Player of the Match
Player of the Match
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    0.1 Nipbacker on a full length, clattered on the knee-roll! Up goes the finger! Was there an inside-edge maybe, or did he get outside the line... It looks mighty tight as Azan reviews! No inside-edge, it's all about the line now... Struck in line, nailing the top of middle! What a stunning start from the returning Robbo! Such a probing length from round the wicket, forcing the batter to come forward with a hint of shape into the stumps, then confounding him with big movement off the pitch! That's also his 500th first-class wicket, at an average of 21 0/1
    28.1 thick edge flies low to second slip! Imam can't resist a drive at the fuller ball at 87mph/140kph, on a seventh-stump line outside off. He pushes forwards, but there's just a hint of late movement away, and Brook gobbles up a low chance to his left. Imam is furious with himself for giving it away after so much hard work! 97/3
    4.5 utterly plumb! Too easy for Robinson. He switches to over the wicket, fires in a fuller length with a hint of swing back into the pads, Masood plays all round it with a loose, over-eager drive, and there's no point in reviewing that one! 6/2
    37.3 clean through the gate! Knock, knock, who's there? Ollie Robinson on a nagging, persistent, unrelenting full length, that's who! Shafique stepped out to meet it, but the combination of Smith's presence under the lid, and Robinson's nibble off the seam, meant there was just enough of a gap between bat and pad to wriggle into the top of middle and leg stumps! 118/5
    35.5 that's got to be close! Umpire Paleker takes an eternity, then puts the finger up! Saud takes his time to review too, and in fact, he's timed out by umpire Gaffaney! Round the wicket, shaping in on a probing full length, pinned on the knee-roll... not unlike the Azan dismissal this morning. The only thing that could have saved him was height, but it's academic now! EDIT: It was headed over the top of leg! 117/4
    44.3 bowled him! Tongue may be rusty, but when he gets it right he's unplayable! Another beyond-the-perpendicular special, shaping in on the full length, kicking from the off-stump line with just enough seam movement, maybe even kissing the inside-edge too - nope, clean through the gate, and demolishing the top of off - literally, as a piece has been blown off it! The captain falls, and Pakistan's stop-start innings hits another red light 150/6
    46.3 back of a length, pinned on the crease! Rizwan reviews, this was all a bit odd. It was short and outside off, but it didn't get up by much, and tailed back into a batter who was right back on his stumps, with his feet off the ground. Up goes the finger, but Rizwan reviews ... Umpire's call on impact, and on the top of off! He got the verdict thanks to the poor shot, I suspect! 159/8
    44.4 near-yorker, thumped on the shin! Tongue is cooking up some rabbit pie now... this might be leg-sided, so Usman reviews, but it was so full, the ball didn't have far left to travel... leg-stump it is! 150/7
    47.6 sits back on the hack down the ground! No mistake from Atkinson this time! He backpedals at a straightish mid-on, grabs the ball above his head, and Robinson has another five-for! Khurram was going for broke, as well he might. One more wicket, and Tongue's turn now to push for his five-for 171/9
    48.1 Tongue has his five! Full, straight, splintering the off stump! That is comprehensive rabbit-hunting, and England are all smiles as they leave the field! 171/10
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    TOTAL
    171 all out (48.1 Overs, RR: 3.55)
    Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Azan Awais, 0.1 ov), 2-6 (Shan Masood, 4.5 ov), 3-97 (Imam-ul-Haq, 28.1 ov), 4-117 (Saud Shakeel, 35.5 ov), 5-118 (Abdullah Shafique, 37.3 ov), 6-150 (Salman Agha, 44.3 ov), 7-150 (Ali Usman, 44.4 ov), 8-159 (Mohammad Rizwan, 46.3 ov), 9-171 (Khurram Shahzad, 47.6 ov), 10-171 (Mohammad Abbas, 48.1 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    OE Robinson1835152.8301
    JC Archer942602.8800
    AAP Atkinson1214003.3300
    JC Tongue9.104655.0100
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    8.5 smashed on the shin, and given! Looked very good live, but Duckett will review after a quick chat with Gay. Nowhere near the inside edge, jagged in sharply. Strikes him in line, and projected to hit middle stump three-quarters of the way up. Duckett trudges off, and takes a review with him 36/1
    9.6 poked to second slip, Mohammad Ali with the knockout punch! He couldn't locate his radar for his first few balls, missing left then right, but now it's goodnight! Beauty from a good length, angling across him to kiss the outside edge. Captain Salman makes no mistake. Gay's bright innings ends on 33, totally squared up. Throws his head back in frustration 48/2
    43.6 What has happened there?! The umpire raises his finger for caught behind but then puts it down after realising Pakistan weren't appealing for caught behind. It turns sharply from outside off and took a feather edge of Cox's prodding bat. Rizwan and Agha were rather admiring the beauty of the ball than appealing with their oohs and aahs. And the uncertainty from the umpire made Cox review it. The snicko meter showed disturbance as the ball passed the bat and Cox is on his way back. Pakistan, finally, have a wicket. 198/3
    44.4 Pakistan have the second wicket in quick succession! It jags in after pitching outside off and Root is trapped right in front as he looks to whip it through the midwicket. It hits just under his knee roll right in front of stumps and the England captain reviews it. Missing the bat, all three reds. 202/4
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    75.2 Brook will have to wait for a Test century at his home ground as it rattles the stumps after hitting his back leg. Went on the backfoot to work this into the onside but Usman have been bringing the ball in with the arm over the past few overs looking to sneak one through. He finally does and lets out a big roar. 356/6
    69.4 It goes high up in the air after taking the top-edge of his bat as he looks to smoke this full ball in stumps to midwicket but it bounces tad more than he expected and is caught by Rizwan after he runs to the square leg. Not much celebrations from the Pakistanis. It has been a really difficult day for them. But, they would hope to add a few more to the tally before the umpires call stumps. 322/5
    87.2 urk, that's a flimsy way to get out! Archer has been boshing the short ball with impunity, but Smith makes a proper mess of that. A stump-high short ball, he gets right underneath his pull, and skies a simple chance to midwicket. A poor way to go 392/9
    79.4 Big appeal and it is given! It straightens just enough from middle and off to smash into Atkinson's front pad as he plays the wrong line. England don't have any reviews left so he trudges off the field with his head down. It would have gone on to smash the middle and leg anyway, reveals the ball-tracking projection. 364/7
    79.5 Maiden five-for for Usman! It grips and straightens sharply after landing on the middle and off and beats Robinson's outside edge to smash into the off stump. Usman is congratulated by his teammates and he has a huge smile on his face, rightly so. He has been the only bowler on whom Pakistan could bank today. He bows down in Sajda to thank the Almightly 364/8
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    89.5 ping! Top of middle! That's the end of that! Khurram does what's he's done all innings long, and produces a beauty amid a diet of dross. Tongue plays straight once more, but this time there's nip and bounce to beat his inside-edge, and England's lead is a handy 238 409/10
    Extras
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    TOTAL
    409 all out (89.5 Overs, RR: 4.55)
    Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Ben Duckett, 8.5 ov), 2-48 (Emilio Gay, 9.6 ov), 3-198 (Jordan Cox, 43.6 ov), 4-202 (Joe Root, 44.4 ov), 5-322 (Dan Lawrence, 69.4 ov), 6-356 (Harry Brook, 75.2 ov), 7-364 (Gus Atkinson, 79.4 ov), 8-364 (Ollie Robinson, 79.5 ov), 9-392 (Jamie Smith, 87.2 ov), 10-409 (Josh Tongue, 89.5 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    Mohammad Abbas2557813.1201
    Khurram Shahzad21.5113336.0905
    Mohammad Ali1928914.6801
    Ali Usman2419553.9500
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    3.5 Root snaffles the catch at leg slip! The Craptain has turned into Mike Brearley, and Azan's innings is over! Full length from round the wicket, flicked firmly off the toes, and into the skipper's midriff! Sometimes plans just come together! 13/2
    1.5 short, follows the batter, gloved to the keeper! That length stayed back but the line was so much tighter! Imam swayed inside the line, but the ball kept following him, and flicked the gloves through to Smith! It's 0 for 1 once more... 0/1
    22.1 easy peasy in the slips! That's the innings-wrecking wicket. Tongue hits his length from round the wicket, Masood fences with hard hands as the ball gathers pace off the deck. A thick snick of willow and Duckett gobbles the chance in his midriff at first slip 73/5
    13.4 hits the probing length and gets the reward. Lands it just outside off on length and Abdullah is caught at the second slip by Brook as he looks to push it down the ground. 51/3
    20.6 over-pitched on the toes, clipped loosely to backward square! What a sucker punch! It was full and leg-sided from round the wicket, not unlike the angles that did for Azan this morning. Saud's connection was sweet enough but it was also in the air. And it was a simple catch for Lawrence, reaching to his right. 68/4
    22.5 Tongue has his third, or does he?! This has been reviewed, but it could be either lbw or caught! Full and menacing from over the wicket, nipping and climbing into the knee-roll! Nope, there's no bat involved, even as Lawrence claimed the deflection at point.... it's all on ball-tracker... hitting the top of leg stump! The LBW stands, as Pakistan's prospects plummet 76/6
    36.6 Think of his wicket in New York! That's what has exactly happened here. Goes for a slog sweep off the length ball which was angling into his off stump but it ends up being an ugly hack. The off stumps is knocked out of the ground and Atkinson finally has his first wicket after being disciplined all day. 131/9
    29.1 edged to a diving Cox via the keeper! Robinson makes the breakthrough straightaway! Impeccable line and length, Usman pressed down the line of off, the snick came from somewhere near the splice, flicked the keeper's thigh on its way through, and Cox propelled himself forward from third slip to scoop it up inches from the ground! 95/7
    31.2 And he lasts only one! Gives the length ball on off a tentative prod and it flies to the third man off the leading edge. Quite bizarre from Rizwan to take the single of the last ball, but it is what it is. 111/8
    37.3 And that concludes Pakistan's misery. Clears his front leg to launch the length ball outside off down the ground but it is ballooned to behind square on off and Lawrence takes an easy catch taking a few steps backwards from gully. 135/10
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    TOTAL
    135 all out (37.3 Overs, RR: 3.6)
    Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Imam-ul-Haq, 1.5 ov), 2-13 (Azan Awais, 3.5 ov), 3-51 (Abdullah Shafique, 13.4 ov), 4-68 (Saud Shakeel, 20.6 ov), 5-73 (Shan Masood, 22.1 ov), 6-76 (Salman Agha, 22.5 ov), 7-95 (Ali Usman, 29.1 ov), 8-111 (Khurram Shahzad, 31.2 ov), 9-131 (Mohammad Rizwan, 36.6 ov), 10-135 (Mohammad Abbas, 37.3 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    OE Robinson1132932.6300
    JC Archer10.315034.7600
    AAP Atkinson841111.3700
    DW Lawrence1100000
    JC Tongue704336.1400

Match Details

Toss

England , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Series result

England led the 3-match series 1-0

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

19,20,21 August 2026 (5-day match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

England 12, Pakistan 0

Close of Play

  • Wed, 19 Aug - day 1 - England 1st innings 112/2 (JM Cox 23*, JE Root 37*, 25 ov)
  • Thu, 20 Aug - day 2 - England 1st innings 366/8 (JL Smith 16*, JC Archer 0*, 82 ov)
  • Fri, 21 Aug - day 3 - Pakistan 2nd innings 135 (37.3 ov) - end of match

Match Notes

Pakistan 3rd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st0Imam-ul-HaqAzan Awais
2nd13Shan MasoodAzan Awais
3rd38Shan MasoodAbdullah Shafique
4th17Shan MasoodSaud Shakeel
5th5Shan MasoodSalman Agha
6th3Mohammad RizwanSalman Agha
7th19Mohammad RizwanAli Usman
8th16Mohammad RizwanKhurram Shahzad
9th20Mohammad RizwanMohammad Abbas
10th4Mohammad AbbasMohammad Ali