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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 Australia 2nd Test

Australia tour of Pakistan - 1988 (1988/89) · Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad · 23 September 1988 · Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat

Match drawn · Man of the Match: Allan Border

Match drawn. Ijaz Ahmed top-scored with 122 for Pakistan. Man of the Match: Allan Border.

Pakistan ARCHIVE Australia ARCHIVE 1988 TESTS Iqbal Stadium ARCHIVE

Pakistan, 304 (10 wkts)

Abdul Qadir	bowled	6	22
Mudassar Nazar	caught (Geoff Marsh)	9	28
Ramiz Raja	lbw	0	2
Shoaib Mohammad	bowled	11	18
Javed Miandad	caught (David Boon)	43	126
Saleem Malik	bowled	0	3
Ijaz Ahmed	bowled	122	221
Saleem Yousuf	caught (David Boon)	62	104
Tauseef Ahmed	not out	35	75
Iqbal Qasim	caught (Peter Sleep)	16	42
Saleem Jaffar	lbw	0	4

Bruce Reid 31.00-8-92-3Tony Dodemaide 34.00-6-87-4Steve Waugh 11.00-3-36-0Peter Sleep 5.50-1-24-2Tim May 19.00-3-58-1Allan Border 6.00-1-11-0

Australia, 299 (10 wkts)

David Boon	bowled	13	33
Geoff Marsh	bowled	51	136
Dean Jones	lbw	16	34
Graeme Wood	lbw	32	72
Tony Dodemaide	caught (Ijaz Ahmed)	19	81
Allan Border	not out	113	237
Steve Waugh	stumping (Saleem Yousuf)	1	8
Peter Sleep	bowled	12	42
Ian Healy	caught (Iqbal Qasim)	27	86
Tim May	caught	14	54
Bruce Reid	caught (Saleem Yousuf)	1	3

Saleem Jaffar 29.00-7-69-2Mudassar Nazar 17.00-4-39-2Abdul Qadir 34.00-5-84-2Tauseef Ahmed 35.00-10-73-3Iqbal Qasim 14.50-4-37-1

Pakistan, 359 (9 wkts)

Mudassar Nazar	caught (Allan Border)	27	77
Ramiz Raja	caught (David Boon)	32	52
Shoaib Mohammad	stumping (Ian Healy)	74	155
Javed Miandad	lbw	107	186
Saleem Malik	caught (Allan Border)	10	30
Ijaz Ahmed	caught (Ian Healy)	0	11
Saleem Yousuf	not out	66	108
Tauseef Ahmed	caught (Steve Waugh)	2	14
Iqbal Qasim	lbw	28	55
Abdul Qadir	caught (Bruce Reid)	13	29
Saleem Jaffar	did not bat	0	0

Bruce Reid 30.00-6-100-4Tony Dodemaide 20.00-4-48-1Steve Waugh 18.00-6-44-1Peter Sleep 13.00-4-51-0Tim May 34.40-7-126-3Allan Border 1.00-0-3-0

Australia, 66 (3 wkts)

David Boon	caught (Mudassar Nazar)	15	43
Geoff Marsh	bowled	9	24
Dean Jones	not out	21	56
Steve Waugh	caught (Shoaib Mohammad)	19	31
Graeme Wood	not out	2	2
Tony Dodemaide	did not bat	0	0
Allan Border	did not bat	0	0
Peter Sleep	did not bat	0	0
Ian Healy	did not bat	0	0
Tim May	did not bat	0	0
Bruce Reid	did not bat	0	0

Saleem Jaffar 2.00-0-8-0Mudassar Nazar 2.00-0-5-0Abdul Qadir 10.00-1-34-1Tauseef Ahmed 11.00-4-17-1Shoaib Mohammad 1.00-0-2-1

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