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 2nd Test

West Indies tour of Australia - 1984 (1984/85) · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane · 23 November 1984 · West Indies won the toss and chose to bowl

West Indies won by 8 wickets · Man of the Match: Clive Lloyd

West Indies won by 8 wickets. Richie Richardson top-scored with 138 for West Indies. Man of the Match: Clive Lloyd.

Australia ARCHIVE West Indies ARCHIVE 1984 TESTS Brisbane Cricket Ground ARCHIVE

Australia, 159 (10 wkts)

John Dyson	caught (Jeff Dujon)	13	59
Kepler Wessels	bowled	0	2
Graeme Wood	caught (Malcolm Marshall)	20	49
Allan Border	caught (Clive Lloyd)	17	60
Kim Hughes	caught (Malcolm Marshall)	34	37
David Boon	caught (Richie Richardson)	11	33
Wayne Phillips	caught (Jeff Dujon)	44	56
Geoff Lawson	bowled	14	19
Terry Alderman	caught (Clive Lloyd)	0	9
Bob Holland	caught (Jeff Dujon)	6	22
Rodney Hogg	not out	0	0

Joel Garner 18.40-5-67-4Malcolm Marshall 14.40-5-39-2Michael Holding 6.20-2-9-1Courtney Walsh 16.00-5-55-3

West Indies, 408 (10 wkts)

Gordon Greenidge	caught (Allan Border)	44	83
Desmond Haynes	bowled	21	45
Richie Richardson	caught (Wayne Phillips)	138	232
Larry Gomes	bowled	13	57
Viv Richards	caught (David Boon)	6	21
Jeff Dujon	caught (Wayne Phillips)	14	23
Clive Lloyd	caught (Kim Hughes)	114	154
Malcolm Marshall	bowled	57	57
Michael Holding	bowled	1	4
Joel Garner	not out	0	8
Courtney Walsh	caught (Wayne Phillips)	0	3

Geoff Lawson 30.40-8-116-5Terry Alderman 29.00-10-107-3Rodney Hogg 21.00-3-71-0Bob Holland 27.00-5-97-2Allan Border 5.00-0-25-0

Australia, 254 (10 wkts)

John Dyson	caught (Jeff Dujon)	21	82
Kepler Wessels	caught (Larry Gomes)	61	90
Graeme Wood	caught (Richie Richardson)	3	36
Allan Border	caught (Roger Harper)	24	73
Kim Hughes	lbw	4	10
David Boon	caught (Michael Holding)	51	128
Terry Alderman	caught (Richie Richardson)	1	11
Wayne Phillips	caught (Roger Harper)	54	50
Geoff Lawson	caught (Viv Richards)	14	24
Bob Holland	bowled	0	1
Rodney Hogg	not out	21	43

Malcolm Marshall 34.00-7-82-5Joel Garner 20.00-4-80-0Michael Holding 30.00-7-92-4Courtney Walsh 5.00-2-7-1Viv Richards 1.00-0-1-0

West Indies, 24 (2 wkts)

Desmond Haynes	bowled	7	25
Richie Richardson	caught (Terry Alderman)	5	8
Larry Gomes	not out	9	20
Viv Richards	not out	3	2
Gordon Greenidge	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
Michael Holding	did not bat	0	0
Joel Garner	did not bat	0	0
Courtney Walsh	did not bat	0	0

Geoff Lawson 5.00-0-10-1Rodney Hogg 4.10-0-14-1

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