England vs New Zealand 2nd Test: In the second Test match played between England and New Zealand, the English team was overshadowed by its own decision. The two-match Test series ended in a draw with 1-1. In the first match, England won by 267 runs. At the same time, in the second match, the team had to face defeat by 1 run. With this defeat, an embarrassing record was also recorded in the name of the English team.
Actually, in this match, England got defeated after the follow-on. Batting first in the match, England declared the innings by scoring 435 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in the first innings. After this, New Zealand could only score 209/10 for their first innings, after which England followed them and New Zealand scored 483/10 while batting in their second innings.
England could not chase the target
After this, the England team, chasing 258 runs, could only score 256/10 runs and the team had to face defeat by one run. England has become the second such team, which has suffered defeat at the time of follow-on. Earlier, Australia has faced such defeat. Australia has lost the match by following on a total of 3 times.
Australia lost three matches like this
The Kangaroo team gave a follow-on in 1994 while playing a Test against England in Sydney. Australia had to face defeat by 10 runs in that match. Australia had lost the match earlier also by giving follow on to England. In a Test match played between Australia and England in Leeds in 1981, Australia followed on to England and the Kangaroo team had to face defeat by 18 runs.
At the same time, in 2001, Australia had to face such a defeat while playing a Test match against Team India. In that match, Australia gave India a follow-on and India defeated the Kangaroo team by 171 runs. Now England has become the second team to do so, which has lost by following on.
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