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 2nd Test

Australia tour of England - 1985 (1985) · Lord's, London · 27 June 1985 · Australia won the toss and chose to bowl

Australia won by 4 wickets · Man of the Match: Allan Border

Australia won by 4 wickets. Allan Border top-scored with 196 for Australia. Man of the Match: Allan Border.

England ARCHIVE Australia ARCHIVE 1985 TESTS Lord's ARCHIVE

England, 267 (10 wkts)

Graham Gooch	lbw	30	46
Tim Robinson	lbw	6	23
David Gower	caught (Allan Border)	86	146
Mike Gatting	lbw	14	32
Allan Lamb	caught (Wayne Phillips)	47	119
Ian Botham	caught (Greg Ritchie)	5	8
Paul Downton	caught (Kepler Wessels)	21	71
John Emburey	lbw	33	75
Phil Edmonds	caught (Allan Border)	21	78
Neil Foster	caught (Kepler Wessels)	3	16
Paul Allott	not out	1	6

Geoff Lawson 25.00-2-91-3Craig McDermott 29.20-5-70-6Simon O'Donnell 22.00-3-82-1Bob Holland 23.00-6-42-0

Australia, 410 (10 wkts)

Graeme Wood	caught (John Emburey)	8	17
Andrew Hilditch	bowled	14	35
Kepler Wessels	lbw	11	42
Allan Border	caught (Graham Gooch)	196	318
David Boon	caught (Paul Downton)	4	19
Greg Ritchie	lbw	94	212
Wayne Phillips	caught (Phil Edmonds)	21	22
Simon O'Donnell	caught (Allan Lamb)	48	67
Geoff Lawson	not out	5	16
Craig McDermott	run out	9	11
Bob Holland	bowled	0	1

Neil Foster 23.00-1-83-1Paul Allott 30.00-4-70-1Ian Botham 24.00-2-109-5Phil Edmonds 25.40-5-85-2Graham Gooch 3.00-1-11-0John Emburey 19.00-3-57-0

England, 241 (10 wkts)

Graham Gooch	caught (Wayne Phillips)	17	29
Tim Robinson	bowled	12	29
John Emburey	bowled	20	31
Paul Allott	bowled	0	7
David Gower	caught (Wayne Phillips)	22	21
Mike Gatting	not out	75	180
Allan Lamb	caught (Bob Holland)	9	32
Ian Botham	caught (Allan Border)	85	117
Paul Downton	caught (David Boon)	0	1
Phil Edmonds	caught (David Boon)	1	34
Neil Foster	caught (Allan Border)	0	3

Craig McDermott 20.00-2-84-2Geoff Lawson 23.00-0-86-3Bob Holland 32.00-12-68-5Simon O'Donnell 5.00-0-10-0

Australia, 116 (6 wkts)

Graeme Wood	caught (Allan Lamb)	6	17
Andrew Hilditch	caught (Allan Lamb)	0	4
Kepler Wessels	run out	28	86
Greg Ritchie	bowled	2	16
Allan Border	not out	41	89
David Boon	bowled	1	8
Wayne Phillips	caught (Phil Edmonds)	29	32
Simon O'Donnell	not out	9	24
Geoff Lawson	did not bat	0	0
Craig McDermott	did not bat	0	0
Bob Holland	did not bat	0	0

Ian Botham 15.00-0-49-2Paul Allott 7.00-4-8-1Phil Edmonds 16.00-5-35-1John Emburey 8.00-4-24-1

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