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 Australia Only Test

Australia tour of England - 1980 (1980) · Lord's, London · 28 August 1980 · Australia won the toss and chose to bat

Match drawn · Man of the Match: Kim Hughes

Match drawn. Geoff Boycott top-scored with 128* for England. Man of the Match: Kim Hughes.

Australia ARCHIVE England ARCHIVE 1980 TESTS Lord's ARCHIVE

Australia, 374 (5 wkts)

Graeme Wood	stumping (David Bairstow)	112	295
Bruce Laird	caught (David Bairstow)	24	64
Greg Chappell	caught (Mike Gatting)	47	115
Kim Hughes	caught (Bill Athey)	117	209
Graham Yallop	lbw	2	11
Allan Border	not out	56	80
Rod Marsh	not out	16	32
Ray Bright	did not bat	0	0
Dennis Lillee	did not bat	0	0
Ashley Mallett	did not bat	0	0
Len Pascoe	did not bat	0	0

Chris Old 35.00-9-91-3Mike Hendrick 30.00-6-67-1Ian Botham 22.00-2-89-0John Emburey 38.00-9-104-1Graham Gooch 8.00-3-16-0Peter Willey 1.00-0-7-0

England, 179 (10 wkts)

Graham Gooch	caught (Ray Bright)	8	13
Geoff Boycott	caught (Rod Marsh)	62	146
Bill Athey	bowled	9	22
David Gower	bowled	45	100
Mike Gatting	lbw	12	37
Ian Botham	caught (Graeme Wood)	0	14
Peter Willey	lbw	5	11
David Bairstow	lbw	6	18
John Emburey	lbw	3	18
Chris Old	not out	24	15
Mike Hendrick	caught (Allan Border)	5	6

Dennis Lillee 15.00-4-43-4Len Pascoe 18.00-5-59-5Greg Chappell 2.00-0-2-0Ray Bright 21.00-6-50-0Ashley Mallett 7.20-3-25-1

Australia, 178 (4 wkts)

Graeme Wood	lbw	8	35
Bruce Laird	caught (David Bairstow)	6	45
Greg Chappell	bowled	59	115
Kim Hughes	lbw	84	99
Allan Border	not out	21	29
Graham Yallop	did not bat	0	0
Rod Marsh	did not bat	0	0
Ray Bright	did not bat	0	0
Dennis Lillee	did not bat	0	0
Ashley Mallett	did not bat	0	0
Len Pascoe	did not bat	0	0

Chris Old 20.00-6-47-3Mike Hendrick 15.00-4-53-0Ian Botham 9.20-1-43-1John Emburey 9.00-2-35-0

England, 231 (3 wkts)

Graham Gooch	lbw	16	15
Geoff Boycott	not out	128	252
Bill Athey	caught (Bruce Laird)	1	21
David Gower	bowled	35	63
Mike Gatting	not out	51	153
Ian Botham	did not bat	0	0
Peter Willey	did not bat	0	0
David Bairstow	did not bat	0	0
John Emburey	did not bat	0	0
Chris Old	did not bat	0	0
Mike Hendrick	did not bat	0	0

Dennis Lillee 19.00-5-53-1Len Pascoe 17.00-1-73-1Ray Bright 25.00-9-44-0Ashley Mallett 21.00-2-61-1

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