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 West Indies 1st Test

West Indies tour of New Zealand - 1969 (1968/69) · Eden Park, Auckland · 27 February 1969 · West Indies won the toss and chose to bowl

West Indies won by 5 wickets

West Indies won by 5 wickets. Seymour Nurse top-scored with 168 for West Indies.

New Zealand ARCHIVE West Indies ARCHIVE 1969 TESTS Eden Park ARCHIVE

New Zealand, 313 (10 wkts)

Graham Dowling	caught (Jackie Hendriks)	18	0
Glenn Turner	caught (Garry Sobers)	0	0
Bevan Congdon	caught (Garry Sobers)	85	0
Brian Hastings	caught (Jackie Hendriks)	21	0
Mark Burgess	caught (Jackie Hendriks)	11	0
Vic Pollard	caught (Lance Gibbs)	4	0
Bryan Yuile	caught (Clive Lloyd)	20	0
Bruce Taylor	caught (Roy Fredericks)	124	0
Dick Motz	caught (Wes Hall)	13	0
Bob Cunis	caught (Roy Fredericks)	13	0
Barry Milburn	not out	4	0

Wes Hall 8.00-1-34-1Prof Edwards 16.00-2-58-3Lance Gibbs 25.40-3-96-3Garry Sobers 19.00-1-87-2David Holford 5.00-1-38-1

West Indies, 260 (10 wkts)

Roy Fredericks	bowled	6	0
Joey Carew	caught (Mark Burgess)	109	0
Seymour Nurse	caught (Glenn Turner)	95	0
Clive Lloyd	lbw	3	0
Basil Butcher	caught (Brian Hastings)	0	0
Garry Sobers	caught (Barry Milburn)	11	0
David Holford	caught (Mark Burgess)	18	0
Jackie Hendriks	caught (Graham Dowling)	15	0
Prof Edwards	caught (Barry Milburn)	2	0
Wes Hall	bowled	1	0
Lance Gibbs	not out	0	0

Dick Motz 19.00-3-70-3Bruce Taylor 16.70-2-48-2Bob Cunis 9.00-2-36-0Bryan Yuile 15.00-2-64-3Vic Pollard 20.00-5-42-2

New Zealand, 283 (8 wkts)

Graham Dowling	bowled	71	0
Glenn Turner	bowled	40	0
Bevan Congdon	lbw	7	0
Brian Hastings	caught (Lance Gibbs)	31	0
Mark Burgess	caught (Roy Fredericks)	30	0
Bruce Taylor	caught (Lance Gibbs)	9	0
Vic Pollard	not out	51	0
Bryan Yuile	caught (Jackie Hendriks)	1	0
Dick Motz	lbw	23	0
Bob Cunis	not out	20	0
Barry Milburn	did not bat	0	0

Wes Hall 8.20-4-8-0Prof Edwards 24.00-4-71-3Lance Gibbs 35.00-9-69-1Garry Sobers 30.00-7-79-1David Holford 15.00-1-56-3

West Indies, 325 (5 wkts)

Roy Fredericks	caught (Glenn Turner)	23	0
Joey Carew	caught (Brian Hastings)	38	0
Seymour Nurse	caught (Bryan Yuile)	168	0
Basil Butcher	not out	78	0
Clive Lloyd	run out	14	0
Garry Sobers	lbw	0	0
David Holford	not out	4	0
Jackie Hendriks	did not bat	0	0
Prof Edwards	did not bat	0	0
Wes Hall	did not bat	0	0
Lance Gibbs	did not bat	0	0

Dick Motz 12.00-0-85-1Bruce Taylor 11.00-1-54-1Bob Cunis 20.00-1-80-1Bryan Yuile 14.00-2-58-0Vic Pollard 12.00-1-48-1

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