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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England v West Indies 4th Test

West Indies tour of England - 1957 (1957) · Headingley, Leeds · 25 July 1957 · West Indies won the toss and chose to bat

England won by an innings and 5 runs

England won by an innings and 5 runs. Peter May top-scored with 69 for England.

West Indies ARCHIVE England ARCHIVE 1957 TESTS Headingley ARCHIVE

West Indies, 140 (10 wkts)

Frank Worrell	bowled	29	0
Garry Sobers	caught (Tony Lock)	4	0
Rohan Kanhai	lbw	47	0
Everton Weekes	bowled	0	0
Clyde Walcott	caught (Colin Cowdrey)	38	0
Collie Smith	bowled	15	0
Bruce Pairaudeau	bowled	6	0
John Goddard	bowled	1	0
Gerry Alexander	not out	0	0
Sonny Ramadhin	caught (Fred Trueman)	0	0
Roy Gilchrist	bowled	0	0

Fred Trueman 17.00-4-33-2Peter Loader 20.30-9-36-6Don Smith 17.00-6-24-0Jim Laker 17.00-4-24-2Tony Lock 14.00-6-23-0

England, 271 (10 wkts)

Peter Richardson	caught (Gerry Alexander)	10	0
Don Smith	bowled	0	0
Tom Graveney	bowled	22	0
Peter May	caught (Gerry Alexander)	69	0
Colin Cowdrey	caught (Everton Weekes)	68	0
David Sheppard	caught (Clyde Walcott)	68	0
Godfrey Evans	bowled	10	0
Tony Lock	bowled	20	0
Jim Laker	caught (Gerry Alexander)	1	0
Fred Trueman	not out	2	0
Peter Loader	caught (Bruce Pairaudeau)	1	0

Frank Worrell 38.20-9-70-7Roy Gilchrist 27.00-3-71-2Garry Sobers 32.00-9-79-1Sonny Ramadhin 19.00-5-34-0Collie Smith 8.00-1-17-0

West Indies, 126 (10 wkts)

Frank Worrell	caught (Colin Cowdrey)	7	0
Garry Sobers	run out	29	0
Rohan Kanhai	lbw	0	0
Everton Weekes	caught (Colin Cowdrey)	14	0
Clyde Walcott	caught (David Sheppard)	35	0
Collie Smith	caught (Godfrey Evans)	8	0
Bruce Pairaudeau	caught (Fred Trueman)	6	0
John Goddard	caught (Peter Loader)	4	0
Gerry Alexander	bowled	11	0
Sonny Ramadhin	run out	6	0
Roy Gilchrist	not out	6	0

Fred Trueman 11.00-0-42-2Peter Loader 14.00-2-50-3Don Smith 4.00-1-12-1Jim Laker 6.20-1-16-1Tony Lock 1.00-0-6-1

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