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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West Indies v England 3rd Test

England tour of West Indies - 1981 (1980/81) · Kensington Oval, Bridgetown · 13 March 1981 · England won the toss and chose to bowl

West Indies won by 298 runs · Man of the Match: Clive Lloyd

West Indies won by 298 runs. Viv Richards top-scored with 182* for West Indies. Man of the Match: Clive Lloyd.

West Indies ARCHIVE England ARCHIVE 1981 TESTS Kensington Oval ARCHIVE

West Indies, 251 (10 wkts)

Gordon Greenidge	caught (Graham Gooch)	14	32
Desmond Haynes	caught (David Bairstow)	25	41
Viv Richards	caught (Ian Botham)	0	2
Everton Mattis	lbw	16	36
Clive Lloyd	caught (Graham Gooch)	100	167
Larry Gomes	caught (Ian Botham)	58	166
David Murray	caught (David Bairstow)	9	18
Andy Roberts	caught (David Bairstow)	14	30
Joel Garner	caught (David Bairstow)	15	39
Michael Holding	caught (Mike Gatting)	0	2
Colin Croft	not out	0	10

Graham Dilley 23.00-7-51-3Ian Botham 25.10-5-77-4Robin Jackman 22.00-4-65-3John Emburey 18.00-4-45-0Graham Gooch 2.00-0-13-0

England, 114 (10 wkts)

Graham Gooch	bowled	26	35
Geoff Boycott	bowled	0	6
Mike Gatting	caught (Gordon Greenidge)	2	2
David Gower	caught (Everton Mattis)	17	46
Roland Butcher	caught (Viv Richards)	17	35
Ian Botham	caught (David Murray)	26	40
Peter Willey	not out	19	74
David Bairstow	caught (Everton Mattis)	0	2
John Emburey	caught (Clive Lloyd)	0	10
Robin Jackman	caught (Andy Roberts)	7	40
Graham Dilley	caught (Larry Gomes)	0	4

Andy Roberts 11.00-3-29-2Michael Holding 11.00-7-16-3Colin Croft 13.50-2-39-4Joel Garner 12.00-5-30-1

West Indies, 369 (7 wkts)

Gordon Greenidge	lbw	0	3
Desmond Haynes	lbw	25	74
Colin Croft	caught (Geoff Boycott)	33	74
Viv Richards	not out	182	256
Everton Mattis	caught (Roland Butcher)	24	69
Larry Gomes	run out	34	80
Clive Lloyd	lbw	66	83
Andy Roberts	caught (David Bairstow)	0	2
David Murray	not out	5	13
Joel Garner	did not bat	0	0
Michael Holding	did not bat	0	0

Graham Dilley 25.00-3-111-1Ian Botham 29.00-5-102-3Robin Jackman 25.00-5-76-2John Emburey 24.00-7-57-0Peter Willey 6.00-0-23-0

England, 216 (10 wkts)

Graham Gooch	caught (Joel Garner)	116	210
Geoff Boycott	caught (Joel Garner)	1	4
Mike Gatting	bowled	0	1
David Gower	bowled	54	103
Roland Butcher	lbw	2	29
Ian Botham	caught (Clive Lloyd)	1	25
Peter Willey	lbw	17	68
David Bairstow	caught (David Murray)	2	2
John Emburey	bowled	9	57
Robin Jackman	bowled	7	46
Graham Dilley	not out	7	9

Andy Roberts 20.00-6-42-1Michael Holding 19.00-6-46-2Colin Croft 19.00-1-65-3Joel Garner 16.20-6-39-2Viv Richards 17.00-6-24-2

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