连打是一个在板球运动中使用的术语，用来描述以下情况，当击球落后的那个队在第一局击球之后,立即进行第二局的击球,因为这个队的得分不能足够接近(在五天的比赛当中相差200之内）在第一局中击球领先那个队所获得的分数。

在比赛中,当每一个队只有一局的击球时；在这种情况下连打显然是不适用 — 它只用在较长的(更加传统的)两局赛程的比赛中。

如果第二个队击球的分数大大地少于第一个队的得分。第一个队可以强制执行 （在他们的队长自由决定下）连打，指示第二队立即再次击球。在这种情况下每一局之间击球顺序将会是第一队，第二个队，第二个队，然后 （如果需要） 第一队,因此第二队被叫做"连打"。这是对照在每局之间击球的正常的进程是:第一队、第二队、第一队、第二队。

In cricket, a follow-on is where the team that bats second is forced to take its second batting innings immediately after its first, because the team was not able to get close enough to the score achieved by the first team batting in the first innings. If the second team to bat scores substantially fewer runs than the first team, the first team have the option of enforcing the follow-on, instructing the second team to bat again immediately. In this case the sequence of batting innings will be first team, second team, second team and then, if needed, the first team again. This is in contrast to the normal progression of batting innings which is first team, second team, first team, second team.