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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West Indies v England 4th Test

England tour of West Indies - 1986 (1985/86) · Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain · 3 April 1986 · West Indies won the toss and chose to bowl

West Indies won by 10 wickets · Man of the Match: Viv Richards

West Indies won by 10 wickets. Viv Richards top-scored with 87 for West Indies. Man of the Match: Viv Richards.

England ARCHIVE West Indies ARCHIVE 1986 TESTS Queen's Park Oval ARCHIVE

England, 175 (10 wkts)

Graham Gooch	caught (Viv Richards)	14	52
Tim Robinson	caught (Malcolm Marshall)	0	3
David Gower	caught (Jeff Dujon)	10	27
David Smith	caught (Gordon Greenidge)	47	79
Allan Lamb	bowled	36	66
Ian Botham	bowled	38	90
Peter Willey	caught (Richie Richardson)	10	44
Paul Downton	caught (Joel Garner)	7	26
John Emburey	caught (Desmond Haynes)	8	17
Neil Foster	caught (Viv Richards)	0	9
Greg Thomas	not out	5	6

Malcolm Marshall 23.00-4-71-2Joel Garner 18.00-3-43-4Patrick Patterson 10.00-2-31-1Michael Holding 14.40-3-52-3

West Indies, 298 (10 wkts)

Gordon Greenidge	lbw	42	67
Desmond Haynes	caught (Ian Botham)	25	55
Richie Richardson	bowled	32	56
Larry Gomes	caught (Paul Downton)	48	123
Viv Richards	lbw	87	110
Jeff Dujon	caught (Paul Downton)	5	25
Malcolm Marshall	bowled	5	7
Roger Harper	lbw	21	50
Michael Holding	bowled	25	34
Joel Garner	not out	5	12
Patrick Patterson	caught (Paul Downton)	3	3

Ian Botham 24.10-3-71-5Greg Thomas 15.00-0-101-0Neil Foster 24.00-3-68-2John Emburey 27.00-10-62-3

England, 122 (10 wkts)

Graham Gooch	caught (Jeff Dujon)	0	3
Tim Robinson	bowled	5	34
David Gower	lbw	22	28
David Smith	lbw	32	48
Allan Lamb	bowled	11	33
Ian Botham	caught (Larry Gomes)	25	32
Peter Willey	lbw	2	13
Paul Downton	not out	11	40
John Emburey	bowled	0	6
Neil Foster	bowled	14	16
Greg Thomas	bowled	0	4

Malcolm Marshall 10.00-2-42-3Joel Garner 9.00-3-15-3Patrick Patterson 9.00-1-36-2Michael Holding 10.00-1-45-2

West Indies, 39 (0 wkts)

Desmond Haynes	not out	17	20
Richie Richardson	not out	22	15
Gordon Greenidge	did not bat	0	0
Larry Gomes	did not bat	0	0
Viv Richards	did not bat	0	0
Jeff Dujon	did not bat	0	0
Malcolm Marshall	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
Patrick Patterson	did not bat	0	0

Ian Botham 3.00-0-24-0Neil Foster 2.50-0-15-0

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