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 2nd Test

West Indies tour of England - 1984 (1984) · Lord's, London · 28 June 1984 · West Indies won the toss and chose to bowl

West Indies won by 9 wickets · Man of the Match: Gordon Greenidge

West Indies won by 9 wickets. Gordon Greenidge top-scored with 214* for West Indies. Man of the Match: Gordon Greenidge.

England ARCHIVE West Indies ARCHIVE 1984 TESTS Lord's ARCHIVE

England, 251 (10 wkts)

Graeme Fowler	caught (Roger Harper)	106	259
Chris Broad	caught (Jeff Dujon)	55	115
David Gower	lbw	3	9
Allan Lamb	lbw	23	77
Mike Gatting	lbw	1	7
Ian Botham	caught (Viv Richards)	30	66
Paul Downton	not out	23	62
Geoff Miller	run out	0	6
Derek Pringle	lbw	2	13
Neil Foster	caught (Roger Harper)	6	24
Bob Willis	bowled	2	14

Joel Garner 32.00-10-67-1Milton Small 9.00-0-38-0Malcolm Marshall 36.50-10-85-6Eldine Baptiste 20.00-6-36-2Roger Harper 8.00-0-25-0

West Indies, 232 (10 wkts)

Gordon Greenidge	caught (Geoff Miller)	1	7
Desmond Haynes	lbw	12	12
Larry Gomes	caught (Mike Gatting)	10	24
Viv Richards	lbw	72	94
Clive Lloyd	lbw	39	129
Jeff Dujon	caught (Graeme Fowler)	8	9
Malcolm Marshall	caught (Derek Pringle)	29	39
Eldine Baptiste	caught (Paul Downton)	44	56
Roger Harper	caught (Mike Gatting)	8	12
Joel Garner	caught (Paul Downton)	6	19
Milton Small	not out	3	3

Bob Willis 19.00-5-48-2Ian Botham 27.40-6-103-8Derek Pringle 11.00-0-54-0Neil Foster 6.00-2-13-0Geoff Miller 2.00-0-14-0

England, 282 (9 wkts)

Graeme Fowler	lbw	11	53
Chris Broad	caught (Roger Harper)	0	3
David Gower	caught (Clive Lloyd)	21	42
Allan Lamb	caught (Jeff Dujon)	110	260
Mike Gatting	lbw	29	49
Ian Botham	lbw	81	111
Paul Downton	lbw	4	20
Geoff Miller	bowled	9	33
Derek Pringle	lbw	8	27
Neil Foster	not out	9	4
Bob Willis	did not bat	0	0

Joel Garner 30.30-3-91-3Milton Small 12.00-2-40-3Malcolm Marshall 22.00-6-85-2Eldine Baptiste 26.00-8-48-0Roger Harper 8.00-1-18-1

West Indies, 323 (1 wkts)

Malcolm Marshall	did not bat	0	0
Eldine Baptiste	did not bat	0	0
Roger Harper	did not bat	0	0
Joel Garner	did not bat	0	0
Milton Small	did not bat	0	0
Gordon Greenidge	not out	214	242
Desmond Haynes	run out	17	29
Larry Gomes	not out	92	140
Viv Richards	did not bat	0	0
Clive Lloyd	did not bat	0	0
Jeff Dujon	did not bat	0	0

Bob Willis 15.00-5-48-0Ian Botham 20.10-2-117-0Derek Pringle 8.00-0-44-0Neil Foster 12.00-0-69-0Geoff Miller 11.00-0-45-0

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