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 3rd Test

West Indies tour of England - 1966 (1966) · Trent Bridge, Nottingham · 30 June 1966 · West Indies won the toss and chose to bat

West Indies won by 139 runs

West Indies won by 139 runs. Basil Butcher top-scored with 209* for West Indies.

West Indies ARCHIVE England ARCHIVE 1966 TESTS Trent Bridge ARCHIVE

West Indies, 230 (10 wkts)

Conrad Hunte	lbw	9	17
Peter Lashley	caught (Jim Parks)	49	187
Rohan Kanhai	caught (Derek Underwood)	32	56
Basil Butcher	bowled	5	14
Seymour Nurse	caught (Ray Illingworth)	93	142
Garry Sobers	caught (Jim Parks)	3	4
David Holford	lbw	11	58
Jackie Hendriks	bowled	2	6
Charlie Griffith	caught (Colin Cowdrey)	14	49
Wes Hall	bowled	12	7
Lance Gibbs	not out	0	5

John Snow 25.00-7-82-4Ken Higgs 25.40-3-71-4Basil D'Oliveira 30.00-14-51-2Derek Underwood 2.00-1-5-0Ray Illingworth 8.00-1-21-0

England, 320 (10 wkts)

Geoff Boycott	lbw	0	2
Colin Milburn	caught (Garry Sobers)	7	12
Eric Russell	bowled	4	19
Tom Graveney	caught (David Holford)	109	233
Colin Cowdrey	caught (Jackie Hendriks)	96	266
Jim Parks	caught (Basil Butcher)	11	29
Basil D'Oliveira	bowled	76	149
Ray Illingworth	caught (Peter Lashley)	0	14
Ken Higgs	caught (Peter Lashley)	5	21
John Snow	bowled	0	3
Derek Underwood	not out	12	60

Garry Sobers 49.00-12-90-4Wes Hall 34.30-8-105-4Charlie Griffith 20.00-5-62-2Lance Gibbs 23.00-9-40-0David Holford 8.00-2-23-0

West Indies, 471 (5 wkts)

Conrad Hunte	caught (Tom Graveney)	12	45
Peter Lashley	lbw	23	82
Rohan Kanhai	caught (Colin Cowdrey)	63	268
Basil Butcher	not out	209	416
Seymour Nurse	lbw	53	91
Garry Sobers	caught (Derek Underwood)	94	138
David Holford	not out	17	30
Jackie Hendriks	did not bat	0	0
Charlie Griffith	did not bat	0	0
Wes Hall	did not bat	0	0
Lance Gibbs	did not bat	0	0

John Snow 38.00-10-117-0Ken Higgs 38.00-6-109-3Basil D'Oliveira 34.00-8-77-2Derek Underwood 43.00-15-86-0Ray Illingworth 25.00-7-82-0

England, 240 (10 wkts)

Geoff Boycott	caught (Garry Sobers)	71	163
Colin Milburn	caught (Charlie Griffith)	12	32
Eric Russell	caught (Garry Sobers)	11	41
Tom Graveney	caught (Jackie Hendriks)	32	101
Colin Cowdrey	caught (Garry Sobers)	32	75
Jim Parks	caught (Peter Lashley)	7	16
Basil D'Oliveira	lbw	54	135
Ray Illingworth	caught (Peter Lashley)	4	10
Ken Higgs	caught (Garry Sobers)	4	39
John Snow	bowled	3	25
Derek Underwood	not out	10	16

Garry Sobers 31.00-6-71-1Wes Hall 16.00-3-52-2Charlie Griffith 13.30-3-34-4Lance Gibbs 48.00-16-83-3

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