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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Australia v New Zealand 1st Test

New Zealand tour of Australia - 1980 (1980/81) · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane · 28 November 1980 · Australia won the toss and chose to bowl

Australia won by 10 wickets · Man of the Match: Graeme Wood

Australia won by 10 wickets. Graeme Wood top-scored with 111 for Australia. Man of the Match: Graeme Wood.

New Zealand ARCHIVE Australia ARCHIVE 1980 TESTS Brisbane Cricket Ground ARCHIVE

New Zealand, 195 (10 wkts)

John Wright	caught (Rod Marsh)	29	78
Bruce Edgar	caught (Rod Marsh)	20	75
Paul McEwan	caught (Allan Border)	6	15
Geoff Howarth	caught (Jim Higgs)	65	119
John Parker	bowled	52	96
Mark Burgess	caught (Greg Chappell)	0	4
Ian Smith	caught (Kim Hughes)	7	16
Richard Hadlee	caught (Rod Marsh)	10	6
Lance Cairns	caught (Allan Border)	0	5
John Bracewell	not out	6	14
Brendon Bracewell	bowled	0	3

Dennis Lillee 18.00-7-36-2Len Pascoe 19.00-4-41-3Geoff Lawson 12.00-2-39-1Greg Chappell 4.00-1-18-0Jim Higgs 16.10-3-59-4Doug Walters 1.00-0-2-0

Australia, 292 (10 wkts)

Graeme Wood	caught (John Parker)	111	229
John Dyson	lbw	30	114
Greg Chappell	caught (Paul McEwan)	35	64
Kim Hughes	caught (John Wright)	9	21
Allan Border	run out	36	78
Doug Walters	bowled	17	39
Rod Marsh	bowled	8	25
Dennis Lillee	caught (John Parker)	24	46
Geoff Lawson	caught (Stephen Boock)	16	53
Len Pascoe	bowled	5	16
Jim Higgs	not out	1	16

Richard Hadlee 37.00-8-83-3Brendon Bracewell 22.00-8-71-0Lance Cairns 38.50-11-87-5John Bracewell 18.00-5-51-1

New Zealand, 128 (10 wkts)

John Wright	caught (Doug Walters)	1	22
Bruce Edgar	caught (Kim Hughes)	51	88
Paul McEwan	caught (Kim Hughes)	0	4
Geoff Howarth	caught (Graeme Wood)	4	7
John Parker	caught (John Dyson)	4	19
Mark Burgess	caught (Graeme Wood)	2	9
Ian Smith	caught (Kim Hughes)	7	17
John Bracewell	caught (Allan Border)	0	3
Richard Hadlee	not out	51	57
Lance Cairns	caught (Allan Border)	0	3
Brendon Bracewell	bowled	8	25

Dennis Lillee 15.00-1-53-6Len Pascoe 13.10-2-30-2Geoff Lawson 8.00-0-26-2Jim Higgs 5.00-1-19-0

Australia, 56 (0 wkts)

Graeme Wood	not out	32	65
John Dyson	not out	24	72
Greg Chappell	did not bat	0	0
Kim Hughes	did not bat	0	0
Allan Border	did not bat	0	0
Doug Walters	did not bat	0	0
Rod Marsh	did not bat	0	0
Dennis Lillee	did not bat	0	0
Geoff Lawson	did not bat	0	0
Len Pascoe	did not bat	0	0
Jim Higgs	did not bat	0	0

Richard Hadlee 6.00-0-28-0Brendon Bracewell 3.00-3-0-0Lance Cairns 7.30-3-16-0John Bracewell 5.00-0-12-0

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