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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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India v New Zealand 2nd Test

New Zealand tour of India - 1988 (1988/89) · Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai · 24 November 1988 · New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat

New Zealand won by 136 runs · Man of the Match: John Bracewell

New Zealand won by 136 runs. Kris Srikkanth top-scored with 94 for India. Man of the Match: John Bracewell.

New Zealand ARCHIVE India ARCHIVE 1988 TESTS Wankhede Stadium ARCHIVE

New Zealand, 224 (10 wkts)

Trevor Franklin	stumping (Kiran More)	18	39
John Wright	caught (Kiran More)	33	75
Andrew Jones	lbw	3	6
Mark Greatbatch	lbw	46	131
Ken Rutherford	caught (Kris Srikkanth)	6	20
Tony Blain	caught (Kapil Dev)	16	37
Richard Hadlee	caught (Rashid Patel)	10	21
Ian Smith	bowled	13	17
John Bracewell	caught (Kiran More)	52	100
Danny Morrison	not out	27	116
Ewen Chatfield	bowled	0	7

Kapil Dev 15.30-4-48-2Rashid Patel 4.00-0-14-0Arshad Ayub 25.00-10-42-1Narendra Hirwani 31.00-6-82-3Ravi Shastri 18.00-1-45-4

India, 222 (10 wkts)

Kris Srikkanth	caught (Trevor Franklin)	94	137
Arun Lal	lbw	9	28
Navjot Sidhu	lbw	6	20
Dilip Vengsarkar	caught (Tony Blain)	25	76
Mohammad Azharuddin	caught (Mark Greatbatch)	9	19
Ravi Shastri	bowled	32	59
Kapil Dev	bowled	7	9
Kiran More	bowled	28	82
Arshad Ayub	caught (John Bracewell)	10	17
Rashid Patel	caught (Ken Rutherford)	0	12
Narendra Hirwani	not out	2	4

Richard Hadlee 20.50-8-49-6Danny Morrison 16.00-1-58-0Ewen Chatfield 18.00-6-41-2John Bracewell 21.00-6-81-2

New Zealand, 258 (10 wkts)

Trevor Franklin	caught (Kiran More)	2	6
John Wright	lbw	36	91
Andrew Jones	lbw	78	175
Mark Greatbatch	bowled	31	86
Ken Rutherford	caught (Arun Lal)	17	36
Tony Blain	lbw	5	10
Richard Hadlee	caught (Dilip Vengsarkar)	1	22
Ian Smith	caught (Dilip Vengsarkar)	54	96
Danny Morrison	caught (Kiran More)	0	11
John Bracewell	caught (Arshad Ayub)	32	132
Ewen Chatfield	not out	2	32

Kapil Dev 24.00-5-52-1Rashid Patel 10.00-0-37-0Arshad Ayub 33.00-11-50-5Narendra Hirwani 38.00-7-93-4Ravi Shastri 10.00-1-35-0

India, 133 (10 wkts)

Kris Srikkanth	lbw	0	1
Arun Lal	caught (Mark Greatbatch)	47	86
Navjot Sidhu	bowled	14	38
Dilip Vengsarkar	bowled	0	6
Mohammad Azharuddin	caught (Ken Rutherford)	21	47
Ravi Shastri	caught (Ian Smith)	6	38
Kapil Dev	caught (John Wright)	36	37
Kiran More	bowled	2	18
Arshad Ayub	not out	4	23
Rashid Patel	caught (Ian Smith)	0	3
Narendra Hirwani	caught (Ewen Chatfield)	3	6

Richard Hadlee 16.00-3-39-4Danny Morrison 6.00-1-27-0Ewen Chatfield 10.00-1-19-0John Bracewell 17.40-3-51-6

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