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 - 1990 (1990) · Edgbaston, Birmingham · 5 July 1990 · New Zealand won the toss and chose to bowl

England won by 114 runs · Man of the Match: Devon Malcolm

England won by 114 runs. Graham Gooch top-scored with 154 for England. Man of the Match: Devon Malcolm.

England ARCHIVE New Zealand ARCHIVE 1990 TESTS Edgbaston ARCHIVE

England, 407 (10 wkts)

Graham Gooch	caught (Richard Hadlee)	154	281
Mike Atherton	lbw	82	176
Alec Stewart	caught (Adam Parore)	9	39
Allan Lamb	caught (Adam Parore)	2	17
Robin Smith	caught (Andrew Jones)	19	34
Neil Fairbrother	lbw	2	8
Jack Russell	bowled	43	99
Chris Lewis	caught (Ken Rutherford)	32	76
Gladstone Small	not out	44	89
Eddie Hemmings	caught (Adam Parore)	20	42
Devon Malcolm	bowled	0	3

Richard Hadlee 37.50-8-97-3Danny Morrison 26.00-7-81-2Martin Snedden 35.00-9-106-3John Bracewell 42.00-12-130-2Andrew Jones 1.00-0-2-0

New Zealand, 225 (10 wkts)

Trevor Franklin	caught (Robin Smith)	66	207
John Wright	caught (Jack Russell)	24	74
Andrew Jones	caught (Jack Russell)	2	14
Martin Crowe	lbw	11	35
Mark Greatbatch	bowled	45	82
Ken Rutherford	caught (Alec Stewart)	29	59
Richard Hadlee	caught (Mike Atherton)	8	19
John Bracewell	bowled	25	22
Adam Parore	not out	12	38
Martin Snedden	lbw	2	33
Danny Morrison	bowled	1	10

Gladstone Small 18.00-7-44-0Devon Malcolm 25.00-7-59-3Chris Lewis 19.00-5-51-1Eddie Hemmings 27.30-10-58-6Mike Atherton 9.00-5-17-0

England, 148 (10 wkts)

Graham Gooch	bowled	30	32
Mike Atherton	caught (Ken Rutherford)	70	132
Alec Stewart	lbw	15	30
Allan Lamb	stumping (Adam Parore)	4	9
Robin Smith	caught (Richard Hadlee)	14	25
Neil Fairbrother	lbw	3	8
Jack Russell	caught (Jeff Crowe)	0	8
Chris Lewis	caught (Adam Parore)	1	23
Gladstone Small	not out	11	22
Eddie Hemmings	bowled	0	6
Devon Malcolm	lbw	0	3

Richard Hadlee 21.00-3-53-5Danny Morrison 3.00-1-29-0Martin Snedden 9.00-0-32-1John Bracewell 16.00-5-38-4

New Zealand, 216 (10 wkts)

Trevor Franklin	lbw	5	21
John Wright	caught (Robin Smith)	46	93
Andrew Jones	caught (Graham Gooch)	40	99
Martin Crowe	lbw	25	70
Mark Greatbatch	caught (Mike Atherton)	22	45
Ken Rutherford	caught (Allan Lamb)	18	29
Richard Hadlee	bowled	13	51
Adam Parore	caught (Allan Lamb)	20	72
John Bracewell	caught (Mike Atherton)	0	3
Martin Snedden	not out	21	51
Danny Morrison	bowled	6	20

Gladstone Small 16.00-5-56-1Devon Malcolm 24.40-8-46-5Chris Lewis 22.00-3-76-3Eddie Hemmings 29.00-13-43-1

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