Editing Follow-on (section)

==Minimum lead==
Law 14 of the [[Laws of Cricket]]<ref name="Lord's">{{cite news |url=https://www.lords.org/mcc/laws-of-cricket/laws/law-14-the-follow-on/ |title=Law 14 – The follow-on |publisher=Lord's |access-date=13 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622060157/https://www.lords.org/mcc/laws-of-cricket/laws/law-14-the-follow-on/ |archive-date=22 June 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> considers the length of the match in defining the minimum lead required for the defending team to enforce the follow-on:
* In a match of five days or more, a side which bats first and leads by at least 200 runs has the option of requiring the other side to follow-on.{{efn|For matches having provisions of a reserve day, this law states that the first innings lead of at least 200 runs for the follow-on will only change to 150 runs if no play takes place on the first and second days of the match, since it will be a five-day match even if the first day is lost.}}
* In a match of three or four days, a lead of at least 150 runs.
* In a match of two days, a lead of at least 100 runs.
* In a one-day match, a lead of at least 75 runs.

When the start of a match is delayed by one or more full days, e.g., due to bad weather, the score lead required to enforce the follow-on is reduced accordingly.
However, when a match duration is shortened after it has started, the score lead required to enforce the follow-on remains unchanged.