught (Keith Boyce)	9	7
Ian Chappell	not out	13	14
Greg Chappell	did not bat	0	0
Gary Cosier	did not bat	0	0
Rod Marsh	did not bat	0	0
Max Walker	did not bat	0	0
Dennis Lillee	did not bat	0	0
Jeff Thomson	did not bat	0	0
Ashley Mallett	did not bat	0	0

Andy Roberts 3.00-0-19-1Bernard Julien 3.00-0-13-1Gordon Greenidge 1.00-1-0-0Lawrence Rowe 1.00-0-6-0Alvin Kallicharran 0.70-0-13-0

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