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| Australia
vs England-1894 |
In December 1894, England became the first team to win the
Test match after being given a follow-on by Australia in Sydney.
Australia won the toss and elected to bat. Australia made 586 in
their first innings. In reply England were all out for 325 and
were given a follow on by Australia. In their second innings
England made a score of 437, thus taking a lead of 176 runs. But
Australia chasing a winning score of 177 runs was all out for 166.
England won the match by mere 10 runs.
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| Australia
vs England-1981 |
In
July 1981, History repeated it self when for the second time
England won the Test match after being given a follow-on by
Australia. This time again Australia won the toss and elected to
bat. They made 401 runs in their first innings. Whereas England
were all out for 174. They were asked to follow on and than made
359 runs thus taking a lead of 132 runs. Chasing a very moderate score of 133 runs to win Australia was all out for 111. England
won the Test Match by 18
runs.
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15th
March 2001, India became the third team in the history of world
cricket to win the Test Match after a follow-on. This time again
the loosing team was Australia. Aussies again won the
toss and elected to bat. They made an impressive 445 runs in their
first innings. India
was all out for 171 in their first innings ad were asked to
follow-on. In the second innings India made a massive 657 taking a lead of 384 runs. Match was already on its
last day when India declared their 2nd innings and had just 75
overs to dismiss the mighty Ausssies for a win. India bowled out
Australia on 212 runs and won the match by 171 runs.
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