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 3rd Test

West Indies tour of England - 1984 (1984) · Headingley, Leeds · 12 July 1984 · England won the toss and chose to bat

West Indies won by 8 wickets · Man of the Match: Larry Gomes

West Indies won by 8 wickets. Larry Gomes top-scored with 104* for West Indies. Man of the Match: Larry Gomes.

England ARCHIVE West Indies ARCHIVE 1984 TESTS Headingley ARCHIVE

England, 241 (10 wkts)

Graeme Fowler	lbw	10	25
Chris Broad	caught (Clive Lloyd)	32	117
Paul Terry	caught (Roger Harper)	8	25
David Gower	lbw	2	13
Allan Lamb	bowled	100	186
Ian Botham	caught (Jeff Dujon)	45	61
Paul Downton	caught (Clive Lloyd)	17	54
Derek Pringle	caught (Desmond Haynes)	19	74
Paul Allott	bowled	3	16
Nick Cook	bowled	1	22
Bob Willis	not out	4	13

Joel Garner 30.00-11-73-2Malcolm Marshall 6.00-4-6-0Michael Holding 29.20-8-70-4Eldine Baptiste 13.00-1-45-1Roger Harper 19.00-6-47-3

West Indies, 284 (10 wkts)

Gordon Greenidge	caught (Ian Botham)	10	23
Desmond Haynes	bowled	18	35
Larry Gomes	not out	104	197
Viv Richards	caught (Derek Pringle)	15	12
Clive Lloyd	caught (David Gower)	48	76
Jeff Dujon	lbw	26	52
Eldine Baptiste	caught (Chris Broad)	0	4
Roger Harper	caught (Paul Downton)	0	2
Michael Holding	caught (Paul Allott)	59	55
Joel Garner	run out	0	1
Malcolm Marshall	caught (Ian Botham)	4	8

Bob Willis 18.00-1-123-2Paul Allott 26.50-7-61-6Ian Botham 7.00-0-45-0Derek Pringle 13.00-3-26-0Nick Cook 9.00-1-29-1

England, 151 (10 wkts)

Graeme Fowler	caught (Malcolm Marshall)	50	128
Chris Broad	caught (Eldine Baptiste)	2	9
Paul Terry	lbw	1	8
David Gower	caught (Jeff Dujon)	43	100
Allan Lamb	lbw	3	6
Ian Botham	caught (Jeff Dujon)	14	50
Paul Downton	caught (Jeff Dujon)	27	67
Nick Cook	caught (Clive Lloyd)	0	13
Derek Pringle	lbw	2	3
Paul Allott	lbw	4	4
Bob Willis	not out	5	4

Joel Garner 16.00-7-37-2Malcolm Marshall 26.00-9-53-7Michael Holding 7.00-1-31-0Roger Harper 16.00-8-30-1

West Indies, 116 (2 wkts)

Gordon Greenidge	caught (Paul Terry)	49	96
Desmond Haynes	caught (Graeme Fowler)	43	85
Larry Gomes	not out	2	11
Viv Richards	not out	22	18
Clive Lloyd	did not bat	0	0
Jeff Dujon	did not bat	0	0
Eldine Baptiste	did not bat	0	0
Roger Harper	did not bat	0	0
Michael Holding	did not bat	0	0
Joel Garner	did not bat	0	0
Malcolm Marshall	did not bat	0	0

Bob Willis 8.00-1-40-0Paul Allott 7.00-2-24-0Derek Pringle 8.30-2-25-0Nick Cook 9.00-2-27-2

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