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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New Zealand v England 1st Test

England tour of New Zealand - 1988 (1987/88) · Lancaster Park, Christchurch · 12 February 1988 · New Zealand won the toss and chose to bowl

Match drawn · Man of the Match: Ewen Chatfield

Match drawn. Chris Broad top-scored with 114 for England. Man of the Match: Ewen Chatfield.

England ARCHIVE New Zealand ARCHIVE 1988 TESTS Lancaster Park ARCHIVE

England, 300 (10 wkts)

Chris Broad	caught (Ian Smith)	114	244
Martyn Moxon	caught (Andrew Jones)	1	19
Tim Robinson	caught (Ian Smith)	70	182
Mike Gatting	caught (Mark Greatbatch)	8	18
Bill Athey	caught (Mark Greatbatch)	22	79
David Capel	caught (John Bracewell)	11	25
John Emburey	caught (Andrew Jones)	42	93
Bruce French	caught (Ian Smith)	7	4
Phil DeFreitas	caught (Danny Morrison)	4	14
Paul Jarvis	caught (Ian Smith)	14	38
Graham Dilley	not out	7	14

Richard Hadlee 18.00-3-50-0Danny Morrison 21.10-3-69-5Ewen Chatfield 42.00-13-87-4Martin Snedden 33.00-9-86-1John Bracewell 6.00-1-16-0

New Zealand, 142 (10 wkts)

John Wright	caught (Martyn Moxon)	10	37
Trevor Franklin	caught (Bill Athey)	10	44
Andrew Jones	caught (Bruce French)	8	14
Martin Crowe	caught (Martyn Moxon)	5	13
Jeff Crowe	caught (Bruce French)	28	144
John Bracewell	caught (Bruce French)	31	67
Richard Hadlee	caught (Bruce French)	37	135
Ian Smith	caught (David Capel)	13	18
Martin Snedden	lbw	0	7
Danny Morrison	bowled	0	4
Ewen Chatfield	not out	0	23

Phil DeFreitas 22.00-6-39-2Graham Dilley 24.50-9-38-6David Capel 10.00-2-32-0Paul Jarvis 21.00-8-43-2John Emburey 4.00-3-2-0

England, 141 (10 wkts)

Chris Broad	caught (Mark Greatbatch)	20	53
Martyn Moxon	caught (Andrew Jones)	27	94
Tim Robinson	caught (John Wright)	2	19
Mike Gatting	bowled	23	80
Bill Athey	caught (Ian Smith)	19	55
David Capel	caught (Martin Crowe)	0	11
John Emburey	run out	19	47
Bruce French	caught (Jeff Crowe)	3	37
Phil DeFreitas	lbw	16	28
Paul Jarvis	not out	10	19
Graham Dilley	caught (Andrew Jones)	2	7

Danny Morrison 21.10-4-64-1Ewen Chatfield 30.00-13-36-4Martin Snedden 23.00-8-45-4

New Zealand, 115 (4 wkts)

John Wright	lbw	23	94
Trevor Franklin	lbw	12	85
Andrew Jones	not out	54	159
Martin Crowe	caught (Bruce French)	6	37
Jeff Crowe	lbw	0	19
John Bracewell	not out	20	74
Richard Hadlee	did not bat	0	0
Ian Smith	did not bat	0	0
Martin Snedden	did not bat	0	0
Danny Morrison	did not bat	0	0
Ewen Chatfield	did not bat	0	0

Graham Dilley 18.00-5-32-2Phil DeFreitas 19.00-6-26-1Paul Jarvis 17.00-7-30-1John Emburey 10.00-4-16-0David Capel 13.00-5-16-0

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