Australia's performances after forcing a follow-on

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