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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Australia v West Indies 3rd Test

West Indies tour of Australia - 1979 (1979/80) · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide · 26 January 1980 · Australia won the toss and chose to bowl

West Indies won by 408 runs · Man of the Match: Clive Lloyd

West Indies won by 408 runs. Clive Lloyd top-scored with 121 for West Indies. Man of the Match: Clive Lloyd.

West Indies ARCHIVE Australia ARCHIVE 1980 TESTS Adelaide Oval ARCHIVE

West Indies, 319 (10 wkts)

Gordon Greenidge	lbw	6	10
Desmond Haynes	caught (Dennis Lillee)	28	90
Viv Richards	caught (Rod Marsh)	76	72
Alvin Kallicharran	caught (Ian Chappell)	9	36
Lawrence Rowe	caught (Dennis Lillee)	40	121
Clive Lloyd	lbw	121	156
Deryck Murray	caught (Rod Marsh)	4	7
Andy Roberts	bowled	9	41
Joel Garner	caught (Kim Hughes)	16	11
Michael Holding	bowled	9	15
Colin Croft	not out	1	4

Dennis Lillee 24.00-3-78-5Geoff Dymock 25.00-7-74-2Len Pascoe 15.30-1-90-1Ashley Mallett 27.00-5-77-2

Australia, 181 (10 wkts)

Julien Wiener	caught (Desmond Haynes)	3	29
Bruce Laird	caught (Joel Garner)	52	119
Ian Chappell	caught (Gordon Greenidge)	2	4
Greg Chappell	caught (Joel Garner)	0	1
Kim Hughes	caught (Clive Lloyd)	34	63
Allan Border	bowled	54	154
Rod Marsh	caught (Deryck Murray)	5	12
Dennis Lillee	caught (Desmond Haynes)	16	30
Geoff Dymock	caught (Lawrence Rowe)	10	24
Ashley Mallett	caught (Lawrence Rowe)	0	6
Len Pascoe	not out	5	10

Andy Roberts 16.50-3-43-3Michael Holding 15.00-5-31-2Joel Garner 18.00-4-43-1Viv Richards 2.00-0-7-0Colin Croft 22.00-4-57-4

West Indies, 416 (10 wkts)

Gordon Greenidge	stumping (Rod Marsh)	76	173
Desmond Haynes	caught (Rod Marsh)	27	82
Viv Richards	bowled	74	105
Alvin Kallicharran	bowled	106	176
Lawrence Rowe	caught (Rod Marsh)	43	62
Colin Croft	caught (Allan Border)	12	42
Clive Lloyd	caught (Rod Marsh)	40	49
Deryck Murray	caught (Greg Chappell)	28	61
Andy Roberts	caught (Bruce Laird)	8	32
Joel Garner	not out	1	2
Michael Holding	lbw	1	2

Dennis Lillee 26.00-6-75-0Geoff Dymock 33.50-7-104-5Len Pascoe 25.00-3-93-2Ashley Mallett 38.00-7-134-2Allan Border 4.00-2-10-1

Australia, 156 (10 wkts)

Julien Wiener	caught (Deryck Murray)	8	16
Bruce Laird	lbw	36	68
Ian Chappell	caught (Deryck Murray)	4	8
Greg Chappell	lbw	31	41
Kim Hughes	lbw	11	24
Allan Border	caught (Gordon Greenidge)	24	47
Rod Marsh	not out	23	68
Dennis Lillee	caught (Alvin Kallicharran)	0	2
Geoff Dymock	caught (Viv Richards)	2	10
Ashley Mallett	bowled	12	12
Len Pascoe	bowled	5	9

Andy Roberts 15.00-5-30-2Michael Holding 13.00-2-40-4Joel Garner 11.00-3-39-2Colin Croft 11.00-1-47-2

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