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 - 1976 (1976) · Old Trafford, Manchester · 8 July 1976 · West Indies won the toss and chose to bat

West Indies won by 425 runs

West Indies won by 425 runs. Viv Richards top-scored with 135 for West Indies.

West Indies ARCHIVE England ARCHIVE 1976 TESTS Old Trafford ARCHIVE

West Indies, 200 (10 wkts)

Roy Fredericks	caught (Derek Underwood)	0	9
Gordon Greenidge	bowled	134	198
Viv Richards	bowled	4	7
Alvin Kallicharran	bowled	0	2
Clive Lloyd	caught (Frank Hayes)	2	7
Collis King	caught (Tony Greig)	32	106
Deryck Murray	caught (Tony Greig)	1	13
Michael Holding	bowled	3	17
Andy Roberts	caught (David Steele)	6	25
Albert Padmore	not out	8	18
Wayne Daniel	lbw	10	21

Mike Hendrick 14.00-1-48-2Mike Selvey 17.00-4-41-4Tony Greig 8.00-1-24-0Bob Woolmer 3.00-0-22-0Derek Underwood 24.00-5-55-3Pat Pocock 4.00-2-10-1

England, 52 (10 wkts)

John Edrich	caught (Deryck Murray)	8	69
Brian Close	lbw	2	20
David Steele	lbw	20	23
Pat Pocock	caught (Alvin Kallicharran)	7	29
Bob Woolmer	caught (Deryck Murray)	3	20
Frank Hayes	caught (Clive Lloyd)	0	1
Tony Greig	bowled	9	17
Alan Knott	caught (Gordon Greenidge)	1	15
Derek Underwood	bowled	0	5
Mike Selvey	not out	2	5
Mike Hendrick	bowled	0	4

Andy Roberts 12.00-4-22-3Michael Holding 14.50-7-17-5Wayne Daniel 6.00-2-13-2

West Indies, 370 (5 wkts)

Roy Fredericks	hitwicket	50	98
Gordon Greenidge	bowled	101	155
Viv Richards	lbw	135	261
Clive Lloyd	caught (Derek Underwood)	43	85
Alvin Kallicharran	caught (Brian Close)	20	34
Collis King	not out	14	29
Deryck Murray	not out	7	27
Michael Holding	did not bat	0	0
Andy Roberts	did not bat	0	0
Albert Padmore	did not bat	0	0
Wayne Daniel	did not bat	0	0

Mike Hendrick 24.00-4-63-1Mike Selvey 26.00-3-111-2Tony Greig 2.00-0-8-0Derek Underwood 35.00-9-90-0Pat Pocock 27.00-4-98-2

England, 101 (10 wkts)

John Edrich	bowled	24	100
Brian Close	bowled	20	108
David Steele	caught (Andy Roberts)	15	27
Bob Woolmer	lbw	0	1
Frank Hayes	caught (Gordon Greenidge)	18	73
Tony Greig	bowled	3	12
Alan Knott	caught (Roy Fredericks)	14	25
Derek Underwood	caught (Collis King)	0	1
Mike Selvey	caught (Gordon Greenidge)	4	30
Pat Pocock	caught (Collis King)	3	13
Mike Hendrick	not out	0	10

Andy Roberts 20.50-8-37-6Michael Holding 23.00-15-24-2Wayne Daniel 17.00-8-39-2Albert Padmore 3.00-2-1-0

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