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 3rd Test

New Zealand tour of England - 1983 (1983) · Lord's, London · 11 August 1983 · New Zealand won the toss and chose to bowl

England won by 127 runs · Man of the Match: David Gower

England won by 127 runs. David Gower top-scored with 108 for England. Man of the Match: David Gower.

England ARCHIVE New Zealand ARCHIVE 1983 TESTS Lord's ARCHIVE

England, 315 (10 wkts)

Chris Tavaré	bowled	51	171
Chris Smith	lbw	0	1
David Gower	lbw	108	200
Allan Lamb	caught	17	44
Mike Gatting	caught (John Wright)	81	128
Ian Botham	lbw	8	29
Bob Taylor	bowled	16	58
Neil Foster	caught (Ian Smith)	10	25
Nick Cook	bowled	16	50
Bob Willis	caught (Ian Smith)	7	13
Norman Cowans	not out	1	7

Richard Hadlee 40.00-15-93-5Lance Cairns 23.00-8-65-1Ewen Chatfield 36.30-8-116-2Martin Crowe 13.00-1-35-2Jeremy Coney 8.00-7-6-0

New Zealand, 183 (10 wkts)

John Wright	caught (Allan Lamb)	11	43
Bruce Edgar	caught (Bob Willis)	70	190
Geoff Howarth	bowled	25	39
Martin Crowe	bowled	46	98
Jeremy Coney	bowled	7	36
Evan Gray	caught (Allan Lamb)	11	59
John Bracewell	caught (David Gower)	0	2
Richard Hadlee	caught (Ian Botham)	0	6
Lance Cairns	caught (Allan Lamb)	5	11
Ian Smith	caught (Allan Lamb)	3	18
Ewen Chatfield	not out	5	13

Bob Willis 13.00-6-28-1Neil Foster 16.00-5-40-0Norman Cowans 9.00-1-30-0Ian Botham 20.40-6-50-4Nick Cook 26.00-11-35-5

England, 191 (10 wkts)

Chris Tavaré	caught (Martin Crowe)	16	28
Chris Smith	caught (Jeremy Coney)	43	176
David Gower	caught (Martin Crowe)	34	67
Allan Lamb	caught (Richard Hadlee)	4	15
Mike Gatting	bowled	15	50
Ian Botham	caught (Jeremy Coney)	61	101
Bob Taylor	caught (Jeremy Coney)	7	41
Neil Foster	caught (John Wright)	3	34
Nick Cook	caught (John Bracewell)	5	15
Bob Willis	not out	2	5
Norman Cowans	caught (Ian Smith)	1	5

Richard Hadlee 26.00-7-42-3Lance Cairns 3.00-0-9-0Ewen Chatfield 13.30-4-29-3Jeremy Coney 6.00-4-9-1John Bracewell 11.00-4-29-0Evan Gray 30.00-8-73-3

New Zealand, 205 (10 wkts)

John Wright	caught (Bob Taylor)	12	15
Bruce Edgar	caught (Allan Lamb)	27	95
Geoff Howarth	caught (Bob Taylor)	0	7
Martin Crowe	caught (Neil Foster)	12	55
Jeremy Coney	caught (Mike Gatting)	68	118
Evan Gray	caught (Allan Lamb)	17	33
Richard Hadlee	bowled	30	35
John Bracewell	lbw	4	6
Lance Cairns	bowled	16	20
Ian Smith	not out	17	30
Ewen Chatfield	caught (Nick Cook)	2	11

Bob Willis 12.00-5-24-3Neil Foster 12.00-0-35-1Norman Cowans 11.00-1-36-2Ian Botham 7.00-2-20-1Nick Cook 27.20-9-90-3

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