Player of the Match
Player of the Match
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    2.4 full, nibbling back in, hit on the pads... and Gaffaney gives it after a long pause! Again Ayub reviews but this looks a lot closer to being out. Kisses the front knee roll and then into the back pad. That is smashing into leg stump! Robinson has his 100th Test wicket in trademark style! Hot Ollie Summer continues. Brings up his century at an average of less than 20 - something only Ian Botham and George Lohmann have done as seamers for England 8/1
    5.5 oh dear, Awais has plinked straight to midwicket! A really unusual dismissal for an opener, but he trudges off all the same. Banged in at the body and instead of playing it down and behind square, as he probably intended, he dollied the ball up for a diving catch, well held by Tongue 14/2
    8.2 squirted to gully, well snagged! They are in very close for the low edge and it pays off, Lawrence scooping the ball up by his bootlaces. Hard-handed push from Shafique, just enough nip from Robinson, and Robert's your mother's brother. Pakistan three down for spit again 24/3
    9.3 Egad, that's horrendous...! Masood hops in the crease, attempts a flaccid pull and spoons a leading edge to midwicket! Once again, there's barely a man catching in front of square on the leg side, and Masood manages to find him for the easiest of takes. Archer barely bothers to celebrate this time 26/4
    14.6 rips out off stump! That's Tongue for you. A couple of loose balls in his first over, but when he finds his radar he is a phenomenal bowler. 88mph/141kph, perfect length, jags in off the seam and does Babar all ends up. Pakistan lose their captain and are five down in 15 overs 48/5
    26.1 splat! That. Is. Very. Out... Tongue breaches Saud's defences with one that hits the seam and careens between bat and pad to send off stump for a walk. Shakeel was looking to defend but got nowhere near it. He purses his lips and gives the bowler a nod. Got a good one 107/9
    16.5 that one will be out! Gaffaney agrees, and Ghori reviews with no conviction after a chat with Saud. Impact in-line as it smacks him on the flap of the back pad, crashing into the top of middle stump per the ball-tracking projection, and his first taste of Test cricket is less six-course tasting menu and more quick snack 64/6
    20.4 timber! Pakistan still might not make lunch at this rate... Tongue's toe-crusher is too good for Imran, who can't jam his bat down in time to keep the yorker out 84/7
    23.3 pitched up and nicked off! Easy as shelling peas for Robinson, who has a third... Razaullah can't resist taking the bait and the ball nips away to take the outside edge. Duckett clings on to this one and Pakistan lose their eighth 101/8
    33.5 Red Rover! Steered to second slip! Abbas's counterattack comes to an end, Archer hoovers up a third of the innings and Pakistan have been rolled over for a paltry 133 133/10
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    20 (b 6, lb 14)
    TOTAL
    133 all out (33.5 Overs, RR: 3.93)
    Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Saim Ayub, 2.4 ov), 2-14 (Azan Awais, 5.5 ov), 3-24 (Abdullah Shafique, 8.2 ov), 4-26 (Shan Masood, 9.3 ov), 5-48 (Babar Azam, 14.6 ov), 6-64 (Ghazi Ghori, 16.5 ov), 7-84 (Mohammad Imran, 20.4 ov), 8-101 (Razaullah, 23.3 ov), 9-107 (Saud Shakeel, 26.1 ov), 10-133 (Mohammad Abbas, 33.5 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    OE Robinson1151531.3600
    JC Archer7.522533.1900
    AAP Atkinson513106.200
    JC Tongue1014244.200
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    3.6 flashed to second slip, Ali roars in celebration! Float like a butterfly... throws his hands at the fullish ball in the channel, and his thick outside edge flies to Babar Azam, who holds onto a good catch as he tumbles onto his backside. Duckett's lean series continues 12/1
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    33.4 chops on, Razaullah roars in celebration! Gay can't make it count. His highest Test score, and the innings of the day, but he'll know that this is a missed opportunity for a maiden hundred, given the circumstances. Good wheels from Razaullah, cranking up the pace to 90mph/144kph, finding the inside edge and getting a slice of luck with the drag-on 143/4
    6.2 smashed on the back thigh pad by the inswinger, and Pistol Pete pulls the trigger! Cox reviews after a chat with Gay. Came back a long way, and struck him on the back leg. Cox hopes height will save him, but ball-tracking projects it will crash into the top of middle and leg. Three reds, and the keeper-up trap pays instant dividends! 24/2
    11.4 pins Joe Root for a maiden Test wicket! Or does he? Root reviews, but this looked pretty straight. Skiddy length, trapped on the crease, slams into the knee roll. What does ball-tracking say? Three reds, hitting leg stump! Chris Gaffaney raises his finger for a second time. Root falls lbw once again, the 10th time in his last 13 innings 39/3
    49.1 tucked leg side, the throw is good - Brook has run himself out! Masood is the fielder at midwicket, sliding and throwing in one movement and Ayub completes the job at the non-striker's. A wicket from nowhere for Pakistan, and how they needed one. Smart work in the field, though not such a sensible run from Brook 229/5
    61.2 chops on, Lawrence misses his chance! "No!" he yells in self-admonishment, knowing that he has missed a golden opportunity. Imran has his first Test wicket. Length ball, wide outside off. Lawrence looked to guide it away behind point but the ball skewed off his inside edge and into the stumps 293/6
    77.4 dinked back to the bowler! Tame way to go for Smith, and the Century Duck continues to loom high above us. Full and straight from Razaullah, Smith gets a little leading edge looking to turn leg side, and it's a simple return catch. Third wicket for Razaullah, and he celebrates with another throaty roar 372/8
    69.6 bowled by a beauty! Randhawa curls one back through the gate to flatten off stump! Atkinson's rampage up the, errmm, run-scorers' leader board is over. Perfect line with some tail back in, think the ball kissed the pad on its way through. Brings a second wicket for Pakistan's other debutant 331/7
    83.1 width outside off, slapped to Masood at cover! Razaullah throws his arms wide and looks to the skies. A tame end for Robinson, flashing hard at the width but picking out the only man in tight on the off side. Good low catch by Masood 409/9
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    88.6 nicked off, and that will be that! England are bowled out for 453, Tongue feathering an outside edge through to Ghazi Ghori. Lovely ball, off-stump line and springy bounce from a good length. But it's far too little, far too late, as England lead by 320 453/10
    Extras
    45 (b 18, lb 12, nb 12, w 3)
    TOTAL
    453 all out (89 Overs, RR: 5.08)
    Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Ben Duckett, 3.6 ov), 2-24 (Jordan Cox, 6.2 ov), 3-39 (Joe Root, 11.4 ov), 4-143 (Emilio Gay, 33.4 ov), 5-229 (Harry Brook, 49.1 ov), 6-293 (Dan Lawrence, 61.2 ov), 7-331 (Gus Atkinson, 69.6 ov), 8-372 (Jamie Smith, 77.4 ov), 9-409 (Ollie Robinson, 83.1 ov), 10-453 (Josh Tongue, 88.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    Mohammad Abbas2319514.1301
    Mohammad Ali1929224.8436
    Razaullah23014846.4300
    Mohammad Imran(1)1614722.9305
    Saim Ayub804105.1200
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    0.1 GONE FIRST BALL! Robinson does it again. Another first-over wicket, another first-ball wicket. Hot Ollie Summer just gets hotter (even more so when it's damp and chilly). Fifth-stump line and holding just enough as Ayub launches into an unsighted drive and nicks straight to second slip, bagging himself a pair 0/1
    30.2 drifting leg side, Awais dabs at it... and England go up confidently for caught behind! Not given but Root reviews. The bat is out in front of the pad, not much else it can have hit. And UltraEdge confirms a feather! Well held by Cox, who wasn't entirely sure of his appeal. But Root at leg slip knew and immediately went to the DRS. Lozza the allrounder strikes second ball, and Cox has a maiden scalp behind the stumps, too! England finally break the stand 125/3
    0.4 two in four balls! How many first-over wickets is that for Robinson since his return?? Perfect length and nibbling away on off as Shafique looks to defend. Kisses the edge and sails low into the hands of first. Root, back in his old spot, scoops it up and reclaims the record for outfield catches from Steven Smith in the process! 0/2
    49.2 Sensational catch at fourth slip by Dan Lawrence! Diving to his right, he takes a screamer as Shan misses his century by five runs. Banged on length on off and Shan gave it a poke only to edge it in the end. 214/4
    62.3 gloved behind, Cox swallows it down the leg side! England succeed in their plans to bounce out Babar! He didn't look comfortable at any point during that passage, and finally succumbs to Tongue for the third time in four innings. Dug in at the body, he turns around and plays an awkward flap off his chest. Big deflection and it took Cox going full length to his left to reel it in 278/5
    69.2 Brute of a short ball and it balloons to short-leg after smashing into his bottom hand. The plan has been simple for a while to keep the Pakistan batters on the back foot and this was a perfectly directed bouncer. Saud was taken by surprise and as he hung his bat to defend his head, it flew off his glove. Pakistan's last recognised batter is back in the pavilion 306/6
    72.4 Edged and gone! Brilliant catch behind the stumps by Cox. Length ball angling in. The ball kisses the inside edge of his bat and goes to the right of the keeper who dives to his right to take the catch. 312/7
    74.4 Another incredible catch by Cox! It nips in from length outside off and takes the inside edge of Randhawa's bat. Very similar to the Ghazi Ghori dismissal. England closing in on the series sweep. 318/8
    96.4 walks past one, Cox completes the stumping! Razaullah's heroics are done! Fired full and wide as he advances menacingly on the bowler again. Razaullah almost throws his bat despairingly as he tries to get back, but the dream of a debut hundred dies! What a knock from the 21-year-old, though. And smart work behind the stumps, too, a fifth dismissal for Cox subbing in for Smith 449/10
    95.1 oh no, Mo! Short and steered to backward point! The crowd cheers, England look relieved. Abbas can't believe that he's left a maiden Test fifty out there. Still, it's been a famous stand between these two, ensuring Pakistan will have something to bowl at tomorrow 439/9
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    43 (b 15, lb 24, nb 4)
    TOTAL
    449 all out (96.4 Overs, RR: 4.64)
    Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Saim Ayub, 0.1 ov), 2-0 (Abdullah Shafique, 0.4 ov), 3-125 (Azan Awais, 30.2 ov), 4-214 (Shan Masood, 49.2 ov), 5-278 (Babar Azam, 62.3 ov), 6-306 (Saud Shakeel, 69.2 ov), 7-312 (Ghazi Ghori, 72.4 ov), 8-318 (Mohammad Imran, 74.4 ov), 9-439 (Mohammad Abbas, 95.1 ov), 10-449 (Razaullah, 96.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    OE Robinson2385422.3403
    JC Archer22112015.4501
    AAP Atkinson24310934.5400
    JC Tongue22110624.8100
    DW Lawrence4.401723.6400
    HC Brook1040400

Match Details

Toss

England , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Player Of The Series

Series result

England won the 3-match series 3-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

11.00 start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00

Match days

9,10,11,12 September 2026 (5-day match)

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

England 12, Pakistan 0

Close of Play

  • Wed, 9 Sep - day 1 - England 1st innings 156/4 (HC Brook 52*, DW Lawrence 5*, 39 ov)
  • Thu, 10 Sep - day 2 - Pakistan 2nd innings 52/2 (Azan Awais 29*, Shan Masood 21*, 12.4 ov)
  • Fri, 11 Sep - day 3 - Pakistan 2nd innings 449/10 (Mohammad Ali 4*, 96.4 ov)
  • Sat, 12 Sep - day 4 - England 2nd innings 130/2 (24.2 ov) - end of match

Match Notes

England 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st0BM DuckettEN Gay
2nd2JM CoxEN Gay
3rd128JE RootJM Cox