Follow-on - Longest Period Without Being Forced To Follow-on in Test Cricket

Longest Period Without Being Forced To Follow-on in Test Cricket

Longest period without being forced to follow-on in Test cricket is held by Australia, who after being asked to follow on by Pakistan in Karachi in 1988, went 190 matches without being forced to follow on until being asked to do so in the fourth test of the 2005 Ashes series against England.

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