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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New Zealand v West Indies 3rd Test

West Indies tour of New Zealand - 1987 (1986/87) · Lancaster Park, Christchurch · 12 March 1987 · New Zealand won the toss and chose to bowl

New Zealand won by 5 wickets · Man of the Match: Richard Hadlee

New Zealand won by 5 wickets. Martin Crowe top-scored with 83 for New Zealand. Man of the Match: Richard Hadlee.

West Indies ARCHIVE New Zealand ARCHIVE 1987 TESTS Lancaster Park ARCHIVE

West Indies, 86 (10 wkts)

Gordon Greenidge	bowled	2	18
Desmond Haynes	bowled	0	3
Richie Richardson	caught (Martin Crowe)	37	65
Larry Gomes	caught (Jeff Crowe)	8	46
Viv Richards	caught (Ian Smith)	1	11
Gus Logie	caught (Jeremy Coney)	6	19
Jeff Dujon	caught (Jeremy Coney)	6	4
Malcolm Marshall	caught (Martin Snedden)	2	6
Joel Garner	caught (Jeremy Coney)	0	3
Tony Gray	not out	10	26
Courtney Walsh	bowled	14	28

Richard Hadlee 12.30-2-50-6Ewen Chatfield 18.00-8-30-4Martin Snedden 6.00-1-14-0

New Zealand, 295 (9 wkts)

John Wright	caught (Viv Richards)	6	24
Phil Horne	caught (Viv Richards)	9	14
Jeff Crowe	caught (Jeff Dujon)	55	165
Martin Crowe	bowled	83	154
Dipak Patel	caught (Jeff Dujon)	0	11
Jeremy Coney	run out	36	83
John Bracewell	caught (Desmond Haynes)	66	129
Richard Hadlee	not out	25	30
Ian Smith	caught (Jeff Dujon)	7	16
Martin Snedden	caught (Gus Logie)	7	11
Ewen Chatfield	not out	1	2

Malcolm Marshall 27.00-2-75-1Joel Garner 19.00-2-79-4Courtney Walsh 24.50-3-78-1Tony Gray 17.00-4-47-2Viv Richards 9.00-3-29-0Larry Gomes 4.00-1-16-0

West Indies, 250 (10 wkts)

Gordon Greenidge	caught (Ian Smith)	16	27
Desmond Haynes	caught (Phil Horne)	19	28
Richie Richardson	caught (Martin Crowe)	19	25
Larry Gomes	caught (Jeremy Coney)	33	34
Viv Richards	caught (Ian Smith)	38	37
Gus Logie	caught (Jeff Crowe)	19	30
Jeff Dujon	caught (Martin Crowe)	39	103
Malcolm Marshall	bowled	45	62
Joel Garner	caught (John Wright)	11	17
Tony Gray	caught (Martin Crowe)	3	13
Courtney Walsh	not out	8	6

Richard Hadlee 23.00-2-101-3Ewen Chatfield 16.00-3-42-1Martin Snedden 18.30-2-68-5John Bracewell 7.00-0-34-0Martin Crowe 6.00-0-13-1

New Zealand, 26 (5 wkts)

John Wright	caught (Viv Richards)	2	21
Phil Horne	caught (Tony Gray)	0	4
Jeff Crowe	caught (Tony Gray)	2	8
Martin Crowe	not out	9	17
Dipak Patel	caught (Richie Richardson)	9	10
Jeremy Coney	caught (Tony Gray)	2	6
John Bracewell	not out	2	3
Richard Hadlee	did not bat	0	0
Ian Smith	did not bat	0	0
Martin Snedden	did not bat	0	0
Ewen Chatfield	did not bat	0	0

Courtney Walsh 5.10-0-16-3Tony Gray 4.00-1-14-1Joel Garner 1.00-0-3-1

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