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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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Pakistan v England 1st Test

England tour of Pakistan - 1984 (1983/84) · National Stadium, Karachi · 2 March 1984 · England won the toss and chose to bat

Pakistan won by 3 wickets · Man of the Match: Abdul Qadir

Pakistan won by 3 wickets. Saleem Malik top-scored with 74 for Pakistan. Man of the Match: Abdul Qadir.

England ARCHIVE Pakistan ARCHIVE 1984 TESTS National Stadium ARCHIVE

England, 171 (10 wkts)

Chris Smith	caught (Wasim Raja)	28	177
Mike Gatting	bowled	26	85
David Gower	lbw	58	145
Allan Lamb	caught (Ramiz Raja)	4	8
Derek Randall	bowled	8	14
Ian Botham	caught (Ramiz Raja)	22	54
Vic Marks	caught (Ramiz Raja)	5	6
Bob Taylor	lbw	4	13
Nick Cook	caught (Saleem Malik)	9	37
Bob Willis	caught (Wasim Raja)	6	25
Norman Cowans	not out	1	11

Azeem Hafeez 11.00-3-21-0Sarfraz Nawaz 25.50-8-42-4Tauseef Ahmed 24.00-11-33-1Wasim Raja 3.00-2-1-0Abdul Qadir 31.00-12-74-5

Pakistan, 262 (10 wkts)

Mohsin Khan	caught (Ian Botham)	54	124
Qasim Umar	lbw	29	66
Ramiz Raja	caught (Chris Smith)	1	22
Zaheer Abbas	caught (Allan Lamb)	0	7
Saleem Malik	lbw	74	156
Wasim Raja	caught (Norman Cowans)	3	26
Anil Dalpat	caught (Bob Taylor)	12	52
Abdul Qadir	caught (Allan Lamb)	40	72
Sarfraz Nawaz	caught (Ian Botham)	8	9
Tauseef Ahmed	not out	17	54
Azeem Hafeez	caught (Bob Willis)	24	40

Bob Willis 17.00-6-33-2Norman Cowans 12.00-3-34-0Ian Botham 30.00-5-90-2Nick Cook 30.00-12-65-6Vic Marks 13.00-4-40-0

England, 139 (10 wkts)

Chris Smith	lbw	5	45
Mike Gatting	lbw	4	15
David Gower	caught (Mohsin Khan)	57	151
Allan Lamb	caught (Anil Dalpat)	20	53
Derek Randall	bowled	16	47
Ian Botham	bowled	10	42
Vic Marks	bowled	1	13
Bob Taylor	caught (Mohsin Khan)	19	57
Nick Cook	caught (Mohsin Khan)	5	48
Bob Willis	caught (Tauseef Ahmed)	2	7
Norman Cowans	not out	0	2

Azeem Hafeez 8.00-3-14-0Sarfraz Nawaz 15.00-1-27-2Tauseef Ahmed 21.00-6-37-3Wasim Raja 3.30-1-2-2Abdul Qadir 31.00-4-59-3

Pakistan, 64 (7 wkts)

Mohsin Khan	bowled	10	18
Qasim Umar	caught (Ian Botham)	7	11
Ramiz Raja	caught (Ian Botham)	1	45
Zaheer Abbas	bowled	8	20
Saleem Malik	run out	11	32
Wasim Raja	caught (Norman Cowans)	0	2
Anil Dalpat	not out	16	28
Abdul Qadir	bowled	7	29
Sarfraz Nawaz	not out	4	2
Tauseef Ahmed	did not bat	0	0
Azeem Hafeez	did not bat	0	0

Bob Willis 2.00-0-13-0Norman Cowans 2.30-1-10-0Nick Cook 14.00-8-18-5Vic Marks 12.00-5-23-1

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