What is followed in cricket?
In the game of 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 is a rule in test cricket that forces the team batting second to
bat again immediately after their first innings have finished. In Tests, the
follow-on can only be enforced if the team batting first achieves first
innings of a least 200 runs.
Enforcing follow ons reduces the probability of a drawn result by enabling the
second team’s second innings to be completed sooner.
