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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England v West Indies 1st Test

West Indies tour of England - 1966 (1966) · Old Trafford, Manchester · 2 June 1966 · West Indies won the toss and chose to bat

West Indies won by an innings and 40 runs

West Indies won by an innings and 40 runs. Garry Sobers top-scored with 161 for West Indies.

West Indies ARCHIVE England ARCHIVE 1966 TESTS Old Trafford ARCHIVE

West Indies, 465 (10 wkts)

Conrad Hunte	caught (Mike Smith)	135	279
Easton McMorris	caught (Eric Russell)	11	50
Rohan Kanhai	bowled	0	5
Basil Butcher	caught (Jim Parks)	44	95
Seymour Nurse	bowled	49	72
Garry Sobers	caught (Colin Cowdrey)	161	241
David Holford	caught (Mike Smith)	32	116
David Allan	lbw	1	15
Charlie Griffith	lbw	30	30
Wes Hall	bowled	1	11
Lance Gibbs	not out	1	2

Jeff Jones 28.00-6-100-0David Brown 28.00-4-84-0Ken Higgs 31.00-5-94-3David Allen 31.10-8-104-2Fred Titmus 35.00-10-83-5

England, 158 (10 wkts)

Colin Milburn	run out	0	8
Eric Russell	caught (Garry Sobers)	26	69
Ken Barrington	caught (Charlie Griffith)	5	10
Colin Cowdrey	caught (Lance Gibbs)	12	36
Mike Smith	caught (Basil Butcher)	5	27
Jim Parks	caught (Seymour Nurse)	43	114
Fred Titmus	bowled	15	12
David Allen	caught (Garry Sobers)	37	63
David Brown	bowled	14	64
Ken Higgs	caught (Garry Sobers)	1	22
Jeff Jones	not out	0	19

Wes Hall 14.00-6-43-0Charlie Griffith 10.00-3-28-1Garry Sobers 7.00-1-16-0Lance Gibbs 28.10-13-37-5David Holford 15.00-4-34-3

England, 258 (10 wkts)

Colin Milburn	bowled	94	136
Eric Russell	bowled	20	49
Ken Barrington	caught (Seymour Nurse)	30	65
Colin Cowdrey	caught (Basil Butcher)	69	184
Mike Smith	bowled	6	35
Jim Parks	caught (Garry Sobers)	11	34
Fred Titmus	caught (Basil Butcher)	12	23
David Allen	caught (David Allan)	1	9
David Brown	caught (Garry Sobers)	10	82
Ken Higgs	stumping (David Allan)	5	32
Jeff Jones	not out	0	6

Wes Hall 5.00-0-28-0Charlie Griffith 6.00-1-25-1Garry Sobers 42.00-11-87-3Lance Gibbs 41.00-16-69-5David Holford 14.00-2-49-1

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