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 2nd Test

England tour of New Zealand - 1984 (1983/84) · Lancaster Park, Christchurch · 3 February 1984 · New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat

New Zealand won by an innings and 132 runs · Man of the Match: Richard Hadlee

New Zealand won by an innings and 132 runs. Richard Hadlee top-scored with 99 for New Zealand. Man of the Match: Richard Hadlee.

New Zealand ARCHIVE England ARCHIVE 1984 TESTS Lancaster Park ARCHIVE

New Zealand, 280 (10 wkts)

John Wright	caught (Bob Taylor)	25	52
Bruce Edgar	caught (Derek Randall)	1	33
Geoff Howarth	bowled	9	20
Martin Crowe	caught (Chris Tavaré)	19	32
Jeff Crowe	lbw	47	73
Jeremy Coney	caught (Ian Botham)	41	79
Richard Hadlee	caught (Bob Taylor)	99	81
Ian Smith	not out	32	48
Lance Cairns	caught (Bob Taylor)	2	5
Stephen Boock	caught (Bob Taylor)	5	17
Ewen Chatfield	lbw	0	2

Bob Willis 22.10-5-51-4Ian Botham 17.00-1-88-1Tony Pigott 17.00-7-75-2Norman Cowans 14.00-2-52-3Mike Gatting 2.00-0-14-0

England, 73 (10 wkts)

Graeme Fowler	bowled	4	19
Chris Tavaré	caught (Jeff Crowe)	3	35
David Gower	lbw	2	12
Allan Lamb	caught (Ian Smith)	11	49
Derek Randall	caught (Jeremy Coney)	0	2
Ian Botham	caught (Ewen Chatfield)	18	31
Mike Gatting	not out	19	82
Bob Taylor	caught (Jeff Crowe)	2	11
Tony Pigott	lbw	4	22
Bob Willis	bowled	6	34
Norman Cowans	caught (Jeremy Coney)	4	9

Richard Hadlee 17.00-9-16-3Lance Cairns 19.00-5-35-3Stephen Boock 6.00-3-12-1Ewen Chatfield 8.20-3-10-3

England, 88 (10 wkts)

Graeme Fowler	caught (Geoff Howarth)	10	62
Chris Tavaré	caught (Ian Smith)	6	36
David Gower	caught (Lance Cairns)	8	13
Allan Lamb	caught (Jeremy Coney)	9	26
Mike Gatting	caught (Richard Hadlee)	0	8
Ian Botham	caught (Martin Crowe)	0	1
Derek Randall	caught (Lance Cairns)	25	52
Bob Taylor	run out (Bruce Edgar, Ian Smith)	15	81
Tony Pigott	not out	8	14
Bob Willis	caught (Geoff Howarth)	0	5
Norman Cowans	caught (Ian Smith)	7	12

Richard Hadlee 18.00-6-28-5Lance Cairns 9.00-3-21-0Stephen Boock 13.00-3-25-3Ewen Chatfield 11.00-1-14-1

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