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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 West Indies 5th Test

West Indies tour of England - 1963 (1963) · Kennington Oval, London · 22 August 1963 · England won the toss and chose to bat

West Indies won by 8 wickets

West Indies won by 8 wickets. Conrad Hunte top-scored with 108* for West Indies.

England ARCHIVE West Indies ARCHIVE 1963 TESTS Kennington Oval ARCHIVE

England, 262 (10 wkts)

Brian Bolus	caught (Deryck Murray)	33	0
John Edrich	caught (Deryck Murray)	25	0
Ted Dexter	caught (Charlie Griffith)	29	0
Ken Barrington	caught (Garry Sobers)	16	0
Brian Close	bowled	46	0
Phil Sharpe	caught (Deryck Murray)	63	0
Jim Parks	caught (Rohan Kanhai)	19	0
Fred Trueman	bowled	19	0
Tony Lock	hitwicket	4	0
Brian Statham	bowled	8	0
Derek Shackleton	not out	0	0

Wes Hall 22.20-2-71-1Charlie Griffith 27.00-4-71-6Garry Sobers 21.00-4-44-2Lance Gibbs 27.00-7-50-1Frank Worrell 5.00-0-26-0

West Indies, 243 (10 wkts)

Conrad Hunte	caught (Jim Parks)	80	0
Willie Rodriguez	caught (Tony Lock)	5	0
Rohan Kanhai	bowled	30	0
Basil Butcher	run out	53	0
Garry Sobers	run out	26	0
Joe Solomon	caught (Fred Trueman)	16	0
Frank Worrell	bowled	9	0
Deryck Murray	caught (Tony Lock)	5	0
Wes Hall	bowled	2	0
Charlie Griffith	not out	13	0
Lance Gibbs	bowled	4	0

Fred Trueman 26.10-2-65-3Brian Statham 22.00-3-68-3Derek Shackleton 21.00-5-37-1Tony Lock 29.00-6-65-1Ted Dexter 6.00-1-8-0

England, 211 (10 wkts)

Brian Bolus	caught (Lance Gibbs)	15	0
John Edrich	caught (Deryck Murray)	12	0
Ted Dexter	caught (Deryck Murray)	27	0
Ken Barrington	bowled	28	0
Brian Close	lbw	4	0
Phil Sharpe	caught (Deryck Murray)	83	0
Jim Parks	lbw	23	0
Fred Trueman	caught (Garry Sobers)	5	0
Tony Lock	bowled	0	0
Brian Statham	bowled	14	0
Derek Shackleton	not out	0	0

Wes Hall 16.00-3-39-4Charlie Griffith 23.00-7-66-3Garry Sobers 33.00-6-77-3Lance Gibbs 9.00-1-29-0

West Indies, 244 (2 wkts)

Conrad Hunte	not out	108	0
Willie Rodriguez	caught (Tony Lock)	28	0
Rohan Kanhai	caught (Brian Bolus)	77	0
Basil Butcher	not out	31	0
Garry Sobers	did not bat	0	0
Joe Solomon	did not bat	0	0
Frank Worrell	did not bat	0	0
Deryck Murray	did not bat	0	0
Wes Hall	did not bat	0	0
Charlie Griffith	did not bat	0	0
Lance Gibbs	did not bat	0	0

Fred Trueman 1.00-1-0-0Brian Statham 22.00-2-54-0Derek Shackleton 32.00-7-68-0Tony Lock 25.00-8-52-1Ted Dexter 9.00-1-34-1Brian Close 6.00-0-36-0

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