In cricket, a team who batted second and scored significantly fewer runs than the team who batted first may be forced to follow-on: to take their second innings immediately after their first. The follow-on can be enforced by … See more

During the India national cricket team's 2017 tour of Sri Lanka, in the Second Test, India won the toss and batted first. Sri Lanka batted second, failed to score within 200 runs of India's … See more

The follow-on is not automatic; the captain of the leading team decides whether to enforce it. Conventional theory suggests the follow-on is almost always enforced. In his classic text See more

Test matches
There have been only four occasions in Test cricket where a team that was forced to follow-on won the match. Incidentally, Australia lost the first … See more

Law 14 of the Laws of Cricket considers the length of the match in defining the minimum lead required for the defending team to enforce the follow-on:
• In … See more

Test matches
South Africa v Australia, Kingsmead, 1950
In a four-day Test (with one rest day in the middle of the match), … See more

• 1744: No provision existed.
• 1787: First known instance; at that time, it was the custom for any side behind on first innings to bat again regardless of the deficit (follow-on in … See more