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 Sri Lanka 1st Test

Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand - 1983 (1982/83) · Lancaster Park, Christchurch · 4 March 1983 · Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bowl

New Zealand won by an innings and 25 runs · Man of the Match: Warren Lees

New Zealand won by an innings and 25 runs. Warren Lees top-scored with 89 for New Zealand. Man of the Match: Warren Lees.

New Zealand ARCHIVE Sri Lanka ARCHIVE 1983 TESTS Lancaster Park ARCHIVE

New Zealand, 316 (10 wkts)

Martin Snedden	caught	22	35
Glenn Turner	caught (Guy de Alwis)	32	36
Bruce Edgar	caught	39	66
John Wright	bowled	13	31
Geoff Howarth	caught (Yohan Goonasekera)	0	6
Jeff Crowe	run out	12	57
Jeremy Coney	run out	84	158
Richard Hadlee	bowled	12	10
Lance Cairns	caught	3	25
Warren Lees	bowled	89	180
Ewen Chatfield	not out	10	29

Rumesh Ratnayake 31.00-8-125-2Vinothen John 12.00-2-45-2Ravi Ratnayeke 31.00-9-93-3Somachandra De Silva 22.50-10-41-1Sridharan Jeganathan 5.00-2-12-0

Sri Lanka, 132 (10 wkts)

Unknown #1705	caught (Warren Lees)	17	60
Sidath Wettimuny	not out	63	139
Susil Fernando	bowled	0	1
Yohan Goonasekera	caught (Warren Lees)	4	10
Ranjan Madugalle	run out	34	52
Somachandra De Silva	caught (Warren Lees)	7	46
Ravi Ratnayeke	run out	0	2
Guy de Alwis	caught (Glenn Turner)	0	3
Sridharan Jeganathan	lbw	6	6
Rumesh Ratnayake	caught (Jeremy Coney)	1	4
Vinothen John	lbw	0	2

Richard Hadlee 13.30-1-33-4Martin Snedden 10.00-1-30-0Lance Cairns 15.00-6-49-4Ewen Chatfield 15.00-4-20-0

Sri Lanka, 162 (10 wkts)

Unknown #1705	caught (Warren Lees)	5	30
Sidath Wettimuny	lbw	7	54
Susil Fernando	bowled	46	149
Yohan Goonasekera	caught (Glenn Turner)	8	20
Ranjan Madugalle	caught (Warren Lees)	23	60
Somachandra De Silva	bowled	52	111
Ravi Ratnayeke	lbw	7	21
Guy de Alwis	caught (Richard Hadlee)	3	16
Sridharan Jeganathan	bowled	8	20
Rumesh Ratnayake	caught (Geoff Howarth)	0	7
Vinothen John	not out	3	7

Richard Hadlee 22.00-12-27-0Martin Snedden 23.00-6-48-3Lance Cairns 20.00-7-47-4Ewen Chatfield 16.50-3-40-3

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