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 1st Test

West Indies tour of Australia - 1981 (1981/82) · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne · 26 December 1981 · Australia won the toss and chose to bat

Australia won by 58 runs · Man of the Match: Kim Hughes

Australia won by 58 runs. Kim Hughes top-scored with 100* for Australia. Man of the Match: Kim Hughes.

Australia ARCHIVE West Indies ARCHIVE 1981 TESTS Melbourne Cricket Ground ARCHIVE

Australia, 183 (10 wkts)

Bruce Laird	caught (David Murray)	4	18
Graeme Wood	caught (David Murray)	3	28
Greg Chappell	caught (David Murray)	0	1
Allan Border	caught (David Murray)	4	43
Kim Hughes	not out	100	200
Dirk Wellham	caught (Gus Logie)	17	37
Rod Marsh	caught (Viv Richards)	21	43
Bruce Yardley	bowled	21	17
Dennis Lillee	caught (Larry Gomes)	1	4
Geoff Lawson	bowled	2	3
Terry Alderman	caught (David Murray)	10	26

Michael Holding 17.00-3-45-5Andy Roberts 15.00-6-40-1Joel Garner 20.00-6-59-2Colin Croft 16.10-3-39-2

West Indies, 188 (10 wkts)

Desmond Haynes	caught (Allan Border)	1	14
Faoud Bacchus	caught (Graeme Wood)	1	8
Colin Croft	lbw	0	10
Viv Richards	bowled	2	8
Clive Lloyd	caught (Terry Alderman)	29	81
Larry Gomes	caught (Greg Chappell)	55	108
Jeff Dujon	caught (Kim Hughes)	41	48
David Murray	not out	32	70
Andy Roberts	caught (Rod Marsh)	18	23
Michael Holding	caught (Terry Alderman)	2	7
Joel Garner	caught (Bruce Laird)	7	10

Dennis Lillee 26.30-3-83-7Terry Alderman 18.00-3-54-2Geoff Lawson 9.00-2-28-0Greg Chappell 2.00-2-0-0Bruce Yardley 7.00-2-23-1

Australia, 208 (10 wkts)

Bruce Laird	lbw	64	146
Graeme Wood	caught (David Murray)	46	86
Greg Chappell	caught (David Murray)	6	21
Allan Border	bowled	66	136
Kim Hughes	bowled	8	48
Dirk Wellham	lbw	2	5
Rod Marsh	caught (David Murray)	2	14
Bruce Yardley	bowled	13	17
Dennis Lillee	caught (David Murray)	0	9
Geoff Lawson	not out	0	7
Terry Alderman	bowled	1	10

Michael Holding 21.30-5-62-6Andy Roberts 18.00-4-31-0Joel Garner 18.00-5-37-3Colin Croft 20.00-2-61-1Viv Richards 5.00-0-17-0

West Indies, 141 (10 wkts)

Desmond Haynes	caught (Dennis Lillee)	28	121
Faoud Bacchus	lbw	0	3
Viv Richards	bowled	0	2
Clive Lloyd	caught (Allan Border)	19	36
Larry Gomes	bowled	24	48
Jeff Dujon	caught (Rod Marsh)	43	163
David Murray	caught (Rod Marsh)	10	28
Andy Roberts	lbw	10	40
Michael Holding	lbw	7	11
Joel Garner	lbw	0	1
Colin Croft	not out	0	2

Dennis Lillee 27.10-8-44-3Terry Alderman 9.00-3-23-2Geoff Lawson 17.00-3-36-1Bruce Yardley 21.00-7-38-4

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