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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West Indies v Australia 4th Test

Australia tour of West Indies - 1978 (1977/78) · Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain · 15 April 1978 · Australia won the toss and chose to bowl

West Indies won by 198 runs

West Indies won by 198 runs. Alvin Kallicharran top-scored with 92 for West Indies.

West Indies ARCHIVE Australia ARCHIVE 1978 TESTS Queen's Park Oval ARCHIVE

West Indies, 270 (10 wkts)

Alvin Greenidge	caught (Graeme Wood)	6	0
Basil Williams	caught (Graham Yallop)	87	0
David Murray	caught (Graeme Wood)	4	0
Larry Gomes	caught (Bob Simpson)	30	0
Alvin Kallicharran	caught (Graham Yallop)	92	0
Faoud Bacchus	bowled	9	0
Sew Shivnarine	caught (Bob Simpson)	10	0
Derick Parry	stumping (Steve Rixon)	22	0
Norbert Phillip	caught (Steve Rixon)	3	0
Vanburn Holder	bowled	7	0
Raphick Jumadeen	not out	0	0

Jeff Thomson 23.00-8-64-3Wayne Clark 24.00-6-65-3Bruce Yardley 18.00-5-48-1Jim Higgs 16.50-2-53-3Bob Simpson 15.00-4-40-0

Australia, 273 (10 wkts)

Graeme Wood	caught (David Murray)	16	0
Rick Darling	caught (Raphick Jumadeen)	10	0
Peter Toohey	caught (Basil Williams)	40	0
Graham Yallop	caught (David Murray)	75	0
Craig Serjeant	stumping (David Murray)	49	0
Bob Simpson	lbw	36	0
Steve Rixon	caught (David Murray)	21	0
Bruce Yardley	caught (Basil Williams)	22	0
Jeff Thomson	bowled	0	0
Wayne Clark	bowled	4	0
Jim Higgs	not out	0	0

Norbert Phillip 17.00-0-73-1Vanburn Holder 13.00-4-28-6Raphick Jumadeen 24.00-4-83-2Derick Parry 30.00-5-77-1Sew Shivnarine 6.00-1-12-0

West Indies, 269 (10 wkts)

Alvin Greenidge	caught (Jeff Thomson)	69	0
Basil Williams	caught (Graham Yallop)	24	0
David Murray	lbw	4	0
Larry Gomes	caught (Bob Simpson)	14	0
Alvin Kallicharran	caught (Wayne Clark)	27	0
Faoud Bacchus	caught (Graeme Wood)	7	0
Sew Shivnarine	caught (Craig Serjeant)	11	0
Derick Parry	caught (Craig Serjeant)	65	0
Norbert Phillip	caught (Graeme Wood)	46	0
Vanburn Holder	bowled	0	0
Raphick Jumadeen	not out	2	0

Jeff Thomson 15.00-1-76-0Wayne Clark 21.00-4-62-2Bruce Yardley 30.20-15-40-4Jim Higgs 21.00-7-46-1Bob Simpson 14.00-2-45-3

Australia, 89 (10 wkts)

Graeme Wood	lbw	17	0
Rick Darling	bowled	6	0
Peter Toohey	caught (Faoud Bacchus)	17	0
Graham Yallop	caught (Alvin Kallicharran)	18	0
Craig Serjeant	caught (Faoud Bacchus)	4	0
Bob Simpson	lbw	6	0
Steve Rixon	not out	13	0
Bruce Yardley	bowled	3	0
Jeff Thomson	bowled	1	0
Wayne Clark	bowled	0	0
Jim Higgs	bowled	4	0

Norbert Phillip 7.00-0-24-1Vanburn Holder 11.00-3-16-1Raphick Jumadeen 15.00-3-34-3Derick Parry 10.40-4-15-5

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