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 3rd Test

Pakistan tour of England - 1987 (1987) · Headingley, Leeds · 2 July 1987 · England won the toss and chose to bat

Pakistan won by an innings and 18 runs · Man of the Match: Imran Khan

Pakistan won by an innings and 18 runs. Saleem Malik top-scored with 99 for Pakistan. Man of the Match: Imran Khan.

England ARCHIVE Pakistan ARCHIVE 1987 TESTS Headingley ARCHIVE

England, 125 (10 wkts)

Chris Broad	caught (Saleem Yousuf)	8	25
Tim Robinson	lbw	0	1
Bill Athey	caught (Saleem Yousuf)	4	18
David Gower	bowled	10	18
Mike Gatting	lbw	8	13
Ian Botham	caught (Saleem Yousuf)	26	64
David Capel	caught (Mohsin Kamal)	53	161
Jack Richards	lbw	6	29
Neil Foster	caught (Saleem Malik)	9	29
Phil Edmonds	caught (Saleem Yousuf)	0	2
Graham Dilley	not out	1	7

Imran Khan 19.00-3-37-3Wasim Akram 14.00-4-36-3Abdul Qadir 5.00-0-14-0Mudassar Nazar 14.00-5-18-1Mohsin Kamal 8.40-2-22-3

Pakistan, 329 (10 wkts)

Mudassar Nazar	lbw	24	60
Shoaib Mohammad	caught (Jack Richards)	16	39
Mansoor Akhtar	lbw	29	72
Saleem Yousuf	caught (Bill Athey)	37	132
Javed Miandad	caught (Mike Gatting)	0	4
Saleem Malik	caught (David Gower)	99	238
Imran Khan	caught (Jack Richards)	26	80
Ijaz Ahmed	caught (Bill Athey)	50	107
Wasim Akram	caught (Phil Edmonds)	43	42
Abdul Qadir	bowled	2	9
Mohsin Kamal	not out	3	10

Graham Dilley 33.00-7-89-1Neil Foster 46.20-15-107-8David Capel 18.00-1-64-0Phil Edmonds 25.00-10-59-1Mike Gatting 9.00-3-16-0

England, 172 (10 wkts)

Chris Broad	caught (Saleem Yousuf)	4	2
Tim Robinson	caught (Saleem Malik)	2	4
Bill Athey	lbw	26	43
David Gower	bowled	55	136
Mike Gatting	caught (Javed Miandad)	9	35
David Capel	caught (Ijaz Ahmed)	28	134
Jack Richards	caught (Ijaz Ahmed)	2	8
Ian Botham	caught (Mudassar Nazar)	24	47
Neil Foster	bowled	22	57
Phil Edmonds	not out	0	1
Graham Dilley	bowled	0	6

Imran Khan 19.10-5-40-7Wasim Akram 21.00-5-55-2Abdul Qadir 27.00-5-60-0Mudassar Nazar 2.00-0-8-0Mohsin Kamal 9.00-4-19-1

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