Episode 152: Should the Follow-On Just be Erased from Cricket

Death by Multimedia · Mar 30, 2022 · 12m

Is it time to just take the follow on out of cricket? For all of the lack of good it is, certainly at the international level, where it looks as though enforcing the follow on is a thing of the past. Teams rarely use it, wanting to retain the advantage they believe they have in bowling to the opposition last on a day five pitch, no matter what type of lead they have following the completion of the first innings of the match. Case in point is Australia in the recent series in Pakistan, when after the first innings of the 2nd Test, Australia led by 408 runs, more than 200 runs more than the…