EXPLAINED:WHAT IS FOLLOW IN CRICKET AND RULES RELATING TO FOLLOW ON.

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Every cricket enthusiast might have heard about follow on. But every one of them doesn't clearly know every rule relating to it and some people even don't how when and why follow on is enforced. Through this article, I will explain to you everything relating to follow-on cricket because if you wish to become a cricketer it is very important to clearly understand every term in cricket. After all, each small thing has a huge impact on the result of the game.

WHAT IS FOLLOW IN CRICKET?

Follow on is a rule that is applicable in domestic first-class matches and international test matches (5-day's matches) which forces the team which has batted in the 2nd innings and has scored only fewer runs to bat again in the 3rd innings( play their 2nd innings) immediately after the 2nd innings have finished.

The decision to enforce follow-on needs to be made by the captain of the team who has batted in the first innings after analyzing various conditions like the score of both teams, nature of the pitch, weather conditions prevailing, and no of days left for play.

FOLLOW ON RULES IN CRICKET

MINIMUM LEAD REQUIRED: Depending on the length of the match the team that has batted in the first innings and who wishes to enforce follow is required to have a minimum lead.

a) In a 5 days test match: the team that has batted first must have a lead of 200 or more after the competition of 1st inning of the opposition to enforce follow on.

b) In having 3 or 4 days play: a minimum of 150 runs lead is required to enforce follow on.

c) In a 2 days match: a minimum of 100 runs lead is required to enforce follow on.

d) In a 1-day march (a rare event): a minimum of 75 runs lead is required

ENFORCEMENT: for enforcing follow on the captain of the team that has scored the minimum required lead need to notify his decision to the opposition captain and to the umpires. once notified the decision cannot be changed.




EXAMPLES OF SITUATIONS IN WHICH FOLLOW ON CAN BE ENFORCED

Imagine that India is playing a 5-day test match against Australia and India won the toss and elected to bat first and scored 600 runs. Then Australia played their 1st innings but only managed to score 150 runs. In this situation, India has a lead of 450 runs which is more than what is required to enforce follow-on ( 200 runs) so now India can ask Australia to play their second innings immediately after a small break.

Real-life example: In 2017 in India's tour to Srilanka in the second test match India won the toss and elected to bat and scored 622 runs and declared their innings. Then Srilanka got all out for 183 in their 1st innings and was asked to follow on and India won the match by making Srilanka all out in their second innings for 386.

ADVANTAGES OF ENFORCING FOLLOW-ON

1) Enforcing follow-on shows the opposition that you are ahead of them and can help you to have a psychological advantage over the opposition and can help you to get them out quickly in their second innings.

2) If you have a reasonable lead that is defendable then you can conclude the match quickly by getting the opposition all out and can avoid the chance of draw.

3) If your bowlers are in great form and the opposition batsmen are under pressure then enforcing follow-on can help you to get the opposition out quickly because the pitch and other conditions will be very familiar to the bowlers since one they have bowled for a one full innings.

DISADVANTAGES

1) One of the main disadvantages is that if you fail to defend the runs you need to bat again and that too on the 4th or 5th day. In the last 2 days, the pitch will be more favorable to bowlers and batting will be very difficult and there is a chance that you will fail to win the match.

2) since your bowlers have completed bowling one full inning there is a chance that they will get tired quickly and this can affect the quality of bowling and can help the opposition to score runs easily.

HOW DO PITCH CONDITIONS AFFECT THE DECISION TO ENFORCE FOLLOW-ON?

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The captain of a team always analyzes the pitch conditions before enforcing follow-on because the change in pitch conditions can easily change the game favorable to the opposition.

If a team that enforced follow on and failed to defend the score need to bat at last days and chasing even small leads in the last days of a test match is difficult if the pitch is reasonably dry on the 2nd or 3rd day because the pitch will dry out and form cracks which will make batting difficult as spinners can easily turn the ball in cracked pitches.


    

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