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 West Indies 1st Test

West Indies tour of England - 1980 (1980) · Trent Bridge, Nottingham · 5 June 1980 · England won the toss and chose to bat

West Indies won by 2 wickets · Man of the Match: Andy Roberts

West Indies won by 2 wickets. Geoff Boycott top-scored with 75 for England. Man of the Match: Andy Roberts.

England ARCHIVE West Indies ARCHIVE 1980 TESTS Trent Bridge ARCHIVE

England, 238 (10 wkts)

Graham Gooch	caught (Deryck Murray)	17	26
Geoff Boycott	caught (Deryck Murray)	36	88
Chris Tavaré	bowled	13	48
Bob Woolmer	caught (Deryck Murray)	46	137
David Gower	caught (Gordon Greenidge)	20	43
Ian Botham	caught (Viv Richards)	57	83
Peter Willey	bowled	13	40
Alan Knott	lbw	6	40
John Lever	caught (Viv Richards)	15	34
Bob Willis	bowled	8	3
Mike Hendrick	not out	7	14

Andy Roberts 25.00-7-72-5Michael Holding 23.50-7-61-1Malcolm Marshall 19.00-3-52-1Viv Richards 1.00-0-9-0Joel Garner 23.00-9-44-3

West Indies, 292 (10 wkts)

Gordon Greenidge	caught (Alan Knott)	53	91
Desmond Haynes	caught (David Gower)	12	29
Viv Richards	caught (Alan Knott)	64	110
Faoud Bacchus	caught (Ian Botham)	30	42
Alvin Kallicharran	bowled	17	36
Deryck Murray	bowled	64	121
Clive Lloyd	caught (Alan Knott)	9	24
Malcolm Marshall	caught (Chris Tavaré)	20	42
Andy Roberts	lbw	21	54
Joel Garner	caught (John Lever)	2	3
Michael Holding	not out	0	0

Bob Willis 20.10-5-82-4John Lever 20.00-2-76-1Mike Hendrick 19.00-4-69-1Peter Willey 5.00-3-4-0Ian Botham 20.00-6-50-3Graham Gooch 7.00-2-11-1

England, 200 (10 wkts)

Graham Gooch	run out	27	44
Geoff Boycott	bowled	75	263
Chris Tavaré	caught (Viv Richards)	4	27
Bob Woolmer	caught (Deryck Murray)	29	145
David Gower	lbw	1	12
Ian Botham	caught (Viv Richards)	4	7
Peter Willey	bowled	38	84
Alan Knott	lbw	7	49
John Lever	caught (Deryck Murray)	4	27
Bob Willis	bowled	9	7
Mike Hendrick	not out	2	12

Andy Roberts 24.00-6-57-3Michael Holding 26.00-5-65-0Malcolm Marshall 24.00-8-44-2Joel Garner 34.10-20-30-4Gordon Greenidge 3.00-2-4-0

West Indies, 192 (8 wkts)

Gordon Greenidge	caught (Alan Knott)	6	21
Desmond Haynes	run out	62	184
Viv Richards	lbw	48	59
Faoud Bacchus	caught (Alan Knott)	19	41
Alvin Kallicharran	caught (Alan Knott)	9	23
Clive Lloyd	lbw	3	8
Deryck Murray	caught (Mike Hendrick)	16	33
Malcolm Marshall	bowled	7	20
Andy Roberts	not out	22	35
Michael Holding	not out	0	0
Joel Garner	did not bat	0	0

Bob Willis 26.00-4-65-5John Lever 8.00-2-25-0Mike Hendrick 14.00-5-40-1Peter Willey 2.00-0-12-0Ian Botham 16.40-6-48-1Graham Gooch 2.00-1-2-0

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