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Australia's performances after forcing a follow-on

By Rajneesh Gupta
December 14, 2003 22:16 IST
Australia has enforced follow-on on the opponents on 65 occasions in Test cricket before the Adelaide Test, winning 54, drawing 8 and losing three.

However a study of subsequent matches after the ones in which follow-on was enforced reveals a very interesting fact.

For this we have eliminated the last match of the series from our study for the simple reason that opposition does not have any chance to take revenge.

This leaves us with 51 occasions when Australia imposed the follow-on while series were still alive.

Of these 51 instances, 42 Tests were won by Australia, three by opponents. Six Tests ended in draw.

What happened in the next Test? While Australia still won 23, opposition managed to bounce back and win on 13 occasions. Remaining 15 matches ended in draw.

The details are given in the following table:

Series Venue Winner Winner Next Test
1882-83 Melbourne Aus 9 wickets Eng Inn. & 27 runs
1894-95 Sydney Eng 10 runs Eng 94 runs
1894-95 Sydney Aus Inn. & 147 runs Eng 6 wickets
1896 Old Trafford Aus 3 wickets Eng 66 runs
1897-98 Melbourne Aus Inn. & 55 runs Aus Inn. & 13 runs
1897-98 Adelaide Aus Inn. & 13 runs Aus 8 wickets
1897-98 Melbourne Aus 8 wickets Aus 6 wickets
1910-11 Sydney Aus Inn. & 114 runs Aus 89 runs
1912 Old Trafford Aus Inn. & 88 runs drawn
1920-21 Melbourne Aus Inn. & 91 runs Aus 119 runs
1921-22 Johannesburg drawn Aus 10 wickets
1926 Headingley drawn drawn
1930 Headingley drawn drawn
1930-31 Sydney Aus Inn. & 172 runs Aus Inn. & 217 runs
1930-31 Brisbane (Ex) Aus Inn. & 217 runs Aus Inn. & 122 runs
1931-32 Brisbane ('Gabba') Aus Inn. & 163 runs Aus Inn. & 155 runs
1935-36 Cape Town Aus Inn. & 78 runs Aus Inn. & 184 runs
1946-47 Brisbane ('Gabba') Aus Inn. & 332 runs Aus Inn. & 33 runs
1947-48 Brisbane ('Gabba') Aus Inn. & 226 runs drawn
1947-48 Adelaide Aus Inn. & 16 runs Aus Inn. & 177 runs
1949-50 Ellis Park Aus Inn. & 85 runs Aus 8 wickets
1949-50 Cape Town Aus 8 wickets Aus 5 wickets
1954-55 Brisbane ('Gabba') Aus Inn. & 154 runs Eng 38 runs
1954-55 Kingston Aus 9 wickets drawn
1957-58 Cape Town Aus Inn. & 141 runs drawn
1957-58 Johannesburg Aus 10 wickets Aus 8 wickets
1958-59 Adelaide Aus 10 wickets Aus 9 wickets
1959-60 Madras (Corp) Aus Inn. & 55 runs drawn
1960-61 Melbourne Aus 7 wickets WI 222 runs
1965-66 Brisbane ('Gabba') drawn drawn
1966-67 Cape Town Aus 6 wickets SAf 8 wickets
1973-74 Melbourne Aus Inn. & 25 runs drawn
1975 Edgbaston Aus Inn. & 85 runs drawn
1975 The Oval drawn Aus 8 wickets
1981 Headingley Eng 18 runs Eng 29 runs
1982-83 Adelaide Aus 8 wickets Eng 3 runs
1983-84 Perth Aus Inn. & 9 runs drawn
1987-88 Perth Aus Inn. & 108 runs Pak Inn. & 188 runs
1989 Trent Bridge Aus Inn. & 180 runs drawn
1992-93 Christchurch Aus Inn. & 60 runs drawn
1993 Lord's Aus Inn. & 62 runs drawn
1993 Headingley Aus Inn. & 148 runs Aus 8 wickets
1993-94 Hobart BO Aus Inn. & 222 runs Aus Inn. & 96 runs
1994-95 Rawalpindi drawn drawn
1995-96 Brisbane ('Gabba') Aus Inn. & 126 runs Aus 155 runs
1995-96 Melbourne Aus 10 wickets Aus 148 runs
2000-01 Calcutta Ind 171 runs Ind 2 wickets
2001-02 Johannesburg Aus Inn. & 360 runs Aus 4 wickets
2002-03 Melbourne Aus 5 wickets Eng 225 runs
2002-03 Bridgetown Aus 9 wickets WI 3 wickets
2003-04 Perth Aus Inn. & 175 runs Aus 9 wickets
Rajneesh Gupta

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