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 5th Test

West Indies tour of England - 1984 (1984) · Kennington Oval, London · 9 August 1984 · West Indies won the toss and chose to bat

West Indies won by 172 runs · Man of the Match: Desmond Haynes

West Indies won by 172 runs. Desmond Haynes top-scored with 125 for West Indies. Man of the Match: Desmond Haynes.

West Indies ARCHIVE England ARCHIVE 1984 TESTS Kennington Oval ARCHIVE

West Indies, 177 (10 wkts)

Gordon Greenidge	lbw	22	51
Desmond Haynes	bowled	10	33
Larry Gomes	caught (Ian Botham)	18	57
Viv Richards	caught (Paul Allott)	8	25
Jeff Dujon	caught (Chris Tavaré)	3	10
Clive Lloyd	not out	60	112
Malcolm Marshall	caught (David Gower)	0	4
Eldine Baptiste	caught (Graeme Fowler)	32	58
Roger Harper	bowled	18	46
Michael Holding	lbw	0	2
Joel Garner	caught (Paul Downton)	6	34

Jonathan Agnew 12.00-3-46-0Paul Allott 17.00-7-25-3Ian Botham 23.00-8-72-5Richard Ellison 18.00-3-34-2

England, 146 (10 wkts)

Graeme Fowler	caught (Viv Richards)	31	51
Chris Broad	bowled	4	13
Pat Pocock	caught (Gordon Greenidge)	0	21
Chris Tavaré	caught (Jeff Dujon)	16	55
David Gower	caught (Jeff Dujon)	12	34
Allan Lamb	lbw	12	40
Ian Botham	caught (Jeff Dujon)	14	20
Paul Downton	caught (Clive Lloyd)	16	62
Richard Ellison	not out	20	43
Paul Allott	bowled	16	24
Jonathan Agnew	bowled	5	10

Joel Garner 18.00-6-37-2Malcolm Marshall 17.50-5-35-5Michael Holding 13.00-2-55-2Eldine Baptiste 12.00-4-19-1Roger Harper 1.00-1-0-0

West Indies, 334 (10 wkts)

Gordon Greenidge	caught (Ian Botham)	34	39
Desmond Haynes	bowled	125	329
Larry Gomes	caught (Chris Tavaré)	1	6
Viv Richards	lbw	15	11
Clive Lloyd	caught (Paul Downton)	36	62
Jeff Dujon	caught (Allan Lamb)	49	63
Eldine Baptiste	caught (Paul Downton)	5	47
Malcolm Marshall	caught (Allan Lamb)	12	14
Roger Harper	caught (Paul Downton)	17	17
Michael Holding	lbw	30	36
Joel Garner	not out	10	15

Jonathan Agnew 14.00-1-51-2Paul Allott 26.00-1-96-2Ian Botham 22.30-2-103-3Richard Ellison 26.00-7-60-3Pat Pocock 8.00-3-24-0

England, 186 (10 wkts)

Graeme Fowler	caught (Viv Richards)	7	30
Chris Broad	caught (Gordon Greenidge)	39	104
Chris Tavaré	caught (Viv Richards)	49	153
David Gower	lbw	7	12
Allan Lamb	caught (Desmond Haynes)	1	2
Ian Botham	caught (Malcolm Marshall)	54	51
Paul Downton	lbw	10	46
Richard Ellison	caught (Michael Holding)	13	24
Paul Allott	caught (Clive Lloyd)	4	6
Pat Pocock	caught (Michael Holding)	0	2
Jonathan Agnew	not out	2	2

Joel Garner 18.40-3-51-4Malcolm Marshall 22.00-5-71-1Michael Holding 13.00-2-43-5Eldine Baptiste 8.00-3-11-0Roger Harper 8.00-5-10-0

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