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 New Zealand 1st Test

New Zealand tour of England and Netherlands - 1978 (1978) · Kennington Oval, London · 27 July 1978 · New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat

England won by 7 wickets · Man of the Match: David Gower

England won by 7 wickets. David Gower top-scored with 111 for England. Man of the Match: David Gower.

New Zealand ARCHIVE England ARCHIVE 1978 TESTS Kennington Oval ARCHIVE

New Zealand, 215 (10 wkts)

John Wright	caught (Clive Radley)	62	159
Robert Anderson	bowled	4	9
Geoff Howarth	caught (Phil Edmonds)	94	225
Bruce Edgar	caught (Geoff Miller)	0	18
Mark Burgess	lbw	34	130
Bevan Congdon	run out	2	18
Jock Edwards	bowled	6	6
Richard Hadlee	caught (Mike Brearley)	5	48
Lance Cairns	lbw	5	17
Brendon Bracewell	caught (Bob Taylor)	0	3
Stephen Boock	not out	3	8

Bob Willis 20.20-9-42-5Chris Old 20.00-7-43-1Ian Botham 22.00-7-58-1Geoff Miller 25.00-10-31-2Phil Edmonds 17.00-2-41-0

England, 253 (10 wkts)

Mike Brearley	caught (Jock Edwards)	2	10
Graham Gooch	lbw	0	3
Clive Radley	run out	49	126
David Gower	run out	111	253
Graham Roope	bowled	14	54
Geoff Miller	lbw	0	11
Ian Botham	caught (Brendon Bracewell)	22	80
Bob Taylor	caught (Jock Edwards)	8	67
Phil Edmonds	lbw	28	127
Chris Old	caught (Jock Edwards)	16	54
Bob Willis	not out	3	29

Richard Hadlee 21.50-6-43-2Brendon Bracewell 17.00-8-46-2Lance Cairns 40.00-16-65-2Stephen Boock 35.00-18-61-2Bevan Congdon 21.00-6-38-0

New Zealand, 153 (10 wkts)

John Wright	lbw	25	61
Robert Anderson	caught (Bob Taylor)	2	7
Geoff Howarth	bowled	0	8
Bruce Edgar	bowled	38	109
Mark Burgess	lbw	7	59
Bevan Congdon	bowled	36	207
Jock Edwards	caught (Mike Brearley)	11	34
Richard Hadlee	bowled	7	33
Lance Cairns	bowled	27	117
Brendon Bracewell	bowled	0	3
Stephen Boock	not out	0	1

Bob Willis 13.00-2-39-1Chris Old 5.00-2-13-0Ian Botham 19.00-2-46-3Geoff Miller 34.00-19-35-2Phil Edmonds 34.10-23-20-4

England, 125 (3 wkts)

Mike Brearley	lbw	11	50
Graham Gooch	not out	91	175
Clive Radley	lbw	2	35
David Gower	caught (Geoff Howarth)	11	23
Graham Roope	not out	10	41
Geoff Miller	did not bat	0	0
Ian Botham	did not bat	0	0
Bob Taylor	did not bat	0	0
Phil Edmonds	did not bat	0	0
Chris Old	did not bat	0	0
Bob Willis	did not bat	0	0

Richard Hadlee 11.30-3-18-0Brendon Bracewell 13.00-3-26-1Lance Cairns 7.00-0-21-1Stephen Boock 20.00-6-55-1Bevan Congdon 1.00-0-5-0

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