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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 1st Test

Pakistan tour of England - 1982 (1982) · Edgbaston, Birmingham · 29 July 1982 · England won the toss and chose to bat

England won by 113 runs · Man of the Match: Imran Khan

England won by 113 runs. Derek Randall top-scored with 105 for England. Man of the Match: Imran Khan.

England ARCHIVE Pakistan ARCHIVE 1982 TESTS Edgbaston ARCHIVE

England, 234 (10 wkts)

Derek Randall	bowled	17	23
Chris Tavaré	caught (Javed Miandad)	54	180
Allan Lamb	caught (Wasim Bari)	6	10
David Gower	caught (Wasim Bari)	74	144
Ian Botham	bowled	2	6
Mike Gatting	bowled	17	54
Geoff Miller	bowled	47	92
Ian Greig	caught	14	55
Eddie Hemmings	lbw	2	5
Bob Taylor	lbw	1	4
Bob Willis	not out	0	8

Imran Khan 25.30-11-52-7Tahir Naqqash 15.00-4-46-1Sikander Bakht 18.00-5-58-1Mudassar Nazar 5.00-2-8-0Abdul Qadir 29.00-7-70-1

Pakistan, 238 (10 wkts)

Mudassar Nazar	lbw	0	2
Mohsin Khan	caught (Bob Willis)	26	35
Tahir Naqqash	caught (Bob Taylor)	12	17
Mansoor Akhtar	caught (Geoff Miller)	58	151
Javed Miandad	caught (Bob Willis)	30	40
Zaheer Abbas	lbw	40	93
Wasim Raja	caught (Chris Tavaré)	26	55
Imran Khan	caught (Bob Taylor)	22	35
Wasim Bari	not out	16	25
Abdul Qadir	lbw	7	20
Sikander Bakht	caught (Eddie Hemmings)	1	8

Ian Botham 24.00-1-86-2Ian Greig 14.20-3-53-4Bob Willis 15.00-3-42-2Eddie Hemmings 24.00-5-56-2Geoff Miller 2.00-1-1-0

England, 258 (10 wkts)

Derek Randall	bowled	105	156
Chris Tavaré	caught (Mohsin Khan)	17	70
Allan Lamb	lbw	5	27
David Gower	caught (Mudassar Nazar)	13	19
Mike Gatting	caught (Wasim Bari)	5	14
Ian Botham	lbw	0	1
Geoff Miller	bowled	5	21
Ian Greig	bowled	7	27
Eddie Hemmings	caught (Mansoor Akhtar)	19	52
Bob Taylor	caught (Abdul Qadir)	54	149
Bob Willis	not out	28	103

Imran Khan 32.00-5-84-2Tahir Naqqash 18.00-7-40-5Sikander Bakht 13.00-5-34-0Abdul Qadir 40.00-10-100-2Wasim Raja 2.30-2-0-1

Pakistan, 191 (10 wkts)

Mudassar Nazar	lbw	0	2
Mohsin Khan	lbw	35	55
Mansoor Akhtar	caught (Bob Taylor)	0	4
Javed Miandad	run out	10	29
Zaheer Abbas	caught (Bob Taylor)	4	25
Wasim Raja	caught (David Gower)	16	13
Imran Khan	bowled	65	103
Wasim Bari	caught (Bob Taylor)	12	35
Tahir Naqqash	caught (Eddie Hemmings)	39	44
Abdul Qadir	caught (Derek Randall)	9	34
Sikander Bakht	not out	1	2

Ian Botham 21.00-7-70-4Ian Greig 4.00-1-19-0Bob Willis 14.00-2-49-2Eddie Hemmings 10.00-4-27-1Geoff Miller 7.40-1-26-2

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