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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 2nd Test

West Indies tour of England - 1988 (1988) · Lord's, London · 16 June 1988 · West Indies won the toss and chose to bat

West Indies won by 134 runs · Man of the Match: Gus Logie

West Indies won by 134 runs. Allan Lamb top-scored with 113 for England. Man of the Match: Gus Logie.

West Indies ARCHIVE England ARCHIVE 1988 TESTS Lord's ARCHIVE

West Indies, 202 (10 wkts)

Gordon Greenidge	caught (Paul Downton)	22	39
Desmond Haynes	caught (Martyn Moxon)	12	27
Richie Richardson	caught (John Emburey)	5	26
Viv Richards	caught (Paul Downton)	6	9
Carl Hooper	caught (Paul Downton)	3	4
Gus Logie	caught (John Emburey)	81	189
Jeff Dujon	bowled	53	124
Malcolm Marshall	caught (Graham Gooch)	11	16
Curtly Ambrose	caught (David Gower)	0	6
Courtney Walsh	not out	9	22
Patrick Patterson	bowled	0	8

Graham Dilley 23.00-6-55-5Paul Jarvis 13.00-2-47-0Gladstone Small 18.50-5-64-4Derek Pringle 7.00-3-20-0John Emburey 6.00-2-17-1

England, 157 (10 wkts)

Graham Gooch	bowled	44	106
Chris Broad	lbw	0	9
Martyn Moxon	caught (Viv Richards)	26	48
David Gower	caught (Keith Arthurton)	46	61
Allan Lamb	lbw	10	45
Derek Pringle	caught (Jeff Dujon)	1	17
Paul Downton	lbw	11	32
John Emburey	bowled	7	21
Gladstone Small	not out	5	5
Paul Jarvis	caught (Desmond Haynes)	7	13
Graham Dilley	bowled	0	1

Malcolm Marshall 18.00-5-32-6Patrick Patterson 13.00-3-52-1Curtly Ambrose 12.00-1-39-1Courtney Walsh 16.00-6-36-2

West Indies, 372 (10 wkts)

Gordon Greenidge	caught (John Emburey)	103	192
Desmond Haynes	caught (Paul Downton)	5	27
Richie Richardson	lbw	26	55
Viv Richards	bowled	72	80
Carl Hooper	caught (Paul Downton)	11	34
Gus Logie	not out	95	124
Jeff Dujon	bowled	52	117
Malcolm Marshall	bowled	6	7
Curtly Ambrose	bowled	0	5
Courtney Walsh	bowled	0	3
Patrick Patterson	caught (Paul Downton)	2	9

Graham Dilley 27.00-6-73-4Gladstone Small 19.00-1-76-0Paul Jarvis 26.00-3-107-4John Emburey 15.00-1-62-0Derek Pringle 21.00-4-60-2

England, 266 (10 wkts)

Graham Gooch	lbw	16	26
Chris Broad	caught (Jeff Dujon)	1	19
Martyn Moxon	run out	14	69
David Gower	caught (Richie Richardson)	1	9
Allan Lamb	run out	113	212
Derek Pringle	lbw	0	5
Paul Downton	lbw	27	51
John Emburey	bowled	30	32
Gladstone Small	caught (Viv Richards)	7	19
Paul Jarvis	not out	29	64
Graham Dilley	caught (Richie Richardson)	28	36

Malcolm Marshall 25.00-5-60-4Patrick Patterson 21.50-2-100-2Courtney Walsh 20.00-1-75-1Curtly Ambrose 20.00-4-47-1

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