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 New Zealand 2nd Test

New Zealand tour of England and Netherlands - 1978 (1978) · Trent Bridge, Nottingham · 10 August 1978 · England won the toss and chose to bat

England won by an innings and 119 runs · Man of the Match: Ian Botham

England won by an innings and 119 runs. Geoff Boycott top-scored with 131 for England. Man of the Match: Ian Botham.

England ARCHIVE New Zealand ARCHIVE 1978 TESTS Trent Bridge ARCHIVE

England, 389 (10 wkts)

Graham Gooch	caught (Mark Burgess)	55	128
Geoff Boycott	caught (Richard Hadlee)	131	374
Clive Radley	lbw	59	159
David Gower	caught (Lance Cairns)	46	132
Mike Brearley	caught (John Parker)	50	172
Ian Botham	caught (Richard Hadlee)	8	16
Geoff Miller	caught (Geoff Howarth)	4	28
Phil Edmonds	bowled	6	18
Bob Taylor	bowled	22	63
Mike Hendrick	caught (Jock Edwards)	7	7
Bob Willis	not out	1	2

Richard Hadlee 42.00-11-94-4Brendon Bracewell 33.50-2-110-3Lance Cairns 38.00-7-85-1Bevan Congdon 39.00-15-71-0Stephen Boock 28.00-18-29-2

New Zealand, 109 (10 wkts)

Robert Anderson	lbw	19	55
Bruce Edgar	caught (Bob Taylor)	6	37
Geoff Howarth	not out	31	137
Stephen Boock	caught (Bob Taylor)	8	34
John Parker	caught (Bob Taylor)	0	3
Mark Burgess	caught (Bob Taylor)	5	18
Bevan Congdon	caught (Mike Hendrick)	27	100
Jock Edwards	caught (Bob Taylor)	0	1
Lance Cairns	bowled	9	22
Richard Hadlee	caught (Graham Gooch)	4	13
Brendon Bracewell	bowled	0	8

Bob Willis 12.00-5-22-1Mike Hendrick 15.00-9-18-1Ian Botham 21.00-9-34-6Phil Edmonds 15.40-5-21-2Geoff Miller 6.00-1-14-0

New Zealand, 174 (10 wkts)

Robert Anderson	run out	0	12
Bruce Edgar	caught (Ian Botham)	60	197
Geoff Howarth	caught (Ian Botham)	34	58
John Parker	run out	38	119
Mark Burgess	caught (Mike Brearley)	7	53
Bevan Congdon	caught (Mike Brearley)	4	38
Jock Edwards	caught (Phil Edmonds)	18	49
Lance Cairns	lbw	0	6
Richard Hadlee	caught (Bob Taylor)	11	21
Stephen Boock	bowled	2	8
Brendon Bracewell	not out	0	3

Bob Willis 9.00-0-31-0Mike Hendrick 20.00-7-30-1Ian Botham 24.00-7-59-3Phil Edmonds 33.10-15-44-4Geoff Miller 6.00-3-10-0

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