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 - 1986 (1985/86) · Kensington Oval, Bridgetown · 21 March 1986 · England won the toss and chose to bowl

West Indies won by an innings and 30 runs · Man of the Match: Richie Richardson

West Indies won by an innings and 30 runs. Richie Richardson top-scored with 160 for West Indies. Man of the Match: Richie Richardson.

West Indies ARCHIVE England ARCHIVE 1986 TESTS Kensington Oval ARCHIVE

West Indies, 402 (10 wkts)

Gordon Greenidge	caught (Ian Botham)	21	24
Desmond Haynes	caught (Ian Botham)	84	179
Richie Richardson	lbw	160	278
Larry Gomes	caught (David Gower)	33	111
Viv Richards	caught (Paul Downton)	51	71
Carlisle Best	lbw	21	56
Jeff Dujon	caught (Wilf Slack)	5	7
Michael Holding	bowled	23	25
Malcolm Marshall	run out	4	3
Joel Garner	caught (Graham Gooch)	0	5
Patrick Patterson	not out	0	0

Ian Botham 24.00-3-80-1Greg Thomas 16.10-2-70-4Neil Foster 19.00-0-76-3Phil Edmonds 29.00-2-85-0John Emburey 38.00-7-96-1

England, 165 (10 wkts)

Graham Gooch	caught (Jeff Dujon)	53	121
Tim Robinson	caught (Jeff Dujon)	3	13
David Gower	caught (Jeff Dujon)	66	73
Peter Willey	caught (Jeff Dujon)	5	10
Allan Lamb	caught (Richie Richardson)	5	22
Ian Botham	caught (Jeff Dujon)	14	32
Paul Downton	lbw	11	41
John Emburey	caught (Carlisle Best)	0	5
Phil Edmonds	caught (Richie Richardson)	4	27
Neil Foster	lbw	0	19
Greg Thomas	not out	4	4

Malcolm Marshall 14.00-1-42-4Joel Garner 14.00-4-35-1Patrick Patterson 15.00-5-54-3Michael Holding 13.00-4-37-2Viv Richards 3.00-0-9-0

England, 186 (10 wkts)

Graham Gooch	bowled	11	29
Tim Robinson	bowled	43	71
David Gower	caught (Malcolm Marshall)	23	40
Peter Willey	lbw	17	35
Allan Lamb	caught (Michael Holding)	6	14
Phil Edmonds	lbw	4	19
Ian Botham	caught (Jeff Dujon)	21	13
Paul Downton	caught (Jeff Dujon)	26	56
John Emburey	not out	35	40
Neil Foster	caught (Richie Richardson)	0	2
Greg Thomas	bowled	0	9

Malcolm Marshall 13.00-1-47-0Joel Garner 17.00-2-69-4Patrick Patterson 8.40-2-28-3Michael Holding 10.00-1-47-3Viv Richards 4.00-1-7-0

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