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 4th Test

West Indies tour of England - 1988 (1988) · Headingley, Leeds · 21 July 1988 · West Indies won the toss and chose to bowl

West Indies won by 10 wickets · Man of the Match: Curtly Ambrose

West Indies won by 10 wickets. Allan Lamb top-scored with 64* for England. Man of the Match: Curtly Ambrose.

England ARCHIVE West Indies ARCHIVE 1988 TESTS Headingley ARCHIVE

England, 170 (9 wkts)

Graham Gooch	caught (Jeff Dujon)	9	27
Tim Curtis	lbw	12	71
Bill Athey	lbw	16	75
David Gower	caught (Jeff Dujon)	13	16
Allan Lamb	not out	64	91
Robin Smith	caught (Jeff Dujon)	38	91
Chris Cowdrey	lbw	0	12
Jack Richards	bowled	2	13
Derek Pringle	caught (Jeff Dujon)	0	3
Neil Foster	not out	8	11
Graham Dilley	caught (Carl Hooper)	8	16

Malcolm Marshall 23.00-8-55-3Curtly Ambrose 25.10-8-58-4Winston Benjamin 9.00-2-27-2Courtney Walsh 12.00-4-42-0

West Indies, 260 (10 wkts)

Desmond Haynes	lbw	54	110
Jeff Dujon	caught (Robin Smith)	13	14
Carl Hooper	lbw	19	57
Viv Richards	caught (Tim Curtis)	18	20
Gus Logie	caught (Neil Foster)	44	51
Keith Arthurton	caught (Jack Richards)	27	71
Roger Harper	caught (David Gower)	56	112
Malcolm Marshall	caught (Graham Gooch)	3	7
Curtly Ambrose	lbw	8	8
Winston Benjamin	run out	9	18
Courtney Walsh	not out	9	21

Graham Dilley 20.00-5-59-1Neil Foster 32.20-6-98-3Derek Pringle 27.00-7-95-5Chris Cowdrey 2.00-0-8-0

England, 123 (10 wkts)

Graham Gooch	caught (Carl Hooper)	50	100
Tim Curtis	bowled	12	63
Bill Athey	caught (Jeff Dujon)	11	22
David Gower	caught (Jeff Dujon)	2	12
Robin Smith	lbw	11	26
Chris Cowdrey	bowled	5	36
Jack Richards	bowled	8	23
Allan Lamb	caught (Jeff Dujon)	19	59
Derek Pringle	bowled	3	13
Neil Foster	caught (Carl Hooper)	0	17
Graham Dilley	not out	2	5

Malcolm Marshall 17.00-4-47-2Curtly Ambrose 19.50-4-40-3Courtney Walsh 20.00-9-38-3Winston Benjamin 5.00-4-2-2

West Indies, 65 (0 wkts)

Desmond Haynes	not out	25	43
Jeff Dujon	not out	40	44
Carl Hooper	did not bat	0	0
Viv Richards	did not bat	0	0
Gus Logie	did not bat	0	0
Keith Arthurton	did not bat	0	0
Roger Harper	did not bat	0	0
Malcolm Marshall	did not bat	0	0
Curtly Ambrose	did not bat	0	0
Winston Benjamin	did not bat	0	0
Courtney Walsh	did not bat	0	0

Graham Dilley 4.00-0-16-0Neil Foster 7.00-1-36-0Chris Cowdrey 3.30-0-13-0

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