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 and Scotland - 2000 (2000) · Kennington Oval, London · 31 August 2000 · West Indies won the toss and chose to bowl

England won by 158 runs · Man of the Match: Mike Atherton

England won by 158 runs. Mike Atherton top-scored with 108 for England. Man of the Match: Mike Atherton.

England ARCHIVE West Indies ARCHIVE 2000 TESTS Kennington Oval ARCHIVE

England, 251 (10 wkts)

Mike Atherton	bowled	83	214
Marcus Trescothick	caught (Sherwin Campbell)	78	192
Nasser Hussain	caught (Ridley Jacobs)	0	2
Graham Thorpe	lbw	40	158
Alec Stewart	lbw	0	3
Michael Vaughan	lbw	10	26
Graeme Hick	lbw	17	73
Craig White	not out	11	40
Dominic Cork	lbw	0	6
Andy Caddick	caught (Wavell Hinds)	4	17
Darren Gough	bowled	8	21

Curtly Ambrose 31.00-8-38-2Courtney Walsh 35.40-16-68-3Nixon McLean 29.00-6-80-3Mahendra Nagamootoo 24.00-7-63-2Jimmy Adams 4.00-0-13-0

West Indies, 116 (10 wkts)

Sherwin Campbell	bowled	20	74
Adrian Griffith	caught (Graeme Hick)	6	64
Wavell Hinds	lbw	2	7
Brian Lara	bowled	0	1
Jimmy Adams	caught (Graeme Hick)	5	17
Ramnaresh Sarwan	caught (Marcus Trescothick)	5	8
Ridley Jacobs	not out	26	61
Mahendra Nagamootoo	caught (Marcus Trescothick)	18	22
Curtly Ambrose	lbw	0	1
Nixon McLean	bowled	29	46
Courtney Walsh	bowled	5	10

Darren Gough 13.00-3-25-1Andy Caddick 18.00-7-42-1Craig White 11.50-1-32-5Dominic Cork 8.00-3-23-3

England, 204 (10 wkts)

Mike Atherton	caught (Ridley Jacobs)	108	331
Marcus Trescothick	caught (Brian Lara)	7	36
Nasser Hussain	lbw	0	15
Graham Thorpe	caught (Adrian Griffith)	10	56
Alec Stewart	caught (Sherwin Campbell)	25	104
Michael Vaughan	lbw	9	46
Graeme Hick	caught (Sherwin Campbell)	0	2
Craig White	run out (Adrian Griffith)	18	25
Dominic Cork	lbw	26	27
Andy Caddick	caught (Ridley Jacobs)	0	3
Darren Gough	not out	1	8

Curtly Ambrose 22.00-8-36-1Courtney Walsh 38.00-17-73-4Nixon McLean 22.00-5-60-3Mahendra Nagamootoo 19.00-7-29-1Jimmy Adams 7.00-3-11-0

West Indies, 209 (10 wkts)

Sherwin Campbell	caught (Graeme Hick)	28	49
Adrian Griffith	caught (Alec Stewart)	20	67
Brian Lara	lbw	47	104
Wavell Hinds	lbw	7	15
Jimmy Adams	caught (Craig White)	15	58
Ramnaresh Sarwan	run out (Graham Thorpe)	27	31
Ridley Jacobs	caught (Graeme Hick)	1	4
Mahendra Nagamootoo	lbw	13	15
Nixon McLean	not out	23	41
Curtly Ambrose	caught (Mike Atherton)	28	36
Courtney Walsh	lbw	0	2

Darren Gough 20.00-3-64-3Andy Caddick 21.00-7-54-4Craig White 11.00-2-32-0Dominic Cork 15.00-1-50-2Michael Vaughan 3.00-1-12-0

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