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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New Zealand v England 1st Test

England tour of New Zealand - 1978 (1977/78) · Basin Reserve, Wellington · 10 February 1978 · England won the toss and chose to bowl

New Zealand won by 72 runs

New Zealand won by 72 runs. Geoff Boycott top-scored with 77 for England.

New Zealand ARCHIVE England ARCHIVE 1978 TESTS Basin Reserve ARCHIVE

New Zealand, 199 (10 wkts)

John Wright	lbw	55	244
Robert Anderson	caught (Bob Taylor)	28	42
Geoff Howarth	caught (Ian Botham)	13	70
Mark Burgess	bowled	9	42
Bevan Congdon	caught (Bob Taylor)	44	160
John Parker	caught (Brian Rose)	16	75
Warren Lees	caught (Bob Taylor)	1	5
Richard Hadlee	not out	27	39
Dayle Hadlee	caught (Bob Taylor)	1	3
Richard Collinge	bowled	1	12
Stephen Boock	bowled	4	23

Bob Willis 25.00-7-65-2Mike Hendrick 17.00-2-46-0Chris Old 30.00-11-54-6Phil Edmonds 3.00-1-7-0Ian Botham 12.60-2-27-2

England, 198 (10 wkts)

Brian Rose	caught (Warren Lees)	21	54
Geoff Boycott	caught (Bevan Congdon)	77	302
Geoff Miller	bowled	24	94
Bob Taylor	caught (Richard Collinge)	8	51
Derek Randall	caught (Mark Burgess)	4	45
Graham Roope	caught (Warren Lees)	37	109
Ian Botham	caught (Mark Burgess)	7	43
Chris Old	bowled	10	36
Phil Edmonds	lbw	4	25
Mike Hendrick	lbw	0	2
Bob Willis	not out	6	8

Richard Hadlee 28.00-5-74-4Richard Collinge 18.00-5-42-3Dayle Hadlee 21.00-5-47-0Stephen Boock 10.00-5-21-1Bevan Congdon 17.40-11-14-2

New Zealand, 97 (10 wkts)

John Wright	caught (Graham Roope)	19	105
Robert Anderson	lbw	26	62
Geoff Howarth	caught (Phil Edmonds)	21	75
Mark Burgess	caught (Geoff Boycott)	6	37
Bevan Congdon	caught (Graham Roope)	0	1
John Parker	caught (Phil Edmonds)	4	18
Warren Lees	lbw	11	35
Richard Hadlee	caught (Geoff Boycott)	2	5
Dayle Hadlee	caught (Graham Roope)	2	18
Richard Collinge	caught (Phil Edmonds)	6	12
Stephen Boock	not out	0	1

Bob Willis 15.00-2-32-5Mike Hendrick 10.00-2-16-2Chris Old 9.00-2-32-1Phil Edmonds 1.00-0-4-0Ian Botham 9.30-3-13-2

England, 61 (10 wkts)

Brian Rose	not out	5	31
Geoff Boycott	bowled	1	6
Geoff Miller	caught (Robert Anderson)	4	7
Derek Randall	lbw	9	8
Graham Roope	caught (Warren Lees)	0	9
Ian Botham	caught (Stephen Boock)	19	24
Bob Taylor	run out (Stephen Boock)	0	10
Chris Old	lbw	9	20
Phil Edmonds	caught (John Parker)	11	61
Mike Hendrick	caught (John Parker)	0	6
Bob Willis	caught (Geoff Howarth)	3	41

Richard Collinge 13.00-5-35-3Richard Hadlee 13.30-4-26-6Dayle Hadlee 1.00-1-0-0

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