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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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Pakistan v New Zealand 2nd Test

New Zealand tour of Pakistan - 1984 (1984/85) · Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad · 25 November 1984 · New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat

Pakistan won by 7 wickets · Man of the Match: Javed Miandad

Pakistan won by 7 wickets. John Reid top-scored with 106 for New Zealand. Man of the Match: Javed Miandad.

New Zealand ARCHIVE Pakistan ARCHIVE 1984 TESTS Niaz Stadium ARCHIVE

New Zealand, 253 (10 wkts)

John Wright	caught (Anil Dalpat)	18	38
Bruce Edgar	caught (Saleem Malik)	11	37
Martin Crowe	bowled	19	29
John Reid	lbw	106	325
Jeremy Coney	caught (Manzoor Elahi)	6	15
Jeff Crowe	caught (Saleem Malik)	39	61
Ian Smith	caught (Iqbal Qasim)	6	13
Evan Gray	lbw	25	76
John Bracewell	caught (Mudassar Nazar)	0	15
Derek Stirling	not out	11	40
Stephen Boock	lbw	12	25

Mudassar Nazar 7.00-4-14-1Azeem Hafeez 18.00-4-29-1Iqbal Qasim 33.00-6-80-1Abdul Qadir 40.30-11-108-5Manzoor Elahi 2.00-1-2-0Zaheer Abbas 8.00-0-21-2

Pakistan, 228 (10 wkts)

Mudassar Nazar	caught (Martin Crowe)	28	75
Mohsin Khan	caught (Evan Gray)	9	49
Qasim Umar	caught (Jeremy Coney)	45	110
Javed Miandad	caught (Jeff Crowe)	104	217
Anil Dalpat	bowled	1	7
Zaheer Abbas	stumping (Ian Smith)	2	4
Saleem Malik	bowled	1	20
Manzoor Elahi	caught (Jeff Crowe)	19	31
Abdul Qadir	lbw	11	13
Iqbal Qasim	caught (Jeff Crowe)	8	19
Azeem Hafeez	not out	0	2

Derek Stirling 3.00-1-11-0Martin Crowe 3.00-0-8-0Jeremy Coney 10.00-4-8-0Stephen Boock 37.00-13-87-7John Bracewell 16.10-3-44-3Evan Gray 22.00-4-70-0

New Zealand, 181 (10 wkts)

John Wright	caught (Anil Dalpat)	22	34
Bruce Edgar	lbw	1	10
John Reid	lbw	21	54
Martin Crowe	stumping (Anil Dalpat)	21	51
Jeremy Coney	bowled	5	6
Jeff Crowe	lbw	57	140
Ian Smith	caught (Mudassar Nazar)	34	28
Evan Gray	caught (Qasim Umar)	5	10
John Bracewell	caught (Abdul Qadir)	0	1
Derek Stirling	bowled	11	25
Stephen Boock	not out	4	19

Mudassar Nazar 5.00-2-8-1Azeem Hafeez 8.00-2-34-1Iqbal Qasim 24.10-7-78-5Abdul Qadir 18.00-3-59-3Zaheer Abbas 1.00-0-5-0

Pakistan, 215 (3 wkts)

Mudassar Nazar	caught (Jeremy Coney)	106	187
Mohsin Khan	bowled	2	3
Qasim Umar	lbw	0	1
Javed Miandad	not out	103	198
Manzoor Elahi	not out	4	2
Anil Dalpat	did not bat	0	0
Zaheer Abbas	did not bat	0	0
Saleem Malik	did not bat	0	0
Abdul Qadir	did not bat	0	0
Iqbal Qasim	did not bat	0	0
Azeem Hafeez	did not bat	0	0

Derek Stirling 4.00-0-26-0Martin Crowe 8.00-1-29-2Jeremy Coney 4.00-1-9-0Stephen Boock 23.40-4-69-1John Bracewell 14.00-3-36-0Evan Gray 11.00-0-49-0

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