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 - 1984 (1984) · Edgbaston, Birmingham · 14 June 1984 · England won the toss and chose to bat

West Indies won by an innings and 180 runs · Man of the Match: Larry Gomes

West Indies won by an innings and 180 runs. Larry Gomes top-scored with 143 for West Indies. Man of the Match: Larry Gomes.

England ARCHIVE West Indies ARCHIVE 1984 TESTS Edgbaston ARCHIVE

England, 170 (9 wkts)

Graeme Fowler	caught (Jeff Dujon)	0	9
Andy Lloyd	not out	10	17
Derek Randall	bowled	0	3
David Gower	caught (Roger Harper)	10	49
Allan Lamb	caught (Clive Lloyd)	15	32
Ian Botham	caught (Joel Garner)	64	82
Geoff Miller	caught (Jeff Dujon)	22	42
Derek Pringle	caught (Jeff Dujon)	4	7
Paul Downton	lbw	33	101
Nick Cook	caught (Clive Lloyd)	2	15
Bob Willis	not out	10	12

Malcolm Marshall 14.00-4-37-1Joel Garner 14.30-2-53-4Michael Holding 16.00-4-44-2Eldine Baptiste 11.00-3-28-1Roger Harper 4.00-1-8-1

West Indies, 553 (10 wkts)

Gordon Greenidge	lbw	19	47
Desmond Haynes	lbw	8	24
Larry Gomes	caught (Geoff Miller)	143	279
Viv Richards	caught (Derek Randall)	117	154
Jeff Dujon	caught (David Gower)	23	51
Clive Lloyd	caught (Derek Pringle)	71	89
Malcolm Marshall	lbw	2	5
Roger Harper	bowled	14	31
Eldine Baptiste	not out	87	131
Michael Holding	caught (Bob Willis)	69	80
Joel Garner	caught (Allan Lamb)	0	6

Bob Willis 25.00-3-108-2Ian Botham 34.00-7-127-1Derek Pringle 31.00-5-108-5Nick Cook 38.00-6-127-1Geoff Miller 15.00-1-83-1

England, 215 (9 wkts)

Graeme Fowler	lbw	7	40
Paul Downton	caught (Gordon Greenidge)	56	187
Derek Randall	caught (Clive Lloyd)	1	9
David Gower	caught (Jeff Dujon)	12	17
Allan Lamb	caught (Viv Richards)	13	32
Ian Botham	lbw	38	66
Geoff Miller	caught (Roger Harper)	11	10
Derek Pringle	not out	46	88
Nick Cook	run out	9	12
Bob Willis	caught (Jeff Dujon)	22	13
Andy Lloyd	did not bat	0	0

Malcolm Marshall 23.00-7-65-2Joel Garner 23.50-7-55-5Michael Holding 12.00-3-29-0Eldine Baptiste 5.00-1-18-0Roger Harper 13.00-3-48-1

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