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 5th Test

West Indies tour of England - 1991 (1991) · Kennington Oval, London · 8 August 1991 · England won the toss and chose to bat

England won by 5 wickets · Man of the Match: Robin Smith

England won by 5 wickets. Richie Richardson top-scored with 121 for West Indies. Man of the Match: Robin Smith.

England ARCHIVE West Indies ARCHIVE 1991 TESTS Kennington Oval ARCHIVE

England, 365 (10 wkts)

Graham Gooch	lbw	60	132
Hugh Morris	caught (Clayton Lambert)	44	130
Mike Atherton	caught (Carl Hooper)	0	4
Robin Smith	lbw	109	256
Mark Ramprakash	caught (Clayton Lambert)	25	78
Alec Stewart	caught (Richie Richardson)	31	106
Ian Botham	hitwicket	31	82
Chris Lewis	not out	47	90
Phil DeFreitas	caught (Jeff Dujon)	7	29
David Lawrence	caught (Viv Richards)	9	34
Phil Tufnell	caught (Desmond Haynes)	2	5

Curtly Ambrose 36.00-8-83-3Patrick Patterson 25.10-3-87-2Courtney Walsh 32.00-5-91-3Malcolm Marshall 24.00-5-62-1Carl Hooper 34.00-1-78-1

West Indies, 156 (10 wkts)

Phil Simmons	lbw	15	36
Desmond Haynes	not out	75	198
Richie Richardson	caught (Alec Stewart)	20	47
Carl Hooper	caught (Alec Stewart)	3	4
Clayton Lambert	caught (Mark Ramprakash)	39	49
Jeff Dujon	lbw	0	1
Malcolm Marshall	caught (Ian Botham)	0	6
Viv Richards	caught (Alec Stewart)	2	7
Curtly Ambrose	caught (Ian Botham)	0	2
Courtney Walsh	caught (Graham Gooch)	0	2
Patrick Patterson	caught (Ian Botham)	2	7

Phil DeFreitas 13.00-6-38-1David Lawrence 16.00-1-67-2Phil Tufnell 14.30-3-25-6Ian Botham 11.00-4-27-1Chris Lewis 3.00-1-10-0

West Indies, 365 (10 wkts)

Phil Simmons	caught (Chris Lewis)	36	83
Desmond Haynes	lbw	43	114
Clayton Lambert	lbw	14	25
Richie Richardson	caught (Graham Gooch)	121	312
Carl Hooper	caught (Graham Gooch)	54	89
Viv Richards	caught (Hugh Morris)	60	105
Jeff Dujon	caught (Alec Stewart)	5	14
Malcolm Marshall	bowled	17	28
Curtly Ambrose	lbw	0	2
Courtney Walsh	lbw	14	29
Patrick Patterson	not out	1	7

Phil DeFreitas 20.00-9-42-2David Lawrence 25.50-4-106-5Ian Botham 16.00-4-40-2Chris Lewis 25.00-12-35-0Phil Tufnell 46.00-6-150-1

England, 131 (5 wkts)

Graham Gooch	lbw	29	43
Hugh Morris	caught (Jeff Dujon)	2	5
Mike Atherton	caught (Carl Hooper)	13	17
Robin Smith	caught (Patrick Patterson)	26	32
Mark Ramprakash	lbw	19	59
Alec Stewart	not out	38	50
Ian Botham	not out	4	1
Chris Lewis	did not bat	0	0
Phil DeFreitas	did not bat	0	0
David Lawrence	did not bat	0	0
Phil Tufnell	did not bat	0	0

Curtly Ambrose 8.00-0-48-0Malcolm Marshall 5.00-3-9-1Courtney Walsh 9.00-3-18-1Patrick Patterson 9.00-0-63-2Clayton Lambert 0.40-0-4-1

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