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 - 1984 (1984/85) · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide · 7 December 1984 · West Indies won the toss and chose to bat

West Indies won by 191 runs · Man of the Match: Geoff Lawson

West Indies won by 191 runs. Larry Gomes top-scored with 120* for West Indies. Man of the Match: Geoff Lawson.

West Indies ARCHIVE Australia ARCHIVE 1984 TESTS Adelaide Oval ARCHIVE

West Indies, 344 (10 wkts)

Gordon Greenidge	caught (Rodney Hogg)	95	180
Desmond Haynes	caught (Kim Hughes)	0	2
Richie Richardson	caught (Allan Border)	8	28
Larry Gomes	caught (Steve Rixon)	60	120
Viv Richards	caught (Steve Rixon)	0	3
Clive Lloyd	bowled	78	179
Jeff Dujon	lbw	77	175
Malcolm Marshall	caught (Steve Rixon)	9	25
Roger Harper	caught (Steve Rixon)	9	17
Joel Garner	not out	8	8
Courtney Walsh	bowled	0	2

Geoff Lawson 40.00-7-112-8Rodney Hogg 28.00-7-75-1Terry Alderman 19.00-8-38-0Bob Holland 30.20-5-109-1Kepler Wessels 5.00-0-13-0

Australia, 248 (10 wkts)

Graeme Wood	caught (Gordon Greenidge)	41	144
John Dyson	caught (Jeff Dujon)	8	37
Kepler Wessels	bowled	98	164
Steve Rixon	caught (Viv Richards)	0	10
Kim Hughes	caught (Jeff Dujon)	0	1
Allan Border	caught (Joel Garner)	21	85
David Boon	caught (Jeff Dujon)	12	24
Geoff Lawson	caught (Jeff Dujon)	49	68
Bob Holland	caught (Desmond Haynes)	2	9
Rodney Hogg	not out	7	40
Terry Alderman	caught (Richie Richardson)	10	33

Malcolm Marshall 26.00-8-69-5Joel Garner 26.00-5-61-2Courtney Walsh 24.00-8-88-2Roger Harper 21.00-4-56-1

West Indies, 283 (7 wkts)

Gordon Greenidge	lbw	4	11
Desmond Haynes	caught (Graeme Wood)	50	123
Roger Harper	caught (Steve Rixon)	26	20
Richie Richardson	lbw	3	8
Larry Gomes	not out	120	217
Viv Richards	caught (Steve Rixon)	42	54
Clive Lloyd	caught (Steve Rixon)	6	11
Jeff Dujon	caught (David Boon)	32	46
Malcolm Marshall	did not bat	0	0
Joel Garner	did not bat	0	0
Courtney Walsh	did not bat	0	0

Geoff Lawson 24.00-6-69-3Rodney Hogg 21.00-2-77-3Bob Holland 18.10-1-54-1Terry Alderman 12.00-1-66-0Allan Border 4.00-0-24-0

Australia, 155 (10 wkts)

Kepler Wessels	caught (Jeff Dujon)	70	87
John Dyson	lbw	5	18
Allan Border	bowled	18	25
Kim Hughes	bowled	2	7
David Boon	caught (Roger Harper)	9	44
Steve Rixon	lbw	16	48
Graeme Wood	caught (Jeff Dujon)	19	48
Geoff Lawson	caught (Jeff Dujon)	2	6
Bob Holland	not out	7	13
Rodney Hogg	bowled	7	6
Terry Alderman	bowled	0	6

Malcolm Marshall 15.50-4-38-5Joel Garner 16.00-2-58-1Courtney Walsh 4.00-0-20-0Roger Harper 15.00-6-43-4

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