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 3rd Test

Australia tour of England - 1981 (1981) · Headingley, Leeds · 16 July 1981 · Australia won the toss and chose to bat

England won by 18 runs · Man of the Match: Ian Botham

England won by 18 runs. Ian Botham top-scored with 149* for England. Man of the Match: Ian Botham.

Australia ARCHIVE England ARCHIVE 1981 TESTS Headingley ARCHIVE

Australia, 369 (9 wkts)

John Dyson	bowled	102	234
Graeme Wood	lbw	34	55
Trevor Chappell	caught (Bob Taylor)	27	135
Kim Hughes	caught (Ian Botham)	89	208
Ray Bright	bowled	7	36
Graham Yallop	caught (Bob Taylor)	58	167
Allan Border	lbw	8	20
Rod Marsh	bowled	28	50
Geoff Lawson	caught (Bob Taylor)	13	35
Dennis Lillee	not out	3	6
Terry Alderman	not out	0	0

Bob Willis 30.00-8-72-0Chris Old 43.00-14-91-0Graham Dilley 27.00-4-78-2Ian Botham 39.20-11-95-6Peter Willey 13.00-2-31-1Geoff Boycott 3.00-2-2-0

England, 140 (10 wkts)

Graham Gooch	lbw	2	7
Geoff Boycott	bowled	12	58
Mike Brearley	caught (Rod Marsh)	10	53
David Gower	caught (Rod Marsh)	24	50
Mike Gatting	lbw	15	29
Peter Willey	bowled	8	22
Ian Botham	caught (Rod Marsh)	50	54
Bob Taylor	caught (Rod Marsh)	5	23
Graham Dilley	caught (Dennis Lillee)	13	17
Chris Old	caught (Allan Border)	0	4
Bob Willis	not out	1	4

Dennis Lillee 18.50-7-49-4Terry Alderman 19.00-4-59-3Geoff Lawson 13.00-3-32-3

England, 340 (10 wkts)

Graham Gooch	caught (Terry Alderman)	0	3
Geoff Boycott	lbw	46	141
Mike Brearley	caught (Terry Alderman)	14	29
David Gower	caught (Allan Border)	9	22
Mike Gatting	lbw	1	10
Peter Willey	caught (John Dyson)	33	56
Ian Botham	not out	149	148
Bob Taylor	caught (Ray Bright)	1	9
Graham Dilley	bowled	56	75
Chris Old	bowled	29	31
Bob Willis	caught (Allan Border)	2	9

Dennis Lillee 25.00-6-94-3Terry Alderman 35.30-6-135-6Geoff Lawson 23.00-4-96-1Ray Bright 4.00-0-15-0

Australia, 93 (10 wkts)

John Dyson	caught (Bob Taylor)	34	83
Graeme Wood	caught (Bob Taylor)	10	10
Trevor Chappell	caught (Bob Taylor)	8	56
Kim Hughes	caught (Ian Botham)	0	9
Graham Yallop	caught (Mike Gatting)	0	3
Allan Border	bowled	0	8
Rod Marsh	caught (Graham Dilley)	4	9
Ray Bright	bowled	19	32
Geoff Lawson	caught (Bob Taylor)	1	2
Dennis Lillee	caught (Mike Gatting)	17	15
Terry Alderman	not out	0	5

Ian Botham 7.00-3-14-1Graham Dilley 2.00-0-11-0Bob Willis 15.10-3-43-8Chris Old 9.00-1-21-1Peter Willey 3.00-1-4-0

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