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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West Indies v Australia 3rd Test

Australia tour of West Indies - 1984 (1983/84) · Kensington Oval, Bridgetown · 30 March 1984 · West Indies won the toss and chose to bowl

West Indies won by 10 wickets · Man of the Match: Malcolm Marshall

West Indies won by 10 wickets. Desmond Haynes top-scored with 145 for West Indies. Man of the Match: Malcolm Marshall.

Australia ARCHIVE West Indies ARCHIVE 1984 TESTS Kensington Oval ARCHIVE

Australia, 398 (10 wkts)

Steve Smith	caught (Jeff Dujon)	10	18
Graeme Wood	caught (Jeff Dujon)	68	180
Greg Ritchie	caught (Roger Harper)	57	109
Kim Hughes	caught (Clive Lloyd)	20	0
Allan Border	caught (Richie Richardson)	38	0
David Hookes	caught (Jeff Dujon)	30	0
Tom Hogan	bowled	40	0
Wayne Phillips	caught (Jeff Dujon)	120	197
Geoff Lawson	bowled	10	0
Rodney Hogg	caught (Joel Garner)	3	0
Terry Alderman	not out	2	35

Joel Garner 33.50-6-110-3Malcolm Marshall 26.00-2-83-2Michael Holding 30.00-5-94-2Eldine Baptiste 17.00-5-34-1Roger Harper 43.00-9-86-2

West Indies, 473 (10 wkts)

Gordon Greenidge	run out	64	148
Desmond Haynes	bowled	145	222
Richie Richardson	not out	131	313
Viv Richards	bowled	6	21
Eldine Baptiste	bowled	11	39
Jeff Dujon	bowled	2	7
Clive Lloyd	bowled	76	77
Malcolm Marshall	bowled	10	21
Roger Harper	bowled	19	19
Joel Garner	caught (Wayne Phillips)	9	21
Michael Holding	caught (Steve Smith)	0	1

Geoff Lawson 33.20-4-150-2Terry Alderman 42.40-6-152-1Rodney Hogg 32.40-4-77-6Tom Hogan 34.00-8-97-0Allan Border 3.00-1-8-0

Australia, 79 (10 wkts)

Steve Smith	bowled	7	0
Graeme Wood	lbw	20	0
Greg Ritchie	caught (Desmond Haynes)	0	0
Kim Hughes	caught (Clive Lloyd)	25	0
Tom Hogan	caught (Richie Richardson)	2	0
Allan Border	caught (Jeff Dujon)	8	0
David Hookes	bowled	9	0
Wayne Phillips	bowled	1	0
Geoff Lawson	caught (Roger Harper)	2	0
Rodney Hogg	not out	5	0
Terry Alderman	bowled	0	0

Malcolm Marshall 15.50-1-42-5Joel Garner 8.00-4-9-1Michael Holding 15.00-4-24-4Roger Harper 2.00-1-1-0Eldine Baptiste 3.00-0-14-0

West Indies, 21 (0 wkts)

Gordon Greenidge	not out	10	0
Desmond Haynes	not out	11	0
Richie Richardson	did not bat	0	0
Viv Richards	did not bat	0	0
Eldine Baptiste	did not bat	0	0
Jeff Dujon	did not bat	0	0
Clive Lloyd	did not bat	0	0
Malcolm Marshall	did not bat	0	0
Roger Harper	did not bat	0	0
Joel Garner	did not bat	0	0
Michael Holding	did not bat	0	0

Geoff Lawson 2.00-1-3-0Terry Alderman 1.40-0-18-0

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