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 Pakistan 2nd Test

Pakistan tour of England - 1978 (1978) · Lord's, London · 15 June 1978 · England won the toss and chose to bat

England won by an innings and 120 runs · Man of the Match: Ian Botham

England won by an innings and 120 runs. Ian Botham top-scored with 108 for England. Man of the Match: Ian Botham.

England ARCHIVE Pakistan ARCHIVE 1978 TESTS Lord's ARCHIVE

England, 361 (10 wkts)

Mike Brearley	lbw	2	11
Graham Gooch	lbw	54	91
Clive Radley	caught (Mohsin Khan)	8	16
David Gower	bowled	56	76
Graham Roope	caught (Mohsin Khan)	69	124
Geoff Miller	caught (Javed Miandad)	0	18
Ian Botham	bowled	108	110
Bob Taylor	caught (Mudassar Nazar)	10	29
Chris Old	caught (Mohsin Khan)	0	1
Phil Edmonds	not out	36	47
Bob Willis	bowled	18	29

Sikander Bakht 27.00-3-115-2Liaqat Ali 18.00-1-80-3Mudassar Nazar 4.20-0-16-1Iqbal Qasim 30.00-5-101-3Wasim Raja 12.00-3-49-1

Pakistan, 96 (10 wkts)

Mudassar Nazar	caught (Phil Edmonds)	1	7
Sadiq Mohammad	caught (Ian Botham)	11	20
Mohsin Khan	caught (Bob Willis)	31	91
Haroon Rasheed	bowled	15	13
Javed Miandad	caught (Bob Taylor)	0	4
Wasim Raja	bowled	28	38
Talat Ali	caught (Clive Radley)	2	33
Wasim Bari	caught (Mike Brearley)	0	8
Iqbal Qasim	bowled	0	7
Sikander Bakht	caught (Mike Brearley)	4	7
Liaqat Ali	not out	4	1

Bob Willis 13.00-1-47-5Chris Old 10.00-3-26-1Ian Botham 5.00-2-17-0Phil Edmonds 8.00-6-6-4

Pakistan, 126 (10 wkts)

Mudassar Nazar	caught (Bob Taylor)	10	34
Sadiq Mohammad	caught (Bob Taylor)	0	2
Mohsin Khan	caught (Graham Roope)	46	117
Talat Ali	caught (Graham Roope)	40	113
Haroon Rasheed	bowled	4	28
Javed Miandad	caught (Graham Gooch)	22	71
Wasim Raja	caught (Ian Botham)	1	5
Wasim Bari	caught (Bob Taylor)	2	6
Sikander Bakht	caught (Graham Roope)	1	20
Iqbal Qasim	bowled	0	3
Liaqat Ali	not out	0	7

Bob Willis 10.00-2-26-2Chris Old 15.00-4-36-0Ian Botham 20.50-8-34-8Phil Edmonds 12.00-4-21-0Geoff Miller 9.00-3-9-0

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