​Has Australia ever won a Test match after conceding follow-on? List of teams who turned follow-ons in victories in Test matches originally appeared on Cricket News.
Add Cricket News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.KEY TAKEAWAYS:Australia have never won a Test match after being asked to follow on.Only four teams in Test history have won after following on.Australia suffered three of those four defeats with England being responsible for two of those losses.Has Australia ever won a Test after conceding the follow-on?No. Australia have never won a Test match after being made to follow on, and they are not among the four sides that have pulled off the escape. For a team that has dominated the format for much of its history, it remains a curious gap in the record books.They sit on the other side of the ledger instead. Three of the four wins after a follow-on came against Australia, which makes them the only team to have been beaten three times after enforcing it, and no other side has suffered the fate more than once.England were responsible twice, winning at Sydney in 1894 and at Headingley in 1981. India joined them at Eden Gardens in 2001, while the only instance not involving Australia came at Wellington in 2023, when New Zealand beat England by a single run.MORE: ‘Where is Lyon?’: Warner in loss of words as Cummins uses Renshaw as spin optionFull list of teams who won a Test after following onWinnerMarginOppositionGroundMatch dateTest no.England10 runsv AustraliaSydney14 Dec 189442England18 runsv AustraliaLeeds16 Jul 1981905India171 runsv AustraliaEden Gardens11 Mar 20011535New Zealand1 runv EnglandWellington24 Feb 20232494MORE: ‘The new Little Master!’ Steyn crowns SA skipper Bavuma with ultimate moniker after Gqeberha heroicsAustralia’s three defeats after enforcing the follow-onThe first came in the opening Test of the 1894-95 Ashes at Sydney. Australia piled up 586 and asked England to bat again, but England responded with 437 in their second innings before bowling the hosts out for 166 while chasing 177, winning a remarkable match by 10 runs.Headingley in 1981 is the best remembered of the three. Ian Botham produced an unbeaten 149 to drag England back into a contest they looked certain to lose, and Bob Willis then took eight for 43 to seal an 18-run win. The series has been known as Botham’s Ashes ever since.At Eden Gardens in 2001, VVS Laxman scored 281 and Rahul Dravid 180 in a stand of 376 that batted Australia out of the match after India had followed on. Harbhajan Singh took six wickets in the fourth innings, and Australia were dismissed for 212, ending their run of 16 consecutive Test wins.To keep up to date with all the latest cricket news and share your opinion on the biggest topics, visit our Facebook, Instagram and X (Twitter) pages.