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 England 3rd Test

England tour of Australia - 1979 (1979/80) · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne · 1 February 1980 · England won the toss and chose to bat

Australia won by 8 wickets · Man of the Match: Dennis Lillee

Australia won by 8 wickets. Ian Botham top-scored with 119* for England. Man of the Match: Dennis Lillee.

England ARCHIVE Australia ARCHIVE 1980 TESTS Melbourne Cricket Ground ARCHIVE

England, 289 (10 wkts)

Graham Gooch	run out	99	193
Geoff Boycott	caught (Ashley Mallett)	44	124
Wayne Larkins	caught (Greg Chappell)	25	62
David Gower	lbw	0	18
Peter Willey	lbw	1	9
Ian Botham	caught (Rod Marsh)	8	21
Mike Brearley	not out	60	186
Bob Taylor	bowled	23	75
Derek Underwood	caught (Ian Chappell)	3	18
John Lever	bowled	22	68
Bob Willis	caught (Greg Chappell)	4	10

Dennis Lillee 33.10-9-60-6Geoff Dymock 28.00-6-54-1Ashley Mallett 35.00-9-104-0Len Pascoe 32.00-7-71-2

Australia, 444 (10 wkts)

Rick McCosker	caught (Ian Botham)	33	73
Bruce Laird	caught (David Gower)	74	216
Ian Chappell	caught (Derek Underwood)	75	151
Kim Hughes	caught (Derek Underwood)	15	49
Allan Border	caught (John Lever)	63	153
Greg Chappell	caught (Wayne Larkins)	114	212
Rod Marsh	caught (Ian Botham)	17	75
Dennis Lillee	caught (Peter Willey)	8	29
Geoff Dymock	bowled	19	74
Ashley Mallett	lbw	25	54
Len Pascoe	not out	1	4

John Lever 53.00-15-111-4Ian Botham 39.50-15-105-3Bob Willis 21.00-4-61-0Derek Underwood 53.00-19-131-3Peter Willey 13.00-2-36-0

England, 249 (10 wkts)

Graham Gooch	bowled	51	113
Geoff Boycott	bowled	7	35
Wayne Larkins	lbw	3	14
David Gower	bowled	11	15
Peter Willey	caught (Rod Marsh)	2	5
Mike Brearley	caught (Allan Border)	10	31
Ian Botham	not out	119	213
Bob Taylor	caught (Allan Border)	32	62
Derek Underwood	bowled	0	3
John Lever	caught (Rod Marsh)	12	65
Bob Willis	caught (Greg Chappell)	2	8

Dennis Lillee 33.00-6-78-5Geoff Dymock 11.00-2-30-0Ashley Mallett 14.00-1-45-1Len Pascoe 29.50-3-80-4Allan Border 4.00-0-16-0

Australia, 93 (2 wkts)

Rick McCosker	lbw	2	34
Bruce Laird	caught (Geoff Boycott)	25	95
Ian Chappell	not out	26	62
Greg Chappell	not out	40	43
Kim Hughes	did not bat	0	0
Allan Border	did not bat	0	0
Rod Marsh	did not bat	0	0
Dennis Lillee	did not bat	0	0
Geoff Dymock	did not bat	0	0
Ashley Mallett	did not bat	0	0
Len Pascoe	did not bat	0	0

John Lever 7.40-3-18-0Ian Botham 12.00-5-18-1Bob Willis 5.00-3-8-0Derek Underwood 14.00-2-49-1

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