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 - 1983 (1983) · Headingley, Leeds · 28 July 1983 · New Zealand won the toss and chose to bowl

New Zealand won by 5 wickets · Man of the Match: Lance Cairns

New Zealand won by 5 wickets. David Gower top-scored with 112* for England. Man of the Match: Lance Cairns.

England ARCHIVE New Zealand ARCHIVE 1983 TESTS Headingley ARCHIVE

England, 214 (10 wkts)

Graeme Fowler	caught (Ian Smith)	9	55
Chris Tavaré	caught (Ian Smith)	69	229
David Gower	caught (Jeremy Coney)	9	18
Allan Lamb	caught (Martin Crowe)	58	83
Ian Botham	caught (Geoff Howarth)	38	33
Derek Randall	caught (Jeremy Coney)	4	10
Phil Edmonds	caught (Ian Smith)	8	35
Graham Dilley	bowled	0	3
Bob Taylor	not out	10	43
Bob Willis	caught (Jeff Crowe)	9	26
Norman Cowans	caught (John Bracewell)	0	2

Richard Hadlee 21.00-9-44-0Ewen Chatfield 22.00-8-67-1Lance Cairns 33.20-14-74-7Jeremy Coney 12.00-3-21-2John Bracewell 1.00-0-8-0

New Zealand, 363 (10 wkts)

John Wright	caught (Bob Willis)	93	226
Bruce Edgar	bowled	84	207
Geoff Howarth	run out	13	14
Martin Crowe	lbw	37	134
Jeff Crowe	run out	0	4
Jeremy Coney	caught (David Gower)	19	59
Richard Hadlee	bowled	75	134
John Bracewell	caught (Graham Dilley)	16	40
Ian Smith	caught (Chris Tavaré)	2	6
Lance Cairns	not out	24	21
Ewen Chatfield	lbw	0	1

Bob Willis 23.30-6-57-4Graham Dilley 17.00-4-36-0Ian Botham 26.00-9-81-0Norman Cowans 28.00-8-88-3Phil Edmonds 45.00-14-101-1

England, 240 (10 wkts)

Graeme Fowler	caught (Ian Smith)	19	41
Chris Tavaré	bowled	23	64
David Gower	not out	112	196
Allan Lamb	bowled	28	71
Ian Botham	caught (Geoff Howarth)	4	3
Derek Randall	caught (Ian Smith)	16	16
Phil Edmonds	caught (Ian Smith)	0	4
Graham Dilley	caught (Ian Smith)	15	72
Bob Taylor	bowled	9	35
Bob Willis	caught (Jeremy Coney)	4	2
Norman Cowans	caught (Martin Crowe)	10	18

Richard Hadlee 26.00-9-45-0Ewen Chatfield 29.00-5-95-5Lance Cairns 24.00-2-70-3Jeremy Coney 8.00-1-30-2

New Zealand, 78 (5 wkts)

John Wright	caught (Derek Randall)	26	43
Bruce Edgar	caught (Phil Edmonds)	2	15
Geoff Howarth	caught (Derek Randall)	20	22
Martin Crowe	caught (Allan Lamb)	1	13
Jeff Crowe	bowled	13	23
Jeremy Coney	not out	10	38
Richard Hadlee	not out	6	21
John Bracewell	did not bat	0	0
Ian Smith	did not bat	0	0
Lance Cairns	did not bat	0	0
Ewen Chatfield	did not bat	0	0

Bob Willis 14.00-5-35-5Graham Dilley 8.00-2-16-0Ian Botham 0.10-0-4-0Norman Cowans 5.00-0-23-0

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