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 1st Test

West Indies tour of England and Scotland - 2000 (2000) · Edgbaston, Birmingham · 15 June 2000 · West Indies won the toss and chose to bowl

West Indies won by an innings and 93 runs · Man of the Match: Courtney Walsh

West Indies won by an innings and 93 runs. Jimmy Adams top-scored with 98 for West Indies. Man of the Match: Courtney Walsh.

England ARCHIVE West Indies ARCHIVE 2000 TESTS Edgbaston ARCHIVE

England, 163 (10 wkts)

Mike Atherton	caught (Ridley Jacobs)	20	52
Mark Ramprakash	caught (Wavell Hinds)	18	48
Nasser Hussain	caught (Ridley Jacobs)	15	82
Graeme Hick	caught (Sherwin Campbell)	0	7
Alec Stewart	bowled	6	25
Nick Knight	caught (Brian Lara)	26	56
Andrew Flintoff	caught (Brian Lara)	16	20
Robert Croft	caught (Ridley Jacobs)	18	19
Andy Caddick	not out	21	67
Darren Gough	run out (Ridley Jacobs)	23	36
Ed Giddins	caught (Ridley Jacobs)	0	11

Curtly Ambrose 20.50-10-32-1Courtney Walsh 21.00-9-36-5Reon King 14.10-2-60-2Franklyn Rose 13.00-3-45-1

West Indies, 371 (10 wkts)

Sherwin Campbell	bowled	59	120
Chris Gayle	lbw	0	8
Wavell Hinds	caught (Nasser Hussain)	12	11
Brian Lara	caught (Alec Stewart)	50	93
Shivnarine Chanderpaul	caught (Alec Stewart)	73	119
Jimmy Adams	caught (Andrew Flintoff)	98	299
Ridley Jacobs	caught (Alec Stewart)	5	21
Curtly Ambrose	lbw	22	50
Franklyn Rose	lbw	48	54
Reon King	stumping (Alec Stewart)	1	40
Courtney Walsh	not out	3	12

Darren Gough 36.50-6-109-5Andy Caddick 30.00-6-94-2Ed Giddins 18.00-4-73-0Robert Croft 29.00-9-53-2Andrew Flintoff 23.00-8-48-1

England, 109 (10 wkts)

Mike Atherton	bowled	19	75
Mark Ramprakash	lbw	0	3
Nasser Hussain	caught (Ridley Jacobs)	8	26
Graeme Hick	caught (Ridley Jacobs)	0	5
Alec Stewart	bowled	8	12
Nick Knight	caught (Wavell Hinds)	34	103
Andrew Flintoff	bowled	12	22
Robert Croft	caught (Wavell Hinds)	1	14
Andy Caddick	caught (Wavell Hinds)	4	27
Darren Gough	not out	23	52
Ed Giddins	bowled	0	17

Curtly Ambrose 14.00-8-16-0Courtney Walsh 19.00-10-22-3Franklyn Rose 10.00-1-43-2Reon King 9.00-4-28-3Chris Gayle 3.00-0-4-0Jimmy Adams 3.00-1-5-2

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