What is" the follow on " in cricket?

Question

A more detailed explanation of the rules of cricket would be even better.

Answer 1

In a Test Match of 2 innings, if the team batting second is all out and are in defecit in their score as compared to the score posted by the team batting first by more than 200 runs, the team which batted first can ask the team batted seciond to bat again. This is called "follow-on" in simple sense.

However, detailed explanation regarding follow-on are given below:

Follow-on is a term used in the sport of cricket. It describes the situation where a team has two consecutive innings. Cricket matches are played over either one or two innings. The "follow-on" is only used in games played over two innings. In these games the teams take turns in batting. Team A has its first innings followed by Team B. Then Team A has its second innings, and finally Team B has its second innings (unless Team A's final score is less than Team B's first innings total).

However, if Team B scores substantially fewer runs than Team A in its first innings, Team A's captain may force Team B to bat again (to "follow on") straight away, so that the order of the innings is: A, B, B, and, if necessary, A again. In its second innings, Team B is then said to be "following on". This rule is governed by Law 13 of the Laws of cricket.

The number of runs by which Team A must be ahead of Team B to give its captain the option of forcing Team B to follow on depends on how long the game is. In a match of five days or more, a side which bats first and leads by at least 200 runs has the option of requiring the other side to follow-on.

In shorter matches the minimum required leads are as follows:

(i) 150 runs in a match of three or four days;

(ii) 100 runs in a two-day match;

(iii) 75 runs in a one-day match (if two innings are being played).

Where a match is shortened, the leads required to have the option of enforcing the follow-on are determined by how many days' (or part days') play remain when the match starts. For example, suppose a match is scheduled for five days, but the first day is washed out because of rain. If the match then begins on the second scheduled day of the match, the team batting first needs a first innings lead of 150 runs or more to have the option of enforcing the follow-on. This only applies to time lost before the first ball has been bowled: if a five-day match starts on the scheduled first day but, say, the second day is completely lost, it still counts as a five-day match for the purposes of calculating the follow-on target.

For more details about follow-on, please check the following link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Follow-on

Answer 2

Follow On In Cricket

Answer 3

Cricket Follow On

Answer 4

Ok well basicially, it only happens in test matches.

Lets assume we have 2 teams team a and team b.

Team A bats firts and scores 500 runs all out then team b bats and is required to score a minimum amout of runs i.e 250 else they could be asked to bat again by team a.

The advantages of this is to finish the game off quickly or to see how much more runs are required bcos the other team wud have batted 2wce.

Answer 5

Law 13 (The follow-on)
1. Lead on first innings
(a) In a two innings match of 5 days or more, the side which bats first and leads by at least 200 runs shall have the option of requiring the other side to follow their innings.

(b) The same option shall be available in two innings matches of shorter duration with the minimum required leads as follows:
(i) 150 runs in a match of 3 or 4 days;
(ii) 100 runs in a 2-day match;
(iii) 75 runs in a 1-day match.

2. Notification
A captain shall notify the opposing captain and the umpires of his intention to take up this option. Law 10.1(e) (Insufficient time to complete rolling) shall apply.

3. First day's play lost
If no play takes place on the first day of a match of more than one day's duration, 1 above shall apply in accordance with the number of days remaining from the actual start of the match. The day on which play first commences shall count as a whole day for this purpose, irrespective of the time at which play starts.
Play will have taken place as soon as, after the call of Play, the first over has started. See Law 22.2 (Start of an over).

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What is" the follow on " in cricket?
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Answer 7

In test matches both the competing teams are supposed to play two innings each. Either all out or they may declare if sufficient runs have been scored. If the team batting first scored plenty of runs and gets the team playing second "out" for lesser runs (at least 200 runs difference) then they may ask the second team to "follow on" That is to continue playing the second innings without resorting to start of second innings.

Examples would be good to understand rules:

Team "A" scored 500 runs in their first innings. Team "B" the scored 299 runs in their first innings. As the difference is more than 200 runs, the Team "A" can ask Team "B" to follow on.

If Team "B" are all out before reaching the remaining 201 runs, then Team "A" wins by one innings. But if Team "B" scores more runs totaling 600 runs in both innings, then Team "A" can commence their second innings to try and score more than Team "B"s total of 600 runs.

Hope it helps.

Team "A" scored 500 runs in the first innings.

Answer 8

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If the second side to bat doesn't score enough runs in their first innings, the other side has the choice of making them bat first in the second innings. If a side has to bat twice without getting a turn at fielding in between, this is called following on.

Answer 9

1. When the 2nd batting team scores 200 run less (for 5 days test match) than the 1st batting team - the 2nd team follows on and do batting again. But it depends on the 1st team captain's decision.

Answer 10

where a team batting second has to bat again because they haven't reached a certain amount of runs set by the first batting team. so the opposition can force the follow on. benefit being you can add pressure and run the game how you want and may not have to bat again as they don't reach your first innings total