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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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West Indies v England 5th Test

England tour of West Indies - 1974 (1973/74) · Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain · 30 March 1974 · England won the toss and chose to bat

England won by 26 runs

England won by 26 runs. Lawrence Rowe top-scored with 123 for West Indies.

England ARCHIVE West Indies ARCHIVE 1974 TESTS Queen's Park Oval ARCHIVE

England, 256 (10 wkts)

Geoff Boycott	caught (Deryck Murray)	99	340
Dennis Amiss	caught (Rohan Kanhai)	44	148
Mike Denness	caught (Roy Fredericks)	13	50
Keith Fletcher	caught (Rohan Kanhai)	6	26
Tony Greig	lbw	19	30
Frank Hayes	caught (Lawrence Rowe)	24	107
Alan Knott	not out	33	80
Jack Birkenshaw	caught (Clive Lloyd)	8	11
Geoff Arnold	run out	6	19
Pat Pocock	caught (Clive Lloyd)	0	2
Derek Underwood	bowled	4	6

Keith Boyce 10.00-3-14-0Bernard Julien 21.00-8-35-2Garry Sobers 31.00-16-44-1Inshan Ali 35.00-12-86-3Lance Gibbs 34.30-10-70-3Clive Lloyd 4.00-2-7-0

West Indies, 287 (10 wkts)

Roy Fredericks	caught (Keith Fletcher)	67	123
Lawrence Rowe	caught (Geoff Boycott)	123	340
Alvin Kallicharran	caught (Pat Pocock)	0	14
Clive Lloyd	caught (Alan Knott)	52	122
Garry Sobers	caught (Jack Birkenshaw)	0	3
Rohan Kanhai	caught (Tony Greig)	2	6
Deryck Murray	caught (Pat Pocock)	2	13
Bernard Julien	caught (Jack Birkenshaw)	17	38
Keith Boyce	caught (Pat Pocock)	19	38
Inshan Ali	lbw	5	6
Lance Gibbs	not out	0	5

Geoff Arnold 8.00-0-27-0Tony Greig 36.10-10-86-8Pat Pocock 31.00-7-86-2Derek Underwood 34.00-12-57-0Jack Birkenshaw 8.00-1-31-0

England, 248 (10 wkts)

Geoff Boycott	bowled	112	385
Dennis Amiss	bowled	16	70
Mike Denness	run out	4	12
Keith Fletcher	bowled	45	192
Pat Pocock	caught (Alvin Kallicharran)	5	23
Tony Greig	caught (Roy Fredericks)	1	10
Frank Hayes	lbw	0	7
Alan Knott	lbw	44	124
Jack Birkenshaw	caught (Lance Gibbs)	7	27
Geoff Arnold	bowled	13	46
Derek Underwood	not out	1	11

Keith Boyce 12.00-3-40-1Bernard Julien 22.00-7-31-3Garry Sobers 24.20-9-36-2Inshan Ali 34.00-12-51-1Lance Gibbs 50.00-15-85-1Clive Lloyd 7.00-4-5-1

West Indies, 186 (10 wkts)

Roy Fredericks	run out	36	104
Lawrence Rowe	lbw	25	74
Alvin Kallicharran	caught (Keith Fletcher)	0	2
Clive Lloyd	caught (Tony Greig)	13	24
Rohan Kanhai	caught (Keith Fletcher)	7	29
Garry Sobers	bowled	20	62
Deryck Murray	caught (Keith Fletcher)	33	109
Bernard Julien	caught (Mike Denness)	2	5
Keith Boyce	not out	34	67
Inshan Ali	caught (Derek Underwood)	15	55
Lance Gibbs	bowled	1	5

Geoff Arnold 5.30-1-13-1Tony Greig 33.00-7-70-5Pat Pocock 25.00-7-60-1Derek Underwood 15.00-7-19-1Jack Birkenshaw 10.00-1-24-1

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