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3rd Test, 9-Sep-2026
| 0 | 33.5 | 33.5: Jofra Archer to Mohammad Abbas, OUT! CAUGHT AT SECOND SLIP! Archer wraps it up, bagging a three-for as Pakistan have been skittled out on 133. Archer rifles in a good-length delivery around the off pole, clocking it at 141 kph. Abbas stays leg side of it and pushes tentatively away from his body, only to find an outside edge that flies straight to Harry Brook at second slip. A routine take for him and he is not dropping those at all. |
| 0 | 33.4 | 33.4: Jofra Archer to Mohammad Abbas, Close to everything, but just far enough to beat the bat and the stump! Good-length delivery around off, and Abbas clears his front leg out of the way, going for the big hit down the ground, but he is beaten all ends up on the outside edge. |
| 1 | 33.3 | 33.3: Jofra Archer to Mohammad Ali, Full and on middle, Mohammad Ali flicks it wide of mid-wicket for a quick single. |
| 0 | 33.2 | 33.2: Jofra Archer to Mohammad Ali, Rib-tickler, short down leg, Ali gets inside the line to tickle it behind but misses. |
| 2 | 33.1 | 33.1: Jofra Archer to Mohammad Ali, A touch fuller, around off, Ali pushes it through cover and gets a brace. |
| 0 | 32.6 | 32.6: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Abbas, Full delivery outside off, and Abbas nudges it away in front of cover-point, setting off for a single before his partner sends him back. Archer swoops to his left, stops the ball with his left leg and fires in a quick throw at the striker's end, but Abbas gets home well in time. |
| 0 | 32.5 | 32.5: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Abbas, Yorker, outside off, Mohammad Abbas jams it to the off side. |
| 0 | 32.4 | 32.4: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Abbas, Angling in, on a length, around leg. Mohammad Abbas defends the front of the stumps, but it sneaks past the inside edge and hits the thigh pad of the batter. |
| 4 | 32.3 | 32.3: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Abbas, FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries for Pakistan. All these runs are very crucial for the visitors. Overpitched, outside off. Mohammad Abbas leans onto the delivery to steer it away, but gets a thickish outside edge and the ball gets sliced wide of gully for a boundary. |
| 4 | 32.2 | 32.2: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Abbas, FOUR! SHOT! Pitches it up, much fuller, on middle and leg. Mohammad Abbas rolls his wrists and clips it through short fine leg for four runs. |
| 0 | 32.1 | 32.1: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Abbas, Hard length, just outside off, nipping it just slightly away. Mohammad Abbas attempts to block it off his back foot but gets beaten on the outside edge. |
| 3 | 31.6 | 31.6: Jofra Archer to Mohammad Abbas, Full-length delivery, outside off, Mohammad Abbas opens the face ofthe bat and guides it through cover-point. The point fielder back tracks to cut it to three runs. |
| 0 | 31.5 | 31.5: Jofra Archer to Mohammad Abbas, Yorker, on off, Mohammad Abbas jams it to point. |
| 0 | 31.4 | 31.4: Jofra Archer to Mohammad Abbas, Good-length delivery, just outside off, Mohammad Abbas taps it to point. |
| 1 | 31.3 | 31.3: Jofra Archer to Mohammad Ali, Hard length, just outside off, Ali pushes it to cover and gets across. |
| 0 | 31.2 | 31.2: Jofra Archer to Mohammad Ali, A bit slower now, on a good length, around off and middle. Mohammad Ali gets the inside edge while offering his front-footed defence before it hits the pads. |
| 0 | 31.1 | 31.1: Jofra Archer to Mohammad Ali, Shaping in, on middle and leg, Mohammad Ali tucks it to backward sqaure leg. |
| 0 | 30.6 | 30.6: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Abbas, Fuller, on off, Mohammad Abbas blocks it from his front foot. |
| 4 | 30.5 | 30.5: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Abbas, FOUR! Exquisite from Abbas! Just a shade behind the length, around off. Mohammad Abbas camps back, opens the face of the bat and guides it toward the right of the slip cordon for four runs. |
| 0 | 30.4 | 30.4: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Abbas, Hard length, offering a lot of width outside off, asking the batter to have a hit at it, but Mohammad Abbas offers no shot. |
| 0 | 30.3 | 30.3: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Abbas, Pitches it fuller now, angling in, just outside off. Mohammad Abbas presents the full face of the bat to defend the inside line, but it glides just past the outside edge. |
| 0 | 30.2 | 30.2: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Abbas, Another bumper, just outside off. Mohammad Abbas yet again squats under the bouncer and makes a leave. |
| 0 | 30.1 | 30.1: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Abbas, Bangs a bouncer, does Tongue, over middle. Mohammad Abbas ducks underneath. |
| 0 | 29.6 | 29.6: Jofra Archer to Mohammad Ali, Oh my goodness! Ali is looking in a lot of pain out there. Archer tries the yorker but spills in a searing full toss, drifting down leg. Ali's flick doesn't connect, and the ball skids past the inside edge and cracks him flush on the unprotected ankle bone of his back foot. The blow's enough to send him hobbling down, while the ball spins away into the leg side. A sharp appeal for LBW goes up, but the umpire waves it away without a second thought. |
| 0 | 29.5 | 29.5: Jofra Archer to Mohammad Ali, Very full and wide outside off, Mohammad Ali stretches out to to drive it away, but the ball nips in and beats the inside edge. |
| 0 | 29.4 | 29.4: Jofra Archer to Mohammad Ali, Hits the length hard, on middle, Ali hangs back and bunts it down the surface. |
| 0 | 29.3 | 29.3: Jofra Archer to Mohammad Ali, Sprays it down leg, on a length. Ali lets it pass. |
| 0 | 29.2 | 29.2: Jofra Archer to Mohammad Ali, Play and a miss! Clocked at 135 kph, on a good length, that bail-trimming length, on off. Mohammad Ali plays inside the line to drive it on the up, but the ball zips past the bat's edge. |
| 0 | 29.1 | 29.1: Jofra Archer to Mohammad Ali, Back of a length, on top of off, Ali hops on the toes to ride the bounce and dabs it down to point. |
| 0 | 28.6 | 28.6: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Abbas, Full and wide on off, Abbas fails to carve it out into the off side. |
| 0 | 28.5 | 28.5: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Abbas, Very close to the outside edge! In and around the off stump, the corridor of uncertainty, as they call it. On a length, and straightening away. Mohammad Abbas again goes fishing at it with no real conviction and is beaten all ends up. |
| 0 | 28.4 | 28.4: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Abbas, Wide outside off at 141 kph, on a fuller length, Abbas does not move his feet at all and plays it away from his body, loosely hanging his bat and gets beaten on the outside edge. The ball shoots low and dribbles back to the keeper. |
| 0 | 28.3 | 28.3: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Abbas, Attempted yorker, on off, Abbas jams the bat down in time and shovels it out to point. |
| 1 | 28.2 | 28.2: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Ali, Very full by Tongue, on off, Ali flicks it off the inner portion of his bat. The ball trickles between mid on and mid-wicket and they steal a quick run. |
| 0 | 28.1 | 28.1: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Ali, Around middle and leg, on a fuller length, Ali plants the front leg across and flicks it to mid on. |
| 0 | 27.6 | 27.6: Ollie Robinson to Mohammad Abbas, A bit too wide, outside off, swinging away gently. Abbas reaches out to carve it away but misses to lay his bat on the ball. |
| 2 | 27.5 | 27.5: Ollie Robinson to Mohammad Abbas, A shade full in length, on middle and leg, Mohammad Abbas clears his front leg and swings it uppishly, hoicking it off the toe end of the bat. But he manages to clear mid-wicket. Jofra Archer jogs and hunts it down in the deep. Two runs taken. |
| 0 | 27.4 | 27.4: Ollie Robinson to Mohammad Abbas, Attacks the stumps, a touch full, Abbas leans forward to defend it into covers. |
| 0 | 27.3 | 27.3: Ollie Robinson to Mohammad Abbas, Nagging length, around off, Abbas tries to flay it past point, but gets it chopped off the bottom end to the cordon. |
| 4 | 27.2 | 27.2: Ollie Robinson to Mohammad Abbas, FOUR! SMASHED! A touch full and outside the off stump. Mohammad Abbas stands tall, lets his hands through the line and absolutely blasts it away through extra cover for a boundary. |
| 0 | 27.1 | 27.1: Ollie Robinson to Mohammad Abbas, On the leg stump, on a fractionally fuller length. Abbas moves across in the crease to nudge it around the corner on the leg side, but misses and is hit on the thigh pad. He is wandering out in his crease but eventually plants his bat inside, before the square leg fielder attacks and kicks the ball onto the stumps at the batting end. |
| 0 | 26.6 | 26.6: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Ali, Angles it down the leg stump, on a fuller length. Mohammad Ali's head falls over as he tries to flick it across, but the ball beats the inside edge to clunk on his front pad. A muted appeal for LBW, but not given. Clearly going down leg. |
| 0 | 26.5 | 26.5: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Ali, Beaten! Cuts back into the batter and stays evidently low on the bounce. Mohammad Ali stays put, pokes at it tamely to block but gets beaten on the outside edge and the ball almost trims the bail on the off pole. |
| 0 | 26.4 | 26.4: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Ali, Brings the stumps into play, full in length. Ali drags the bat out in front and defends. |
| 0 | 26.3 | 26.3: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Ali, Too straight on this occasion, full and down leg. Ali misses his flick and Jamie collects the ball to his left. |
| 0 | 26.2 | 26.2: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Ali, Too good from Tongue! Bangs it on a length and gets the ball to spring and straighten off the seam violently. Ali is completely squared up on his defence as the ball flirts past the outside edge. |
| 0 | 26.1 | 26.1: Josh Tongue to Saud Shakeel, OUT! OFF STUMP FLATTENED! Peach of a delivery from Tongue to end Shakeel's vigil and get his fourth wicket. Wobbled-seam delivery, full and deviating in from outside off. Saud Shakeel leans forward to block but he plays the initial line and does not account for the ball to rifle into him. That leaves a yawning gap between bat and pad and the ball barges through to uproot the off stump. Truly, a seamer's delight and even Saud gives a little nod to the bowler. Pakistan are 107/9. |
| 0 | 25.6 | 25.6: Ollie Robinson to Mohammad Abbas, Tight leave! Just outside off and jagging back in off the pitch, full in length. Mohammad Abbas offers no shot and sees it all the way through to the keeper. |
| 0 | 25.5 | 25.5: Ollie Robinson to Mohammad Abbas, On the stumps and full, Abbas taps it gently into the off side by getting across. |
| 0 | 25.4 | 25.4: Ollie Robinson to Mohammad Abbas, Straighter and fuller, on the off stump. Abbas stretches ahead and defends it to short cover. |
| 0 | 25.3 | 25.3: Ollie Robinson to Mohammad Abbas, Aims the stumps again on a fuller length, Abbas covers the stumps and steers it out to point. |
| 0 | 25.2 | 25.2: Ollie Robinson to Mohammad Abbas, On a fuller length, around off, Abbas presents full face of the bat and defends it straight. |
| 0 | 25.1 | 25.1: Ollie Robinson to Mohammad Abbas, Edged, but safe! Spears in and around off, and gets the ball to deviate away. Mohammad Abbas prods in front to defend, but gets an outside edge. But since he plays with soft hands, the ball immediately goes to ground and rolls between second and third slip. |
| 0 | 24.6 | 24.6: Josh Tongue to Saud Shakeel, Bouncer from Tongue, on off, but it holds on the surface. Saud Shakeel has a half-swing on his pull shot and it goes off the bottom end towards mid on. |
| 0 | 24.5 | 24.5: Josh Tongue to Saud Shakeel, Full again, on middle, Saud Shakeel flicks off the pads to short mid-wicket. |
| 2 | 24.4 | 24.4: Josh Tongue to Saud Shakeel, Two is the call and they will get it. Fuller one, on the pads, Saud Shakeel clips it wide of mid-wicket. Jordan Cox sprints a long way before cutting it off before the ropes. Two runs taken. |
| 4 | 24.3 | 24.3: Josh Tongue to Saud Shakeel, FOUR! Nicely placed and timed. Shakeel moves to 41. Back of a length, outside off. Enough width on offer and Saud stands tall before flaying it behind backward point for a boundary. |
| 0 | 24.2 | 24.2: Josh Tongue to Saud Shakeel, Skids through the pitch, on a good length, around off and cutting back in. Saud Shakeel's bottom hand comes off the handle as he stabs it down the pitch. |
| 0 | 24.1 | 24.1: Josh Tongue to Saud Shakeel, Full and on off from around the wicket. Saud Shakeel covers the line and drives it to cover-point. |
| 0 | 23.6 | 23.6: Ollie Robinson to Mohammad Abbas, Attacks the stumps, on a fuller length, Abbas presses forward to defend, but gets it squirted off the inside edge towards square leg. |
| 0 | 23.5 | 23.5: Ollie Robinson to Mohammad Abbas, And again! Angles in and then shapes away, outside off, Abbas loosely dangles the bat to drive, but the ball whistles past his outside edge once again. |
| 0 | 23.4 | 23.4: Ollie Robinson to Mohammad Abbas, Beaten! Swings away late, full and outside off, Mohammad Abbas pokes at it tentatively and gets beaten on the outside edge. |
| 0 | 23.3 | 23.3: Ollie Robinson to Razaullah, OUT! EDGED AND GONE! There's the 8th wicket down. On a fuller length, outside off, nipping away off the surface. Razaullah, with no intention to cave in, tries to hammer it away, flashing his blade hard. But in this process, he loses his shape and gets a massive outside edge and the ball is gobbled up by Ben Duckett at first slip. It keeps going from bad to worse for Pakistan as they are 101/8. |
| 0 | 23.2 | 23.2: Ollie Robinson to Saud Shakeel, A little bit too straight, angled down leg. Saud Shakeel misses the flick and the ball deflects off the front pad to square leg for a leg bye. |
| 0 | 23.1 | 23.1: Ollie Robinson to Saud Shakeel, Ouch! That must have hurt Jamie. Back of a length from around the stump, sliding down leg. Saud Shakeel leaves it and Smith drags both his hands to the right to gather the ball but it clips the tips of his fingers and rolls into square leg. |
| 4 | 22.6 | 22.6: Josh Tongue to Razaullah, FOUR! Razaullah connects it this time and gets his first boundary. Pitches it up, does Tongue, outside off. Razaullah rocks back and slashes it over the cover region for four runs. With that boundary, 100 is up for Pakistan. That will be Lunch on Day 1. |
| 0 | 22.5 | 22.5: Josh Tongue to Razaullah, Swing and a miss! Full-length delivery, outside off, nipping away. Razaullah clears his front foot and looks to smoke it downtown, but misses on the outside edge. |
| 0 | 22.4 | 22.4: Josh Tongue to Razaullah, Just a shade behind the good length, outside off. Razaullah rocks back to defend it, but he takes the blow on his right glove as the track assists the bowler with some bounce. |
| 0 | 22.3 | 22.3: Josh Tongue to Razaullah, Full, outside off, Razaullah taps it to the left of the bowler. |
| 0 | 22.2 | 22.2: Josh Tongue to Razaullah, Fuller, outside off, nipping in. Razaullah swings away but gets beaten on the outside edge. |
| 4 | 22.1 | 22.1: Josh Tongue to Razaullah, FOUR! Not in control, but into the gap! Nips in on a shorter length, arriving at chest height. Razaullah swivels and takes his eyes off the ball, but pulls it through mid-wicket and square leg for a boundary. |
| 1 | 21.6 | 21.6: Ollie Robinson to Razaullah, On a nagging length, outside off, angling in. Razaullah looks to defend it, but catches the inside edge and it bounces off toward square leg. Single taken. |
| 0 | 21.5 | 21.5: Ollie Robinson to Razaullah, Slightly fuller, attacking the off pole, nipping away off the seam. Razaullah gets his bat down in time and gets a bit of an outside edge as the ball rolls to gully. |
| 0 | 21.4 | 21.4: Ollie Robinson to Saud Shakeel, On a good length, nipping in, around middle and leg, Saud Shakeel fails to connect his flick and gets hit on the pad before it rolls to fine leg for a leg bye. |
| 0 | 21.3 | 21.3: Ollie Robinson to Saud Shakeel, FOUR LEG BYES! It was a good-length delivery that nipped back in off the seam, with Shakeel lunging forward and offering a straight bat in defence. The ball sneaked past the inside edge and clipped off the front pad on its way through to the deep fine leg fence. Robinson appealed for LBW, but the finger stayed down. England huddled up to weigh a review but talked themselves out of it in the end. |
| 0 | 21.2 | 21.2: Ollie Robinson to Saud Shakeel, On a good length, well outside off, Saud Shakeel isn't interested to offer any shot at it. |
| 0 | 21.1 | 21.1: Ollie Robinson to Saud Shakeel, A yard behind the good length, well outside off. Saud Shakeel prods to cover the stumps and shoulders arm at it. |
| 0 | 20.6 | 20.6: Josh Tongue to Razaullah, Angling in, around off, on the fuller side. Razaullah fends it toward the off side. |
| 2 | 20.5 | 20.5: Josh Tongue to Razaullah, Much fuller, angling in, on off and middle. Razaullah punches it from the inner part of his bat toward the left mid on and gets a brace to open his account. |
| 0 | 20.4 | 20.4: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Imran, OUT! BOWLED! Off stump destroyed, bails flying in either direction, and it's wicket number three for Tongue. Pinpoint accuracy from him. He cannons in a toe-crushing yorker, landing it right at the base of the off and middle stumps. Too good for the debutant to handle. Mohammad Imran is very late to jam the bat down and hears the death rattle behind him as the ball makes an absolute mess of the off-stump. Pakistan have completely capitulated now, tumbling to 84 for 7. |
| 0 | 20.3 | 20.3: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Imran, Just past the outside edge! Pitching it around the good length, outside off, nipping it away. Mohammad Imran presses forward to block it down, but the ball sneaks away from the outside edge and beats the batter. |
| 0 | 20.2 | 20.2: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Imran, Hits the deck hard, does Tongue, on off, angling in. Mohammad Imran camps back and defends it solidly. |
| 2 | 20.1 | 20.1: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Imran, Just a shade behind the fuller length, on middle, Mohammad Imran nudges it toward the right of the mid-wicket fielder and gets a couple of runs. |
| 0 | 19.6 | 19.6: Gus Atkinson to Mohammad Imran, Shaping in, fuller in length, around the pads. Imran fails to connect his flick and wears it on the pad. The ball rolls toward deep backward square leg and the batter gets a leg bye. |
| 0 | 19.5 | 19.5: Gus Atkinson to Mohammad Imran, Serves a fuller one, on off, Imran blocks it back to the bowler. |
| 2 | 19.4 | 19.4: Gus Atkinson to Mohammad Imran, Fuller, around middle, Imran shuffles across and flicks it to deep square leg for a brace. |
| 0 | 19.3 | 19.3: Gus Atkinson to Mohammad Imran, Holds its line just a touch on a length around off. Mohammad Imran looks to leave it alone but is a fraction late in dragging his bat out of the way, and it catches the toe end, dribbling through the gap between first and second slip. |
| 0 | 19.2 | 19.2: Gus Atkinson to Mohammad Imran, Full and straight, Imran prods half-forward and defends. |
| 0 | 19.1 | 19.1: Gus Atkinson to Mohammad Imran, Back of a length, on top of middle, Mohammad Imran hops back and bunts it down the pitch. |
| 0 | 18.6 | 18.6: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Imran, Sprays it down leg, on a fuller length. Imran misses his flick and Jamie dives to his left but cannot grab it cleanly behind the stumps, to his left. It deflects off his gloves and rolls back for a bye. |
| 0 | 18.5 | 18.5: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Imran, Fullish and angled in around the fourth-stump line before it holds its line and drifts away, clocked at 146 kph. Imran reaches out to push at it but is beaten comprehensively on the outside edge as the ball moves away late. |
| 1 | 18.4 | 18.4: Josh Tongue to Saud Shakeel, Pushes his length fuller, does Tongue, just outside off. Saud Shakeel opens the face of the bat and taps it with soft hands toward cover and sprints across to get a single. |
| 0 | 18.3 | 18.3: Josh Tongue to Saud Shakeel, Back of a length, outside off, Shakeel lets it travel to the keeper. |
| 2 | 18.2 | 18.2: Josh Tongue to Saud Shakeel, Serves it fuller, just outside off. Saud Shakeel pushes it through cover, toward the sweeper cover fielder and gets a brace. |
| 0 | 18.1 | 18.1: Josh Tongue to Saud Shakeel, Pitches it up, outside off, nipping in. Saud Shakeel pushes it to short extra cover. |
| 1 | 17.6 | 17.6: Gus Atkinson to Saud Shakeel, Good-length delivery, on middle and leg. Saud Shakeel steps across the stumps and clips it to mid-wicket for a single to retain the strike for the next over. |
| 4 | 17.5 | 17.5: Gus Atkinson to Saud Shakeel, FOUR! Uppishly, but well into the gap. Hard-length delivery, outside off. Saud Shakeel rocks back and opens the face of the bat before flashing hard at it. The ball flies toward the right of the cover-point fielder and races away for four runs. |
| 0 | 17.4 | 17.4: Gus Atkinson to Saud Shakeel, Full, outside off, Saud Shakeel defends it to gully. |
| 4 | 17.3 | 17.3: Gus Atkinson to Saud Shakeel, FOUR! Oh, absolutely glorious from Shakeel! A touch fuller in length, parked just outside off, and Saud Shakeel leans into it beautifully, driving it crisply to the left of the cover fielder for a boundary. His 6th boundary so far. He has played some genuinely eye-pleasing strokes today, even as it's fallen apart around him at the other end. |
| 1 | 17.2 | 17.2: Gus Atkinson to Mohammad Imran, Fires a fuller one, on the off stump. Mohammad Imran defends late at it and the ball drops dead on the track. Saud Shakeel shouts for a single and gets it. |
| 1 | 17.1 | 17.1: Gus Atkinson to Saud Shakeel, Back of a length, on middle. Saud Shakeel plants his front foot across the stumps and clips it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 16.6 | 16.6: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Imran, Bashes the length hard, outside off, Mohammad Imran hangs back and taps it to backward point. |
| 0 | 16.5 | 16.5: Josh Tongue to Ghazi Ghori, OUT! LBW! Ghori is trapped in front. Good-length delivery, just outside off, and it nips back in sharply off the seam by staying evidently low on bounce. Ghori is outfoxed completely, playing all around it, beaten on the inside edge as the ball raps him on the back pad. That one looks awfully straight from square on. Another confident LBW appeal and this time, Gaffaney raises his finger instantly. This looks stone-dead and Ghazi is already on his march before Shakeel insists him to take the review. Nothing on UltraEdge and the Ball Tracking shows that it is clipping the top of the leg stump. Pakistan are 64/6, falling apart badly in Birmingham. |
| 0 | 16.4 | 16.4: Josh Tongue to Ghazi Ghori, Short of a good length, outside off, Ghazi Ghori leaves it alone. |
| 0 | 16.3 | 16.3: Josh Tongue to Ghazi Ghori, Good umpiring! Tongue bowls it fractionally full and angles it down the leg stump. Ghazi Ghori is pinned in the crease as he looks to flick but plays all over it and is struck hard on the front pad. A big appeal for LBW, but the finger stays down! England, though, have opted to review it. Ball Tracking shows that it is missing the leg stump. England burn a review as the on-field decision is upheld. |
| 0 | 16.2 | 16.2: Josh Tongue to Ghazi Ghori, Zips it onto the pads, on a fuller length. Ghazi Ghori flicks off the inside edge. The ball deflects on the front pad and rolls wide of short leg. |
| 4 | 16.1 | 16.1: Josh Tongue to Ghazi Ghori, FOUR! Nerves? What are they? Short from Josh, on top of off, Ghazi Ghori stands up on his toes, arches back slightly and executes the upper cut over backward point for a boundary to get his first Test runs in style. |
| 0 | 15.6 | 15.6: Gus Atkinson to Saud Shakeel, Nagging length, on middle, Shakeel hops on the toes and tucks it down to mid on with soft hands. |
| 4 | 15.5 | 15.5: Gus Atkinson to Saud Shakeel, FOUR! Thunderous shot! On a fuller length, just outside off, Saud Shakeel weighs on the front foot, gets head over the ball and absolutely crunches it to deep extra cover for a boundary. He holds his pose for a bit as well. Shakeel moves to 24 and has already played a few delightful strokes. |
| 0 | 15.4 | 15.4: Gus Atkinson to Saud Shakeel, A tempter, full and outside off, Saud ignores. |
| 0 | 15.3 | 15.3: Gus Atkinson to Saud Shakeel, Full and outside off. Shakeel looks to drive but gets an inside edge onto his front pad. |
| 4 | 15.2 | 15.2: Gus Atkinson to Saud Shakeel, FOUR! Off the inside edge! Fuller delivery outside off, and this one nips back in. Shakeel goes hard at it with an expansive cover drive, but his bottom hand comes off the handle and he gets a thick inside edge that scoots past the leg stump and away for four. |
| 4 | 15.1 | 15.1: Gus Atkinson to Saud Shakeel, FOUR! Fluently driven and that's the 50 up for Pakistan! A bit fuller, angling in, Saud Shakeel flows into the drive, maintains his balance and shape, and nails it through the cover gap for an attractive-looking boundary. |
| 0 | 14.6 | 14.6: Josh Tongue to Babar Azam, OUT! CLEANED HIM UP! Absolute ripper from Tongue as he also gets into the wickets. Good areas from him and that's a massive, massive blow for Pakistan. Good-length delivery outside off, angling into the stumps, and it stays a touch low on the batter. Babar, though, gets it all wrong, defending from the crease, and gets beaten for pace too. The ball zips past the outside edge and crashes into the off stump. Babar is absolutely shell-shocked and takes a bit of a while to trudge off. The score reads 48/5 with the tourists in all sorts of trouble. |
| 0 | 14.5 | 14.5: Josh Tongue to Babar Azam, Full on the stumps, Babar Azam weighs forward and defends it to the leg side. |
| 0 | 14.4 | 14.4: Josh Tongue to Babar Azam, Slams the pitch hard, on middle, Babar Azam is squared up on the back foot and with soft hands, he taps it to backward point. |
| 0 | 14.3 | 14.3: Josh Tongue to Saud Shakeel, Nips down the leg stump, full in length. Shakeel fails to connect his flick and the ball beats Jamie's dive to his right. One of the fielders from the cordon runs across and stops the ball. One bye. |
| 4 | 14.2 | 14.2: Josh Tongue to Saud Shakeel, FOUR! Smashed! Good length, outside off, Saud gets on top of the bounce and crunches it away through cover-point for a cracking boundary. |
| 0 | 14.1 | 14.1: Josh Tongue to Saud Shakeel, Starts with a bit of a loosener. Down leg, full in length, Saud Shakeel misses his flick and Jamie collects it with a full-length dive to his right. |
| 0 | 13.6 | 13.6: Gus Atkinson to Babar Azam, Full and straight, on off, Babar firmly drives it down the ground. Gus sticks his right hand out on his follow-through and stops it. |
| 1 | 13.5 | 13.5: Gus Atkinson to Saud Shakeel, Edged but dropped! Ben Duckett shells a second chance. You expect him to take these catches, but it looks like he was undone by the pace at which the ball cannoned at him. Back of a length, outside the off stump, nipping away with bounce. Saud Shakeel stays put and flashes very hard at it to cut it square on the off side. Only manages to get a massive outside edge and the ball flies over and between first slip and the keeper. Ben Duckett is perhaps a fraction late to react and leaps by sticking his right hand up over his head to pluck the ball, but it deflects off his fingertips and rolls behind for a single. |
| 0 | 13.4 | 13.4: Gus Atkinson to Saud Shakeel, Slanted into the batter, on a good length. Saud Shakeel tucks it to short mid-wicket. |
| 1 | 13.3 | 13.3: Gus Atkinson to Babar Azam, The length is pulled back, on the leg stump. Babar Azam hops on the toes and steers it behind square on the leg side for a single. |
| 0 | 13.2 | 13.2: Gus Atkinson to Babar Azam, Full and outside off, Babar defends it to the off side. |
| 4 | 13.1 | 13.1: Gus Atkinson to Babar Azam, FOUR! Not at all convincing. Full in length, on middle, angling in. Babar Azam, who is a dominant leg-side player, tries to flick it through mid-wicket, but the ball comes quicker than he expects and squirts off the inside edge. It rolls through a massive square leg gap for a boundary. |
| 0 | 12.6 | 12.6: Ollie Robinson to Saud Shakeel, In thereabouts of the off stump, full in length, shaping away. Saud Shakeel prods in front and taps it out into covers. |
| 0 | 12.5 | 12.5: Ollie Robinson to Saud Shakeel, Length-delivery, outside off, left alone as the ball curves away. |
| 0 | 12.4 | 12.4: Ollie Robinson to Saud Shakeel, Full ball on off stump, nips back in, Shakeel defends the ball with an angled bat to the left of short mid-wicket. |
| 2 | 12.3 | 12.3: Ollie Robinson to Saud Shakeel, Good effort by Tongue. Saves a certain boundary. Short of a length, on middle, but with no venom or pace on it. Saud Shakeel pulls it to the right of deep square leg. Josh Tongue skates across and dives to flick the ball back in but while doing so, his right knee gets plugged into the outfield, but he manages to save a couple of runs. |
| 0 | 12.2 | 12.2: Ollie Robinson to Saud Shakeel, Keeps it stump-to-stump, does Robinson, full in length. Saud stretches his hands in front and caresses it to mid off. |
| 0 | 12.1 | 12.1: Ollie Robinson to Saud Shakeel, On a fullish length, angling in, Saud Shakeel clips it off the inner portion of the bat to short mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 11.6 | 11.6: Gus Atkinson to Babar Azam, Beaten once again! Hard-length delivery, outside off, angling in, Babar Azam looks to block the inside line and gets beaten on the outside edge. |
| 0 | 11.5 | 11.5: Gus Atkinson to Babar Azam, On a length, around off, Babar Azam defends it to mid on. |
| 0 | 11.4 | 11.4: Gus Atkinson to Babar Azam, Beaten! Pitches it up, fuller in length, outside off. Babar Azam tries to defend it without moving his feet. The ball just glides past the outside edge and beats the batter. |
| 0 | 11.3 | 11.3: Gus Atkinson to Babar Azam, Gus Atkinson bends his back and hits the good length hard, nipping in, over the off stump. Babar Azam hangs back and blocks it down. |
| 0 | 11.2 | 11.2: Gus Atkinson to Babar Azam, Hard length, outside off, Babar Azam shoulders arm at it. |
| 0 | 11.1 | 11.1: Gus Atkinson to Babar Azam, Full-length delivery, outside off, Babar Azam drives it to mid off. |
| 0 | 10.6 | 10.6: Ollie Robinson to Saud Shakeel, On a length, around off, Saud Shakeel misses to flick it across and wears on the pad. |
| 2 | 10.5 | 10.5: Ollie Robinson to Saud Shakeel, Scrambled seam now from Ollie Robinson, on the fuller side, just outside off. Saud Shakeel gets on his front foot to offer a defence, but it hits the outer part of his bat. The ball dribbles past the gully fielder and the batter gets a couple of runs. |
| 0 | 10.4 | 10.4: Ollie Robinson to Saud Shakeel, Good length, outside off, Saud Shakeel leaves it alone. |
| 0 | 10.3 | 10.3: Ollie Robinson to Saud Shakeel, FOUR BYES! Some free runs for Pakistan! On a nagging length, angling it down the leg side. Saud Shakeel misses his flick and Jamie Smith fails to glove it. The ball races away through short fine leg and there's no man in the deep to restrict the boundary. |
| 0 | 10.2 | 10.2: Ollie Robinson to Saud Shakeel, On a length, outside off, Saud Shakeel shuffles across to cover the stumps and lets it pass through. |
| 0 | 10.1 | 10.1: Ollie Robinson to Saud Shakeel, Fuller, outside off, Saud Shakeel blocks it toward cover. |
| 0 | 9.6 | 9.6: Jofra Archer to Babar Azam, Back of a length, outside off, Babar Azam looks to cut it away, but gets beaten on the outside edge. There's an appeal for caught behind, but Jofra Archer doesn't seem confident with the shout. |
| 3 | 9.5 | 9.5: Jofra Archer to Saud Shakeel, Fullish, around off, Saud Shakeel pushes it down the ground, presenting the full face of the bat. Gus Atkinson chases it from the mid off region and the batter gets three runs. |
| 0 | 9.4 | 9.4: Jofra Archer to Saud Shakeel, Oh, that's a beauty! Archer hits the deck hard to get some bounce off the deck, seaming it away from the batter. Saud Shakeel looks to defend off the back foot, but it zips past the outside edge by a few inches. |
| 0 | 9.3 | 9.3: Jofra Archer to Shan Masood, OUT! EASY CATCH! Pakistan are left gobsmacked. Nothing shot, really, by Masood. Short of a length around leg stump, clocked at 141 kph, angling across the batter. Masood lifts his front leg up in the air and looks to tuck it away into the leg side but goes through with a half-hearted short-arm jab, and a leading edge balloons up in the air. The substitute fielder at short mid-wicket, Sam Cook, settles underneath and pockets a straightforward catch. England are running riot now. Archer picks up his second wicket. Pakistan are 26/4 in just 9.3 overs. |
| 0 | 9.2 | 9.2: Jofra Archer to Shan Masood, Attacking the middle stump now, fuller in length. Shan Masood tucks it with soft hands to the leg side. |
| 0 | 9.1 | 9.1: Jofra Archer to Shan Masood, Back of a length, slanting cross the lefty. Shan Masood is happy to let that one pass through. |
| 0 | 8.6 | 8.6: Ollie Robinson to Babar Azam, Pitches it up, on off, nipping in. Babar Azam strides out and dead-bats it down the deck. |
| 2 | 8.5 | 8.5: Ollie Robinson to Babar Azam, Nagging length, shaping in, on off and middle. Babar Azam rolls his wrists and flicks it through backward sqaure leg for a brace. |
| 0 | 8.4 | 8.4: Ollie Robinson to Babar Azam, Good-length delivery, outside off, Babar Azam looks to defend the inside line and gets beaten on the outside edge. |
| 0 | 8.3 | 8.3: Ollie Robinson to Babar Azam, Fuller in length, way outside off. Babar Azam lunges to dab it late to slip. |
| 0 | 8.2 | 8.2: Ollie Robinson to Abdullah Shafique, OUT! EDGED AND CAUGHT! Number 2 for Robinson and he just keeps improving his credentials in the longest format. Full in length, angled in from off, Abdullah Shafique is forced to play at it. Tries to push it straight, but his bat comes down at an awkward angle. That's inviting trouble, like stepping yourself onto a minefield. Ekes a fat outside edge and it flies flat to gully. Dan Lawrence is standing nice and low and snaps a fine catch. This one-sided series refuses to change its rhythm. Pakistan slide down further and are 24/3. |
| 0 | 8.1 | 8.1: Ollie Robinson to Abdullah Shafique, Hard-length delivery, angling in, on middle. Abdullah Shafique nudges it to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 7.6 | 7.6: Jofra Archer to Shan Masood, Good leave! Swinging it away from the left-hander, on the fuller side, outside off. Shan Masood shoulders arms at it. |
| 1 | 7.5 | 7.5: Jofra Archer to Abdullah Shafique, Back of a length, over off, Abdullah Shafique hops a bit and tucks it to mid-wicket to get across. |
| 0 | 7.4 | 7.4: Jofra Archer to Abdullah Shafique, Just behind the fuller length, outside off, not much movement on this one. Abdullah Fazal lunges forward and hangs his willow in the air, offering no shot at it. |
| 0 | 7.3 | 7.3: Jofra Archer to Abdullah Shafique, Good length, outside off, Abdullah Shafique leaves it alone. |
| 1 | 7.2 | 7.2: Jofra Archer to Shan Masood, On a length, outside off, Shan Masood clips it to square leg for one. |
| 4 | 7.1 | 7.1: Jofra Archer to Shan Masood, FOUR! Streaky! Good-length delivery, pitching it outside off, slanting in, but seams it just a bit away. Shan Masood presses forward to block it with soft hands, but it takes the outside edge and dribbles away into the gap between slip cordon and gully for four runs. |
| 0 | 6.6 | 6.6: Ollie Robinson to Abdullah Shafique, That's one of the bravest leaves one has seen of late. On a nagging length, outside off, Abdullah Shafique lunges to cover his stumps and lifts his willow up to let it travel to the keeper. It passes scarily close to the off pole and the English players have hands on their heads. |
| 0 | 6.5 | 6.5: Ollie Robinson to Abdullah Shafique, Just beating the outside edge! Slightly behind the good length, pitching it outside off, angling in, but nipping it away as well. Abdullah Fazal prods halfway and looks to defend it down, but it whiskers past the outside edge. |
| 0 | 6.4 | 6.4: Ollie Robinson to Abdullah Shafique, Ollie pushes his length fuller again, attacking the middle stump. Abdullah Shafique works it to square leg. |
| 0 | 6.3 | 6.3: Ollie Robinson to Abdullah Shafique, Back of a length, just outside off, Shafique hangs back and defends it right under his eyes. |
| 0 | 6.2 | 6.2: Ollie Robinson to Abdullah Shafique, Just a shade behind the good length, angling in, around middle and leg. Abdullah Shafique misses his flick and gets thumped on his front pad. |
| 2 | 6.1 | 6.1: Ollie Robinson to Abdullah Shafique, Pitches it fuller, does Robinson, just outside off, Abdullah Shafique gets on his front foot to defend, but gets the outside edge before it rolls wide of the gully fielder. Two runs taken and Shafique is off the mark. |
| 0 | 5.6 | 5.6: Jofra Archer to Shan Masood, A mild appeal for LBW, but not given. Full ball, angling in and around leg stump. Masood goes for the flick, misses it completely, and the ball squirts off his front pad down to deep fine leg. The batters scamper back for the second. Signalled as leg byes. England do not review it, so perhaps it is sliding down leg. |
| 0 | 5.5 | 5.5: Jofra Archer to Azan Awais, OUT! CHIPPED TO TONGUE! A soft, soft dismissal for Awais. Quite unusual for an opener to get dismissed in this fashion. Good-length delivery that spits up a bit from the surface, on middle and leg. Azan Awais tries to nudge that into the leg side, but the ball seemingly holds on the surface and arrives a fraction late. End result? Awais already goes through his shot and the ball gets chipped towards short mid-wicket. Josh Tongue dives forward and scoops the ball nice and clean to send Awais packing. The smile is back on Jofra Archer's face after Ben Duckett's dropped catch a couple of balls ago. Pakistan have slipped down to 14/2. |
| 0 | 5.4 | 5.4: Jofra Archer to Azan Awais, On a length, outside off, left alone by Awais. |
| 0 | 5.3 | 5.3: Jofra Archer to Azan Awais, Springs off the surface, outside off, on a length. Let through. |
| 0 | 5.2 | 5.2: Jofra Archer to Azan Awais, EDGED AND DROPPED! Ben Duckett puts it down. Archer has his head down and turns back to his mark. Maybe, maybe he is standing a fraction too deep as there is not much pace in this pitch. Seaming away from a fuller length, outside off, Azan Awais looks to drive it to the off side, but the ball catches the outside edge and dips in front of Ben Duckett. He dives to his right but cannot wrap his fingers under the ball and it pops out and drops down. |
| 0 | 5.1 | 5.1: Jofra Archer to Abdullah Shafique, Cannons one on a fullish length and the ball curves in sharply on the pads. Abdullah misses the flick and the ball strikes his front pad hard before rolling to short fine leg. They get a leg bye. |
| 0 | 4.6 | 4.6: Ollie Robinson to Azan Awais, At 125 kph, outside off, on a good length. Azan camps back and loosely hangs his bat away from his body, only to get beaten again. |
| 0 | 4.5 | 4.5: Ollie Robinson to Azan Awais, Beauty! Hits the length hard, just outside off. Azan Awais tries to defend it down but his bat is nowhere close to the line of the ball and Jamie Smith nestles the ball nicely in his gloves. |
| 0 | 4.4 | 4.4: Ollie Robinson to Azan Awais, Fuller and straighter now, Azan Awais keeps it out to the point region. |
| 0 | 4.3 | 4.3: Ollie Robinson to Azan Awais, Good length, outside off, Azan Awais is forced to play at it because of the angle created by Ollie. But the ball nips away and beats his outside edge. |
| 0 | 4.2 | 4.2: Ollie Robinson to Azan Awais, A fractionally full, outside off, shaping away late. Azan Awais leans forward to defend, but gets a fat outside edge. But he plays with soft hands and hence the ball goes to ground and rolls to the first slip fielder. Where, Root? is stationed. |
| 0 | 4.1 | 4.1: Ollie Robinson to Azan Awais, Stays a bit low from a good length as Robinson challenges the front pad. Azan Awais hangs back and stabs it back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 3.6 | 3.6: Jofra Archer to Abdullah Shafique, Full and on middle with just a hint of an inward shape, Abdullah Shafique stretches forward and pushes it straight back at the bowler. |
| 0 | 3.5 | 3.5: Jofra Archer to Abdullah Shafique, Bangs it short and outside off, Shafique ducks underneath it. |
| 1 | 3.4 | 3.4: Jofra Archer to Azan Awais, Slanted down leg, full, Awais whips it to deep backward square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 3.3 | 3.3: Jofra Archer to Azan Awais, Spears it on a fuller length, and attacks the pads. Azan Awais brings the bat in front and solidly blocks it out. |
| 0 | 3.2 | 3.2: Jofra Archer to Azan Awais, Hammers it on a good length, and gets it to leave the batter. Azan Awais gets completely squared up but just manages to drag his bat inside the line to let it fly through to Smith behind. |
| 4 | 3.1 | 3.1: Jofra Archer to Azan Awais, FOUR! Lovely shot! Even better than the first one he played. Full and wide outside off, Azan Awais cashes on the width and cracks it past the vast acreage in the cover-point region for a boundary. |
| 0 | 2.6 | 2.6: Ollie Robinson to Abdullah Shafique, Play and a miss! Probes it on a good length, just outside off. Abdullah Shafique leans forward to defend, but the ball zips away and beats his outside edge. Jamie Smith is standing up to the stumps and gathers it sharply behind the wickets. |
| 0 | 2.5 | 2.5: Ollie Robinson to Abdullah Shafique, Attacks the stumps, on a fullish length, Abdullah Shafique blocks it in front by pressing forward. |
| 0 | 2.4 | 2.4: Ollie Robinson to Saim Ayub, OUT! LBW! There's the first wicket and Robinson gets his 100th Test wicket in just his 24th appearance in the whites. Bowls it full and angles it into the batter. It further jags in off the pitch. Saim Ayub gets drawn forward and attempts to drive it straight, but gets beaten on the inside edge with the ball thudding his back pad. A lot more confident appeal from Robinson and the men behind the bat, and Chris Gaffaney obliges. Saim Ayub has immediately sent it upstairs for a review. UltraEdge shows no bat involved. In fact, it's a daylight gap between bat and ball. Ball Tracking comes up and confirms three reds, with the ball projected to crash into the leg stump. A ten-ball duck for Ayub as Pakistan are 8/1. |
| 0 | 2.3 | 2.3: Ollie Robinson to Saim Ayub, Short of a good length, on off, angling in. Ayub hangs back and knocks it to mid off. |
| 0 | 2.2 | 2.2: Ollie Robinson to Saim Ayub, Nice and full, around off, crunched away to the short cover fielder. |
| 0 | 2.1 | 2.1: Ollie Robinson to Saim Ayub, Beaten! Inviting line and length. Full, just outside off, Saim Ayub draws the front foot out and looks to drive it straight but the ball lands and just nips away to beat his outside edge. |
| 4 | 1.6 | 1.6: Jofra Archer to Azan Awais, FOUR! A pistol-click sound when it left the bat. Long half-volley by Archer, outside the off stump. Azan Awais leans on, frees his arms and cracks it through the covers for a boundary to get off the mark. First runs off the bat for Pakistan. |
| 0 | 1.5 | 1.5: Jofra Archer to Azan Awais, Massive deviation, full and outside off, Awais lets it be. |
| 0 | 1.4 | 1.4: Jofra Archer to Azan Awais, On a fuller length, around off, this is watchfully blocked out by Azan. |
| 0 | 1.3 | 1.3: Jofra Archer to Azan Awais, Nagging length, outside the off stump. Let through by Awais. |
| 0 | 1.2 | 1.2: Jofra Archer to Azan Awais, Hits the deck hard, on off, Awais camps back and dabs it to backward point. |
| 0 | 1.1 | 1.1: Jofra Archer to Azan Awais, Archer starts with a full ball, outside the off stump. It lands and skids through and Awais tries to drive through covers, but gets beaten on the bottom edge. |
| 0 | 0.6 | 0.6: Ollie Robinson to Saim Ayub, Good length ball which keeps angling in from around off. Saim looks to defend down but gets beaten on the inside edge and wears it high on the front thigh pad. A gentle appeal for LBW, but wanes away instantly as the umpire shakes his head. |
| 0 | 0.5 | 0.5: Ollie Robinson to Saim Ayub, Almost a wicket for Robinson! Good length, jagging in sharply off the pitch with a little bit of bounce. Saim Ayub covers the stumps and shoulders arms. A massive appeal for LBW and up goes the finger. Robinson on the money in the first over, but Ayub has it straightaway reviewed. No shot is offered, so the impact does not matter here, but height can save Ayub here. And that's exactly what has happened. Ball Tracking confirms that the ball is projected to miss the off stump on height. The on-field decision is overturned and Saim gets an early reprieve. But that always looked to be missing the stumps, honestly. |
| 0 | 0.4 | 0.4: Ollie Robinson to Saim Ayub, Beats the bat! Beauty from Robinson. Back of a length, around off. It straightens up from the surface after landing on the seam and beats Saim on the outside edge as he looks to defend. |
| 0 | 0.3 | 0.3: Ollie Robinson to Saim Ayub, Bowls it much fuller now, angling it in and then getting the ball to curve away late. Ayub presses forward and defends it out carefully. |
| 0 | 0.2 | 0.2: Ollie Robinson to Saim Ayub, Nagging length, nipping away this time, Ayub gets on top of the bounce and taps it out to covers. |
| 0 | 0.1 | 0.1: Ollie Robinson to Saim Ayub, FOUR BYES! A bit of a loosener to start the final Test. From around the stumps, this is bashed hard on a length, but it swings down leg. Saim Ayub misses the flick off the back foot and the ball shoots off the thigh pad to the deep fine leg fence. |
| 0 | 88.7 | 88.6: Mohammad Ali to Josh Tongue, OUT! EDGED AND GONE! That is the wicket Pakistan were searching for a very long time and it's Mohammad Ali who gets the final wicket of the innings. England have been bowled out with a lead of 320 runs. He scoots wide of the crease once again and angles in, pitching it outside off. Josh Tongue attempts to defend it on his front foot, but the ball shapes away just a shade to take a faint outside edge before it gets into the gloves of Ghazi Ghori behind the stumps. |
| 0 | 88.6 | 88.5: Mohammad Ali to Josh Tongue, Extra bounce off the deck! Bashes into the length, just outside off, nipping in sharply. Josh Tongue looks to slap it through cover, but gets nicked off the inside edge and takes a blow on his body. |
| 0 | 88.5 | 88.4: Mohammad Ali to Josh Tongue, A tad fuller, just outside off, Josh Tongue lunges forward and pushes it to mid off. |
| 0 | 88.4 | 88.4: Mohammad Ali to Josh Tongue, WIDE! A bumper now, over middle and leg. Josh Tongue crouches under it. The lead moves to 320. |
| 0 | 88.3 | 88.3: Mohammad Ali to Josh Tongue, On a nagging length, on off, Josh Tongue defends it away. |
| 4 | 88.2 | 88.2: Mohammad Ali to Josh Tongue, FOUR! Through the slip cordon! Just behind the good length, pitching it just outside off. Josh Tongue opens the face of the bat to dab it away with soft hands. The ball connects the outer part of the bat and drops short of the second slip fielder. It is Saim Ayub who gets low to his left but fails to field it. The ball races away to deep third for four runs. |
| 0 | 88.1 | 88.1: Mohammad Ali to Josh Tongue, Bangs a bouncer, angling in, over middle. Josh Tongue ducks underneath. |
| 0 | 87.6 | 87.6: Razaullah to Josh Tongue, A loud shout for LBW from the bowler alone. It is turned down by the umpire. That seemed to be going down. Razaullah is pretty interested, and one can understand why, with him having a five-wicket haul in his sights. Babar Azam has a smile on his face as he signals that it was going down leg. Slanting into the right-hander, on a length. Tongue plays all around it to be hit on the front pad. A leg bye is taken as the ball goes behind point. |
| 0 | 87.5 | 87.5: Razaullah to Josh Tongue, On a hard length, on off. Tongue taps it to cover. |
| 0 | 87.4 | 87.4: Razaullah to Josh Tongue, Ouch, that is a nasty blow. Angled in at 138 kph, but it looked quicker than that. On a back of a length, on leg. Tongue is beaten for pace and the ball nips back to ping him on the box. Josh drops to his knees in pain but Archer finds the funny side of it. |
| 1 | 87.3 | 87.3: Razaullah to Jofra Archer, Full and attacking the sticks. Archer eases it with a straight bat to the left of mid on for a single. |
| 6 | 87.2 | 87.2: Razaullah to Jofra Archer, SIX! The crowd is just loving it! Short of a length, on middle and leg. Jofra Archer transfers his weight onto his back foot and looks to pull, but the ball gets big on him, and it flies off a top edge over deep backward square leg for a biggie. |
| 2 | 87.1 | 87.1: Razaullah to Jofra Archer, Back of a length, on middle and leg. Jofra Archer pulls it toward the right of backward square leg. Azan Awais fails to collect it for the first time. The ball deflects off toward his right, but he does well to get back and flicks it in just before it touches the boundary cushion. Meanwhile, the batter gets a brace. |
| 4 | 86.6 | 86.6: Mohammad Ali to Josh Tongue, FOUR! You can just look and admire these kinds of shots! Slightly behind the good length, outside off. Josh Tongue gets on his front foot and punches it away, through the cover and point gap for four runs. |
| 0 | 86.5 | 86.5: Mohammad Ali to Josh Tongue, Back of a length, just outside off, Josh Tongue looks to block it but it zips past the outer edge. |
| 0 | 86.4 | 86.4: Mohammad Ali to Josh Tongue, Beaten! Ali goes wide of the crease and shapes in just outside off. Josh Tongue looks to cover the line, but the ball just sneaks past the outside edge. |
| 0 | 86.3 | 86.3: Mohammad Ali to Josh Tongue, Fires a fuller one, on middle, Josh Tongue defends it toward the left of the mid on fielder. |
| 0 | 86.2 | 86.2: Mohammad Ali to Josh Tongue, Much fuller, angling down the leg side. Josh Tongue fails to connect his flick and wears on the front pad. |
| 0 | 86.1 | 86.1: Mohammad Ali to Josh Tongue, Slanting in, on off, fuller in length. Josh Tongue defends it to the off side. |
| 1 | 85.6 | 85.6: Razaullah to Josh Tongue, Pitches it up, just outside off, Josh Tongue stabs it to cover-point and takes a single. |
| 1 | 85.5 | 85.5: Razaullah to Jofra Archer, Fuller, around middle and leg. Jofra Archer flicks it to deep mid-wicket and gets a single. The lead is now 300 for England! |
| 0 | 85.4 | 85.4: Razaullah to Jofra Archer, Much fuller, just outside off, Jofra Archer drives it to mid off and finds the fielder in the region. Archer is not at all happy with himself, as he could have got a boundary there. |
| 1 | 85.3 | 85.3: Razaullah to Josh Tongue, On a nagging length, attacking the middle stump. Josh Tongue nudges it to the right of mid on and gets a single. |
| 1 | 85.2 | 85.2: Razaullah to Jofra Archer, Back of a length, around the hips of the batter. Jofra Archer swipes it to deep backward square leg for one. |
| 4 | 85.1 | 85.1: Razaullah to Jofra Archer, FOUR! CRACKED! This sits up to be hit, outside off, Jofra Archer rocks back and slaps it through point for a boundary. England's lead goes up to 297. |
| 4 | 84.6 | 84.6: Mohammad Ali to Josh Tongue, FOUR! A loose delivery and it gets treatment. Ali looks to offer a yorker, but spills out a low full toss, on the off stump. Josh Tongue gets on his front foot and drives it through mid off for his first boundary of the innings. |
| 1 | 84.5 | 84.5: Mohammad Ali to Jofra Archer, Ali goes wide of the crease and angles in sharply, just outside off. Jofra Archer steers it through point and gets a single. |
| 0 | 84.4 | 84.4: Mohammad Ali to Jofra Archer, Bumper, over middle and leg. Jofra Archer misses his upper cut. |
| 6 | 84.3 | 84.3: Mohammad Ali to Jofra Archer, SIX! Oh my word! Jofra Archer has cleared the boundary with ease. Short of a good length, slanting in, on middle. Archer picks up the length early, opens his stance and hammers it aerially to clear the deep mid-wicket fence for half a dozen. |
| 0 | 84.2 | 84.2: Mohammad Ali to Jofra Archer, On a nagging length, around off, Jofra Archer fends it to cover. |
| 0 | 84.1 | 84.1: Mohammad Ali to Jofra Archer, Good cricket all around! Pitching it fuller, does Ali, swinging a bit away. Jofra Archer leans on it and drives it crisply, but Shan Masood in the cover region dives to his right and makes a good stop. |
| 1 | 83.6 | 83.6: Razaullah to Jofra Archer, Back of a length, angling in, on middle, Jofra Archer pulls it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 2 | 83.5 | 83.5: Razaullah to Jofra Archer, In the air... SAFE! Razaullah bends his back and bashes the deck hard, well outside off. Jofra Archer decides to take on the delivery, pulling it across, but gets the connection from the top edge. The ball loops up high and drops well short of Azan Awais, who charges from the deep. The ball spins past Awais, allowing the batters to take the second run with ease. England's lead is now 281. |
| 2 | 83.4 | 83.4: Razaullah to Jofra Archer, Just a yard behind the fuller length, outside off, Jofra Archer opens the face of the bat and steers it toward the left of Shan Masood at cover for a brace. |
| 1 | 83.3 | 83.3: Razaullah to Josh Tongue, Much fuller, on off, Josh Tongue just flicks it to square leg and gets a single. |
| 0 | 83.2 | 83.2: Razaullah to Josh Tongue, Swinging away, pitching it outside off, on a fuller length. Josh Tongue defends inside the line and is beaten on the outside edge. |
| 0 | 83.1 | 83.1: Razaullah to Ollie Robinson, OUT! CAUGHT! No celebrations from the rest of the Pakistan players, but Razaullah has his arms aloft. This is pitched up, outside off. Robinson does not move his feet at all and goes hard on the drive with his hands. He can't keep it down and picks out Shan Masood at cover-point, who gets on his knees and takes a good, low catch inches off the turf. Wicket number 4 for Razaullah, and he has an opportunity to pick up a five-wicket haul on Test debut. England are now 9 down with a lead of 276 runs. |
| 0 | 82.6 | 82.6: Mohammad Abbas to Jofra Archer, On off, on a short of a length, tapped to cover by Archer. |
| 0 | 82.5 | 82.5: Mohammad Abbas to Jofra Archer, Angled in before moving away off the seam, on a nagging length. Archer defends well inside the line and the ball sneaks past the outside edge. |
| 0 | 82.4 | 82.4: Mohammad Abbas to Jofra Archer, FOUR LEG BYES! Too straight, at the hips. Archer fails to help it away. The ball clips his thigh pad and goes past the diving Ghazi Ghori to his left for a boundary. England's lead goes upto 276. |
| 0 | 82.3 | 82.3: Mohammad Abbas to Jofra Archer, Moving away in the air, on a length. Archer pushes out in front but is beaten past the outside edge. Oh, the UltraEdge comes up with a scratch so there was an outside edge but the ball did not carry to the keeper. |
| 1 | 82.2 | 82.2: Mohammad Abbas to Ollie Robinson, FIFTY FOR ROBINSON! Off the edge but that is enough for Robinson to bring up his 2nd Test half-century. It has come at less than a run a ball. On a back of a length, on off. Ollie hangs back to deal with it and plays it with soft hands. The outside edge goes down and wide of gully, where the fielder dives to his right and parries it away for a single. |
| 4 | 82.1 | 82.1: Mohammad Abbas to Ollie Robinson, FOUR! Dispatched! Short of a length, well outside off. Ollie Robinson rocks back and cuts it to the left of backward point for four more runs. |
| 0 | 81.6 | 81.6: Razaullah to Ollie Robinson, Huge appeal for LBW, Razaullah is absolutely begging for it, but the umpire isn't happy with it. The bowler seems confident enough and keeps on asking his skipper to take the review, but Babar Azam is adamant that the height is an issue. Razaullah bowls just a shade behind the good length, pitching it on off and angling in toward the stumps. Ollie Robinson thinks the ball will shape away, and for that reason he looks to push the outside line, but gets thumped up on the front pad. |
| 1 | 81.5 | 81.5: Razaullah to Jofra Archer, Swinging away, fuller, outside off. Jofra Archer keeps his eyes fixed on the ball and drives it well through cover to get across. A loose throw by Babar Azam as the new ball lands on the practice pitch before Ghazi Ghori gathers it. |
| 2 | 81.4 | 81.4: Razaullah to Jofra Archer, Much fuller, just behind the yorker length, around the toes of the batter. Jofra Archer flicks it through square leg and gets a couple of runs. |
| 0 | 81.3 | 81.3: Razaullah to Jofra Archer, Pitches it fuller again, on middle, Jofra Archer pushes it to mid on. |
| 0 | 81.2 | 81.2: Razaullah to Jofra Archer, Oh, now that's a peach! Razaullah pitches it fuller, just outside off, and seams it away beautifully. Jofra Archer hangs back to defend, and the ball just zips past the outside edge. Jofra Archer gives a nod of appreciation. |
| 0 | 81.1 | 81.1: Razaullah to Jofra Archer, Fuller, on off, Jofra Archer pushes it to wide mid off. |
| 2 | 80.6 | 80.6: Mohammad Abbas to Ollie Robinson, On a length, on middle, spraying in. Ollie Robinson lifts his front leg up and swipes it with style toward the right of deep backward square leg for a brace. |
| 0 | 80.5 | 80.5: Mohammad Abbas to Ollie Robinson, Full, outside off, Ollie Robinson defends it down the deck. |
| 0 | 80.4 | 80.4: Mohammad Abbas to Ollie Robinson, Bangs a bouncer, on middle and leg. Ollie Robinson makes room to offer an uppercut, but misses any sort of connection. |
| 6 | 80.3 | 80.3: Mohammad Abbas to Ollie Robinson, SIX! KABOOM! Just the second biggie of the game. A touch fuller, just outside off. Ollie Robinson opens his stance and slogs it over deep mid-wicket for half a dozen. 261 is now England's lead. |
| 0 | 80.2 | 80.2: Mohammad Abbas to Ollie Robinson, Back of a length, just outside off, Ollie Robinson steers it away, but the gully fielder does an exceptional job to dive to his right and make a one-handed stop. |
| 4 | 80.1 | 80.1: Mohammad Abbas to Ollie Robinson, FOUR! Not entirely from the middle of the bat, but it will work for Robinson. On a good length, angling in to attack the stumps. Ollie Robinson skips down the track and heaves it from the inner part of his bat toward the right of the mid on fielder for a boundary. |
| 1 | 79.6 | 79.6: Razaullah to Ollie Robinson, Fuller, around the pads, Ollie Robinson clips it to deep backward square leg for one. |
| 4 | 79.5 | 79.5: Razaullah to Ollie Robinson, FOUR! Sweet timing! Much fuller, slanting in, around the pads of the batter. Ollie Robinson glances it away toward the right of the deep fine leg fielder, who sprints to his right and offers a dive but still fails to stop the boundary. England now lead by 250 runs. |
| 0 | 79.4 | 79.4: Razaullah to Ollie Robinson, Oh, close! Seaming in and pitching it fuller, on off. Ollie Robinson tries to drive it toward long on, but catches the inside edge before hitting his own pad. |
| 0 | 79.3 | 79.3: Razaullah to Ollie Robinson, Short of a length, angling down the leg side. Ollie Robinson leans toward the off side and lets it travel to the keeper. |
| 0 | 79.2 | 79.2: Razaullah to Ollie Robinson, Bashes into the length, outside off. Ollie Robinson dabs it down to the leg side. |
| 2 | 79.1 | 79.1: Razaullah to Ollie Robinson, Fuller, on middle, nipping in, Ollie Robinson clips it to the right of mid on and gets a quick couple of runs. The lead moves to 246. |
| 0 | 78.6 | 78.6: Saim Ayub to Jofra Archer, Tossed up, around leg, Jofra Archer defends it to the leg side. |
| 1 | 78.5 | 78.5: Saim Ayub to Ollie Robinson, Low full toss, outside off, Ollie Robinson drives it to long off for one. |
| 0 | 78.4 | 78.4: Saim Ayub to Ollie Robinson, Fuller, around off, defended by Robinson. |
| 0 | 78.3 | 78.3: Saim Ayub to Ollie Robinson, On a length, on middle, Ollie Robinson reverse sweeps it to backward point. |
| 1 | 78.2 | 78.2: Saim Ayub to Jofra Archer, Oh, that's too casual from Babar Azam! Flight up, much fuller, around off. Jofra Archer jams it toward the cover fielder. Babar Azam gets his body behind the line, but the ball bounces just in front of him and spins just a shade away to his left. The batter gets a single. |
| 1 | 78.1 | 78.1: Saim Ayub to Ollie Robinson, Short, on off, Ollie Robinson opens his stance and pulls it to wide long on for one. |
| 1 | 77.6 | 77.6: Razaullah to Ollie Robinson, Full-length delivery, shaping in, around the pads. Ollie Robinson clips it through square leg and gets a single. |
| 1 | 77.5 | 77.5: Razaullah to Jofra Archer, Serves it much fuller, trying to trap the new batter around middle, but Jofra Archer does well to flick it away to deep square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 77.4 | 77.4: Razaullah to Jamie Smith, OUT! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! Razaullah threatens to have a throw at the batter but then holds himself back and lets out a huge roar. He is all pumped up. That is a pretty soft dismissal from Smith, and with that, Pakistan get their eighth wicket. This one is fuller in length, nipping in, around off and middle. Jamie Smith looks to flick it across the line, but ends up offering the shot a bit early. The ball catches the leading edge and lobs back to the bowler. Razaullah, who is just finishing his follow-through, steadies himself and pouches it in front of his face. England are 372/8 with a lead of 239 runs. |
| 0 | 77.3 | 77.3: Razaullah to Jamie Smith, Back of a length, around off, Jamie Smith blocks it back to the bowler. |
| 4 | 77.2 | 77.2: Razaullah to Jamie Smith, FOUR! That is an excellent shot from Smith. Razaullah fires it on a good length, on the off stump. Jamie Smith gets on his front foot and drives it, showing the full face of the bat to play it downtown for four runs. |
| 0 | 77.1 | 77.1: Razaullah to Jamie Smith, Short of a length, just outside off, Jamie Smith blocks it off the back foot to mid off. |
| 0 | 76.6 | 76.6: Saim Ayub to Ollie Robinson, Flighted up, on middle, that is defended solidly off the front foot. |
| 1 | 76.5 | 76.5: Saim Ayub to Jamie Smith, Shouts of 'catch it'! Floated up, on middle and leg. Smith dances down the track and has a heave across the line. Gets it more off the inner half and Mohammad Ali at deep mid-wicket is in business. Ali runs in off the ropes but the ball drops short of him. Just a single. |
| 0 | 76.4 | 76.4: Saim Ayub to Jamie Smith, Appeal for caught behind, but the umpire shakes his head. Babar Azam, after having some discussion, goes for the review. Saim Ayub pitches it fuller and sprays it down the leg side. Jamie Smith looks to flick it away, but misses the connection. Flat line on UltraEdge when the ball is next to the bat, and the noise which Ghazi Ghori and Saim Ayub heard was from the ball brushing the front pad. |
| 1 | 76.3 | 76.3: Saim Ayub to Ollie Robinson, Short, outside off, Robinson punches it to long on for one. |
| 2 | 76.2 | 76.2: Saim Ayub to Ollie Robinson, Full and darted in at the pads. Robinson drags the reverse to the left of deep point for a brace. England's lead is now 233. |
| 1 | 76.1 | 76.1: Saim Ayub to Jamie Smith, On a length, on off, Jamie Smith knocks it to long on for one. |
| 0 | 75.6 | 75.6: Mohammad Imran to Ollie Robinson, Short, on off, Ollie Robinson punches it to mid on. |
| 1 | 75.5 | 75.5: Mohammad Imran to Jamie Smith, On a short of a good length, just outside off, shaping it slightly away. Jamie Smith looks to defend it down, but the ball catches the outside edge before it falls short of the first slip fielder. |
| 0 | 75.4 | 75.4: Mohammad Imran to Jamie Smith, Short, around off, Jamie Smith eases it to cover. |
| 1 | 75.3 | 75.3: Mohammad Imran to Ollie Robinson, Risky single! Imran bowls it on a short of a length, on off. Robinson taps it in front of cover and the two batters set off for a quick single. Shan Masood swoops in, picks the ball up and has a shy at the batting end but misses. Smith might have been in trouble had the throw hit. |
| 0 | 75.2 | 75.2: Mohammad Imran to Ollie Robinson, On a back of a length, on off. Robinson stabs it down. |
| 0 | 75.1 | 75.1: Mohammad Imran to Ollie Robinson, Hard-length delivery, just outside off, Ollie Robinson taps it to cover from his front foot. |
| 0 | 74.6 | 74.6: Saim Ayub to Jamie Smith, Tossed up, fuller, on middle, Jamie Smith rests it down to the leg side. |
| 1 | 74.5 | 74.5: Saim Ayub to Ollie Robinson, Short, outside off, Robinson gets on his back foot and punches it away, toward deep point for another single. |
| 1 | 74.4 | 74.4: Saim Ayub to Jamie Smith, On the fuller side, around middle, Jamie Smith skips down the track and drives it to long on for one. |
| 0 | 74.3 | 74.3: Saim Ayub to Jamie Smith, Flighted and fuller, around middle and leg. Jamie Smith blocks it down. |
| 1 | 74.2 | 74.2: Saim Ayub to Ollie Robinson, Short again, just outside off, Ollie Robinson knocks it to long on for another single. |
| 1 | 74.1 | 74.1: Saim Ayub to Jamie Smith, Short, on middle, Jamie Smith pushes it to long on for one. |
| 4 | 73.6 | 73.6: Mohammad Imran to Ollie Robinson, FOUR! Not convincing, but Ollie Robinson will take it! Short of a length, offering quite some width, outside off. Ollie Robinson tries to cut it away, but the ball catches the bottom edge and pierces the gap between the slip cordon and gully for four. |
| 0 | 73.5 | 73.5: Mohammad Imran to Ollie Robinson, Back of a length, over off. Ollie Robinson camps back and dabs it down, right under his eyes. |
| 0 | 73.4 | 73.4: Mohammad Imran to Ollie Robinson, A tad fuller, slanting in, on off, Ollie Robinson defends it back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 73.3 | 73.3: Mohammad Imran to Ollie Robinson, Short of a length, outside off, Ollie Robinson crouches a bit and looks to slap it through cover, but the ball gets some good bounce off the deck and beats the top edge. |
| 0 | 73.2 | 73.2: Mohammad Imran to Ollie Robinson, On the back of a good length, around off, Ollie Robinson presses on his front foot and defends it down. |
| 0 | 73.1 | 73.1: Mohammad Imran to Ollie Robinson, Good-length delivery, on off and middle, Ollie Robinson defends it to the right of the bowler. |
| 1 | 72.6 | 72.6: Mohammad Abbas to Ollie Robinson, Back of a length, around the thigh pad, Ollie Robinson hops a bit and clips it through square leg for one. England's lead goes up to 220. |
| 0 | 72.5 | 72.5: Mohammad Abbas to Ollie Robinson, Bumper now, pitching it well outside off. Ollie Robinson lets it travel through. |
| 0 | 72.4 | 72.4: Mohammad Abbas to Ollie Robinson, Short, spraying it down the leg side. Ollie Robinson misses his pull. |
| 4 | 72.3 | 72.3: Mohammad Abbas to Ollie Robinson, FOUR! Streaky! On a nagging length, shaping in, toward the stumps. Ollie Robinson skips down the track and looks to heave it across, but gets nicked off the inside edge before it races away to deep fine leg for four runs. All Abbas can do is smile. |
| 4 | 72.2 | 72.2: Mohammad Abbas to Ollie Robinson, FOUR! Easy as you like! Pitches it up, does Abbas, slanting in, on off and middle. Ollie Robinson uses his bottom hand and just flicks it nonchalantly over mid-wicket for another boundary. |
| 1 | 72.1 | 72.1: Mohammad Abbas to Jamie Smith, Just a shade behind the good length, on off, Jamie Smith swipes at it to deep square leg for one. |
| 0 | 71.6 | 71.6: Mohammad Imran to Ollie Robinson, Pushes it fuller again, just outside off, shaping in. Ollie Robinson steers it to cover-point. |
| 0 | 71.5 | 71.5: Mohammad Imran to Ollie Robinson, Angling in, on off and middle, Ollie Robinson nudges it to mid on. |
| 0 | 71.4 | 71.4: Mohammad Imran to Ollie Robinson, On a nagging length, just outside off, Ollie Robinson pushes it to cover. |
| 4 | 71.3 | 71.3: Mohammad Imran to Ollie Robinson, FOUR! This time, Robinson makes no mistake in connecting. Pitches it fuller does Imran, on middle, angling in. Ollie Robinson rolls his wrists and flicks it with perfect timing, toward deep square leg for a boundary. |
| 0 | 71.2 | 71.2: Mohammad Imran to Ollie Robinson, Short of a length, around middle and leg. Ollie Robinson looks to clip it but misses the connection and wears high on the front pad. |
| 0 | 71.1 | 71.1: Mohammad Imran to Ollie Robinson, Good-length delivery, outside off, Ollie Robinson fends it to cover. |
| 4 | 70.6 | 70.6: Mohammad Abbas to Jamie Smith, FOUR! Clean as a whistle! A touch fuller in length, on off and middle. Jamie Smith prods halfway and clubs it over wide mid on for four runs. |
| 0 | 70.5 | 70.5: Mohammad Abbas to Jamie Smith, Good-length delivery, on off and middle, Jamie Smith defends it to the leg side. |
| 0 | 70.4 | 70.4: Mohammad Abbas to Jamie Smith, On a nagging length, around middle, Jamie Smith tucks it to square leg. |
| 0 | 70.3 | 70.3: Mohammad Abbas to Jamie Smith, FOUR BYES! Free runs for England. Spraying it down the leg side with pace. Jamie Smith misses his flick, and Ghazi Ghori fails to glove it. The ball races away to deep fine leg for four byes. England now lead by 202 runs. |
| 0 | 70.2 | 70.2: Mohammad Abbas to Jamie Smith, Just beats the outside edge! A shade behind the good length, angling in, around off, but nipping it away. Jamie Smith gets on his back foot to block, but it zips past the outside edge. |
| 0 | 70.1 | 70.1: Mohammad Abbas to Jamie Smith, Angling in, on a good length, on middle, Smith nudges it to the leg side. |
| 0 | 69.6 | 69.6: Mohammad Imran to Gus Atkinson, OUT! CASTLED! Bowled neck and crop. Mohammad Imran breaks through. Imran pushes the length up and gets the ball to tail back into the right-hander, on off and middle. Atkinson presses forward with a straight bat, but the ball keeps coming in and sneaks past the inside edge. It grazes the back pad before going on to uproot the off pole. England are 331/7 with a lead of 198 runs. |
| 1 | 69.5 | 69.5: Mohammad Imran to Jamie Smith, Slanting in at the hips, Smith works it away off the back foot in front of square on the leg side. Gus Atkinson is keen for the second but Saim Ayub is quick across the turf to his left and keeps the batters down to a single. |
| 0 | 69.4 | 69.4: Mohammad Imran to Jamie Smith, Drags the length back, on off. Jamie gets on top of the bounce and punches it to point. |
| 0 | 69.3 | 69.3: Mohammad Imran to Jamie Smith, Just outside the off pole, on a good length. Smith pushes out in front and dabs it down on the off side. |
| 0 | 69.2 | 69.2: Mohammad Imran to Jamie Smith, Goes wide on the crease and angles it in, fuller and attacking the front pad. Jamie tucks it to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 69.1 | 69.1: Mohammad Imran to Jamie Smith, Hits the top of off, Smith hops back to deal with it but the ball keeps a bit low and it goes off the toe end towards the slip cordon. |
| 0 | 68.6 | 68.6: Mohammad Abbas to Gus Atkinson, A flash and a miss. Wider on off, on a back of a length. Atkinson throws his hands at the ball but misses. |
| 0 | 68.5 | 68.5: Mohammad Abbas to Gus Atkinson, Lands it on a back of a length, on middle. Gus hangs back to dead-bat it. |
| 0 | 68.4 | 68.4: Mohammad Abbas to Gus Atkinson, It straightens a bit off the deck, on a good length on the off pole. Atkinson blocks it out close to his body. |
| 0 | 68.3 | 68.3: Mohammad Abbas to Gus Atkinson, Around off, on a short of a length. Gus stands tall to defend. |
| 0 | 68.2 | 68.2: Mohammad Abbas to Gus Atkinson, Bowled by going wide on the crease and it is angled in. Gus gets forward to stab it down. |
| 1 | 68.1 | 68.1: Mohammad Abbas to Jamie Smith, Serves it on a nagging length, outside off. Smith plays the late dab behind point for a single. |
| 0 | 67.6 | 67.6: Mohammad Imran to Gus Atkinson, Bowled on a length, outside off. Atkinson reaches out to force the drive but the bat turns in his hand and he mistimes it down the deck. |
| 0 | 67.5 | 67.5: Mohammad Imran to Gus Atkinson, Ghazi Ghori goes back to his usual position. On off and middle, on a good length, blocked out by Gus. |
| 0 | 67.4 | 67.4: Mohammad Imran to Gus Atkinson, FOUR BYES! For the second time in as many overs, Mohammad Imran has sprayed a ball down leg. It starts too straight and keeps going further down leg, Atkinson fails to make any connection on the tickle. Ghazi Ghori moves to his left and does get a bit of glove behind the ball but it clips the mitts and goes behind towards the fence. England's lead goes up to 196. |
| 0 | 67.3 | 67.3: Mohammad Imran to Gus Atkinson, Swinging back into the right-hander, on a good length. Gus adjusts to the inward shape and keeps it out. |
| 4 | 67.2 | 67.2: Mohammad Imran to Gus Atkinson, FOUR! That is a fine shot. Not all that full, outside off. Atkinson gets the width to free his arms and he plays the drive on the up, beating the man at cover to his left for a four. |
| 1 | 67.1 | 67.1: Mohammad Imran to Jamie Smith, Hooping back in, on a short of a length, on off. Smith pats it down on the off side. |
| 0 | 66.6 | 66.6: Razaullah to Gus Atkinson, Razaullah responds with a beauty! Just outside the off stump, on the fuller side. Atkinson presents a straight bat to cover the line but it moves away late to whistle past the blade. |
| 4 | 66.5 | 66.5: Razaullah to Gus Atkinson, FOUR! Stand and deliver! At 136 kph, Razaullah bangs it in short, around off, but fails to get it high enough to trouble the batter. Atkinson waits for it on the back foot, gets his hands high and drags the pull to the left of the man at deep square leg for a boundary. England now lead by 187 runs. |
| 1 | 66.4 | 66.4: Razaullah to Jamie Smith, On the shorter side, fractionally wide, slapped from the crease to deep point. They cross. |
| 0 | 66.3 | 66.3: Razaullah to Jamie Smith, Goes past the bat! Moving away off the seam, on a short of a length. Smith's feet go nowhere and he has a feel for the delivery. He is lucky not to nick it behind. |
| 1 | 66.2 | 66.2: Razaullah to Gus Atkinson, On a back of a length, on off. Atkinson thumps it off the back foot towards extra cover. It goes to Shan Masood on the bounce, who slides to his left but lets it through and concedes a single. |
| 0 | 66.1 | 66.1: Razaullah to Jamie Smith, An optimistic shout for LBW! Very full and too straight as well, sliding onto the pads. Smith is beaten for pace on the flick as the ball thuds into his front pad. A leg bye is taken as the ball goes away on the leg side. |
| 0 | 65.7 | 65.6: Mohammad Imran to Gus Atkinson, Hits the good length, on off. Gus covers the line and stabs it down on the off side. |
| 0 | 65.6 | 65.5: Mohammad Imran to Gus Atkinson, Tailing back in at the pads, on a good length. Atkinson works it off the pads to square leg. |
| 0 | 65.5 | 65.5: Mohammad Imran to Gus Atkinson, No ball! Angled in on a good length. Gus nudges it to mid-wicket. Imran has overstepped. |
| 0 | 65.4 | 65.4: Mohammad Imran to Gus Atkinson, Fuller in length, around the off pole. Gus lunges for the drive but chops it down the pitch off an inside edge. |
| 0 | 65.3 | 65.3: Mohammad Imran to Gus Atkinson, Around off, on a length. Gus pushes it to mid off. |
| 0 | 65.2 | 65.2: Mohammad Imran to Gus Atkinson, FOUR BYES! Wayward by Imran, drifts down leg, on a back of a length with the keeper up to the stumps. Gus misses out on the glance. Ghazi Ghori gets a hand on it but it is not enough as the ball trickles down to the deep fine leg fence. |
| 0 | 65.1 | 65.1: Mohammad Imran to Gus Atkinson, Hooping back in, on a good length, on middle and leg. Atkinson plays all around it and wears it on the pads. |
| 4 | 64.6 | 64.6: Razaullah to Jamie Smith, FOUR! Poor delivery, and it gets the deserved treatment. With that, Jamie Smith brings up his FIFTY, the 10th of his Test career. He has maintained a good tempo in the innings and looked in good order. Razaullah errs in both line and length, short and wide on off, there to be put away. Smith needs no second invitation. He stands tall on top of the bounce and frees his arms to spank it through covers for a four. |
| 1 | 64.5 | 64.5: Razaullah to Gus Atkinson, Drags the length back now, on off. Atkinson hangs back and punches it behind point for a run. |
| 4 | 64.4 | 64.4: Razaullah to Gus Atkinson, FOUR! Lovely shot. England go past 300, and the lead is now 170. Slips in a full ball does, Razaullah, on middle. Gus presents the full face of the bat and does not try to overhit this one. He just times the drive back past the bowler and the mid on fielder stands no chance. |
| 0 | 64.3 | 64.3: Razaullah to Gus Atkinson, Another play and a miss. Closer to the off pole, on a good length. Atkinson pushesaway from his body. The ball does not rise much and sneaks under the blade. It just about carries to the keeper. |
| 0 | 64.2 | 64.2: Razaullah to Gus Atkinson, Fuller in length at 136 kph, outside off. It curves away from the right-hander. Atkinson reaches out for the drive but is beaten past the outside edge. The ball dies down as Ghazi Ghori collects it on the bounce. |
| 0 | 64.1 | 64.1: Razaullah to Gus Atkinson, Right on the money! Slants in a length ball, attacking the front pad. Atkinson leans across and brings his bat out in front to push it to the right of the bowler. |
| 0 | 63.7 | 63.6: Mohammad Imran to Jamie Smith, Good-length delivery, seaming in, just outside off. Jamie Smith dabs it to cover. That will be Lunch on Day 2! |
| 0 | 63.6 | 63.5: Mohammad Imran to Jamie Smith, Back of a length, around off, Jamie Smith punches off the back foot toward mid on. |
| 0 | 63.5 | 63.4: Mohammad Imran to Jamie Smith, Nipping in, just outside off. Jamie Smith gets behind the line and blocks it to mid off. |
| 0 | 63.4 | 63.3: Mohammad Imran to Jamie Smith, A touch fuller, just outside off, Jamie Smith drives it to mid off. |
| 0 | 63.3 | 63.3: Mohammad Imran to Jamie Smith, NO BALL! Mohammad Imran has overstepped once again. Back of a length, around off, Jamie Smith blocks it to cover. |
| 0 | 63.2 | 63.2: Mohammad Imran to Jamie Smith, Hard-length delivery, outside off, Jamie Smith tries to slap it away, but gets the bottom edge. The ball bounces dead on the track. |
| 0 | 63.1 | 63.1: Mohammad Imran to Jamie Smith, On the fuller side, on middle, angling in. Jamie Smith brings his blade to the front of his pad and defends it to the leg side. |
| 0 | 62.6 | 62.6: Razaullah to Gus Atkinson, Pitches it up, on middle, Gus Atkinson blocks it back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 62.5 | 62.5: Razaullah to Gus Atkinson, Bangs a bouncer, over middle. Gus Atkinson swivels on his back foot to pull it away, but removes his eyes from the ball at the very last moment and ends up missing the hit. The umpire signals first bounce to the bowler. |
| 0 | 62.4 | 62.4: Razaullah to Gus Atkinson, Pitches it up, outside off, Gus Atkinson drives it to cover. |
| 4 | 62.3 | 62.3: Razaullah to Gus Atkinson, EDGED AND FOUR! Hard length, pushed wide of the off stump, shaping away. Gus Atkinson slashes and slashes hard, getting an outside edge that flies over the slip cordon and goes into the deep third fence. |
| 0 | 62.2 | 62.2: Razaullah to Gus Atkinson, Back of a length, drifted into the pads, Atkinson looks to work it away but wears it on the thigh pad. |
| 0 | 62.1 | 62.1: Razaullah to Gus Atkinson, Good use of the review! An appeal for LBW, and it's been given. Gus Atkinson does review it, though. A slingy delivery from Razaullah, full and darted in towards the leg pole. Gus Atkinson looks to get the front leg out of the way and flick but misses. The third umpire has a look and UltraEdge shows a thin inside edge. NOT OUT! |
| 1 | 61.6 | 61.6: Mohammad Imran to Gus Atkinson, Short, around off, Gus Atkinson looks to punch it toward cover, but gets the inside edge before it rolls to square leg for one. |
| 0 | 61.5 | 61.5: Mohammad Imran to Gus Atkinson, Short, around off, Gus Atkinson nudges it to square leg. |
| 0 | 61.4 | 61.4: Mohammad Imran to Gus Atkinson, Yorker, outside off, Gus Atkinson digs it out to mid off. |
| 0 | 61.3 | 61.3: Mohammad Imran to Gus Atkinson, Just behind the good length, pitching it just outside off and nipping in. Gus Atkinson gets on his front foot to defend, but the ball beats the inside edge and hits the back thigh pad. Appeal goes round, but the umpire remains unmoved. There's a long discussion, but Babar Azam decides to opt against the review, which ends up turning right as the replay shows that the ball is flying over the middle stump with the help of Ball Tracking. |
| 0 | 61.2 | 61.2: Mohammad Imran to Dan Lawrence, OUT! PLAYED ON! Dan Lawrence is fuming after that dismissal, but kudos to Mohammad Imran for stepping up to break the 64-run partnership. This is just a shade behind the good length, pitching it outside off and nipping in pretty late. Dan Lawrence crouches a bit to steer it toward backward point, but as the ball jags back, it takes the inside edge and deflects off to crash into the stumps. Dan Lawrence has to depart after a handy knock, and the lead is 160. |
| 0 | 61.1 | 61.1: Mohammad Imran to Dan Lawrence, Short of a length, around off, Dan Lawrence blocks it down the deck. |
| 4 | 60.6 | 60.6: Razaullah to Jamie Smith, FOUR! With that boundary, the lead is now 160 for England! Another bouncer, angling in, over middle and leg. Jamie Smith swivels on his back foot and pulls it away through fine leg for four more runs. |
| 4 | 60.5 | 60.5: Razaullah to Jamie Smith, FOUR! Easy pickings for Smith! A touch fuller, angling in, on middle, Jamie Smith clips it toward the left of the deep square leg fielder for a boundary. |
| 0 | 60.4 | 60.4: Razaullah to Jamie Smith, Off the inside edge! Razaullah bends his back and offers a good bounce, outside off. Jamie Smith rocks back to offer an upper cut, but ends up connecting from the bottom end of the willow. The ball stays down and bounces away toward the slip cordon. |
| 2 | 60.3 | 60.3: Razaullah to Jamie Smith, Short of a length, around off, Jamie Smith drives it to mid off for a couple of runs. |
| 0 | 60.2 | 60.2: Razaullah to Jamie Smith, Short, on off, Jamie Smith dabs it to mid off. |
| 0 | 60.1 | 60.1: Razaullah to Jamie Smith, Back of a length, just outside off. Jamie Smith hangs back and crunches it hard toward cover, but finds the only fielder in the cover region. A little bit wide, and that was surely a boundary for Smith. |
| 1 | 59.7 | 59.6: Mohammad Imran to Jamie Smith, Slightly behind the good length, just outside off, Jamie Smith slices it away off the back foot toward deep backward point for one. |
| 0 | 59.6 | 59.5: Mohammad Imran to Jamie Smith, Pitches it up, fuller, on off and middle, swinging in. Jamie Smith dabs it to the off side. |
| 0 | 59.5 | 59.4: Mohammad Imran to Jamie Smith, Short, just outside off, Jamie Smith drives it to straight to the cover fielder. |
| 0 | 59.4 | 59.4: Mohammad Imran to Jamie Smith, NO BALL! First overstepping by Mohammad Imran. Back of a length, around off, Jamie Smith drives it to cover. |
| 0 | 59.3 | 59.3: Mohammad Imran to Jamie Smith, On a length, around off, Jamie Smith fends it to cover. |
| 0 | 59.2 | 59.2: Mohammad Imran to Jamie Smith, Short, wide outside off, Jamie Smith misses his drive cover. |
| 4 | 59.1 | 59.1: Mohammad Imran to Jamie Smith, FOUR! SHOT! Pitches it up, on middle and leg. Jamie Smith prods halfway, brings his blade to the front of his pad and drives it toward the right of mid on for four runs. |
| 1 | 58.6 | 58.6: Razaullah to Jamie Smith, Just a shade behind the good length, on middle, Jamie Smith nudges it to wide mid on for a single. |
| 2 | 58.5 | 58.5: Razaullah to Jamie Smith, Back of a length, just outside off, Jamie Smith punches it off his back foot toward the right of deep point and gets a brace. |
| 1 | 58.4 | 58.4: Razaullah to Dan Lawrence, Short, outside off, Dan Lawrence cuts it to deep point for one. |
| 1 | 58.3 | 58.3: Razaullah to Jamie Smith, Bashes into the length, on middle, Jamie Smith nudges it to mid-wicket and gets across. |
| 2 | 58.2 | 58.2: Razaullah to Jamie Smith, A touch fuller, around off, Jamie Smith punches it toward the right of wide mid off and gets another brace. |
| 2 | 58.1 | 58.1: Razaullah to Jamie Smith, Back of a length, just outside off. Jamie Smith stays on his back foot, gets on his toes and punches it into the gap between the cover and wide mid off fielder. The prior sprints to track back and cuts it to two runs. |
| 0 | 57.6 | 57.6: Mohammad Imran to Dan Lawrence, Hard-length delivery, around off, Dan Lawrence punches it to mid on. |
| 1 | 57.5 | 57.5: Mohammad Imran to Jamie Smith, Seaming in, yet again, on off and middle, Jamie Smith covers the stumps and tucks it to deep square leg to get across. |
| 1 | 57.4 | 57.4: Mohammad Imran to Dan Lawrence, Back of a length, just outside off, Dan Lawrence punches it from his back foot through cover for a single. |
| 2 | 57.3 | 57.3: Mohammad Imran to Dan Lawrence, Angling in, on off and middle, Dan Lawrence clips it off his pads toward the left of the deep fine leg fielder and gets a brace. |
| 0 | 57.2 | 57.2: Mohammad Imran to Dan Lawrence, On a nagging length, just outside off, Dan Lawrence fends it to cover. |
| 0 | 57.1 | 57.1: Mohammad Imran to Dan Lawrence, Mohammad Imran scoots from over the wicket, pitching it fuller and well outside off, seaming in. Dan Lawrence covers the stumps and defends it to mid on. After the delivery and gestures and let's his partner know that the ball is nipping in. |
| 0 | 56.8 | 56.6: Mohammad Ali to Jamie Smith, Pitches it up, just outside off, Jamie Smith drives it to cover. |
| 0 | 56.7 | 56.5: Mohammad Ali to Jamie Smith, Ali goes wide of the crease and angles it in, on the fuller side, attacking the off pole. Jamie Smith gets behind the line and blocks it firmly. |
| 0 | 56.6 | 56.5: Mohammad Ali to Jamie Smith, WIDE! Bangs a bouncer, but sails it way over the batter. Smith drops his stance and gets a bonus run for his side. |
| 1 | 56.5 | 56.5: Mohammad Ali to Dan Lawrence, Pitches it up, just outside off. Dan Lawrence, with no footwork, looks to defend it down, but gets nicked off the outside edge. The ball rolls to point and the batter gets a single. Uh oh, the buzzer goes off and yet again it's No Ball for Ali's overstepping. |
| 0 | 56.4 | 56.4: Mohammad Ali to Dan Lawrence, Full, outside off, shaping away, Dan Lawrence offers a leave at it. |
| 1 | 56.3 | 56.3: Mohammad Ali to Jamie Smith, Hits the deck hard, does Ali, pitching it on the nagging length, outside off. Jamie Smith stands tall and looks to flat-bat it over the bowler, but gets the connection from the cue end. The mid on fielder moves to his left and cuts it to a single. |
| 0 | 56.2 | 56.2: Mohammad Ali to Jamie Smith, On a length, around off, Smith pushes it to cover. |
| 0 | 56.1 | 56.1: Mohammad Ali to Jamie Smith, Back of a length, outside off, Jamie Smith looks to slap it over cover, but gets beaten on the bounce. |
| 1 | 55.6 | 55.6: Saim Ayub to Jamie Smith, Oh my word, that one stays pretty low! Short of a length, angling in, on off and middle. Jamie Smith makes some room and looks to slap it through cover, but the ball skids through after pitching on the deck. However, Smith is alert enough to drop his bat and pushes it through cover for a single. |
| 1 | 55.5 | 55.5: Saim Ayub to Dan Lawrence, A tad fuller, on off and middle. Dan Lawrence pushes it to mid on and gets a single. |
| 0 | 55.4 | 55.4: Saim Ayub to Dan Lawrence, Full, on middle, Dan Lawrence nudges it to mid-wicket from his front foot. |
| 0 | 55.3 | 55.3: Saim Ayub to Dan Lawrence, Short, around off, Dan Lawrence steers it to backward point. |
| 4 | 55.2 | 55.2: Saim Ayub to Dan Lawrence, FOUR! Excellent usage of the feet! A touch fuller, on off and middle. Dan Lawrence skips down the track and swats it over mid on for four runs. |
| 0 | 55.1 | 55.1: Saim Ayub to Dan Lawrence, On a length, on off, Dan Lawrence mistimes his pull to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 54.6 | 54.6: Mohammad Ali to Jamie Smith, Much fuller now from Ali, angling in, attacking the off and middle stump. Jamie Smith crouches low and defends it to cover. |
| 0 | 54.5 | 54.5: Mohammad Ali to Jamie Smith, Slightly behind the good length, outside off, zagging away. Jamie Smith looks to punch it away from his body, but it just glides past the outside edge. |
| 4 | 54.4 | 54.4: Mohammad Ali to Jamie Smith, FOUR! Not entirely from the middle of the bat, but Smith will surely accept those runs. Back of a length, around the hips of the batter. Jamie Smith takes a step across the stumps, hops a bit and clips it from the inner part of his bat through fine leg for four more runs. |
| 0 | 54.3 | 54.3: Mohammad Ali to Jamie Smith, Full, on middle, Jamie Smith dabs it to mid on. |
| 0 | 54.2 | 54.2: Mohammad Ali to Jamie Smith, On a nagging length, outside off, nipping away, Jamie Smith looks to defend, but gets beaten on the outside edge. |
| 4 | 54.1 | 54.1: Mohammad Ali to Jamie Smith, FOUR! All the shots from the previous over have rebuilt Smith's confidence. Full-length delivery, outside off. Jamie Smith plants his front foot, leans on it and drives it beautifully through cover for four runs. |
| 1 | 53.6 | 53.6: Saim Ayub to Jamie Smith, Full, outside off, Jamie Smith punches it to long off for one. |
| 0 | 53.5 | 53.5: Saim Ayub to Jamie Smith, Short, outside off, Smith looks to cut but misses. |
| 4 | 53.4 | 53.4: Saim Ayub to Jamie Smith, FOUR! That is some shot from Smith. Pitches it up, does Ayub, on middle, turning it away. Jamie Smith yet again uses his feel to get to the pitch of the delivery and drills it uppishly toward the left of wide mid on for four runs. |
| 0 | 53.3 | 53.3: Saim Ayub to Jamie Smith, A touch fuller, outside off, Jamie Smith fends it to cover. |
| 6 | 53.2 | 53.2: Saim Ayub to Jamie Smith, SIX! Jamie Smith has had enough now. Tossed up, fuller, on middle. Jamie Smith charges down the track and slogs it over long on for half a dozen. |
| 1 | 53.1 | 53.1: Saim Ayub to Dan Lawrence, Short, on off, Dan Lawrence punches it to cover for one. |
| 0 | 52.6 | 52.6: Mohammad Ali to Jamie Smith, On a length, outside off, seaming away, Jamie Smith defends but gets beaten. |
| 0 | 52.5 | 52.5: Mohammad Ali to Jamie Smith, A celebratory appeal from Mohammad Ali for LBW, but the umpire shakes his head. Ali is certain about his call, but after some discussion with the fielders behind the stumps, Babar Azam opted not to take the review. Just a shade behind good length, around the off stump, angling in, but zags it away pretty late. Jamie Smith looks to defend it on his front foot, but it beats the outside edge and hits the back thigh pad. The height is an issue here. |
| 0 | 52.4 | 52.4: Mohammad Ali to Jamie Smith, Much better from Ali! Pushes his length fuller and closes his line toward the off stump, pitching it around the fourth and nipping away. Jamie Smith stays on his back foot, covering the off stump, presenting the full face of the bat, but it just beats the outside edge. |
| 0 | 52.3 | 52.3: Mohammad Ali to Jamie Smith, Back of a length, outside off, zagging it away from the right-hander. Jamie Smith hops a bit and looks to block it, but it beats the outside edge with a fine margin. |
| 0 | 52.2 | 52.2: Mohammad Ali to Jamie Smith, Another good-length delivery, nipping away, outside off. Jamie Smith rocks back and protects the inside line. |
| 0 | 52.1 | 52.1: Mohammad Ali to Jamie Smith, Just a shade behind the good length, pitching it well outside off and swinging it away. Jamie Smith defends the inside line. |
| 1 | 51.6 | 51.6: Saim Ayub to Jamie Smith, Full-length delivery, on off and middle. Jamie Smith skips down the track and drives it to long on for a single. |
| 0 | 51.5 | 51.5: Saim Ayub to Jamie Smith, Tossed up, fuller, on off and middle. Jamie Smith gets on his front foot and dead-bats it down the deck. |
| 1 | 51.4 | 51.4: Saim Ayub to Dan Lawrence, Shortish, around off, Dan Lawrence pats it to cover and gets across. |
| 0 | 51.3 | 51.3: Saim Ayub to Dan Lawrence, Full, on off, defended by Dan. |
| 1 | 51.2 | 51.2: Saim Ayub to Jamie Smith, Short, outside off, Smith punches it to cover and gets off the mark with the single. |
| 0 | 51.1 | 51.1: Saim Ayub to Jamie Smith, A touch fuller, turning it away, just outside off. Jamie Smith looks to offer a forward defence but gets beaten on the outside edge. |
| 0 | 50.7 | 50.6: Mohammad Ali to Dan Lawrence, Good length, a fair bit outside the off stump. Lawrence moves across to the off side and lets it through to the keeper. |
| 0 | 50.6 | 50.5: Mohammad Ali to Dan Lawrence, Wider on the crease, pushed back in from outside the off stump. Lawrence is late to make a leave and the ball catches the backside of the bat, going dwn towards second slip. |
| 0 | 50.5 | 50.4: Mohammad Ali to Dan Lawrence, Fuller and outside off, shaping away. Wide enough for Lawrence to leave it alone. |
| 0 | 50.4 | 50.3: Mohammad Ali to Dan Lawrence, Good length in the channel, doesn't deviate much this time, but Lawrence shoulders arms at it. |
| 0 | 50.3 | 50.3: Mohammad Ali to Dan Lawrence, No ball! Shorter on off, shapes away again, but this time Lawrence manages to keep it down. Ali has overstepped yet again. |
| 0 | 50.2 | 50.2: Mohammad Ali to Dan Lawrence, Wow, that's zipped around quite a bit. Length ball, angled in from wider on the crease. Lawrence comes forward and looks to get inside the line to flick but the ball swings away, bamboozling the batter and ending up zipping through between bat and pad. |
| 0 | 50.1 | 50.1: Mohammad Ali to Dan Lawrence, Ooh, beaten! Pitched fuller and in the channel, shaping it away. Lawrence drives away from the body but is beaten past the outside edge. Ali looks up to the heavens, not able to believe his luck. |
| 1 | 49.6 | 49.6: Saim Ayub to Dan Lawrence, Floated up on middle and leg, flicked away past the mid-wicket fielder this time for a single. |
| 0 | 49.5 | 49.5: Saim Ayub to Dan Lawrence, Slightly tossed up outside off, Lawrence goes for the square cut but hits it straight to backward point. |
| 0 | 49.4 | 49.4: Saim Ayub to Dan Lawrence, A bit shorter and around off, Lawrence rides the bounce well and dabs it down to the off side. |
| 0 | 49.3 | 49.3: Saim Ayub to Dan Lawrence, Dragged length over middle, straightens off the deck. Lawrence plays it back down the track. |
| 0 | 49.2 | 49.2: Saim Ayub to Dan Lawrence, Good length around off, punched away into the off side. |
| 0 | 49.1 | 49.1: Saim Ayub to Harry Brook, OUT! BROOK IS RUN OUT! That's a brain-fade moment from Harry Brook and he is distraught with himself. Saim Ayub bowls it flatter, pushing it into the pads. Brook presses back and clips it to the right of mid-wicket. The batters set off for the single, but Brook starts running quickly only after jogging the first few steps. It's pretty late when he realizes that he's in trouble. Shan Masood is quick to the ball and is quick to fire the throw back to the bowler as well. Ayub whips off the bails and Brook is well short. End of a 86-run stand for the 5th wicket. |
| 0 | 48.7 | 48.6: Mohammad Ali to Dan Lawrence, Good length outside off, angles in before shaping away. Lawrence watchfully leaves it alone. A bit of movement throughout that over for Ali. |
| 0 | 48.6 | 48.5: Mohammad Ali to Dan Lawrence, Nice and full, a genuine outswinger, going away from the sixth stump line. Lawrence makes a leave. |
| 0 | 48.5 | 48.4: Mohammad Ali to Dan Lawrence, Length ball, pushed wider of the off stump and shapes away a fair bit. Lawrence looks to go after it but is far from reaching it. |
| 0 | 48.4 | 48.4: Mohammad Ali to Dan Lawrence, Ooh, that's a fine delivery! Full of a good length, just outside off. Dan Lawrence expects the ball to move away and tries to punch, but the ball just jags back in sharply. The ball zips through the gate and goes a few inches over the stumps. A No Ball is called for overstepping. Had that hit the stumps, it wouldn't have counted. Mohammad Ali needs to keep a check on these No Balls. |
| 1 | 48.3 | 48.3: Mohammad Ali to Harry Brook, Tap and run! Length ball on middle, Brook uses the wrists to nudge it down in front of mid on and scampers across for the single. |
| 2 | 48.2 | 48.2: Mohammad Ali to Harry Brook, Fuller now on middle, clipped away to the left of the deep square leg fielder for a couple of runs. Good running yet again. The lead has now moved on to 94 for England. |
| 4 | 48.1 | 48.1: Mohammad Ali to Harry Brook, FOUR! Dragged shorter, moves away from off stump. Brook pokes at it and doesn't control the shot but manages to get it down and to the left of gully for a boundary. |
| 1 | 47.6 | 47.6: Saim Ayub to Harry Brook, Short one outside off, sitting up for the batter. Brook punches it to deep cover for a single. |
| 0 | 47.5 | 47.5: Saim Ayub to Harry Brook, Dragged length, in and around off. Brook jams it into the off side. |
| 2 | 47.4 | 47.4: Saim Ayub to Harry Brook, Another flicker from Ayub, a tad short and wide, turning away. Harry Brook slaps it away wide of deep cover, but the fielder in the deep dives in to his right and keeps it down to two runs. |
| 1 | 47.3 | 47.3: Saim Ayub to Dan Lawrence, Fuller but again straighter in line, this is flicked away through mid-wicket for one. |
| 2 | 47.2 | 47.2: Saim Ayub to Dan Lawrence, A huge roar from the crowd as Dan Lawrence brings up his FIFTY. On the pads, tucked away neatly in front of square leg for a couple of runs more. His 3rd half-century in the series and 7th one overall in Test cricket. Lawrence is yet to make a Test hundred, and one feels this is his best opportunity to do so yet. |
| 1 | 47.1 | 47.1: Saim Ayub to Harry Brook, Looking for two but it will be only a single. A flicker, from the front of the hand and on the pads. Brook taps it wide of square leg and picks up a single. |
| 1 | 46.6 | 46.6: Mohammad Abbas to Harry Brook, Just a couple of inches than the last ball. Brook waits well and taps it past point for a single. |
| 0 | 46.5 | 46.5: Mohammad Abbas to Harry Brook, Good length again, closer to the off stump. Brook stays compact and blocks it off. |
| 0 | 46.4 | 46.4: Mohammad Abbas to Harry Brook, Fuller on off, angled into the stumps. Brook smothers it back down the track. |
| 0 | 46.3 | 46.3: Mohammad Abbas to Harry Brook, Good length, just outside off, skids through. Brook hangs back and dabs it towards gully. |
| 1 | 46.2 | 46.2: Mohammad Abbas to Dan Lawrence, On the pads, wristed away down to deep backward square leg for one. Lawrence moves to 49 (46). |
| 0 | 46.1 | 46.1: Mohammad Abbas to Dan Lawrence, Pitched further up to the batter, on off, Lawrence plays it back to the bowler. |
| 1 | 45.7 | 45.6: Mohammad Ali to Dan Lawrence, Back of a length, over off and middle, pushed down with a straight bat through mid on for a single. |
| 0 | 45.6 | 45.6: Mohammad Ali to Dan Lawrence, Ali starts the new spell with a maiden, and Lawrence stays on 47. Good-length delivery, shaping it well into the batter. Lawrence tries to heave it away on the leg side but wears it on the pads, instead. Spoke too soon, I am afraid. Ali has overstepped, and a late No Ball is called. |
| 0 | 45.5 | 45.5: Mohammad Ali to Dan Lawrence, Fuller this time, around the sixth stump line. Lawrence walks across to the off side, watches it all the way and makes a leave. |
| 0 | 45.4 | 45.4: Mohammad Ali to Dan Lawrence, Good length in the channel, shaping away a bit. Lawrence leaves it alone. |
| 0 | 45.3 | 45.3: Mohammad Ali to Dan Lawrence, That's a loose shot from Lawrence. Length ball, well wide of the off stump and shaping away. Lawrence throws the arms at it, looking to hit it helicopter-style over the off side but misses. |
| 0 | 45.2 | 45.2: Mohammad Ali to Dan Lawrence, Ali sees Lawrence stepping out and shaping to go leg side, and cleverly bangs it into the surface a bit. Lawrence ends up defending it off the outside half of the blade towards cover. |
| 0 | 45.1 | 45.1: Mohammad Ali to Dan Lawrence, On a good length, outside off and shaping away. Lawrence shoulders arms. |
| 0 | 44.6 | 44.6: Mohammad Abbas to Dan Lawrence, Spilled down the leg side, and the keeper is beaten too. The batters collect a bye. |
| 0 | 44.5 | 44.5: Mohammad Abbas to Dan Lawrence, A bit fuller and straighter, wristed away to mid-wicket. The fielder makes a good diving stop to his right and throws it back to the keeper. Lawrence ends up pouching it with his right hand. Some teams might have taken real offense to that and appealed, and they would have been well within their right to do so as well. Lawrence needs to be careful and not get carried away here. |
| 4 | 44.4 | 44.4: Mohammad Abbas to Dan Lawrence, FOUR! CRUNCHED! Hard length, just outside off, Lawrence stays back and gets on top of the bounce, punching it square through the point region for another boundary. |
| 0 | 44.3 | 44.3: Mohammad Abbas to Dan Lawrence, Pitched up on off, a hint of swing into the right-hander. Lawrence blocks it off the front foot. |
| 0 | 44.2 | 44.2: Mohammad Abbas to Dan Lawrence, Good length, sliding back into the bodyline, Lawrence pushes it down to short mid-wicket. |
| 4 | 44.1 | 44.1: Mohammad Abbas to Dan Lawrence, FOUR! Lawrence is managing to find the gaps in every direction. Hard length around the top of off, Lawrence hangs back and leans across, shovelling it between mid on and mid-wicket and the ball rolls away into the fence. |
| 2 | 43.6 | 43.6: Razaullah to Harry Brook, Wayward from the bowler. Full and on the pads, flicked away uppishly and to the left of fine leg for a brace. 45 runs in 5 overs so far on Day 2. 200 UP FOR ENGLAND! |
| 1 | 43.5 | 43.5: Razaullah to Dan Lawrence, Two is the call, but this time it will be a single. Back of a length and outside off, Lawrence stands tall and slaps it to deep cover for a run. |
| 2 | 43.4 | 43.4: Razaullah to Dan Lawrence, Good length on middle and leg, flicked away towards deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs more. |
| 0 | 43.3 | 43.3: Razaullah to Dan Lawrence, Back of a length, on off, kept out towards cover. |
| 4 | 43.2 | 43.2: Razaullah to Dan Lawrence, FOUR! Up and over! Shortish length, wide outside off, shaping further away. Lawrence stays put and just throws the hands at it, slicing it over the leaping fielder at backward point for a boundary. The 50-run stand is up between these as well. |
| 4 | 43.1 | 43.1: Razaullah to Dan Lawrence, FOUR! Well, that's not the way to try and stop the boundary. Shorter over middle and leg, Lawrence leans back and across, pulling it to the right of fine leg. Mohammad Ali runs around and throws himself across, trying to stop it with his legs, but the ball goes to the fence. Ali could have injured himself here. |
| 0 | 42.6 | 42.6: Mohammad Abbas to Harry Brook, Fullish length, in and around off, nudged away with soft hands to point. |
| 3 | 42.5 | 42.5: Mohammad Abbas to Dan Lawrence, Lawrence racks up another three. Short of a length, wide outside off. Lawrence gets a bit side on and punches it off the back foot through covers. Babar Azam chases it down and the batters pick up an easy three. |
| 1 | 42.4 | 42.4: Mohammad Abbas to Harry Brook, Bowled from a bit wider on the crease, honing it in towards middle stump. Brook taps it to the leg side and pinches a quick single. |
| 0 | 42.3 | 42.3: Mohammad Abbas to Harry Brook, Oh, some genuine shape in the air. Full and around off, swings back in late. Brook solidly defends it out. |
| 0 | 42.2 | 42.2: Mohammad Abbas to Harry Brook, Good length, holding a tight line around off. Brook blocks it off. |
| 3 | 42.1 | 42.1: Mohammad Abbas to Dan Lawrence, Good length, swinging away from around off. Lawrence opens the bat face and glides it through backward point for three more runs. England's lead has now gone to 51 runs. |
| 2 | 41.6 | 41.6: Razaullah to Harry Brook, Looking for two, and they will get it with ease. A bit shorter and over off, Brook hops back and across, nudging it down towards wide mid on. Mohammad Abbas from mid on is sluggish to get around to his right and the batters get two runs. |
| 4 | 41.5 | 41.5: Razaullah to Harry Brook, FOUR! More off the outside edge, but in the gap. A full ball outside off, shaping away. Harry Brook looks to drive but gets it off the outer half of the blade and past the gully fielder for a boundary. |
| 1 | 41.4 | 41.4: Razaullah to Dan Lawrence, Razaullah hits the deck hard, angling it just away from off. Lawrence gets across a bit and taps it between mid on and mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0 | 41.3 | 41.3: Razaullah to Dan Lawrence, Back of a length, on off. Lawrence defends it down from the crease. |
| 4 | 41.2 | 41.2: Razaullah to Dan Lawrence, FOUR! Glove, but enough off it to beat the keeper. Dug in short over leg, Lawrence looks to pull but is a bit late. Ghazi Ghori dives to his left but the ball goes wide and into the fine leg fence. |
| 1 | 41.1 | 41.1: Razaullah to Harry Brook, A bit risky but that's excellent running. Fuller and pushed into the pads, Brook looks to flick but gets a leading edge back past the bowler and scampers through for a single before the mid on fielder cuts it off. |
| 0 | 40.6 | 40.6: Mohammad Abbas to Dan Lawrence, Full of a length, tighter around off, left alone by Lawrence. |
| 4 | 40.5 | 40.5: Mohammad Abbas to Dan Lawrence, FOUR! Unlucky for the bowler. Pitched fuller and on off, straightens a bit. Lawrence pushes at it and gets an outside edge down to the right of second slip. Saim Ayub over there is late to dive and the ball goes through to the third-man fence for another boundary. |
| 4 | 40.4 | 40.4: Mohammad Abbas to Dan Lawrence, FOUR! Two is the call, but Lawrence will get the full monty here. Short of a length, drifted on the pads, and Lawrence tucks it neatly through square leg for a boundary. |
| 0 | 40.3 | 40.3: Mohammad Abbas to Dan Lawrence, Good-length delivery, in the channel outside off, Lawrence leaves it alone. |
| 0 | 40.2 | 40.2: Mohammad Abbas to Dan Lawrence, Nagging length, drifting down leg. Dan Lawrence misses the tuck and the ball clips the bat, before the keeper spills it down. |
| 1 | 40.1 | 40.1: Mohammad Abbas to Harry Brook, A full ball on off, Harry Brook jams the bat down, squeezing the ball past gully for a single. |
| 0 | 39.6 | 39.6: Razaullah to Dan Lawrence, Back of a length, wide outside off, shaping it away. Dan Lawrence lifts his willow up and offers no shot at it. |
| 4 | 39.5 | 39.5: Razaullah to Dan Lawrence, FOUR! Sweet timing from Lawrence! Just a shade behind the good length, pitching it just outside off and nipping in sharply to attack the top of the middle stump. Dan Lawrence shuffles across the stumps and rolls his wrists and clip it away through sqaure leg for four runs. |
| 0 | 39.4 | 39.4: Razaullah to Dan Lawrence, Off the outside edge! Bashes into the length, just outside off, does Razaullah. Dan Lawrence looks to defend it to the off side with soft hands, but the ball catches the outside edge and it bounces off toward gully. |
| 0 | 39.3 | 39.3: Razaullah to Dan Lawrence, Razaullah pushes his length slightly toward the length, angling it down the leg side. Dan Lawrence misses his flick and Ghazi Ghori makes no mistake gloving it. |
| 0 | 39.2 | 39.2: Razaullah to Dan Lawrence, Another hard-length delivery, just outside off, similar to the previous delivery, but this time, Dan Lawrence gets behind the line and dabs it to cover. |
| 0 | 39.1 | 39.1: Razaullah to Dan Lawrence, Beaten rightaway! Back of a length, just outside off, keeping its line. Dan Lawrence looks to block it from his back foot, but the ball zips past the outside edge. |
| 0 | 38.6 | 38.6: Mohammad Abbas to Harry Brook, Safely negotiated by Brook. A bit full in length, angling into the batter. Brook defends with a straight bat by pressing forward but the ball goes off the inside half and rolls to square leg. And that will be STUMPS on Day 1! |
| 0 | 38.5 | 38.5: Mohammad Abbas to Harry Brook, A bit too straightish, down leg, on a length. Brook tries to tuck it into the leg side, but closes the bat face a fraction too early. The result? The ball gets squeezed off the leading edge and rolls into covers. |
| 0 | 38.4 | 38.4: Mohammad Abbas to Harry Brook, Tight leave. Much closer to the off pole, on a fullish length, Brook lets it be. |
| 2 | 38.3 | 38.3: Mohammad Abbas to Harry Brook, On a short of a good length, nibbling into the batter. Brook rocks back and steers it wide of square leg for a couple of easy runs. |
| 0 | 38.2 | 38.2: Mohammad Abbas to Harry Brook, Nips away, full on off, Brook looks to flick across the line but the ball squirts off the leading edge and rolls to backward point. |
| 0 | 38.1 | 38.1: Mohammad Abbas to Harry Brook, Back of a length, on top of off, Brook hangs back and bunts it back at the bowler. |
| 0 | 37.6 | 37.6: Razaullah to Dan Lawrence, Good length, outside off stump, Dan shuffles across and defends this towards mid on. |
| 0 | 37.5 | 37.5: Razaullah to Dan Lawrence, Digs in a short one, on middle, Lawrence ducks underneath it. |
| 0 | 37.4 | 37.4: Razaullah to Dan Lawrence, Fuller and outside off, Lawrence drives it firmly to extra cover. |
| 1 | 37.3 | 37.3: Razaullah to Harry Brook, FIFTY FOR HARRY BROOK! That’s his 20th Test half-century. His love affair with scoring against Pakistan continues as this is his third half-century against them. He has been aggressive with the bat, though the last few minutes have offered a sterner test as the ball has started to move both ways. Short ball, on off stump, Brook gets across and pulls that to the left of deep fine leg for a single. Just a simple raise of the bat and back to the usual business. |
| 3 | 37.2 | 37.2: Razaullah to Dan Lawrence, Attacks the stumps via a length ball, Dan Lawrence covers the line by moving across and flicks it off the back foot through mid-wicket. Abbas from that mentioned position, ambles through and hunts the ball in the deep. Three runs taken. |
| 0 | 37.1 | 37.1: Razaullah to Dan Lawrence, Back of a length, outside off, Dan stands up on his toes and taps it out to point. |
| 0 | 36.7 | 36.6: Mohammad Abbas to Harry Brook, Attacks the stumps, on a fullish length, Brook tucks it into mid-wicket with soft hands. |
| 0 | 36.6 | 36.6: Mohammad Abbas to Harry Brook, Abbas has overstepped and it is called a No Ball. Slightly back of a length, around off, Harry Brook is drawn forward, taking a stride across to defend, but the ball whistles past his outside edge. |
| 0 | 36.5 | 36.5: Mohammad Abbas to Harry Brook, And again! Testing times for Brook as he stays rooted on 49! Wobbled-seam delivery, touch full and nipping away, Brook tries to defend with a straight bat face but is beaten all ends up. |
| 0 | 36.4 | 36.4: Mohammad Abbas to Harry Brook, Lovely delivery! Fullish delivery, outside off stump, 125 kph, holds its line. Brook defends down the wrong line and gets beaten on the outside edge. |
| 0 | 36.3 | 36.3: Mohammad Abbas to Harry Brook, Kicks up a bit, on a length, blocked from the crease. |
| 0 | 36.2 | 36.2: Mohammad Abbas to Harry Brook, Poor review! Purely out of adrenaline. Nips in from a fuller length, on middle and leg. Brook is drawn forward and tries to defend, but gets a bit of an inside edge on the front pad. Big, big LBW appeal, but the umpire shakes his head. Abbas is convinced, and Shakeel, from the slips, signals for a review. Babar Azam obliges and sends it upstairs. However, the replay reveals a clear deflection off the inside edge. The on-field call stands, and Pakistan have burned a review. |
| 0 | 36.1 | 36.1: Mohammad Abbas to Harry Brook, Slants it into the batter, on a fuller length. Brook's bat comes down at an angle as he looks to play the on drive, but the ball nips away off the seam. Ekes out and outside edge but it doesn't carry to the first slip fielder. |
| 0 | 35.6 | 35.6: Razaullah to Dan Lawrence, Good length, on off, swinging away with a bit of bounce. Lawrence defends it out off the bat's splice to the off side. |
| 0 | 35.5 | 35.5: Razaullah to Dan Lawrence, Lovely seed! Delivers a length ball that moves away late, on a good length, just around off. Dan Lawrence walks ahead to defend, but gets comprehensively beaten on the outside edge. Razaullah is bowling with serious heat here. |
| 0 | 35.4 | 35.4: Razaullah to Dan Lawrence, Almost a yorker, just a little too straight and down leg. Dan Lawrence steps across to flick but the ball zips past his bottom edge. Ghazi Ghori dives low to his left to grab it in his mitts. |
| 1 | 35.3 | 35.3: Razaullah to Harry Brook, Sweves away from off, full in length. Brook closes the bat face early on the flick and a leading edge is found. The ball trickles between gully and backward point for a single. |
| 0 | 35.2 | 35.2: Razaullah to Harry Brook, Good length, shaping away outside off stump, 140 kph, Brook looks to cut that square off the back foot but gets beaten by the movement. |
| 0 | 35.1 | 35.1: Razaullah to Harry Brook, A huge appeal for LBW, but Chris Gaffaney shakes his head. And immediately, Razaullah too, gestures that it is going down leg and Pakistan do not go up for a review. Cannons it full and angles it down leg. Harry Brook is perhaps beaten by the pace and misses the flick. He is struck hard on the front pad and the ball rolls away to the leg side. |
| 1 | 34.6 | 34.6: Mohammad Abbas to Harry Brook, Had to hurry! Back of a length, outside off, Brook taps it gently off the back foot towards backward point and scampers through for a tight single. |
| 0 | 34.5 | 34.5: Mohammad Abbas to Harry Brook, Peach of a delivery! Angles in and then straightens from the surface, a bit full, Harry Brook presses forward to block but the ball flirts past his outside edge before nestling into the keeper's gloves. |
| 0 | 34.4 | 34.4: Mohammad Abbas to Harry Brook, Abbas sprays it down leg, a fraction full in length. Brook is beaten on his flick and Ghazi Ghori does well to get low down to his left and make a half-stop. |
| 0 | 34.3 | 34.3: Mohammad Abbas to Harry Brook, Hammers it on a length with a gentle pace. Brook gets squared up as he bunts it down the pitch. |
| 2 | 34.2 | 34.2: Mohammad Abbas to Harry Brook, Short and angled down leg, at rib height. Brook tickles it to deep fine leg. Razaullah runs across to his right from deep square leg and mops it up in the deep. Two runs taken. Brook moves to 47, with England's lead swelling to 14 runs. |
| 1 | 34.1 | 34.1: Mohammad Abbas to Dan Lawrence, A bit full on middle and leg. Dan clips it to the mid-wicket region for a quick single. |
| 0 | 33.6 | 33.6: Razaullah to Harry Brook, A little bit of an away shape, outside off, Brook lets it through to the keeper. |
| 1 | 33.5 | 33.5: Razaullah to Dan Lawrence, Slips in a low full toss on the leg stump. It also shapes away late. Lawrence goes to clip it across the line, but the ball catches the leading edge and rolls to the right of extra cover for a single. |
| 0 | 33.4 | 33.4: Razaullah to Emilio Gay, OUT! CHOPPED ON! A wicket out of nowhere for Pakistan and it is Razaullah who gives them a much-needed breakthrough. He lets out a huge roar and ends Gay's impressive knock. Bowls it relatively fuller than the previous ball and once again, he gets the ball to nip back into the batter from outside off. Gay does not lean fully across and just plays away from his body to access the off side with a drive, but gets an inside edge onto the back pad before the ball rolls back into the stumps behind. Razaullah gets his second wicket. First Root, and now Gay. England are 143/4, leading by 10 runs. |
| 0 | 33.3 | 33.3: Razaullah to Emilio Gay, Beauty! Exaggerated deviation from the pitch, full and nipping in from outside off. Gay plays the initial line, looks to drive it through covers, but the ball sneaks past the inside edge and shoots behind to the keeper. |
| 0 | 33.2 | 33.2: Razaullah to Emilio Gay, Down the leg stump, Gay misses his flick across and it is sharply taken by Ghazi Ghori who dives full stretch to his right. |
| 4 | 33.1 | 33.1: Razaullah to Emilio Gay, FOUR! Into the gap and England's lead is now 10 runs! Strays onto the pads, a bit too full in length. Gay clips it behind square on the leg side and beats the deep square leg fielder to his left for a boundary. |
| 0 | 32.6 | 32.6: Mohammad Abbas to Harry Brook, Pitches it up, on off, Harry Brook blocks it on his front foot. |
| 0 | 32.5 | 32.5: Mohammad Abbas to Harry Brook, Full, on off, Harry Brook drives it to mid off. |
| 2 | 32.4 | 32.4: Mohammad Abbas to Harry Brook, A dab of the hands between the English batters as their partnership moves to 100. This is a good-length delivery, around middle and leg. Harry Brook shuffles across and flicks it to deep fine leg for a brace. |
| 3 | 32.3 | 32.3: Mohammad Abbas to Emilio Gay, Full on middle stump, 123 kph. Gay shuffles across and flicks it to the left of Mohammad Ali at mid on. Ali dives but can't stop it cleanly, allowing the batters to scamper back for a third before he sprints behind and regathers. |
| 0 | 32.2 | 32.2: Mohammad Abbas to Emilio Gay, Back of a length, over off. Emilio Gay hangs back and defends it to cover. |
| 0 | 32.1 | 32.1: Mohammad Abbas to Emilio Gay, Hard length, outside off, Emilio Gay shoulders arms at it. |
| 1 | 31.6 | 31.6: Razaullah to Emilio Gay, England lead by 1 run now! Bangs a bouncer, on middle. Emilio Gay gets hurried by the pace and lift off the pitch, swivels on his back foot, and pulls it from the inner half of the bat towards widish mid-wicket for one. |
| 0 | 31.5 | 31.5: Razaullah to Emilio Gay, Hard length, around middle, Emilio Gay hangs back and defends it to the off side. |
| 1 | 31.4 | 31.4: Razaullah to Harry Brook, Razaullah nails a yorker now, just outside off. Harry Brook is alert and jams it away toward deep backward point for a single. A warm applause around the stadium as the score's level now. |
| 0 | 31.3 | 31.3: Razaullah to Harry Brook, A bit loose from Brook. Far outside off, on a good length. Harry has a lazy poke at it and is beaten past the outside edge by a whisker. |
| 2 | 31.2 | 31.2: Razaullah to Harry Brook, Two is the call and they will easily get it. Hard length, angling in, around off, Harry Brook gets a bit across and tucks it to deep mid-wicket. They run the first one hard and amble across for the second before the throw arrives at the bowling end. England trail by 1 run! |
| 0 | 31.1 | 31.1: Razaullah to Emilio Gay, A loud appeal for LBW, but the umpire remains unmoved. Razaullah is looking pretty sure about the call, but Babar Azam feels that it has surely pitched outside leg. On a good length, around leg and middle. Emilio Gay fails to flick it away and wears on the pad before it rolls to square leg for a leg bye. |
| 1 | 30.6 | 30.6: Mohammad Abbas to Emilio Gay, Angling in, on middle, fuller in length. Emilio Gay flicks it to square leg and gets across. |
| 0 | 30.5 | 30.5: Mohammad Abbas to Emilio Gay, Nagging length, outside off, Emilio Gay shoulders arms at it. |
| 0 | 30.4 | 30.4: Mohammad Abbas to Emilio Gay, Good length, shaping away, outside off, Emilio Gay leaves it alone. |
| 0 | 30.3 | 30.3: Mohammad Abbas to Emilio Gay, On a length, on off, Emilio Gay taps it to cover. |
| 0 | 30.2 | 30.2: Mohammad Abbas to Emilio Gay, A nod of appreciation from Emilio Gay, while Abbas could only smile. Just a shade short of good length, pitching just outside off and angling in, but the ball nips away after hitting the deck, beating Gay's outside edge as he presents a full face to block. |
| 0 | 30.1 | 30.1: Mohammad Abbas to Emilio Gay, Pitches it up, fuller in length, outside off. Emilio Gay looks to drive it to mid off, but gets the inner half of the bat and ends up pushing it back to the bowler. |
| 1 | 29.7 | 29.6: Mohammad Ali to Emilio Gay, Back of a length, outside off. Emilio Gay loses his bottom hand's grip, but punches it well through cover-point for one run. |
| 0 | 29.6 | 29.5: Mohammad Ali to Emilio Gay, Slightly behind the god length, on middle and leg, Emilio Gay fends it toward the left of the bowler. |
| 0 | 29.5 | 29.4: Mohammad Ali to Emilio Gay, Back of a length, outside off, Gay lets it through. |
| 4 | 29.4 | 29.3: Mohammad Ali to Emilio Gay, MISFIELD AND FOUR! A schoolboy error in the deep, and that brings up a FIFTY FOR EMILIO GAY! His 3rd Test half-century. In what feels like an audition for a more permanent spot in England's top order, Gay has made a strong case this time around. He has looked at home in these conditions, and this knock will do wonders for his confidence after a relatively quiet summer. Short and wide outside off. Gay hangs back and cuts hard towards deep point. The fielder dives across but can't hold on to it, and the ball seeps through to the boundary. |
| 4 | 29.3 | 29.3: Mohammad Ali to Emilio Gay, NO BALL AND FOUR! Cheeky little shot from Gay! Scrambled-seam delivery from Ali, on the back of a good length, outside off. Emilio Gay dabs it down to find the gap between the second slip and the gully fielder for four runs. Also, Ali has overstepped, and for that, the umpire signals a No Ball. |
| 0 | 29.2 | 29.2: Mohammad Ali to Emilio Gay, Good length, well outside off, Emilio Gay leaves it away. |
| 2 | 29.1 | 29.1: Mohammad Ali to Emilio Gay, Short of a length, outside off. Emilio Gay opens his arms to pull it with control toward deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs. |
| 0 | 28.6 | 28.6: Mohammad Imran to Harry Brook, Back of a length, angling down the leg side, Brook lets it pass through. |
| 0 | 28.5 | 28.5: Mohammad Imran to Harry Brook, Good length, spraying down the leg side. Brook misses his flick. Ghori fails to gather it inside his gloves as the ball rolls away to deep fine leg. Two byes. Mohammad Imran is struggling to control the swing. |
| 1 | 28.4 | 28.4: Mohammad Imran to Emilio Gay, At 125 kph, full and around off stump. Gay pushes it toward cover-point, where Ayub dives to his right and deflects the ball back to backward point. One run taken. |
| 0 | 28.3 | 28.3: Mohammad Imran to Emilio Gay, Just a shade behind the good length, outside off, Emilio Gay shoulders arms at it. |
| 1 | 28.2 | 28.2: Mohammad Imran to Harry Brook, Pitches it fuller, shaping in, on middle. Harry Brook rolls his wrists and clips it to deep fine leg for a single. Brook gets into his 40s. And the deficit for England is now 20 runs. |
| 0 | 28.1 | 28.1: Mohammad Imran to Harry Brook, Shaping in, around middle and leg, on a good length. Harry Brook clips it to backward square leg. |
| 0 | 27.6 | 27.6: Mohammad Ali to Emilio Gay, Hard-length delivery, over off. Gay punches it from the back foot to cover. |
| 0 | 27.5 | 27.5: Mohammad Ali to Emilio Gay, Angling in, on off and middle, fuller in length. Gay nudges to the leg side. |
| 0 | 27.4 | 27.4: Mohammad Ali to Emilio Gay, Just past the outside edge! Ali hits the deck hard to extract extra bounce, nudging the ball a shade away from the batter as well. Emilio Gay gets on his toes to block it down, but it glides past the outside edge and beats the bat. |
| 0 | 27.3 | 27.3: Mohammad Ali to Emilio Gay, Full-length delivery, on off, Emilio Gay drives it to cover. |
| 0 | 27.2 | 27.2: Mohammad Ali to Emilio Gay, Pitches it fuller, on off, Emilio Gay leans on it and blocks it right under his eyes. |
| 1 | 27.1 | 27.1: Mohammad Ali to Harry Brook, Back of a length, around the hips of the batter. Harry Brook clips it to deep backward square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 26.7 | 26.6: Mohammad Imran to Emilio Gay, Nagging length, far outside off, Gay is happy to ignore that. |
| 0 | 26.6 | 26.5: Mohammad Imran to Emilio Gay, Swings away from a length, just outside off. Emilio is drawn in front to block but the ball curves to beat his outside edge. |
| 1 | 26.5 | 26.5: Mohammad Imran to Harry Brook, On the pads again and this is whisked towards deep backward square leg for a single. Uh, oh! Imran has overstepped and it is deemed a No Ball. |
| 0 | 26.4 | 26.4: Mohammad Imran to Harry Brook, Touch back of a length, Brook nudges it to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 26.3 | 26.3: Mohammad Imran to Harry Brook, Shapes in a long way, down leg, on a fuller length. Brook misses the flick and the ball outfoxes Ghazi too. Ghori dives to his left but the ball clips his gloves and trickles behind to deep fine leg. The man from deep square leg skates to his right and cuts it off before the ropes. Two byes. |
| 0 | 26.2 | 26.2: Mohammad Imran to Harry Brook, Skiddy delivery, outside off on a length, Harry is not interested in poking at it. |
| 0 | 26.1 | 26.1: Mohammad Imran to Harry Brook, Slightly full on middle and leg, flicked off the pads to short mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 25.6 | 25.6: Mohammad Ali to Emilio Gay, Full at 135 kph, on off, Gay leans over it and defends it off the inner half to the leg side. |
| 0 | 25.5 | 25.5: Mohammad Ali to Emilio Gay, Back of a length, outside off, left alone by Gay. |
| 0 | 25.4 | 25.4: Mohammad Ali to Emilio Gay, Short of a length, on off, Gay camps back and knocks it to cover again. |
| 0 | 25.3 | 25.3: Mohammad Ali to Emilio Gay, Crisply driven, for nothing. Full and around off, angling back in. Gay leans completely onto it and slams it straight to the cover fielder. |
| 2 | 25.2 | 25.2: Mohammad Ali to Emilio Gay, Back of a length, swinging in on leg. Gay hops on the toes and tucks it behind square on the leg side for a couple of runs. |
| 1 | 25.1 | 25.1: Mohammad Ali to Harry Brook, Full and outside off, just a bit of an away shape. Brook drives away from his body and slices it to deep backward point for a single. |
| 0 | 24.7 | 24.6: Mohammad Imran to Emilio Gay, Hits the deck hard, outside off, Gay offers no shot. |
| 0 | 24.6 | 24.5: Mohammad Imran to Emilio Gay, Good-length delivery but this one stays low, outside off. Gay is happy to leave it alone. |
| 0 | 24.5 | 24.4: Mohammad Imran to Emilio Gay, Spits up a bit, on a length, outside off, Gay pokes half-heartedly at it and the ball squirts off the shoulder of his bat and rolls to gully. |
| 4 | 24.4 | 24.3: Mohammad Imran to Emilio Gay, FOUR! Elegant stroke! On the middle stump line, on a fuller length, Gay uses his wrists and nails the flick to the left of the mid-wicket fielder for a boundary. |
| 1 | 24.3 | 24.2: Mohammad Imran to Harry Brook, On a length, cutting in, Brook steers it behind square on the leg side for an easy single. 100 up for England! They trail by 33 runs. |
| 1 | 24.2 | 24.2: Mohammad Imran to Emilio Gay, Back of a length, outside off, Gay camps back and knocks it to the right of the cover fielder for a nervy single. Masood attacks the ball and throws it to the bowling end, but misses his shy. Gay is comfortably in but he once again plonks the bat in. No Ball called for overstepping. |
| 0 | 24.1 | 24.1: Mohammad Imran to Emilio Gay, Nagging length, on off, Gay gets on top of the bounce and punches it away to mid off. |
| 0 | 23.6 | 23.6: Mohammad Ali to Harry Brook, Angles the ball in and it further nips in after landing, on a good length. Brook is cramped up for room, looks to drive it straight but the ball beats the inside edge and strikes him around the back thigh pad. |
| 1 | 23.5 | 23.5: Mohammad Ali to Emilio Gay, Angled away from the southpaw, on off, Emilio Gay drives it to the covers, but a fumble by the fielder there allows the batters to scoot through for a single. |
| 0 | 23.4 | 23.4: Mohammad Ali to Emilio Gay, Length, on off, Gay lunges and blocks it right under his eyes. |
| 0 | 23.3 | 23.3: Mohammad Ali to Emilio Gay, Length-delivery outside off, let through alone. |
| 1 | 23.2 | 23.2: Mohammad Ali to Harry Brook, Tight single! Nip-backer on a good length, on top of middle, Harry Brook prods forward to block but the ball grazes the inside edge and rolls past the leg stump. Gay senses a single and calls Brook through for a single. Ghazi Ghori, the keeper, runs and dives forward and releases an underarm throw to the batting end, but misses his shy. The replay shows Gay once again being sloppy as he doesn't drag or slide his bat in, instead just taps it onto the crease while completing the run. On the other hand, Ali feels that the throw should have been at the bowling end as Brook would have been a trouble there. |
| 0 | 23.1 | 23.1: Mohammad Ali to Harry Brook, Skids low on a fullish length, on middle, Brook takes a step back in the crease and then stabs it down to the leg side. |
| 0 | 22.6 | 22.6: Mohammad Imran to Emilio Gay, At 127 kph, this is full on off, Gay presses forward and defends it out to point. |
| 4 | 22.5 | 22.5: Mohammad Imran to Emilio Gay, FOUR! Wowza! That's a stylish shot. Pitched full and outside off, shaping away a fraction. Emilio Gay flows into the drive by leaning forward and creams it to the right of cover-point for a cracking boundary. England's deficit is now 38 runs! |
| 0 | 22.4 | 22.4: Mohammad Imran to Emilio Gay, Zipped through, full and outside off, Gay watches it closely and opts to leave. |
| 0 | 22.3 | 22.3: Mohammad Imran to Emilio Gay, On a length on off, Gay defends it firmly. |
| 0 | 22.2 | 22.2: Mohammad Imran to Emilio Gay, Back of a length, around off, Gay arches back and cuts it square but finds the fielder at backward point. |
| 0 | 22.1 | 22.1: Mohammad Imran to Emilio Gay, Outside off, on a length, Gay leaves. |
| 0 | 21.6 | 21.6: Mohammad Ali to Harry Brook, Back of a length, outside off, Harry Brook attempts to cut hard at it, but gets the inside edge before it bounces off behind the stumps. |
| 4 | 21.5 | 21.5: Mohammad Ali to Harry Brook, FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries for England! On a nagging length this time from Ali, angling in, toward the pads of the batter. Harry Brook takes a step across the stumps and clips it away through short fine leg for four runs. This also brings up the 50-run partnership between Brook and Gay! |
| 4 | 21.4 | 21.4: Mohammad Ali to Harry Brook, FOUR! Thumped away for a boundary! A bit fuller and outside off, Brook absolutely latches onto it and spanks it mercilessly over cover-point for a boundary. |
| 0 | 21.3 | 21.3: Mohammad Ali to Harry Brook, Attacking the stumps, fuller in length, on off and middle. Harry Brook clips it to square leg. |
| 0 | 21.2 | 21.2: Mohammad Ali to Harry Brook, A touch fuller, on off, Harry Brook defends it to cover. |
| 0 | 21.1 | 21.1: Mohammad Ali to Harry Brook, Back of a length, shaping down the leg side. Harry Brook fails to connect his flick. Ghazi Ghori fumbles to glove it, but he is quick to recover. |
| 0 | 20.6 | 20.6: Mohammad Imran to Emilio Gay, Hard length, just outside off, Emilio Gay bunts it down to backward point. |
| 0 | 20.5 | 20.5: Mohammad Imran to Emilio Gay, Offers a lot of width, on a good length, outside off. Emilio Gay arches back and square cuts it away, but finds the backward point fielder. |
| 0 | 20.4 | 20.4: Mohammad Imran to Emilio Gay, Back of a length, outside off, Emilio Gay punches it to backward point. |
| 0 | 20.3 | 20.3: Mohammad Imran to Emilio Gay, Good length, angling in, around off, Emilio Gay taps it back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 20.2 | 20.2: Mohammad Imran to Harry Brook, Good length, angling down the leg side. Harry Brook fails to connect his flick and the keeper fails to glove it clearly depite a dive. A bye has been taken. |
| 0 | 20.1 | 20.1: Mohammad Imran to Harry Brook, On a length, well outside off. Harry Brook looks to flat-hat it down the ground, but ends up finding the connection from the cue end of the bat. |
| 0 | 19.6 | 19.6: Razaullah to Emilio Gay, Pitches it up, just outside off, nipping in pretty late. Emilio Gay looks to jam it away, but gets beaten on the inside edge. |
| 0 | 19.5 | 19.5: Razaullah to Emilio Gay, Bends his back, and hits the deck hard, on a length, over middle. Emilio Gay takes a step across the line and defends it down. |
| 0 | 19.4 | 19.4: Razaullah to Emilio Gay, Shaping away, well outside off, on the fuller side. Emilio Gay looks to drive it excatly like he did previously, but this time, he gets beaten on the outside edge. |
| 0 | 19.3 | 19.3: Razaullah to Emilio Gay, Fuller, on off, Emilio Gay defends it to point. |
| 4 | 19.2 | 19.2: Razaullah to Emilio Gay, FOUR! Hot knife through butter! Much fuller from Razaullah, angling it well outside off. Emilio Gay bends his back leg and crouches down to drive it with a cross-bat through cover. The fielder in the region moves to his right and dives as well, but fails to get to it as it races away for four runs. |
| 1 | 19.1 | 19.1: Razaullah to Harry Brook, On a length, on middle, Harry Brook flicks it through square leg and gets across. |
| 0 | 18.6 | 18.6: Mohammad Imran to Emilio Gay, Just behind the good length, on the fourth stump. Emilio Gay bunts it down to point. |
| 0 | 18.5 | 18.5: Mohammad Imran to Emilio Gay, Slightly full and outside off, Gay presents full face of the bat and drives it on the up to cover-point. |
| 0 | 18.4 | 18.4: Mohammad Imran to Emilio Gay, Fullish, outside off, Emilio Gay defends it solidly toward cover. |
| 3 | 18.3 | 18.3: Mohammad Imran to Harry Brook, A fullish delivery outside off that nips back in, yet Brook hangs back and, with an open bat face, guides the ball very late to the right of second slip. The batters race back for three before the fielder gathers and returns the ball. |
| 0 | 18.2 | 18.2: Mohammad Imran to Harry Brook, Fuller, on off, Harry Brook shuffles across and defends it to the leg side. |
| 0 | 18.1 | 18.1: Mohammad Imran to Harry Brook, Fullish delivery outside off, holding its line and jagging back in at 125 kph, and Brook looks to guide it late, only to get a thick inside edge that cannons off his back pad and pops up right next to the off stump. |
| 4 | 17.6 | 17.6: Razaullah to Emilio Gay, FOUR! Timed to perfection! Back of a length, just outside off, Emilio Gay gets on his toes and cuts it toward the left of the diving backward point fielder and gets four more runs. 15 runs off the over and England trail by 59 runs. |
| 3 | 17.5 | 17.5: Razaullah to Harry Brook, Fuller in length, just outside off. Harry Brook strides out to drive it toward the right of the diving Shan Masood, in the short cover region. The long off fielder moves to his left and the batter gets three runs. |
| 4 | 17.4 | 17.4: Razaullah to Harry Brook, FOUR! SWOOSH! Good length, angled into the bodyline. Harry Brook receives the ball at a very comfortable height and he gets himself into a very good position before hammering it over mid-wicket for a cracking boundary. And that's 1000 Test runs for Brook against Pakistan. He has a couple of fifties and four centuries to go with a mammoth triple century against them as well. Simply outstanding numbers. |
| 0 | 17.3 | 17.3: Razaullah to Harry Brook, Serves it fuller, on off, Harry Brook leans forward and dead-bats it down the track. |
| 4 | 17.2 | 17.2: Razaullah to Harry Brook, FOUR! Easy pickings for Brook! On a nagging length, angling in, on middle and leg. Harry Brook clips it through square leg and gets a boundary. |
| 0 | 17.1 | 17.1: Razaullah to Harry Brook, Pitches it up, on off, Harry Brook drives it to cover. |
| 0 | 16.6 | 16.6: Mohammad Abbas to Emilio Gay, Good length, on off, Emilio Gay shuffles across and defends it to cover. |
| 4 | 16.5 | 16.5: Mohammad Abbas to Emilio Gay, FOUR! Nicely played! This is Emilio Gay's second boundary of the inning. Back of a length, outside off. Gay hangs back and cracks it toward the left of the backward point fielder for four runs. |
| 1 | 16.4 | 16.4: Mohammad Abbas to Harry Brook, On a nagging length, at the stumps, Harry Brook clips it toward the left of the deep fine leg and gets a single. |
| 0 | 16.3 | 16.3: Mohammad Abbas to Harry Brook, Full-length delivery, on middle, Harry Brook defends it to the leg side. |
| 2 | 16.2 | 16.2: Mohammad Abbas to Harry Brook, Pitches it up, on middle and leg, Harry Brook flicks it to deep fine leg and gets a couple. |
| 0 | 16.1 | 16.1: Mohammad Abbas to Harry Brook, Full, outside off, Harry Brook eases it to cover. |
| 0 | 15.6 | 15.6: Razaullah to Emilio Gay, On a length, outside off, Emilio Gay cuts it to backward point. |
| 0 | 15.5 | 15.5: Razaullah to Emilio Gay, Short, on off, Emilio Gay bunts it to the off side. |
| 0 | 15.4 | 15.4: Razaullah to Emilio Gay, On a nagging length, outside off, Emilio Gay makes a leave at it. |
| 1 | 15.3 | 15.3: Razaullah to Harry Brook, Back of a length, outside off, Harry Brook punches it to right of mid on for one. |
| 3 | 15.2 | 15.2: Razaullah to Emilio Gay, Oh, my word, that was surely a goner, but no one was behind the stumps to collect the throw! A good-length delivery angling across outside off, 143 kph, Gay hangs back and cuts the ball toward the left of Azan Awais at backward point. Chaos ensues as the batters end up stranded mid-pitch, unsure whether to commit for the run or retreat back before eventually skating through. Azan, with ample time to steady himself, instead fires in a wild throw with no one backing up at the stumps at the non-striker's end. The batters scamper through for a couple more via overthrows. A bit of nerves there in the middle, but that brings the 50 up for England! They trail by 82 runs. |
| 1 | 15.1 | 15.1: Razaullah to Harry Brook, Serves it much fuller, does Razaullah, on off. Harry Brook, with no such footwork, punches it toward mid on. The fielder moves to his left and fumbles a bit to make a half-stop. Single taken. |
| 0 | 14.6 | 14.6: Mohammad Abbas to Emilio Gay, Too loose from Gay! Abbas lands it on the money. Gets the ball to curve away from a good length, around the off pole. Emilio stays put and fiddles at it, trying to steer it to point, but the ball keeps leaving him and beats his angled bat. |
| 0 | 14.5 | 14.5: Mohammad Abbas to Emilio Gay, A shade fuller on off, Gay presses in front and blocks it to cover-point. |
| 0 | 14.4 | 14.4: Mohammad Abbas to Emilio Gay, Back of a length, nipping in a touch. Emilio Gay tucks it into mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 14.3 | 14.3: Mohammad Abbas to Emilio Gay, Good length, angled in, Gay bunts it straight down the pitch. |
| 3 | 14.2 | 14.2: Mohammad Abbas to Harry Brook, Hits the length hard, outside off, Harry Brook hangs back and crunches it through cover-point. The timing is a bit off and hence, the ball slows in the outfield. Masood slides to stop it in the outfield and relays it to Saim who converges. The throw comes to the keeper, but the batters cross each other thrice in the meantime. |
| 0 | 14.1 | 14.1: Mohammad Abbas to Harry Brook, Shapes it in, on a length, on the leg stump. Brook misses to flick it across and the ball deflects off his thigh pad to gully. |
| 0 | 13.6 | 13.6: Razaullah to Emilio Gay, Another searing length-delivery, outside off, Gay lets it through. |
| 0 | 13.5 | 13.5: Razaullah to Emilio Gay, Bowls it on a length, around off, punched firmly to covers. |
| 0 | 13.4 | 13.4: Razaullah to Emilio Gay, At 146 kph, this is hammered hard on a length, outside off, angling away. Gay leaves it alone. |
| 1 | 13.3 | 13.3: Razaullah to Harry Brook, Excellent fielding from Masood. Gay survives a scare. Full delivery on off, holding away a touch off the seam and timed at 148 kph, Brook jams it out in a hurry, straight to the left of Masood at cover. The batters fancy a tight single and go for it. Masood is lightning onto the ball and nails a direct hit at the striker's end. Replays, though, show Gay just planting his bat in in time, rather than dragging it in. Some anxious moments for England there. |
| 1 | 13.2 | 13.2: Razaullah to Emilio Gay, Touch full on middle and leg, shaping in, Gay whips it behind square on the leg side for a single. |
| 0 | 13.1 | 13.1: Razaullah to Emilio Gay, Clocked at 143 kph, this one's fired in full and outside off, and Gay goes hard at it with a full-blooded cover drive, only to get a thick inside edge that thuds into the exposed part of his back knee. He is down flat on the ground, grimacing through the pain, but shakes it off soon enough and is back on his feet without needing the physio to venture out. |
| 1 | 12.6 | 12.6: Mohammad Abbas to Emilio Gay, Length-delivery, angling in from around the stumps. Emilio Gay lets the ball arrive and wrists it to long leg for a single. |
| 1 | 12.5 | 12.5: Mohammad Abbas to Harry Brook, Attacks the pads on a fuller length, this is clipped behind square leg for an easy single. |
| 0 | 12.4 | 12.4: Mohammad Abbas to Harry Brook, Bowled fuller outside off, Brook taps it gently out to covers. |
| 0 | 12.3 | 12.3: Mohammad Abbas to Harry Brook, Keeps hammering in at the stumps, does Abbas, on a length. Harry Brook keeps it out on the off side. |
| 0 | 12.2 | 12.2: Mohammad Abbas to Harry Brook, Back of a length, on the stumps, Brook bunts it to mid on. |
| 0 | 12.1 | 12.1: Mohammad Abbas to Harry Brook, Spears in on a fuller length, on the stumps, angling in and then nipping away. Harry Brook plays off the back foot, looks to block, but the ball whistles away from his outside edge. |
| 0 | 11.6 | 11.6: Razaullah to Emilio Gay, Beauty! Angled across the left-hander, on a length, Emilio Gay pokes at it loosely, only to be beaten past the outside edge. |
| 1 | 11.5 | 11.5: Razaullah to Harry Brook, Bowls it stump-to-stump, on a length, nipping in. Harry Brook blocks it off the inside half of the bat. The ball rolls into the leg side and they amble across for a single. |
| 0 | 11.4 | 11.4: Razaullah to Joe Root, OUT! LBW! And there's Razaullah's maiden Test wicket, and what a big fish this is. In the form of Root. He is overjoyed and why not! Bowls a length-delivery, attacking the stumps with a little bit of an inward deviation. Enough to trap Root in front. He drags his bat in front by getting pinned in the crease but plays the wrong line and is rapped hard on the front pad. A confident appeal goes up and about from Pakistan and up goes the finger. But Joe has straightaway reviewed it. UltraEdge detects nothing. Ball Tracking confirms three reds with the ball smashing the leg stump. Root takes the review with him and England have been reduced to 39/3, trailing by 94 runs. |
| 0 | 11.3 | 11.3: Razaullah to Joe Root, Hammers it on a good length, at 144 kph on top of middle, Joe Root blocks it towards mid off. |
| 0 | 11.2 | 11.2: Razaullah to Joe Root, Attacks the stumps, full and on middle, Root pushes it straight back at the bowler. |
| 0 | 11.1 | 11.1: Razaullah to Joe Root, Back of a length, around off, Root solidly blocks it off the back foot. |
| 0 | 10.6 | 10.6: Mohammad Abbas to Emilio Gay, Nagging length, outside off, stays low. Gay lets it be. The keeper, Ghazi Ghori, collects it behind on a couple of bounces. |
| 4 | 10.5 | 10.5: Mohammad Abbas to Emilio Gay, FOUR! Such a beautiful shot! Pitched fuller on off, angling in. Emilio Gay gets on the front foot, and with head completely leant over the ball, he creams it through extra cover for a boundary. England trail by 94 runs. |
| 0 | 10.4 | 10.4: Mohammad Abbas to Emilio Gay, Fuller and around off, Emilio Gay pushes hard at it, looking to drive to the off side but the ball gets sliced on the bounce to the fielder at backward point. |
| 0 | 10.3 | 10.3: Mohammad Abbas to Emilio Gay, Back of a length, outside off, Gay leaves the harmless delivery. |
| 0 | 10.2 | 10.2: Mohammad Abbas to Emilio Gay, Outside off, on a good length, Gay stands tall, plays with soft hands and steers it to backward point. |
| 0 | 10.1 | 10.1: Mohammad Abbas to Emilio Gay, In the channel from around the stumps. Lands on a length and then nips away slightly to beat the outside edge of Gay's attempted block. |
| 0 | 9.6 | 9.6: Mohammad Ali to Joe Root, Good-length delivery, wide outside off. Joe Root lets it through and shoulders his arms at this one as well. That will be Tea on Day 1! |
| 0 | 9.5 | 9.5: Mohammad Ali to Joe Root, Well outside off, on a good length, nipping in. Joe Root prods and shoulders arms at it. |
| 0 | 9.4 | 9.4: Mohammad Ali to Joe Root, Just outside off, nipping in, on the fuller side. Joe Root dabs it down to backward point. |
| 0 | 9.3 | 9.3: Mohammad Ali to Joe Root, Back of a length, shaping away, well outside off. Root isn't bothered to offer any shot at it. |
| 0 | 9.2 | 9.2: Mohammad Ali to Joe Root, Serves it much fuller, just outside off, nipping in. Joe Root presses forward and defends it down. |
| 0 | 9.1 | 9.1: Mohammad Ali to Joe Root, Hard-length delivery, just outside off, swinging in late. Joe Root moves his back leg to cover the off stump and lets it travel through. |
| 0 | 8.6 | 8.6: Mohammad Abbas to Emilio Gay, Just a shade behind the good length, outside off, Emilio Gay strides out and shoulders arms at it. |
| 0 | 8.5 | 8.5: Mohammad Abbas to Emilio Gay, Shaping in, around off, on the fuller side. Emilio Gay nudges it to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 8.4 | 8.4: Mohammad Abbas to Emilio Gay, Fullish, outside off, Emilio Gay lets this one pass through. |
| 2 | 8.3 | 8.3: Mohammad Abbas to Emilio Gay, Deft touch! Pitches it up, fuller, just outside off. Emilio Gay just opens the face of the bat before offering his defence, beating the gully fielder to his left, and gets a couple of runs. |
| 0 | 8.2 | 8.2: Mohammad Abbas to Emilio Gay, Back of a length, angling across, wide outside off, Gay offers no shot at it. |
| 1 | 8.1 | 8.1: Mohammad Abbas to Joe Root, A touch fuller, just outside off, Joe Root taps it with soft hands to the front of the point fielder and gets a quick single. England trail exactly by 100 runs now! |
| 0 | 7.6 | 7.6: Mohammad Ali to Emilio Gay, Fuller in length, on middle and leg. Emilio Gay defends it to cover. |
| 0 | 7.5 | 7.5: Mohammad Ali to Emilio Gay, On a nagging length, outside off, Emilio Gay makes a leave at it. |
| 3 | 7.4 | 7.4: Mohammad Ali to Joe Root, Fires another fuller one, attacking the stumps. Joe Root rocks back and clips it past the mid-wicket fielder, who sprints back, slides, and cuts it to three runs. |
| 2 | 7.3 | 7.3: Mohammad Ali to Joe Root, Pitches it much fuller, on the pads, Joe Root clips it to deep square leg and gets a couple of runs. |
| 0 | 7.2 | 7.2: Mohammad Ali to Joe Root, Pitching it on a good length, nipping in toward the middle stump. Joe Root defends it to cover. |
| 1 | 7.1 | 7.1: Mohammad Ali to Emilio Gay, Much fuller, on middle, Emilio Gay clips it to deep fine leg and gets a single. |
| 0 | 6.6 | 6.6: Mohammad Abbas to Joe Root, Hard length again, over middle, Joe Root dabs it to the leg side. |
| 0 | 6.5 | 6.5: Mohammad Abbas to Joe Root, Back of a length, over middle and leg, Joe Root attempts to flick it, but gets the inside edge before hitting the thigh pad. |
| 0 | 6.4 | 6.4: Mohammad Abbas to Joe Root, Back of a length, pitching it well outside off, seaming it just a bit away. Joe Root looks to fend it away as he thinks the ball might be attacking in, but ends up leaving it. |
| 2 | 6.3 | 6.3: Mohammad Abbas to Joe Root, Off the mark in the very first delivery! Pitches it fuller, just outside off, Joe Root strides out and drives it gently through point and cover for a couple of runs. |
| 0 | 6.2 | 6.2: Mohammad Abbas to Jordan Cox, OUT! LBW! Abbas with a beauty and strikes big. He lands it on a good length and the ball jags back in sharply off the surface. Cox looks to play it on the up and push it down the ground, but the ball zips past his inside edge and rams on his back thigh pad. Massive celebrappeal by Ghori and Abbas and the umpire raises his finger after giving it a thought. Cox has a word with Gay and sends up for a review. But this looks pretty straight and Ball Tracking confirms it. The ball is projected to crash into the middle and leg stumps. Three reds and Cox is gone. England lose the review and are 24/2, trailing by 109 runs. |
| 0 | 6.1 | 6.1: Mohammad Abbas to Jordan Cox, Just a shade behind the good length, just outside off. Jordan Cox walks down the track to kill the swing and nudges it to mid-wicket. |
| 2 | 5.7 | 5.6: Mohammad Ali to Emilio Gay, Hits the deck hard, does Ali, angling it just outside off. Emilio Gay punches it away through cover. Shan Masood runs to his right from wide mid off and cuts it to two runs. |
| 0 | 5.6 | 5.6: Mohammad Ali to Emilio Gay, WIDE! Bumper from Ali, over leg and middle. Emilio Gay ducks underneath, and the umpire signals wide as it sails way over the batter. |
| 0 | 5.5 | 5.5: Mohammad Ali to Emilio Gay, Closer to the off stump now, fuller in length again. Emilio Gay prods and defends it down. |
| 0 | 5.4 | 5.4: Mohammad Ali to Emilio Gay, Past the outside edge! Fuller in length, pitching it outside off and shaping it away. Emilio Gay tries to defend it, but it zips past the outside edge. |
| 0 | 5.3 | 5.3: Mohammad Ali to Emilio Gay, Back of a length, outside off, Emilio Gay crunches the punch from his back foot. Azan Awais dives to his right and makes a good stop. |
| 1 | 5.2 | 5.2: Mohammad Ali to Jordan Cox, Back of a length, angling outside off. Jordan Cox pushes it with soft hands toward point and gets a single. |
| 2 | 5.1 | 5.1: Mohammad Ali to Jordan Cox, Fullish, outside off, Jordan Cox pushes it toward deep point. Azan Awais chases it from the inner circle, and by that time, the batter gets a couple. |
| 0 | 4.6 | 4.6: Mohammad Abbas to Emilio Gay, Tempting line and length. A touch short and angled across the southpaw. Emilio trusts the bounce and shoulders arms. |
| 0 | 4.5 | 4.5: Mohammad Abbas to Emilio Gay, Back of a length, on middle and leg, Emilio Gay stands tall and closes his bat face early as he look to whip it across, but gets a leading edge and the ball rolls to mid off. |
| 0 | 4.4 | 4.4: Mohammad Abbas to Emilio Gay, Just a shade behind the fuller length, outside off. Emilio Gay looks to have a poke at it but misses. |
| 1 | 4.3 | 4.3: Mohammad Abbas to Jordan Cox, On a length, outside off, Jordan Cox fends it to point for one. |
| 0 | 4.2 | 4.2: Mohammad Abbas to Jordan Cox, FOUR OVERTHROWS! Pakistan simply cannot afford to be handing out gifts like this with so few runs to their name. Length delivery on off, and Cox shuffles across his stumps, goes for the flick, and misses entirely, with the ball squirting off his pads into the leg side. He weighs up a single but sends it back. Ghazi Ghori swoops in and has a shy at the bowler's end, but drags his throw wide of the stumps, and with backing up nowhere near good enough, the ball scoots away for four overthrows. Abbas isn't hiding his frustration with his keeper one bit. |
| 1 | 4.1 | 4.1: Mohammad Abbas to Emilio Gay, Nicely done in the field there! Abbas pitches it up, just outside off, Emilio Gay pushes forward with a front-footed defensive stroke, only to catch the outside edge. It scoots away toward backward point, where Saim Ayub throws himself to his right and gets a hand to it for a half-stop. The batters scamper through for a single. |
| 0 | 3.7 | 3.6: Mohammad Ali to Ben Duckett, OUT! CAUGHT BY BABAR! Much-needed early breakthrough for Pakistan. Ali is absolutely pumped up and one can spot the delight on Babar's face as well. Full in length and outside the off stump. It lands and nips away just a bit from the surface. Ben Duckett is drawn forward and tries to hammer it through covers, but gets a fat outside edge towards second slip. Babar Azam stays nice and low and takes a good catch while tumbling on his back. Ben Duckett's underwhelming run in this series continues as he is yet to get out of the 20s. England are 12/1, trailing by 121 runs. |
| 4 | 3.6 | 3.5: Mohammad Ali to Ben Duckett, FOUR! Far more convincing from Duckett. Short of a length, no threatening pace at all on the ball, outside off. Enough time and width on offer for Duckett as he camps back and flays it behind backward point for a cracking boundary. |
| 0 | 3.5 | 3.4: Mohammad Ali to Ben Duckett, On a nagging length, outside off, Ben Duckett steers it to point. |
| 0 | 3.4 | 3.3: Mohammad Ali to Ben Duckett, On a length, angling across, outside off, Ben Duckett looks to slice it over cover, but gets beaten. |
| 0 | 3.3 | 3.3: Mohammad Ali to Ben Duckett, NO BALL! Mohammad Ali has overstepped now. Just behind the good length, outside off. Ben Duckett miscues his cut to cover. |
| 4 | 3.2 | 3.2: Mohammad Ali to Ben Duckett, FOUR! Not entirely from the middle of the bat, but Ben Duckett would be happy to get his first boundary. Pitches it up, fuller, outside off. Ben Duckett looks to flick it across, but gets the connection from the inner half of the bat. It rolls away to beat the square leg fielder to his left and races away for four runs. |
| 0 | 3.1 | 3.1: Mohammad Ali to Ben Duckett, Good-length delivery, around off and middle. Ben Duckett nudges it to wide mid on. |
| 0 | 2.6 | 2.6: Mohammad Abbas to Emilio Gay, Huge appeal for LBW, especially from the players standing in the slip region, Mohammad Abbas knows that it is pitching outside leg. On a good length this time, around middle and leg. Emilio Gay fails to flick it away and gets thumped on the front pad. UltraEdge later confirms that the ball would have missed the middle and leg stumps on height. |
| 0 | 2.5 | 2.5: Mohammad Abbas to Emilio Gay, Just a shade behind the good length, on middle. Gay rests it down. |
| 0 | 2.4 | 2.4: Mohammad Abbas to Emilio Gay, Back of a length, pitching it on middle and angling it back. Emilio Gay rocks back and looks to clip it away, but gets beaten and wears on the thigh pad. |
| 0 | 2.3 | 2.3: Mohammad Abbas to Emilio Gay, Much fuller, on the off stump. Emilio Gay gets on his front foot and blocks it to cover. |
| 0 | 2.2 | 2.2: Mohammad Abbas to Emilio Gay, Just a yard behind the full length, outside off. Emilio Gay shoulders arms at it. |
| 0 | 2.1 | 2.1: Mohammad Abbas to Emilio Gay, Beaten! Good-length delivery, shaping it away from the batter. Emilio Gay looks to defend it to his front, but it sneaks past the outside edge. |
| 0 | 1.6 | 1.6: Mohammad Ali to Ben Duckett, Just a shade behind the good length, outside off. Ben Duckett hangs back and makes a leave at it. |
| 0 | 1.5 | 1.5: Mohammad Ali to Ben Duckett, Back of a length, outside off, Ben Duckett makes a leave. |
| 0 | 1.4 | 1.4: Mohammad Ali to Ben Duckett, Swing and a miss! Good-length delivery, angling across, outside off. Ben Duckett looks to lash it over cover, but gets beaten on the outside edge. |
| 2 | 1.3 | 1.3: Mohammad Ali to Ben Duckett, Fuller in length, just outside off. Ben Duckett drives it through the line, toward mid off. Shan Masood has to track back to cut it to two runs. |
| 0 | 1.2 | 1.2: Mohammad Ali to Ben Duckett, Pitches it a touch fuller, does Ali, on middle and swinging in sharply. Ben Duckett plants his front foot across the line and looks to flick it away, but he misses the connection and gets pinged on the front pad. The trajectory is surely going down the leg side. |
| 0 | 1.1 | 1.1: Mohammad Ali to Ben Duckett, Good-length delivery, on middle. Ben Duckett nudges it to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 0.6 | 0.6: Mohammad Abbas to Emilio Gay, On a length, angling across, wide outside off. Emilio Gay looks to push it away, but ends up leaving it alone. Just a single from the first over. |
| 0 | 0.5 | 0.5: Mohammad Abbas to Emilio Gay, Scrambled-seam delivery, on leg and middle. Emilio Gay looks to defend it down the track, but it beats the inside edge and wears up on the front pad. |
| 0 | 0.4 | 0.4: Mohammad Abbas to Emilio Gay, Slanting it across, outside off, on a good length. Emilio Gay lunges forward and lifts his willow up to let it travel to the keeper. |
| 0 | 0.3 | 0.3: Mohammad Abbas to Emilio Gay, Abbas scoots over the wicket for Emilio Gay, pitching it a touch fuller, on off. Emilio Gay strides out and defends it to the right of the bowler. |
| 1 | 0.2 | 0.2: Mohammad Abbas to Ben Duckett, England and Ben Duckett are underway! Fuller again, just outside off, Ben Duckett presses forward and pushes it to cover for a single. |
| 0 | 0.1 | 0.1: Mohammad Abbas to Ben Duckett, Movement straight away! Mohammad Abbas starts from around the wicket to the left-hander, pitching it fuller, and nipping in to finish on the off and middle stumps. Ben Duckett lunges to defend it but gets nicked on the inside edge before hitting the pad. |
| 0 | 96.4 | 96.4: Dan Lawrence to Razaullah, OUT! STUMPED! Pakistan are bowled out for 449, but every single person at Edgbaston is up on their feet, applauding an innings from a debutant that was as brave as it was entertaining. With the way he was going about butchering the ball in all parts of the ground, he deserved to get to three figures. Full and fired down outside off, Razaullah comes flying down the track looking to launch it back over the bowler's head, but the extra pace and the lower trajectory of the ball beats the bat, and Jordan Cox is lightning quick to whip the bails off with Razaullah off-balance and out of his crease by a mile. England have been set a total of 130 runs to chase. |
| 0 | 96.3 | 96.3: Dan Lawrence to Razaullah, Given out by Paul Reiffel, but luck favors Razaullah. Another shocking decision from the umpire. Full on middle and leg, turning back in, and Razaullah goes for the full-blooded sweep by moving well across, only to be beaten on the inside edge and struck on the front pad. Surely drifting down leg from where it looked. A massive appeal for LBW, and Paul Reiffel's finger goes up without hesitation. Razaullah starts walking off but eventually takes the review. No bat involved, UltraEdge confirms it. And sure enough, Ball Tracking shows that the ball is projected to be spinning down leg. The Pakistani faithful erupt in joy and relief. |
| 0 | 96.2 | 96.2: Dan Lawrence to Razaullah, At 91 kph, good length and outside off, gripping and climbing off the surface. Razaullah pushes tentatively at it, but the turn beats him on the inside edge, ballooning off the front pad into the leg side. |
| 6 | 96.1 | 96.1: Dan Lawrence to Razaullah, SIX! Oh, my word! That might be the biggest six of the day! Dan drops it into the slot, full on off, Razaullah skips down the track, leaves nothing in the tank and launches it handsomely behind deep mid-wicket for a massive six. |
| 0 | 95.6 | 95.6: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Ali, Full and straight, on off, Ali gets his front foot out of the way and strokes it to mid off. |
| 0 | 95.5 | 95.5: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Ali, Deceives him with a slower one, on off, on a length. Ali has his bat dangled loosely away from his body and is comprehensively beaten. |
| 0 | 95.4 | 95.4: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Ali, Shortish on off stump at 135 kph, Ali looks to pull across the line but gets a bottom edge that skews off his front pad to the left of forward short leg. |
| 0 | 95.3 | 95.3: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Ali, This one digs in and gets big on Ali as he steps away to the leg side, and swings at it. The ball beats him on the outside edge and through to Cox. |
| 4 | 95.2 | 95.2: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Ali, FOUR! No sighters needed! Good-length delivery, on middle and leg, Mohammad Ali backs away, creates room and heaves it over mid-wicket for a boundary to get off the mark. |
| 0 | 95.1 | 95.1: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Abbas, OUT! CAUGHT! And at long last, England have a wicket. Good length outside off that nips back in. Abbas backs away and has a casual go, only to skew it uppishly toward backward point, where Atkinson dives low to his right and comes up with a smart catch. A highly entertaining 121-run partnership is broken and Pakistan are 439/9, leading by 119 runs. Abbas walks off with a huge round of applause from one and all at Edgbaston. |
| 0 | 94.6 | 94.6: Dan Lawrence to Mohammad Abbas, What happened there? Fullish outside off at 80 kph, turning back in. Abbas goes for the reverse sweep across the line but gets beaten on the inside edge, with the ball skewing off the front pad into the leg side, to the right of forward short leg, for a leg bye. Hang on, folks! England have sent this upstairs for LBW, a late call from Joe Root. UltraEdge shows no bat involved, but the ball has struck his arm guard instead. Ball Tracker has it pitching outside off, and impact outside off too. Abbas survives, stays not out. |
| 1 | 94.5 | 94.5: Dan Lawrence to Razaullah, Better, much better! Pushed through, around off, Razaullah takes a giant stride forward and taps it into covers for a single. |
| 0 | 94.4 | 94.4: Dan Lawrence to Razaullah, Dropped full and around off, turning in, Razaullah has a big mow across the line but it goes on the bounce to Root at square leg. |
| 0 | 94.3 | 94.3: Dan Lawrence to Razaullah, And again! Full, spinning in with a bit of bounce. Razaullah leans on, plays with low hands and blocks it under his bat. |
| 0 | 94.2 | 94.2: Dan Lawrence to Razaullah, Boring from Razaullah. He stretches forward and blocks the full ball with a straight bat. |
| 0 | 94.1 | 94.1: Dan Lawrence to Razaullah, Spins in from a length, outside off, Razaullah goes for the late cut, but gets beaten. |
| 0 | 93.6 | 93.6: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Abbas, Short-pitched delivery around off, slanting it in. Abbas moves to the off side and ducks under it with ease. |
| 2 | 93.5 | 93.5: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Abbas, Shorter in length, over off. Abbas hops to the leg side and stabs it down square through the off side for a couple of more handy runs. |
| 0 | 93.4 | 93.4: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Abbas, A rare wild slog across the line from Abbas. Good length over middle and leg, angling in with some good carry. Abbas backs away and swings for the fences but misses. |
| 0 | 93.3 | 93.3: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Abbas, A bouncer now, over middle stump, Abbas sits down under it. |
| 0 | 93.2 | 93.2: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Abbas, Dug in shorter over middle, darted back in. Mohammad Abbas stays back and fends it to the off side. |
| 1 | 93.1 | 93.1: Josh Tongue to Razaullah, Back of a length and around off, Razaullah hops back and nurdles it down past covers for a single. |
| 0 | 92.6 | 92.6: Gus Atkinson to Mohammad Abbas, A bumper to end with, dug in short and over leg stump. Abbas ducks under it wothout a fuss. |
| 0 | 92.5 | 92.5: Gus Atkinson to Razaullah, A full ball to switch things up, darted in at the pads. Razaullah misses the flick and the ball thuds off the pads towards gully for a leg bye. |
| 0 | 92.4 | 92.4: Gus Atkinson to Razaullah, Back of a length, angling down leg, Razaullah walks across and tries to swing it fine on the leg side but misses again. Surely, this can't be a deliberate line from Gus Atkinson, could it? |
| 0 | 92.3 | 92.3: Gus Atkinson to Razaullah, That's wayward from Gus. Slightly short but sprayed well down the leg side. Razaullah swings and misses. |
| 0 | 92.2 | 92.2: Gus Atkinson to Razaullah, Banged in short again, down leg, Razaullah gets inside the line to smoke it leg side but fails to connect. |
| 0 | 92.1 | 92.1: Gus Atkinson to Razaullah, Short ball, angling down leg. Razaullah has a think about taking it on, but then just ducks under it. |
| 0 | 91.6 | 91.6: Jofra Archer to Mohammad Abbas, Digs it short, outside off, Abbas lets it through by dragging his bat inside the line of the ball. |
| 0 | 91.5 | 91.5: Jofra Archer to Mohammad Abbas, Shortens the length further, outside off, Abbas dangles the bat away from his body and tries to flay that behind point, but the ball zips past his angled bat. |
| 0 | 91.4 | 91.4: Jofra Archer to Mohammad Abbas, Good length, outside off, Abbas arches back and drops his wrists. |
| 4 | 91.3 | 91.3: Jofra Archer to Mohammad Abbas, FOUR! Finds the gap perfectly! Full and on the off stump, Abbas lets his hands through the line of the ball and creams it through extra cover for a cracking boundary. The lead for Pakistan is now 113 runs! |
| 0 | 91.2 | 91.2: Jofra Archer to Mohammad Abbas, Steep bumper, on off, Abbas awkwardly fends it to the gully region. |
| 0 | 91.1 | 91.1: Jofra Archer to Mohammad Abbas, Short and down leg, Abbas lets it through. |
| 6 | 90.6 | 90.6: Gus Atkinson to Razaullah, SIX! WONDERFUL! Just wonderful ball-striking from Razaullah. He is not showing any signs of slowing down. Outside off on a good length, Razaullah stays leg side of the ball and literally slaps it over deep extra cover for his eighth six. He moves to 73 off just 48 balls. |
| 0 | 90.5 | 90.5: Gus Atkinson to Mohammad Abbas, Abbas moves far across the stumps to flick it to the leg side, but Gus spears in a full ball following the batter. Abbas swings and misses and the ball rolls off the pads to the leg side. They cross for a leg bye. |
| 0 | 90.4 | 90.4: Gus Atkinson to Mohammad Abbas, Slams it short, on the leg stump, Abbas swings for the hills, only to miss. |
| 6 | 90.3 | 90.3: Gus Atkinson to Mohammad Abbas, SIX! This brings up the 100-run partnership between Abbas and Razaullah. Probably the loudest cheer Pakistan have received in the last couple of weeks. On a length, on top of off, Abbas makes room by opening up his body and swats it powerfully over mid on for a six. Both the batters shake hands and are all smiles. |
| 0 | 90.2 | 90.2: Gus Atkinson to Mohammad Abbas, Sharp short ball from Gus, on the leg stump, Abbas pulls it away awkwardly towards mid-wicket, where the fielder dives to his right and makes a good stop. |
| 0 | 90.1 | 90.1: Gus Atkinson to Mohammad Abbas, On a length, attacking the stumps, Abbas hangs back and stabs it back at the bowler. |
| 4 | 89.6 | 89.6: Jofra Archer to Razaullah, FOUR! Up and over! Full and outside off, Razaullah gets under the ball nicely and pumps it over the mid off fielder for a cracking boundary. |
| 6 | 89.5 | 89.5: Jofra Archer to Razaullah, SIX! This is just outrageous stuff from Razaullah. Archer has been taken to the cleaners. Good length, around the off stump. Razaullah clears the front leg away and absolutely carts it over cow corner for a massive six. |
| 1 | 89.4 | 89.4: Jofra Archer to Mohammad Abbas, Full and outside off, Abbas chips it to the left of the mid off fielder. Root swoops across and dives to cut the ball off and keeps the batters down to a single. |
| 0 | 89.3 | 89.3: Jofra Archer to Mohammad Abbas, Length ball, outside off, Abbas strokes it to the cover fielder. |
| 0 | 89.2 | 89.2: Jofra Archer to Mohammad Abbas, Beats the edge! Good-length delivery, outside the off pole, staying a wee bit low and nipping in. Abbas dangles the bat away from his body to access the off side, but gets beaten on the inside edge. |
| 0 | 89.1 | 89.1: Jofra Archer to Mohammad Abbas, Wide yorker, Abbas reaches out and digs it out to backward point. |
| 1 | 88.6 | 88.6: Gus Atkinson to Mohammad Abbas, Full and on the leg stump, Abbas flicks it to wide mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0 | 88.5 | 88.5: Gus Atkinson to Mohammad Abbas, Attacks the pads, on a length, Abbas tries to nudge it across but misses and is struck hard on the thigh pad. |
| 2 | 88.4 | 88.4: Gus Atkinson to Mohammad Abbas, Back of a length, angled at the pads. Abbas hangs back and steers it to the left of Robinson at deep square leg for a couple of runs. |
| 0 | 88.3 | 88.3: Gus Atkinson to Mohammad Abbas, Short ball over middle, doesn't rise much, but Abbas gets under it well. |
| 2 | 88.2 | 88.2: Gus Atkinson to Mohammad Abbas, Nicely played. A bit shorter and outside off, Mohammad Abbas presses onto the back foot and guides it away between the slip cordon and gully for a couple of runs. |
| 0 | 88.1 | 88.1: Gus Atkinson to Mohammad Abbas, Back of a length, in and around off, Abbas defends it to cover and Razaullah is on his bike at the non-striker's end. Abbas sends him back and rightly so. |
| 0 | 87.6 | 87.6: Jofra Archer to Razaullah, Play and a miss! Razaullah is admonishing himself. Outside off and full, Razaullah swings hard and wild at it, only for the ball to zoot away and beat his outside edge. |
| 6 | 87.5 | 87.5: Jofra Archer to Razaullah, SIX MORE! That is ball-striking at its best. Jofra turns away in frustration and trudges back to his mark, not every day does a bowler of his class get tonked down the ground by a tailender. Pakistan's 400 comes up in the process. Full and on the stumps, right in the slot, Razaullah clears his front leg once again and swings for the heavens, connecting cleanly to send it sailing over the sightscreen for another maximum. |
| 6 | 87.4 | 87.4: Jofra Archer to Razaullah, SIX! FIFTY ON DEBUT FOR RAZAULLAH! What a debut Test match this young lad is having. He has impressed with the ball, and is now putting on a real show with the bat. Good-length ball outside the off stump, nipping back in, Razaullah backs away and clears his front leg before hoisting that cleanly over long off for a huge six. |
| 2 | 87.3 | 87.3: Jofra Archer to Razaullah, In the air... lands safely! Full and on the stumps, Razaullah launches it down the ground, but the bat twists at the point of contact. Luckily for him, the ball lands and just plugs in the vacant long off region. Two runs taken. |
| 0 | 87.2 | 87.2: Jofra Archer to Razaullah, Beaten! Full, outside off stump, 133 kph, Razaullah clears his front leg and once again swings wildly across the line. He is beaten on the outside edge. |
| 0 | 87.1 | 87.1: Jofra Archer to Razaullah, Hammers it on a good length, following the batter as Razaullah moves leg side to pull. He is cramped for space as the ball tails in a touch and beats the bat on its way to the keeper. |
| 4 | 86.6 | 86.6: Ollie Robinson to Mohammad Abbas, FOUR! Marvelous shot! Back of a length, around the off stump, Abbas stands tall, gets his front leg out of the way to create room, and absolutely crunches it over the bowler's head for a cracking boundary. Pakistan lead by 66 runs and this partnership is worth 68. |
| 0 | 86.5 | 86.5: Ollie Robinson to Mohammad Abbas, Good length, outside off, Abbas stays leg side of the ball and scythes it to backward point. Emilio Gay dives to his right and makes a fine stop there. |
| 0 | 86.4 | 86.4: Ollie Robinson to Mohammad Abbas, Full and straight, on middle, Abbas drives it to extra cover. |
| 0 | 86.3 | 86.3: Ollie Robinson to Mohammad Abbas, Straightens off the pitch, on a length, in the channel. Abbas plays inside the line to block as the ball zips past his outside edge. |
| 0 | 86.2 | 86.2: Ollie Robinson to Mohammad Abbas, Big swing, but no edge found! On a fuller length, outside off with a very sharp deviation and bounce. Abbas clears the front leg and swings across the line, but fails to connect. |
| 0 | 86.1 | 86.1: Ollie Robinson to Mohammad Abbas, Bowled full, on off. Abbas is rock-solid in his defence. |
| 4 | 85.6 | 85.6: Jofra Archer to Razaullah, FOUR! It just keeps getting better and better for Razaullah. The lead for Pakistan swells to 62 runs now. Archer goes searching for a yorker, but slips in a low full toss. Razaullah drops the bat down in time and crunches it through cover and point for a boundary. A nod approval from Archer as well. Razaullah moves into his 40s. |
| 0 | 85.5 | 85.5: Jofra Archer to Mohammad Abbas, A toe-crusher from Archer, on the leg stump, Abbas is late to bring his bat down and the ball deflects off his boot and rolls to backward square leg. They cross for a leg bye. |
| 0 | 85.4 | 85.4: Jofra Archer to Mohammad Abbas, Angled down leg, on a fuller length. Abbas gets across to flick and misses. |
| 1 | 85.3 | 85.3: Jofra Archer to Razaullah, On a fuller length, on the leg stump, Razaullah hammers it down to long on for a single. |
| 0 | 85.2 | 85.2: Jofra Archer to Razaullah, Nips away a wee bit, on a length, outside off. Another wild swing and a miss from Razaullah. |
| 0 | 85.1 | 85.1: Jofra Archer to Razaullah, Back of a length, outside off, Razaullah keeps swinging at it, but the ball stays low and passes below his angled bat. |
| 0 | 84.6 | 84.6: Ollie Robinson to Mohammad Abbas, Good length around off, played from the crease and nudged down to point. |
| 0 | 84.5 | 84.5: Ollie Robinson to Mohammad Abbas, Excellent comeback by Robinson. Full-pitched delivery outside off, a genuine outswinger and Abbas plays well inside the line. |
| 6 | 84.4 | 84.4: Ollie Robinson to Mohammad Abbas, SIX! Mohammad Abbas has played smartly so far, but now he shows that he's got some firepower as well. Length ball on off, Abbas hangs back, makes room and thwacks it away over deep mid-wicket for a biggie. |
| 0 | 84.3 | 84.3: Ollie Robinson to Mohammad Abbas, Good length around the top of off, solidly blocked off by Abbas. |
| 1 | 84.2 | 84.2: Ollie Robinson to Razaullah, Hard length, seaming back into the batter. Razaullah gets taken aback a bit but gets an inside edge onto the body and the ball drops to the leg side. A quick single is pinched, and Pakistan now lead by 50 runs. A monumental effort in the second innings from them. |
| 4 | 84.1 | 84.1: Ollie Robinson to Razaullah, FOUR! No one was expecting that from Razaullah. Back of a length and just outside off, Razaullah plays a perfect backfoot punch and times it sweetly through the gap at covers for a boundary. The 50-run stand is also up between these two. |
| 0 | 83.6 | 83.6: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Abbas, Full and outside off, Abbas gets low and squeezes it away towards gully. |
| 0 | 83.5 | 83.5: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Abbas, Back of a length, in the channel, Abbas gets a bit squared up as he tries to fend it away and the ball zips past the outside edge. |
| 4 | 83.4 | 83.4: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Abbas, FOUR! Streaky! A quick bumper, nearly cleans up Mohammad Abbas but he manages to swing at it and gets a top edge that flies over the slip cordon for a boundary. Pakistan now lead by 45 runs, with two wickets still in hand. |
| 0 | 83.3 | 83.3: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Abbas, Length ball in the channel, well kept out by Abbas. |
| 1 | 83.2 | 83.2: Josh Tongue to Razaullah, Razaullah finally makes contact with the ball, and gets away with a mishit as well. A skiddy short ball over middle, Razaullah backs away and top-edges the pull over mid on. Jofra Archer turns back and runs after it but the ball lands well out of reach. Single taken. |
| 0 | 83.1 | 83.1: Josh Tongue to Razaullah, How has that missed the stumps? This would be frustrating for any bowler. Full of a good length, lands it on off and the ball just jags back in sharply. Razaullah backs away and tentatively tries to fend it away but misses and the ball goes agonizingly past the leg stump. |
| 0 | 82.6 | 82.6: Dan Lawrence to Mohammad Abbas, Another appeal, this time for a caught behind, but not given. Fullish length around off, turning in. Mohammad Abbas goes for the conventional sweep this time but the ball stays low and beats the underedge. |
| 2 | 82.5 | 82.5: Dan Lawrence to Mohammad Abbas, Flighted up on the pads, nudged away around the corner on the leg side for a couple of runs. |
| 0 | 82.4 | 82.4: Dan Lawrence to Mohammad Abbas, Full and at the stumps, Abbas brings out the reverse sweep again, dabbing it away towards gully. |
| 0 | 82.3 | 82.3: Dan Lawrence to Mohammad Abbas, Tossed up on off, Abbas blocks it off the front foot. |
| 0 | 82.2 | 82.2: Dan Lawrence to Mohammad Abbas, Excellent take from Joe Root and there's half an appeal for a catch, but the umpire says no. Floated up on leg, turning further in. Mohammad Abbas misses the tickle and the ball misses everything else as well. Root dives to his right at leg slip and pouches it brilliantly with the right hand. |
| 4 | 82.1 | 82.1: Dan Lawrence to Mohammad Abbas, FOUR! Wow, where's that come from? Tossed up, fuller on off. Mohammad Abbas brings out the reverse sweep and nails it past the backward point fielder for a boundary. |
| 0 | 81.6 | 81.6: Josh Tongue to Razaullah, Make that five swings and misses in a row now. Bowled full again and outside off, Razaullah looks to hit straighter this time, but the ball again evades the bat. |
| 0 | 81.5 | 81.5: Josh Tongue to Razaullah, Tongue stares into the abyss, it seems, unable to believe that the ball isn't hitting the stumps or taking an edge here. Full-pitched delivery around off, Razaullah looks to drag that to the leg side but misses. |
| 0 | 81.4 | 81.4: Josh Tongue to Razaullah, This is just blind swinging now from Razaullah. Hard length, in and around off, Razaullah swings across the line but is nowhere near making a connection. |
| 0 | 81.3 | 81.3: Josh Tongue to Razaullah, Just over the top of the stumps! Full again, slanted back in towards the stumps. Razaullah has a big swing at it but misses and the ball carries over the stumps. |
| 0 | 81.2 | 81.2: Josh Tongue to Razaullah, Much better line from Tongue. Pitched fuller and just outside off, Razaullah clears the front leg to heave across the line but is beaten for pace. |
| 0 | 81.1 | 81.1: Josh Tongue to Razaullah, FOUR LEG BYES! Ill-directed by Tongue. Good length but drifted onto the pads, Razaullah misses the flick and the ball brushes the pad, before running away into the fine leg fence. |
| 0 | 80.6 | 80.6: Dan Lawrence to Mohammad Abbas, Tossed up on off, Abbas defends it down the pitch. |
| 1 | 80.5 | 80.5: Dan Lawrence to Razaullah, Nice and full around middle, Razaullah leans on and defends it to cover. Mohammad Abbas calls him through for a quick single and Razaullah scampers through. Emilio Gay picks it up and throws it to the keeper, but he should have really thrown it at the bowler's end, where Razaullah loses his bat and falls over while making his ground. 350 UP FOR PAKISTAN! They now lead by 30 runs. |
| 0 | 80.4 | 80.4: Dan Lawrence to Razaullah, Flatter one, angled across the off stump. Razaullah hangs back and looks to drag it to the leg side but misses. |
| 0 | 80.3 | 80.3: Dan Lawrence to Razaullah, Quicker and shorter, darted down the leg side. Razaullah misses the tickle and Jordan Cox collects it sharply to his left. |
| 0 | 80.2 | 80.2: Dan Lawrence to Razaullah, Floated up on middle, trying to turn it back in, Razaullah blocks it down the pitch. |
| 0 | 80.1 | 80.1: Dan Lawrence to Razaullah, Bowled from around the wicket, slipping it down the leg side. Good take from the keeper. |
| 0 | 79.6 | 79.6: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Abbas, A low full toss from around the wicket. Abbas pushes it off the toe end and past the diving bowler, towards mid on. A bit of a mix-up between the batters, and eventually they don't go for the single. |
| 0 | 79.5 | 79.5: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Abbas, Tongue goes back to the short stuff, digging it in over off stump. Mohammad Abbas takes a step to the off side and then ducks under it. |
| 0 | 79.4 | 79.4: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Abbas, Full and just outside off, just shaping away from the off stump line. Abbas backs away to lace it through the off side but misses. |
| 1 | 79.3 | 79.3: Josh Tongue to Razaullah, A bumper from around the wicket, targeting the body of the batter. Razaullah gets into an awkward position and just flicks it without looking, mistiming it to the left of fine leg for a single. |
| 0 | 79.2 | 79.2: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Abbas, Shorter and following the batter past the leg stump, but this is spilled way down the leg side. The ball beats the keeper and rolls down to fine leg for a bye. |
| 0 | 79.1 | 79.1: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Abbas, Short-pitched delivery on off, seaming away late. Abbas ducks under it well. |
| 6 | 78.6 | 78.6: Gus Atkinson to Razaullah, SIX! That's gone way deep, and Razaullah brings up his fourth six of this innings, moving on to 30 off just 19 balls. Hard length around off, Razaullah again stays leg side of the ball and wallops it wide of long on for a biggie. |
| 6 | 78.5 | 78.5: Gus Atkinson to Razaullah, SIX! Razaullah is having fun out there. Full and straight, trying to slide one through to the stumps. Razaullah clears the front leg and tonks it away over long on for another maximum. |
| 0 | 78.4 | 78.4: Gus Atkinson to Razaullah, Atkinson goes back to bowling short, digging it in over middle. Razaullah lets it through. |
| 6 | 78.3 | 78.3: Gus Atkinson to Razaullah, SIX! Swung high and over the leg side. Good length at the stumps, Razaullah sets base deep in the crease, backs away and smokes it high over deep square leg, nearly into the hotel being constructed over there. Pakistan now lead by 15 runs. |
| 0 | 78.2 | 78.2: Gus Atkinson to Razaullah, Banged in short around off, Razaullah ducks under this one. |
| 0 | 78.1 | 78.1: Gus Atkinson to Razaullah, Hard length in and around off, Razaullah jabs it out to the left of the bowler. |
| 4 | 77.6 | 77.6: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Abbas, FOUR! Wowza! This is entertaining stuff. Pitched full, an off-cutter on off, Mohammad Abbas creates room, and hammers it over mid on for a boundary. Pakistan lead by 9 runs! |
| 0 | 77.5 | 77.5: Josh Tongue to Mohammad Abbas, Fuller one, on the leg stump, drilled down to mid on. |
| 1 | 77.4 | 77.4: Josh Tongue to Razaullah, Short of a good length, on top of middle and leg. Razaullah pulls it hard, leaving nothing in the tank, but only to miscue it off the toe end towards a crowded leg side. One run taken. |
| 0 | 77.3 | 77.3: Josh Tongue to Razaullah, Attempted yorker, Razaullah clears the front leg away and drags it towards mid on. |
| 0 | 77.2 | 77.2: Josh Tongue to Razaullah, Digs in a sharp bumper, on leg, Razaullah ducks under it in the nick of time. |
| 0 | 77.1 | 77.1: Josh Tongue to Razaullah, Whoa! He tried to smoke that out of Edgbaston. Shortish delivery, over middle, Razaullah swings like a rusty gate to pull it across, but misses out. |
| 0 | 76.6 | 76.6: Gus Atkinson to Mohammad Abbas, Leg cutter now, full and wide outside off, Abbas crouches a bit and drags it across to the mid-wicket region. |
| 0 | 76.5 | 76.5: Gus Atkinson to Mohammad Abbas, Back of a length, on middle, nipping in. Abbas gets on his toes and awkwardly tucks it to short mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 76.4 | 76.4: Gus Atkinson to Mohammad Abbas, Hammers it short on the leg stump, Abbas dodges the bullet. |
| 0 | 76.3 | 76.3: Gus Atkinson to Mohammad Abbas, Slides it far down leg, on a length. Abbas misses to nudge it across and Cox once again takes a diving grab, low to his left. |
| 0 | 76.2 | 76.2: Gus Atkinson to Mohammad Abbas, Attacks the stumps, full in length, Abbas presents straight bat face to block it into covers. |
| 0 | 76.1 | 76.1: Gus Atkinson to Mohammad Abbas, On the stumps, full at 138 kph, Abbas flicks it to square leg. |
| 0 | 75.6 | 75.6: Josh Tongue to Razaullah, Shoots in a short ball, going down the leg side. No interest from Razaullah on this one. |
| 0 | 75.5 | 75.5: Josh Tongue to Razaullah, Deceptive slower bouncer, on top of the stumps, nipping in. Razaullah swings his blade in January but the ball arrives in December and beats him up comprehesively. |
| 0 | 75.4 | 75.4: Josh Tongue to Razaullah, Shortish delivery around off, Razaullah ducks underneath that once more. |
| 0 | 75.3 | 75.3: Josh Tongue to Razaullah, Wayward bumper, way down leg, Razaullah ducks under it. Cox flings to his left to pluck it in his gloves. |
| 6 | 75.2 | 75.2: Josh Tongue to Razaullah, SIX! He has literally picked the bones out of it and has ensured England come out to bat again. Short ball from Tongue, angled on the leg stump. Razaullah swings with all his might and manages to get a good piece of wood on it as he pulls it into the stands behind deep square leg. Pakistan lead by 4 runs! That's a mighty blow from Razaullah. |
| 0 | 75.1 | 75.1: Josh Tongue to Razaullah, A short ball that refuses to rise, going down the leg stump. Razaullah sits underneath it. Cox with another banger of a grab to his left. |
| 0 | 74.6 | 74.6: Gus Atkinson to Mohammad Abbas, Tries to spear in a yorker, but Abbas does well to jam the bat down, takes it on the full and carves it out. |
| 0 | 74.5 | 74.5: Gus Atkinson to Mohammad Abbas, On a back of a length, around off, Abbas taps it off the back foot to covers. |
| 0 | 74.4 | 74.4: Gus Atkinson to Mohammad Imran, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Another brilliant catch from Cox and Atkinson gets his third wicket. Carbon copy Ghori's wicket, this one. Nips in from a good length, on top of middle. Mohammad Imran is pinned in the crease, getting completely cramped for space. His bat comes down at an angle as he looks to block from the crease but ekes a thin inside edge back to the keeper. Jordan Cox stretches on his dive to his left and gobbles up a fine catch. It is falling apart quickly now for Pakistan. They are 318/8, trailing by 2 runs. |
| 0 | 74.3 | 74.3: Gus Atkinson to Mohammad Imran, Short but down leg, ducked under. Cox collects it by moving a bit to his left. |
| 0 | 74.2 | 74.2: Gus Atkinson to Mohammad Imran, Speared onto the stumps, 136 kph, on middle, Imran strokes the full ball to mid-wicket off the inner half. Razaullah looks to pinch in a single, but gets sent back in time. |
| 1 | 74.1 | 74.1: Gus Atkinson to Razaullah, Nearly a yorker, on middle and leg. Razaullah swings his bat hard and shovels it out to the mid on region for a single. |
| 0 | 73.7 | 73.6: Jofra Archer to Mohammad Imran, Another one that is slammed hard into the surface, around off and on a good length. Mohammad Imran arches back, drops his wrists and gets out of the line of the projectile shot at him. |
| 0 | 73.6 | 73.5: Jofra Archer to Mohammad Imran, Short of a good length, on off, Imran dodges. |
| 0 | 73.5 | 73.5: Jofra Archer to Mohammad Imran, Oh, he is throwing his bat at it and Archer gives Imran a steely stare. It's called a No Ball as Jofra has overstepped. Banged into the pitch, arriving above shoulder height, on off. Imran swings wildly at it to pull across the line, but gets beaten by the pace and bounce. |
| 0 | 73.4 | 73.4: Jofra Archer to Mohammad Imran, Hard length, on top of middle with extra bit of zip and lift. Imran fences it off the back foot into covers. |
| 0 | 73.3 | 73.3: Jofra Archer to Mohammad Imran, Slightly short and outside off, Mohammad Imran drops his wrists and sways away from the firing line. The ball does not rise much but he manages to leave it. |
| 0 | 73.2 | 73.2: Jofra Archer to Mohammad Imran, Far down leg, too straight on a length. Imran misses to glance it around the corner. |
| 0 | 73.1 | 73.1: Jofra Archer to Mohammad Imran, Sharp bumper, on middle and leg, Imran ducks under it. |
| 0 | 72.6 | 72.6: Gus Atkinson to Razaullah, Responds with a steamy bumper, does Gus. He follows the batter who moves leg side, but Razaullah does well to duck under it to leave it. |
| 4 | 72.5 | 72.5: Gus Atkinson to Razaullah, FOUR! Well, that's another way to get off the mark! Back of a length, around off, Razaullah walks forward and seemingly looks to heave it over the leg side, but the ball gets sliced and shanked over and wide of mid off for a boundary. Pakistan trail by 4 runs now. |
| 0 | 72.4 | 72.4: Gus Atkinson to Ghazi Ghori, OUT! EDGED AND CAUGHT BEHIND! Atkinson has his second wicket as the last recognised batter for Pakistan departs. He bashes the length hard and it nips in off the seam, on top of off and middle. It cuts Ghazi into half as he looks to block off the back foot. But leaves a yawning gap between bat and pad and the ball grazes the inside edge to shoot low in front of the keeper. Jordan Cox with another brilliant catch as he dives forward, a bit to his left, and scoops it cleanly. The tourists are 312/7, trailing by 8 runs. |
| 1 | 72.3 | 72.3: Gus Atkinson to Mohammad Imran, Jags back, on a length, on leg. Imran steers it past square leg for a run. |
| 0 | 72.2 | 72.2: Gus Atkinson to Mohammad Imran, Full-ish, on the pads, clipped across to mid-wicket. |
| 1 | 72.1 | 72.1: Gus Atkinson to Ghazi Ghori, 1 run, the batter has just watchfully blocked this out for a run. |
| 0 | 71.6 | 71.6: Jofra Archer to Mohammad Imran, A well-directed bumper, over middle and leg. Imran backs away and swings wildly across the line, getting beaten for pace and bounce. |
| 0 | 71.5 | 71.5: Jofra Archer to Mohammad Imran, Good carry off the deck. Archer peppers the hard length, keeping the line in and around off stump. Imran hangs back and has a late push at it but gets well beaten. |
| 0 | 71.4 | 71.4: Jofra Archer to Mohammad Imran, Another short ball, over middle, Imran squats down and leaves it alone. That wasn't all that high either. |
| 0 | 71.3 | 71.3: Jofra Archer to Mohammad Imran, Archer is back over the wicket and bowls a quick bumper on off. Imran leans back to let it through to the keeper. |
| 0 | 71.2 | 71.2: Jofra Archer to Mohammad Imran, Past the outside edge. Length ball, slanted across from middle to off. Imran hangs back and has a poke at it but the ball zips past the outside edge. |
| 0 | 71.1 | 71.1: Jofra Archer to Mohammad Imran, A bumper from around the wicket, trying to attack the batter's body. Mohammad Imran does well to duck under it. |
| 1 | 70.6 | 70.6: Gus Atkinson to Mohammad Imran, On the pads, clipped away behind square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 70.5 | 70.5: Gus Atkinson to Mohammad Imran, Banged in well short over the stumps, Imran ducks under the ball. |
| 0 | 70.4 | 70.4: Gus Atkinson to Ghazi Ghori, No harm done in the end. Atkinson goes a bit wider on the crease, pushing it fuller and into the pads. Ghazi Ghori shuffles to the off side, looking to flick but misses. The ball brushes the side of the pad and rolls behind square. There is an appeal for LBW, which is turned down and the batters scamper for the leg bye. The square leg fielder underarms the throw at the stumps at the keeper's end and there is a run-out check as well. The run-out is fine as Imran's bat is grounded and there's no review for the LBW decision. |
| 0 | 70.3 | 70.3: Gus Atkinson to Ghazi Ghori, Good review from Ghazi Ghori, and he knew it straightaway. Ooh, an appeal for LBW, and it's been given, but it looked a tad high. Ghori does review it right away, though. Good length from Gus Atkinson, pitching it on off and getting the ball to nip back in. Ghazi Ghori tentatively looks to keep it out from the crease. The ball beats the inside edge and gets hit on the pads. UltraEdge, however, shows that there is a big inside edge on it. The on-field decision is overturned. Not Out. |
| 0 | 70.2 | 70.2: Gus Atkinson to Ghazi Ghori, That's nearly cut Ghori in half. Hammered in back of a length, the ball pitches and jags back in sharply, catching Ghori off guard, and he gets hit on the thigh pad. |
| 0 | 70.1 | 70.1: Gus Atkinson to Ghazi Ghori, Very full and spilled down the leg side, Ghori moves past the off stump, looking to flick it fine but misses. |
| 0 | 69.6 | 69.6: Jofra Archer to Mohammad Imran, A sharp bumper at 135 clicks, darts back in from middle. Imran sees it well and squats under it. End of a successful over from Archer. |
| 0 | 69.5 | 69.5: Jofra Archer to Mohammad Imran, Pitched much fuller and on leg stump, Imran gets halfway forward and keeps it out. |
| 0 | 69.4 | 69.4: Jofra Archer to Mohammad Imran, Banged in sort over off, Mohammad Imran does well to duck under it. |
| 2 | 69.3 | 69.3: Jofra Archer to Mohammad Imran, Back of a length, in and around off, dabbed away past the slip cordon for a couple of runs by Imran. |
| 0 | 69.2 | 69.2: Jofra Archer to Saud Shakeel, OUT! CAUGHT! Finally, some success for Jofra Archer and he's more relieved than happy. Archer bangs it in short but keeps the seam upright. The ball lands around off, and jags back in with some sharp bounce. Saud Shakeel, who had been ducking really well, gets pegged back and takes his eyes off the ball, jabbing his bat in front of his face. The ball catches the gloves and then hits the helmet lobbing up. Emilio Gay at forward short leg moves to his right and takes an easy catch. Pakistan still trail by 14 runs, and are now 6 down for 306. |
| 0 | 69.1 | 69.1: Jofra Archer to Saud Shakeel, Good length in the channel, nips away off the deck and squares up the batter. Shakeel ends up playing inside the line. |
| 0 | 68.6 | 68.6: Gus Atkinson to Ghazi Ghori, That's a good delivery. A bumper over middle, coming in at around head height and Ghori ducks a bit, letting it sail through to the keeper. |
| 4 | 68.5 | 68.5: Gus Atkinson to Ghazi Ghori, FOUR! Streaky, but fairly well played as well. Back of a length, seaming away from the fifth stump line. Ghazi Ghori presses back and plays it late, edging it to the left of gully for four runs. |
| 0 | 68.4 | 68.4: Gus Atkinson to Ghazi Ghori, Too straight. Banged in halfway down the pitch but darted down the leg side. Jordan Cox leaps to his left to collect it. |
| 0 | 68.3 | 68.3: Gus Atkinson to Ghazi Ghori, Good length around off, played off the front foot and with soft hands, wide to the right of point. Ghori looks for the single, which is on, but Shakeel sends him back. |
| 0 | 68.2 | 68.2: Gus Atkinson to Ghazi Ghori, Fuller and wider of the off stump, shaping away. Left alone by Ghori. |
| 0 | 68.1 | 68.1: Gus Atkinson to Ghazi Ghori, Full of a good length, on off and angling in. Ghori gets across and defends it down the pitch. |
| 0 | 67.6 | 67.6: Jofra Archer to Saud Shakeel, A proper bumper from around the wicket. This is dug in just outside the line of off stump and Shakeel ducks under it. |
| 1 | 67.5 | 67.5: Jofra Archer to Ghazi Ghori, Back of a length, Ghori hops up and tucks it off the hips past short leg, and towards mid-wicket for a quick single. Pakistan now trail by just 18 runs. |
| 0 | 67.4 | 67.4: Jofra Archer to Ghazi Ghori, Another short ball, this time over the off stump line, Ghori leaves it alone. |
| 4 | 67.3 | 67.3: Jofra Archer to Ghazi Ghori, FOUR! Up and over, and the 300 is up for Pakistan. Attempted bumper at the bodyline, Ghazi Ghori rides the bounce well, swivels and pulls it flat over the backward square leg fielder for a boundary. |
| 0 | 67.2 | 67.2: Jofra Archer to Ghazi Ghori, Back of a length, slanted down the leg side. Ghori moves inside the line and lets it through. |
| 0 | 67.1 | 67.1: Jofra Archer to Ghazi Ghori, A short ball to begin with. Banged in over leg stump and darts down the leg side. Ghazi Ghori takes evasive action by ducking under it. |
| 0 | 66.6 | 66.6: Ollie Robinson to Saud Shakeel, That will be that, and it's Tea on Day 3. Full of a length, just outside off, nibbling away late. Shakeel makes a watchful leave. |
| 0 | 66.5 | 66.5: Ollie Robinson to Saud Shakeel, Pitched fuller and just outside off, a hint of movement back in. Shakeel makes a late leave. |
| 0 | 66.4 | 66.4: Ollie Robinson to Saud Shakeel, Good-length delivery on off, Shakeel gets forward and covers the line, but gets a bit squared up and dabs it down to point. |
| 0 | 66.3 | 66.3: Ollie Robinson to Saud Shakeel, Similar line and length, a smidge fuller perhaps. Shakeel watches it well and lets it through to the keeper. |
| 0 | 66.2 | 66.2: Ollie Robinson to Saud Shakeel, Pitched fuller and outside off, nibbling away. Shakeel thinks about getting forward and driving at it, but then just leaves it alone. |
| 1 | 66.1 | 66.1: Ollie Robinson to Ghazi Ghori, Back of a length and outside off, punched away through covers for one. |
| 0 | 65.6 | 65.6: Jofra Archer to Saud Shakeel, And again! Another bumper, this one is darted back in from off stump. Shakeel squats under it. |
| 0 | 65.5 | 65.5: Jofra Archer to Saud Shakeel, A sharp bouncer around off, Shakeel ducks under it. |
| 0 | 65.4 | 65.4: Jofra Archer to Saud Shakeel, Banged in well short and over the stumps, Shakeel ducks and lets the ball pass. |
| 2 | 65.3 | 65.3: Jofra Archer to Saud Shakeel, A complete miscue, but Saud Shakeel gets away with it, and Jofra Archer has a disappointed look on his face. Short and over middle, Shakeel goes for the pull, timing it badly and uppishly but well wide of short leg and well to the left of the fielder at deepish mid-wicket. Shakeel picks up two runs as well. |
| 1 | 65.2 | 65.2: Jofra Archer to Ghazi Ghori, Dug in a bit shorter and on leg, Ghori gets inside the line and angles the pull down to fine leg for one more. |
| 1 | 65.1 | 65.1: Jofra Archer to Saud Shakeel, Back of a length, in the channel, Shakeel gets on his toes and eases it wide of point for a single. |
| 0 | 64.6 | 64.6: Ollie Robinson to Ghazi Ghori, The big inswinger now from Ollie. Bowled fuller and on off, angling back in. Ghazi Ghori gets forward and pushes it to mid on. |
| 0 | 64.5 | 64.5: Ollie Robinson to Ghazi Ghori, Back of a length, seaming away from the off stump. Ghori waits back and taps it to the on side. |
| 0 | 64.4 | 64.4: Ollie Robinson to Ghazi Ghori, Good lngth again, angled in from around off, Ghori taps it back onto the deck. |
| 0 | 64.3 | 64.3: Ollie Robinson to Ghazi Ghori, FOUR BYES! That's wayward from Robinson. Hard length, slanted well down leg. Jordan Cox is unable to collect it cleanly and the ball rolls away into the fine leg fence. |
| 0 | 64.2 | 64.2: Ollie Robinson to Ghazi Ghori, A bit fuller than the last ball, tighter around off as well. Ghori hangs back and blocks it off. |
| 2 | 64.1 | 64.1: Ollie Robinson to Ghazi Ghori, Good length, wide of the off stump, seaming away. Ghori plays it late and dabs it down through the short third region for another brace. Pakistan trail by 32 more runs. |
| 2 | 63.6 | 63.6: Jofra Archer to Saud Shakeel, Short and around chest height, Shakeel backs away and looks to pull, but ends up forcing the lofted shot over the mid off region for a couple of runs. Strange shot from Shakeel, and that could have gone anywhere. |
| 0 | 63.5 | 63.5: Jofra Archer to Saud Shakeel, Back to ducking. Another bumper, over off stump, Shakeel lets it through to the keeper. |
| 4 | 63.4 | 63.4: Jofra Archer to Saud Shakeel, FOUR! The fielding change was made to encourage Shakeel to take on the short ball, and he does just that. Dug in short and around off, Shakeel swivels around and flat-bats the pull over a leaping Joe Root in front of square leg and picks up a boundary. |
| 0 | 63.3 | 63.3: Jofra Archer to Saud Shakeel, Shakeel keeps opting to duck under the bouncers. This is bowled over off and middle, at a brisk pace and Shakeel lets it through without a fuss. |
| 0 | 63.2 | 63.2: Jofra Archer to Saud Shakeel, A well-directed short ball, over middle, straightens late as well and Shakeel ducks under it. |
| 1 | 63.1 | 63.1: Jofra Archer to Ghazi Ghori, Back of a length on off, a bit of inward movement as well. Ghori fends it in front of point for a quick single. |
| 0 | 62.6 | 62.6: Josh Tongue to Saud Shakeel, Short and over middle, this one zips through and bounces as expected. Shakeel squats under this one as well. |
| 0 | 62.5 | 62.5: Josh Tongue to Saud Shakeel, Banged in shorter around leg, doesn't rise all that much and Shakeel ducks under it well. |
| 1 | 62.4 | 62.4: Josh Tongue to Ghazi Ghori, Edged away! Much fuller this time and around off. Ghazi Ghori tries to cover the line and drive but gets an outside edge down to deep third for a single. |
| 0 | 62.3 | 62.3: Josh Tongue to Babar Azam, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Babar Azam was looking scratchy in the last two or so overs and has thrown his wicket away here. Josh Tongue bowls another short-pitched delivery, angling it down leg. Azam is early to back away and then tries to move out of the way, eventually glancing it behind. Jordan Cox springs to his left and takes an excellent diving catch. Pakistan lose their fifth wicket, and they still trail by 42 runs, leaving the door ajar for the English bowlers. |
| 0 | 62.2 | 62.2: Josh Tongue to Babar Azam, Banged in short and outside off, Azam leans back and sways away from the line of the ball. |
| 0 | 62.1 | 62.1: Josh Tongue to Babar Azam, Shortish length, angled into the hips. Azam hops to the off side and tucks it in front of square leg. |
| 0 | 61.6 | 61.6: Jofra Archer to Saud Shakeel, A lovely delivery to end the over. Length ball, shaping away from the fourth stump line. Shakeel plays and misses. |
| 0 | 61.5 | 61.5: Jofra Archer to Saud Shakeel, A sharp bumper over middle, Shakeel ducks under it well. |
| 1 | 61.4 | 61.4: Jofra Archer to Babar Azam, Oh, Babar is being sucked into the trap here, but again, he gets away with it. Banged in halfway down the pitch, around off. Azam makes room and looks to clobber it but miscues it badly over Emilio Gay at mid on for just a single. |
| 6 | 61.3 | 61.3: Jofra Archer to Babar Azam, SIX! The substitute fielder nearly pulls off a stunner. A quick, short-pitched delivery from Archer. Babar Azam backs away and goes after it, skewing it towards deep third. Theo Wylie moves back and leaps up to take the catch and then lobs it back in. He gets caught on the ropes while trying to get back in and pouch it and can't get to it. However, replays show that his leg had already touched the ropes before he flicked the ball back up. |
| 4 | 61.2 | 61.2: Jofra Archer to Babar Azam, FOUR! Azam takes on the pull, and nails it away. Short of a length, swung away off the hips and shovelled behind deep square leg for a boundary. Pakistan now trail by less than 50 runs, 49 to be exact. |
| 0 | 61.1 | 61.1: Jofra Archer to Babar Azam, Good length just outside off, Azam backs away but then just lets it through as he doesn't get the right length to cut. |
| 0 | 60.6 | 60.6: Josh Tongue to Saud Shakeel, Back of a length, slanted across off. Shakeel gets up on his toes and keeps it down on the off side. |
| 0 | 60.5 | 60.5: Josh Tongue to Saud Shakeel, Short again, just down the leg side. Shakeel ducks under it with relative ease. |
| 0 | 60.4 | 60.4: Josh Tongue to Saud Shakeel, Good take from the keeper. Another bouncer, this time over leg and Shakeel ducks under it. The ball then moves late, and Jordan Cox does well to scamper to his right and collect it with an outstretched right hand. |
| 1 | 60.3 | 60.3: Josh Tongue to Babar Azam, Not a million miles away from the close-in fielder. Short ball over middle, Babar Azam tries to pull it down but doesn't keep it completely down, hitting it to the right of a diving Joe Root at shortish square leg and goes behind for a single. |
| 0 | 60.2 | 60.2: Josh Tongue to Babar Azam, A rib-tickler from Tongue, Azam tries to move out of the way but is late and the ball goes off his jumper and rolls down to fine leg. |
| 0 | 60.1 | 60.1: Josh Tongue to Babar Azam, A bumper over middle and leg, Babar Azam ducks under it with ease. |
| 0 | 59.6 | 59.6: Jofra Archer to Saud Shakeel, A harmless delivery on a length, outside off. Shakeel ignores. |
| 0 | 59.5 | 59.5: Jofra Archer to Saud Shakeel, Pulls the length back, on top of off, Saud Shakeel rocks back and tucks it to mid on. |
| 0 | 59.4 | 59.4: Jofra Archer to Saud Shakeel, Spears it full and on middle, Saud pushes it to the left of the bowler. |
| 0 | 59.3 | 59.3: Jofra Archer to Saud Shakeel, Good length, outside off, Saud rides the bounce and taps it to the point region. |
| 0 | 59.2 | 59.2: Jofra Archer to Saud Shakeel, Around middle and leg, on a length, Saud gets across and opens the bat face at an angle to keep it out to cover. |
| 2 | 59.1 | 59.1: Jofra Archer to Saud Shakeel, Full outside off, 136 kph. Shakeel leans across and drives it past Robinson at cover, who looks a bit stiff to bend low and the ball rolls to the deep. It is mopped up by the deep point fielder to his left. Two runs taken. |
| 0 | 58.6 | 58.6: Josh Tongue to Babar Azam, Back of a length, outside off, Babar looks to play at it, but withdraws the bat inside the line to leave. |
| 4 | 58.5 | 58.5: Josh Tongue to Babar Azam, FOUR! Absolutely hammered! Enough width on offer, short and outside off. Babar waits back for the ball to arrive and nails the square cut through backward point for a blazing boundary. Tongue hasn't been consistent with his lines and lengths at all. That also brings up the 50-run partnership between Babar and Shakeel. |
| 1 | 58.4 | 58.4: Josh Tongue to Saud Shakeel, Down the leg stump, on a length, Saud comfortably wrists it to deep backward square leg for a single. Pakistan trail by 60 runs! |
| 0 | 58.3 | 58.3: Josh Tongue to Saud Shakeel, Full on middle and leg, Shakeel plants the front leg across and flicks it to mid on. |
| 2 | 58.2 | 58.2: Josh Tongue to Saud Shakeel, Short of a length, outside off, Saud hangs back and punches it between cover and point for a couple of runs. |
| 0 | 58.1 | 58.1: Josh Tongue to Saud Shakeel, Slanted across the left-hander, on a length, Saud plays far away from his body, tries to flay that through point, only to get beaten on the outside edge. |
| 0 | 57.6 | 57.6: Jofra Archer to Babar Azam, Down leg, short in length, Babar is beaten on the flick and Cox does well to dive and grab it to his left. |
| 0 | 57.5 | 57.5: Jofra Archer to Babar Azam, Outside off, on a length 138 kph, Babar lets it through. |
| 2 | 57.4 | 57.4: Jofra Archer to Babar Azam, Back of a length, angled in, Babar tucks this to widish deep square leg and ambles back for the second. |
| 4 | 57.3 | 57.3: Jofra Archer to Babar Azam, FOUR! Off the edge and Archer can't hide his frustration. Seams away from a good length, outside off, Babar Azam is squared up. Looks to defend it late but gets a massive outside edge and the ball races through gully and slip cordon for a boundary. |
| 0 | 57.2 | 57.2: Jofra Archer to Babar Azam, Too full, outside off, Babar presents full face of the bat and drives it to short cover. |
| 1 | 57.1 | 57.1: Jofra Archer to Saud Shakeel, Around the stump. Short of a good length, on middle, Saud steers it off the back foot to deep square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 56.6 | 56.6: Josh Tongue to Babar Azam, Too straight down leg, Babar tries to nudge the short ball across but misses connecting. The ball almost brushes his ribs before flying back to Cox. |
| 0 | 56.5 | 56.5: Josh Tongue to Babar Azam, Shoots low, on a length, outside off, Babar hops on the toes and stabs it to the point region. |
| 0 | 56.4 | 56.4: Josh Tongue to Babar Azam, Full on off, Babar Azam works it to mid off. |
| 0 | 56.3 | 56.3: Josh Tongue to Babar Azam, Edged, but it goes to the ground! Slightly full and skidding low, moving a fair bit away. Babar gets on the front foot, but does not put all his energy into blocking. Plays with soft hands, gets a fat outside edge but the ball rolls to Duckett at first slip. |
| 2 | 56.2 | 56.2: Josh Tongue to Babar Azam, 250 is up for Pakistan! Slanted onto the pads, full in length. Beautifully flicked by Babar to the left of mid-wicket. The fielder dives and makes a half-stop, parrying the ball behind. The man from mid on chases it down. Two runs taken. Pakistan trail by 70 runs! |
| 0 | 56.1 | 56.1: Josh Tongue to Babar Azam, Hits the deck hard by angling the ball into the batter. Babar prods forward and punches it away to extra cover. |
| 0 | 55.6 | 55.6: Gus Atkinson to Saud Shakeel, Full and straight, on off, Saud leans on and blocks it out. |
| 0 | 55.5 | 55.5: Gus Atkinson to Saud Shakeel, On a drivable length, full, shaping in and around off, Saud strokes it down to mid on. |
| 1 | 55.4 | 55.4: Gus Atkinson to Babar Azam, Oh, that spat low! On a length, on middle, Babar Azam does extremely well by getting his bat down in time and steers it off the bottom end to deep square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 55.3 | 55.3: Gus Atkinson to Babar Azam, Nagging length, on top of off, Babar stays put, plays right under his eyeline and dabs it late to gully. |
| 0 | 55.2 | 55.2: Gus Atkinson to Babar Azam, Shapes away, full and outside off. Crisply driven off the front foot by Babar, but straight to Robinson at extra cover. |
| 0 | 55.1 | 55.1: Gus Atkinson to Saud Shakeel, Slams it hard into the pitch, on the leg stump. Shakeel tries to flick it across but the ball swings in to beat the inside edge and it rolls through square leg for a leg bye. |
| 1 | 54.6 | 54.6: Josh Tongue to Saud Shakeel, A little bit of an inward shape, full around off, Saud Shakeel perhaps looks to drive it straight, but ends up squirting it off the inside half of his bat. The ball rolls towards Archer at deep mid-wicket. One run taken. A very expensive over as 11 runs come from it. |
| 1 | 54.5 | 54.5: Josh Tongue to Babar Azam, On a back of a length, outside off, Babar gets on top of the ball and square drives it to deep point for a single. Pakistan trail by 75 runs! |
| 1 | 54.4 | 54.4: Josh Tongue to Saud Shakeel, Full again, angling in, Saud clips it off the inner half of his bat to square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 54.3 | 54.3: Josh Tongue to Saud Shakeel, Full around off, Shakeel pushes it back at the bowler. |
| 0 | 54.2 | 54.2: Josh Tongue to Saud Shakeel, Back of a length, nipping down leg. Saud Shakeel misses the tickle off the back foot, and the ball deflects off his thigh pad before racing to deep fine leg fence. |
| 4 | 54.1 | 54.1: Josh Tongue to Saud Shakeel, FOUR! Chipped into the gap! Full and outside off, Saud Shakeel is a bit early into the shot, loses the grip of his bottom hand, but somehow, manages to air it wide of extra cover for a boundary. Not in complete control there. |
| 2 | 53.6 | 53.6: Gus Atkinson to Babar Azam, FIFTY FOR BABAR AZAM! He looks at the heavens with a sigh of relief as he gets to his 34th Test half-century. And this is his 7th fifty in the longest format against England as well. Back of a length, outside off, Babar steers that through cover-point and scampers back for the second run. He has looked like a man on a mission from the first ball he faced today. |
| 0 | 53.5 | 53.5: Gus Atkinson to Babar Azam, Short of a length, angled in at the ribs. Babar plays off the back foot and steers it to square leg. |
| 0 | 53.4 | 53.4: Gus Atkinson to Babar Azam, Shapes away ever so slightly, on off, Babar watchfully defends. |
| 0 | 53.3 | 53.3: Gus Atkinson to Babar Azam, Full and around off, driven off the front foot to mid off. |
| 0 | 53.2 | 53.2: Gus Atkinson to Babar Azam, Curving ball, on a length. But it is far outside off and Babar is happy to leave. |
| 0 | 53.1 | 53.1: Gus Atkinson to Babar Azam, Outside off, on a length, swinging away a bit. Babar dabs it down to gully with soft hands. |
| 0 | 52.6 | 52.6: Josh Tongue to Saud Shakeel, Good length on off, shaping back in. Shakeel gets across to cover the line and nudges it away to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 52.5 | 52.5: Josh Tongue to Saud Shakeel, Length ball, pushed into the batter's pads. Shakeel gets his hands out in front and keeps it out. |
| 4 | 52.4 | 52.4: Josh Tongue to Saud Shakeel, FOUR! That's an eye-catching shot. Full-pitched delivery just outside off, Shakeel leans on and creams the drive to the right of the cover fielder and picks up his first boundary of this innings. |
| 0 | 52.3 | 52.3: Josh Tongue to Saud Shakeel, Length again, around off again, confidently blocked off the front foot by Shakeel. |
| 0 | 52.2 | 52.2: Josh Tongue to Saud Shakeel, That's gone past the outside edge. A bit fuller from Tongue, just outside off, jags back in a bit. Shakeel puts out a front-foot defense but is beaten and the ball dies on its way to the keeper. |
| 0 | 52.1 | 52.1: Josh Tongue to Saud Shakeel, On a length, in and around off, watchfully blocked to point by Shakeel. |
| 0 | 51.6 | 51.6: Gus Atkinson to Babar Azam, Length ball outside off, left alone by Azam. Pakistan are 229/4, trailing by 91 runs now. |
| 4 | 51.5 | 51.5: Gus Atkinson to Babar Azam, FOUR! Good adjustment in the end from Babar. Hard length over the top of off, Azam is caught in two minds and looks to leave pretty late, before just dabbing it with soft hands and through the slip cordon for a boundary. |
| 0 | 51.4 | 51.4: Gus Atkinson to Babar Azam, Good-length delivery outside off, a bit more oomph on it and this one shapes away with some extra bounce. Azam leaves it alone. |
| 2 | 51.3 | 51.3: Gus Atkinson to Babar Azam, Full and outside off, driven with the swing and towards deep cover for a couple of easy runs. Babar moves on to 44 now. |
| 1 | 51.2 | 51.2: Gus Atkinson to Saud Shakeel, Short of a good length around off, tapped down through the point region for a single. |
| 0 | 51.1 | 51.1: Gus Atkinson to Babar Azam, Hard length, darted in towards the pads. Azam gets on his toes, looking to tuck it away, but misses. The ball goes off the thigh pad to leg gully for a leg bye. |
| 0 | 50.6 | 50.6: Ollie Robinson to Saud Shakeel, Full on off and middle, shaping away, but at a gentle pace. Shakeel lunges to defend. A maiden over from Ollie Robinson. |
| 0 | 50.5 | 50.5: Ollie Robinson to Saud Shakeel, Nice and full, pushed back in from outside off. Shakeel gets a stride across and smothers it away. |
| 0 | 50.4 | 50.4: Ollie Robinson to Saud Shakeel, Pitched fuller, but a tad wider of the off stump, swinging away. Shakeel leaves it alone. |
| 0 | 50.3 | 50.3: Ollie Robinson to Saud Shakeel, Robinson comes around the wicket and bowls a jaffa. Landed on a length, around the fourth stump line and the ball seams away sharply. Shakeel has a feel for it but is beaten past the outside off. A touch fuller, and Shakeel would have nicked it. |
| 0 | 50.2 | 50.2: Ollie Robinson to Saud Shakeel, Length ball, pitched up on off, looking to shape it back in. Shakeel gets on the front foot and blocks it out. |
| 0 | 50.1 | 50.1: Ollie Robinson to Saud Shakeel, Fullish length, swinging it away from off stump, and this one moves quite a fair bit. Cox manages to make a half-stop with the gloves. |
| 4 | 49.6 | 49.6: Gus Atkinson to Babar Azam, FOUR! Too full again and Babar puts this one away. On off and middle, shaping in, Babar Azam punches it straight back, to the right of the stumps at the other end and the ball rolls away into the fence. Pakistan trail by 99 runs! |
| 0 | 49.5 | 49.5: Gus Atkinson to Babar Azam, Crunched straight to the fielder! Full-pitched delivery around off, Babar Azam plants the front leg forward and nails the drive to the extra cover fielder. |
| 3 | 49.4 | 49.4: Gus Atkinson to Saud Shakeel, Soft hands from Shakeel, and Archer does extremely well in the deep. Fuller in length and outside off, Shakeel leans on and strokes it behind point. Archer at deep point runs to his right and puts in a late dive to save the boundary. Three taken. |
| 0 | 49.3 | 49.3: Gus Atkinson to Saud Shakeel, Shorter in length, sliding it into the midriff. Saud Shakeel gets on his toes to defend. |
| 0 | 49.2 | 49.2: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, OUT! EDGED AND TAKEN! Shan Masood has to walk back, agonizingly so, and we still don't have an individual ton in this series. Gus Atkinson finds the right length, bowling it a few inches shorter of a good length and in that corridor of uncertainty. Masood presses back and has a tentative poke at it, and edges it down wide of second slip. Dan Lawrence, who is standing at fourth slip, dives low to his right and snaffles it with the right hand, plucking it inches off the ground. Pakistan are now 214/4, still trailing by 106 runs. |
| 0 | 49.1 | 49.1: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, Masood nearly edges it behind! Atkinson goes full, pitching it just outside off, and it is the wobble seam delivery that shapes away from the left-hander. Shan Masood is sucked into the drive and the ball breezes past the outside edge. |
| 0 | 48.6 | 48.6: Ollie Robinson to Babar Azam, Back of a length on off, going straight on. Azam covers the line and blocks it off. |
| 0 | 48.5 | 48.5: Ollie Robinson to Babar Azam, Ooh, that's a loose shot from Babar. Good length, pushed wider of the off stump, getting it to nibble away. Azam throws his hands at it and is beaten past the outside edge. Good take from Jordan Cox behind the stumps. |
| 0 | 48.4 | 48.4: Ollie Robinson to Babar Azam, Pitched up on the fifth stump line, and this one zips through. Azam shoulders arms at it. |
| 0 | 48.3 | 48.3: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, The indrifter now, on leg stump. Masood misses the tuck and the ball goes of the thigh pad to long leg for a leg bye. |
| 0 | 48.2 | 48.2: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, The outswinger from Ollie, getting it to move from leg to off. Masood stays back to block it off. |
| 0 | 48.1 | 48.1: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, Pitched up on middle and leg, Masood leans on to defend. |
| 0 | 47.6 | 47.6: Gus Atkinson to Babar Azam, Good length around the top of off, patted down in front of covers. |
| 4 | 47.5 | 47.5: Gus Atkinson to Babar Azam, FOUR! In the gap! Shorter and well outside off, Azam stands tall and steers it away, wide to the right of Dan Lawrence at gully and picks up a boundary. Azam wasn't entirely in control there. |
| 1 | 47.4 | 47.4: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, Shaping away from the fourth stump line, Masood waits well before gliding it away through gully for a single. |
| 0 | 47.3 | 47.3: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, Length again, on off, sliding it back in. Masood gets well forward and defends it off. |
| 0 | 47.2 | 47.2: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, Good length, in and around off, blocked off the front foot by Masood. |
| 2 | 47.1 | 47.1: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, A very full ball outside off, shapes back in late. Shan Masood sets up for the square drive but jams it off the inside edge and down to fine leg for a couple of runs. |
| 0 | 46.6 | 46.6: Ollie Robinson to Babar Azam, Oh, a massive inswinger from Robinson, on a good length, Babar Azam gets across and nudges it to short mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 46.5 | 46.5: Ollie Robinson to Babar Azam, Full and outside off, Babar gets on the front foot and defends it to cover-point. |
| 0 | 46.4 | 46.4: Ollie Robinson to Babar Azam, Good length, outside off, Babar lets it through. |
| 0 | 46.3 | 46.3: Ollie Robinson to Babar Azam, Attacks the pads and then gets the ball to shape away, Babar flicks it across to short mid-wicket. Ollie has his hands on his head as that came off the inner half of the bat and could have easily sneaked past the bat and trap him in front. |
| 1 | 46.2 | 46.2: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, Length ball, on leg, this is gently tucked through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 4 | 46.1 | 46.1: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, FOUR! Off the edge and through the gap! Lucky there, and Masood moves into the 90s. On a back of a length, swinging in a touch, on off. Masood brings the bat down at an angle to defend, but gets a massive outside edge. And luckily for him, the ball rifles right between first slip and gully, perfectly bisecting them, for a boundary. |
| 0 | 45.6 | 45.6: Gus Atkinson to Babar Azam, Angling in and then swinging away, on a length, Babar leans to defend it off the front foot. First maiden over for Atkinson. |
| 0 | 45.5 | 45.5: Gus Atkinson to Babar Azam, Kicks up from the deck, short and outside off, Babar hangs his bat in the air to leave. |
| 0 | 45.4 | 45.4: Gus Atkinson to Babar Azam, Drags the length back by a yard or so, on top of off, Babar smothers it down. |
| 0 | 45.3 | 45.3: Gus Atkinson to Babar Azam, Beaten! Lovely tempter by Atkinson. Full and wide outside off, Babar Azam decides to go after this one and tries to drive it away from his body, but the ball keeps leaving him and zips past the outside edge by a kitten whisker. A bit loose from Babar. |
| 0 | 45.2 | 45.2: Gus Atkinson to Babar Azam, Swings away outside off, on a length. Babar leaves it again. |
| 0 | 45.1 | 45.1: Gus Atkinson to Babar Azam, Hammers it on a good length, outside the off stump. Babar is happy to leave it alone. |
| 0 | 44.7 | 44.6: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, Length-delivery, seemingly pitching outside leg, Shan Masood is pinned in the crease as he looks to tuck it around the corner, but misses and is struck high on the thigh pad. |
| 0 | 44.6 | 44.5: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, Nips away and spits up a bit, on a length, outside off, Shan is taken aback but he manages to fend it down. |
| 1 | 44.5 | 44.4: Ollie Robinson to Babar Azam, Back of a length, on top of off and middle, Babar hangs back and nudges it behind square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 44.4 | 44.4: Ollie Robinson to Babar Azam, Keeps bowling in the channel, full in length, Babar lunges and crisply defends. Third No Ball of the innings, as Robinson has overstepped. A bit of a cheer from the crowd as for the first time in this series, Pakistan get to 200! The deficit is now 120 runs for them. |
| 0 | 44.3 | 44.3: Ollie Robinson to Babar Azam, Lovely delivery! Shade full and outside the off stump, Babar is drawn forward to block but plays inside the line and is beaten on the outside edge. |
| 0 | 44.2 | 44.2: Ollie Robinson to Babar Azam, Shapes in on a length, around off. Babar hangs back and chops it to the right of the keeper. Cox collects it on the bounce. |
| 0 | 44.1 | 44.1: Ollie Robinson to Babar Azam, Tails in a touch, full on middle, Babar forces the front foot drive towards mid off. |
| 1 | 43.6 | 43.6: Gus Atkinson to Babar Azam, Overpitched, on off, Azam carves it to deep cover-point for a single. |
| 0 | 43.5 | 43.5: Gus Atkinson to Babar Azam, Tempter! Outswinger, on a length, outside off, Babar just resists the temptation of poking at it by dragging the bat inside the line to leave. |
| 1 | 43.4 | 43.4: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, Hits the deck hard from around the stump. Masood camps back and knocks it into covers for a quick single. |
| 1 | 43.3 | 43.3: Gus Atkinson to Babar Azam, Hasty single! Babar tucks this length ball to the right of mid-wicket and dashes off for a single. The fielder picks and throws in a motion to the bowling end, but it is nowhere near the stumps and rolls to the off side. |
| 0 | 43.2 | 43.2: Gus Atkinson to Babar Azam, Back of a length, outside off and swinging in late. Azam sees it through. |
| 0 | 43.1 | 43.1: Gus Atkinson to Babar Azam, Aims the stumps at 141 kph, Babar Azam stretches ahead and blocks it confidently. |
| 0 | 42.6 | 42.6: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, Length ball on off, Masood defends it down carefully. |
| 0 | 42.5 | 42.5: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, Nips in from off to middle, full in length, Masood forces it to short mid-wicket. |
| 3 | 42.4 | 42.4: Ollie Robinson to Babar Azam, Full and around off, on a drivable length. Babar gets on the front foot and creams it through widish mid off. Theo Wylie gives a good chase and slides to haul it in before the ropes. Three runs taken. |
| 0 | 42.3 | 42.3: Ollie Robinson to Babar Azam, Closer to the off stump, on a fuller length, 125 kph. Babar leans on and blocks it to Root at short/catching mid off. He picks the ball and underflicks it to the non-striker's end, but the ball rolls wide of the stumps and is backed up by mid on. |
| 0 | 42.2 | 42.2: Ollie Robinson to Babar Azam, Harmlessly outside off, on a length. Babar is not interested to poke at this outswinging ball. |
| 1 | 42.1 | 42.1: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, Pitched outside leg, on a fuller length, Shan plants the front foot across and steers it to deep square leg for an easy single. |
| 1 | 41.6 | 41.6: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, Slightly back of a length, outside off, Masood presses in front and steers it behind point. Two is the initial call, but they will get just a single as the fielder is quick to get to the ball in the deep. |
| 0 | 41.5 | 41.5: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, Angled in, on off, nipping in off the seam. Masood gets half-forward by covering the line. Looks to defend, but gets an inside edge, onto the front pad and the ball then rolls to the leg side. |
| 0 | 41.4 | 41.4: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, Another full ball at 136 kph, outside off, Shan Masood leans on and drives it to the fielder at mid off. |
| 0 | 41.3 | 41.3: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, Full and straight, outside off, driven firmly to mid off. |
| 0 | 41.2 | 41.2: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, Skids through, on a length, on middle, Masood blocks it off the back foot. |
| 0 | 41.1 | 41.1: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, Uses the wider angle from around the stump and attacks the pads, full in length. Masood drags the bat in front and eases it to mid on. |
| 2 | 40.6 | 40.6: Ollie Robinson to Babar Azam, Shapes away gently, outside off, Babar plays with soft hands to push at it, gets a thick outside edge, but the ball immediately goes to ground and rolls wide of the gully fielder for a couple of runs. Pakistan now trail by 129 runs. |
| 0 | 40.5 | 40.5: Ollie Robinson to Babar Azam, Around off and full, Babar defends it to the leg side. |
| 0 | 40.4 | 40.4: Ollie Robinson to Babar Azam, FOUR BYES! Beats everyone and everything. Lands full and just goes underground, outside off. Babar prods forward to block, but the ball goes below the underedge and nutmegs Cox before racing to the fence behind. |
| 0 | 40.3 | 40.3: Ollie Robinson to Babar Azam, A catching mid off in place, just beside the pitch. Root himself is there. Curves away, on a length, outside off. Left well by Babar. |
| 1 | 40.2 | 40.2: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, Shapes in on middle, Shan Masood flicks the full ball through square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 40.1 | 40.1: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, Swings the ball back in, full and outside the leg stump. Masood misses the flick and is hit on the front pad. |
| 0 | 39.6 | 39.6: Harry Brook to Babar Azam, A dot to end, and that will be Lunch on Day 3. Pitched up on off stump, Babar Azam goes for the straight drive but miscues it a bit and hits it to mid off. |
| 0 | 39.5 | 39.5: Harry Brook to Babar Azam, Fullish length, just outside off, Babar Azam is drawn forward and squeezes it off the outer half of the blade towards cover. |
| 0 | 39.4 | 39.4: Harry Brook to Babar Azam, Full again, on off, blocked back to the bowler by Azam. |
| 4 | 39.3 | 39.3: Harry Brook to Babar Azam, FOUR! That's too easy for someone like Babar Azam. Overpitched delivery, wide outside off, Azam leans on and caresses it past overs for a boundary. |
| 0 | 39.2 | 39.2: Harry Brook to Shan Masood, An appeal for leg bye, but it is turned down. Probably sliding down leg. Fullish length, on middle, angling back in. Masood gets a bit too far across to the off side and misses the flick, wearing it on the back leg. The ball rolls to leg gully for a leg bye. |
| 0 | 39.1 | 39.1: Harry Brook to Shan Masood, A skiddy length ball, angled down leg. Masood moves inside the line and gets it off the pads to fine leg for a couple of leg byes. |
| 0 | 38.8 | 38.6: Ollie Robinson to Babar Azam, Good length, in and around off. Babar Azam gets halfway forward and blocks it under the eyes. |
| 0 | 38.7 | 38.6: Ollie Robinson to Babar Azam, A bit fuller and wider outside off, seaming away. Much easier leave for Babar to make this time. Ollie oversteps again, and another No Ball is called. |
| 0 | 38.6 | 38.5: Ollie Robinson to Babar Azam, This one goes the other way! Robinson holds a nice length, pitching it just outside off. Azam looks to block but the ball seams away and beats the outside edge by a fair bit. |
| 2 | 38.5 | 38.4: Ollie Robinson to Babar Azam, Pushed into the batter from wider on the crease, Babar works it away through to the right of the mid-wicket fielder and picks up a couple of runs. The 50-run partnership comes up between Babar and Masood. |
| 0 | 38.4 | 38.3: Ollie Robinson to Babar Azam, A bit fuller, bowled from wider on the crease and on the fourth stump line. Azam makes an assured leave. |
| 0 | 38.3 | 38.2: Ollie Robinson to Babar Azam, Good length, in and around off, blocked on the front foot by Babar. |
| 0 | 38.2 | 38.2: Ollie Robinson to Babar Azam, A big appeal for LBW, but there seems to be an inside edge on it, and the umpire turns it down. Nagging length around off, darts back in. Babar Azam looks to stay back and block and gets an inside edge onto the front pad. Well, Robinson has overstepped and a No Ball is called. So, it wouldn't have mattered even if there wasn't any bat involved. |
| 3 | 38.1 | 38.1: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, Good length in the channel, Masood plays it late, gliding it down to deep third. The slip fielder chases it down and the batters pick up three runs. |
| 1 | 37.6 | 37.6: Josh Tongue to Shan Masood, The square leg umpire gets caught in the crossfire, and Shan Masood isn't happy with it. Too full and on the pads, clipped away with stellar timing but Paul Riffle at square leg can't quite get out of the way and cops a blow to the body. Single taken. |
| 0 | 37.5 | 37.5: Josh Tongue to Shan Masood, Full and on off, swinging away. Masood drills the drive straight to the square cover fielder. |
| 0 | 37.4 | 37.4: Josh Tongue to Shan Masood, On middle, a bit fuller and just shapes away a wee bit. Masood keeps a still head and covers the line, pushing it down to mid on. |
| 1 | 37.3 | 37.3: Josh Tongue to Babar Azam, Full ball on middle, Azam clips the on drive off the middle of the blade and gets it wide of mid on for a quick single. |
| 0 | 37.2 | 37.2: Josh Tongue to Babar Azam, That's zipped off the deck. Good length in the channel, at 141 kph. This one angles in with good carry and Babar shoulders arms at it. |
| 4 | 37.1 | 37.1: Josh Tongue to Babar Azam, FOUR! Imperious from Babar Azam. A bit too full and around off, Azam shows the full face of the blade and hammers the drive right back past the bowler for a boundary. |
| 0 | 36.6 | 36.6: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, That's brilliant from Cox. Good length, slipped down the leg side again. Masood reaches forward to flick but misses and the keeper is lightning-quick to collect the ball and whips off the bails. However, Masood keeps his back leg planted inside the crease. |
| 2 | 36.5 | 36.5: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, Full again, straighter in line, clipped away off the legs and through mid-wicket for a couple of more handy runs. |
| 0 | 36.4 | 36.4: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, Keeps the length fuller, does Robinson and angles it into the legs. Masood clips it to square leg. |
| 0 | 36.3 | 36.3: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, FOUR LEG BYES! Loose from Robinson. Fuller and slipped down the leg side, Masood misses the flick, gets it off the pads, and the ball goes past the keeper to the fine leg fence. Pakistan now trail by 158 more runs. |
| 0 | 36.2 | 36.2: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, Good length, drifted down the leg side. Cox fails to collect it cleanly to his right. |
| 0 | 36.1 | 36.1: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, Back of a length, pushed in towards off stump. Masood hops across to make the block. |
| 0 | 35.6 | 35.6: Josh Tongue to Babar Azam, A string of five dots to end the over. Full of a length, angling back in towards off. Babar Azam plays an eye-catching cover drive, but punches it straight to extra cover. |
| 0 | 35.5 | 35.5: Josh Tongue to Babar Azam, Fuller in length, in the channel, shapes back in late. Azam makes a watchful leave. |
| 0 | 35.4 | 35.4: Josh Tongue to Babar Azam, On a length at 141 kph, attacking off and middle. Azam gets a good stride out in front and makes another block. |
| 0 | 35.3 | 35.3: Josh Tongue to Babar Azam, Full-pitched delivery on off, angling back in. Azam gets his hands out in front and plays it back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 35.2 | 35.2: Josh Tongue to Babar Azam, Pitched fuller on middle. Azam solidly blocks it off the front foot. |
| 4 | 35.1 | 35.1: Josh Tongue to Babar Azam, FOUR! Lovely timing from Babar. Short of a good length, angled into the pads. Babar Azam tucks it neatly through square leg and the ball races to the fence in front of the Hollies stand. |
| 0 | 34.6 | 34.6: Jofra Archer to Shan Masood, Full again, outside off, Masood pings it to the fielder at extra cover. |
| 0 | 34.5 | 34.5: Jofra Archer to Shan Masood, Full-ish, outside off, Masood creams it away, but straight to the point fielder. |
| 0 | 34.4 | 34.4: Jofra Archer to Shan Masood, Hammers it on a length, outside off, Shan hops off and dabs it to the off side. |
| 0 | 34.3 | 34.3: Jofra Archer to Shan Masood, Nice and full, on off, Shan tries to drive away, but the bat twists at the point of contact and the ball goes off the inner half to the mid on region. |
| 4 | 34.2 | 34.2: Jofra Archer to Shan Masood, FOUR! Fine shot! No real venom on that short ball and Masood is quick to pounce on it. Gets into a stable position before pulling it to the left of mid-wicket, and beats deep backward square leg to his right for a boundary. |
| 0 | 34.1 | 34.1: Jofra Archer to Shan Masood, Short on top of off, 133 kph. Shan fends it to backward point with soft hands. |
| 0 | 33.6 | 33.6: Josh Tongue to Babar Azam, Fuller one, on middle, Babar clips it to short mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 33.5 | 33.5: Josh Tongue to Babar Azam, Slants it in to attack the pads, on a fuller length. Babar covers the line and blocks it to mid on. |
| 0 | 33.4 | 33.4: Josh Tongue to Babar Azam, Back of a length, outside off, Azam lets that through. |
| 0 | 33.3 | 33.3: Josh Tongue to Babar Azam, Pitched full and around off, Babar presses forward and defends. |
| 4 | 33.2 | 33.2: Josh Tongue to Babar Azam, FOUR! Runs away! Too straight down leg, on a fuller length. Babar uses the pace and just tickles it to the deep fine leg fence. Babar gets into the double figures for the first time this series and that brings the 150 up for Pakistan! They trail by 170 runs. |
| 0 | 33.1 | 33.1: Josh Tongue to Babar Azam, Beaten! Beauty by Tongue. Shapes away late at 135 kph, full and outside off. Babar Azam does not move his feet at all and loosely drives away from the body, but the ball whistles past his outside edge. |
| 4 | 32.6 | 32.6: Jofra Archer to Shan Masood, FOUR! Finds the gap again! Short from Jofra, angling in at the bodyline. Shan swivels and hammers it through wide mid-wicket for a boundary. He moves to 73, and the deficit for Pakistan is now 174 runs. |
| 0 | 32.5 | 32.5: Jofra Archer to Shan Masood, On that bail-trimming length, on off, Shan Masood camps back and bunts it down the pitch. |
| 0 | 32.4 | 32.4: Jofra Archer to Shan Masood, Fuller ball, on off, Masood carves it down to mid on. |
| 2 | 32.3 | 32.3: Jofra Archer to Shan Masood, Slams it hard into the pitch, outside off, Shan Masood arches back and cuts it square to the left of Robinson at point. Ollie runs across and tries to stop the ball with his left foot, but gets nowhere close to it and the ball rolls to the deep for two runs. Archer won't be too pleased with that lethargic effort. |
| 4 | 32.2 | 32.2: Jofra Archer to Shan Masood, FOUR! Effortless from Masood! Short of a length, angling in. Shan Masood picks the length early and pulls it along the ground, and beats Theo Wylie, the sub fielder, to his right for a boundary. Archer casts a slightly frustrated figure as he thinks that should have been stopped. Pakistan trail by 180 runs. |
| 0 | 32.1 | 32.1: Jofra Archer to Shan Masood, Spears it full on off, Shan Masood confidently blocks it off the front foot. |
| 3 | 31.6 | 31.6: Josh Tongue to Shan Masood, On a fuller length, on middle, Shan Masood clips it through mid-wicket and they cross over for the third run. |
| 0 | 31.5 | 31.5: Josh Tongue to Shan Masood, Absolute pearler! He angles the ball in, lands it full and gets the ball to nip away off the seam. Shan Masood is drawn in front and is forced to play at it because of the angle created by the bowler. He looks to defend but the ball leaves him to zip past his outside edge. |
| 0 | 31.4 | 31.4: Josh Tongue to Shan Masood, Serves it full and on off, Masood defends it straight. |
| 1 | 31.3 | 31.3: Josh Tongue to Babar Azam, Short of a length, outside off, Babar punches it off the back foot to the left of cover for a single. |
| 0 | 31.2 | 31.2: Josh Tongue to Babar Azam, Cannons in a yorker, on middle, Babar jams the bat down in time and shovels it down to mid on. |
| 4 | 31.1 | 31.1: Josh Tongue to Babar Azam, FOUR! Timed to perfection! Angled into the batter, on a good length. Babar Azam whips off his pads and finds the gap wide of mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 0 | 30.6 | 30.6: Dan Lawrence to Shan Masood, In-drifter, on a fullish length, Shan Masood leans forward and smothers the spin. |
| 1 | 30.5 | 30.5: Dan Lawrence to Babar Azam, Floated up, full and outside off, Babar Azam caresses it through covers for an easy run. |
| 1 | 30.4 | 30.4: Dan Lawrence to Shan Masood, Dishes out an off-break from around the stump. Full and spinning from middle to off, Shan Masood taps it to the cover-point region and they are quick to rotate the strike before the throw arrives at the keeper. |
| 1 | 30.3 | 30.3: Dan Lawrence to Babar Azam, Off the mark straightaway! Full and outside off, Babar Azam drives it through extra cover for a single. |
| 0 | 30.2 | 30.2: Dan Lawrence to Azan Awais, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Lawrence breaks the deadlock in his very first over. Drifts the ball down the leg stump line, on a fuller length. Azan is sucked on the front foot and tries to play across the line but the ball sneaks close to the inside edge before nestling into Jordan Cox's glove. Cox in fact dislodges the bails in a flash for a possible stumping. A big appeal for caught behind goes around, but the umpire denies. Joe Root wastes no time in sending it upstairs. He is at leg slip and seems confident to have heard something. And Root gets the review spot on. UltraEdge detects a spike and the on-field decision is overturned. Cox wasn't really confident about it, but it was a good sharp grab to his right. Pakistan are 125/3, trailing by 195 runs. |
| 0 | 30.1 | 30.1: Dan Lawrence to Azan Awais, Around the stump. Full and on off, Awais lunges ahead and eases it back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 29.6 | 29.6: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, Pitched full on off, angled in, Shan taps it back at the bowler. |
| 4 | 29.5 | 29.5: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, FOUR! Fluently played! Short of a length, outside the off stump. Shan Masood plays off the back foot and nails the square cut through the point gap and picks up a boundary. Pakistan trail by 195 runs. |
| 0 | 29.4 | 29.4: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, Length ball, on off, dabbed off the back foot to gully. |
| 3 | 29.3 | 29.3: Gus Atkinson to Azan Awais, Back of a length, on top of off, Azan Awais plays it very late off the back foot. Deliberately opens the bat face and gets it through the gully and second slip gap. Emilio Gay sprints after it from the cordon and manages to haul the ball back in with a slide. Ensures that his right leg is not in contact with the ropes while holding the ball in hand. The replay shows it is a clean save. Three runs taken. |
| 1 | 29.2 | 29.2: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, Had to really hurry there! Bowled full and on middle, Shan Masood flicks it to Ollie Robinson at mid on but skates through for a single. Robinson scores a direct hit to the bowler's end but Shan has made it home before the stumps are hit. |
| 0 | 29.1 | 29.1: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, Spears it on a length, on off, Shan bunts it firmly to mid on. |
| 4 | 28.6 | 28.6: Josh Tongue to Azan Awais, FOUR! Sumptuous! Tongue serves it full and outside off, Azan Awais does not try to hit it hard, just checks the drive and beats the backward point fielder to his left for a boundary. |
| 1 | 28.5 | 28.5: Josh Tongue to Shan Masood, Slams it short again, at shoulder height. Masood pulls it to deep backward square leg for a run. |
| 1 | 28.4 | 28.4: Josh Tongue to Azan Awais, Short of a good length, on the leg stump, does not rise up to cause trouble. Azan Awais controls the pull shot through backward square leg for a single. |
| 1 | 28.3 | 28.3: Josh Tongue to Shan Masood, Angled onto the pads, on a length, Masood clips it to deep backward square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 28.2 | 28.2: Josh Tongue to Shan Masood, Full and on the stumps, Shan stretches in front and blocks it to the left of the bowler. |
| 1 | 28.1 | 28.1: Josh Tongue to Azan Awais, Full at 135 kph, on off, Azan prods forward and taps it to the right of the cover fielder for a quick single. Pakistan trail by 210 runs! |
| 0 | 27.6 | 27.6: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, Banged short but way down leg. Left alone once again by Shan. |
| 0 | 27.5 | 27.5: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, Full ball, wide outside the off stump line. Left alone by Masood. |
| 1 | 27.4 | 27.4: Gus Atkinson to Azan Awais, That will be FIFTY for Azan Awais! It's been a very well-compiled knock and he will now look to turn it into a big knock. This is bowled a bit fuller and wider of the off stump, Awais eases it behind point for a single. |
| 0 | 27.3 | 27.3: Gus Atkinson to Azan Awais, Hard length from Gus, bowling it a bit straighter. Awais taps it across to the leg side. |
| 0 | 27.2 | 27.2: Gus Atkinson to Azan Awais, Nicely bowled! Good length, in the channel, seams away late. Azan Awais plays a loose punch, neither going forward or backward and the ball beats the outside edge. |
| 1 | 27.1 | 27.1: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, A full ball around off, slanted back in. Masood squeezes the drive away past the point fielder and picks up a single. |
| 0 | 26.6 | 26.6: Josh Tongue to Azan Awais, That's a beauty from Tongue. Full of a length, in and around off, moves away late. Azan Awais plays down the line and the ball zips past the outside edge. There's half an appeal for a caught behind, and nothing more. |
| 0 | 26.5 | 26.5: Josh Tongue to Azan Awais, Good length, attacking the top of off. Awais gets forward to block and the bottom hand comes off the blade in doing so. |
| 4 | 26.4 | 26.4: Josh Tongue to Azan Awais, FOUR! There are a couple of fielders in the deep for that shot, but Awais doesn't worry about it much. Dug in shorter around off, Awais swivels to the off side and nails the pull wide to the right of deep square leg for a boundary. He is now on 49. |
| 2 | 26.3 | 26.3: Josh Tongue to Azan Awais, Shorter in length, Azan Awais hangs back and gets the hands out in front, hitting it on top of the bounce and through mid-wicket for a couple of runs. |
| 1 | 26.2 | 26.2: Josh Tongue to Shan Masood, Good running once again. Length ball on middle, eased away wide of mid on for a quick single. |
| 0 | 26.1 | 26.1: Josh Tongue to Shan Masood, Pitched up a bit fuller and on off, Masood gets halfway forward and nudges it into the leg side. |
| 0 | 25.6 | 25.6: Gus Atkinson to Azan Awais, Fuller in length, on off, Azan leans forward and blocks it to the off side. |
| 0 | 25.5 | 25.5: Gus Atkinson to Azan Awais, Fullish and outside off, Awais confidently defends it to point. |
| 0 | 25.4 | 25.4: Gus Atkinson to Azan Awais, Geez, that really flew off the pitch. Steep bounce from a shorter length, on off, angling in. Azan looks to defend, but gets flummoxed by the lift and fends it off the gloves. The ball bobbles up and falls safely in the square leg region. |
| 1 | 25.3 | 25.3: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, FIFTY FOR SHAN MASOOD! A courageous knock so far from him to get to his 15th Test half-century. His first fifty this tour. Fuller one, on middle, Masood clips it wide of mid on for a quick single. This also brings up the 100 for Pakistan! |
| 4 | 25.2 | 25.2: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, FOUR! Not in control but through the gap! It could have gone anywhere. Full from Gus, outside off, Shan Masood looks to drive it through covers, but gets a thick outside edge and the ball gets sliced a bit uppishly, but between gully and backward point for a boundary. |
| 0 | 25.1 | 25.1: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, Good length, on off, Shan hops off and taps it gently to backward point. |
| 0 | 24.6 | 24.6: Josh Tongue to Azan Awais, Fullish ball, on the pads, Azan Awais flicks it down to mid on. |
| 0 | 24.5 | 24.5: Josh Tongue to Azan Awais, Around off on a length, Masood presses forward and defends it into covers. |
| 0 | 24.4 | 24.4: Josh Tongue to Azan Awais, Shortens the length, on top of off, Awais stands up on the toes and bunts it down with soft hands. |
| 1 | 24.3 | 24.3: Josh Tongue to Shan Masood, On a fuller length, angling in. Masood whisks it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 24.2 | 24.2: Josh Tongue to Shan Masood, Back of a length, down leg, Masood misses the tickle and the ball bounces back to the keeper. |
| 4 | 24.1 | 24.1: Josh Tongue to Shan Masood, DROPPED AND FOUR! A genuine chance goes down. Masood dropped on 40. On a fuller length, outside the off stump. Masood cannot control his off drive and slices it uppishly, to the right of backward point. The sub fielder there, Theo Wylie, gets his hands on the ball to catch at thigh height, but it just bursts through and races away to the fence. Perhaps Theo was a fraction late to react as the ball rifled quickly toward him. But it should have been taken nonetheless. Good to see Root running up to Wylie, and putting his arm round him and having a quick chat. |
| 0 | 23.6 | 23.6: Gus Atkinson to Azan Awais, Nice and full, clocking 140 kph, on off, Awais opens the bat face and steers it to backward point. |
| 1 | 23.5 | 23.5: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, Slightly full and just outside off. A good-looking cover drive from Masood, but Archer from mid off swoops to his right and makes a half-stop. Duckett converges to pick the ball and throw to the keeper. One run taken. Pakistan trail by 230 runs! |
| 0 | 23.4 | 23.4: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, Hits the length hard, on top of middle, 133 kph, Masood nudges it off the back foot to short mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 23.3 | 23.3: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, Full and angling from middle to off, Shan defends it straight with a vertical bat. |
| 0 | 23.2 | 23.2: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, From over the wicket now. Attacks the pads, on a length. Masood comfortably tucks it to short mid-wicket. |
| 2 | 23.1 | 23.1: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, Two is the call from Shan and they will get it. A touch full from around the stumps, Shan Masood lets the ball angle into him and flicks it to the right of deep square leg for a couple of runs. |
| 0 | 22.6 | 22.6: Josh Tongue to Azan Awais, On a fuller length, 140 kph, Azan plants the front foot across and clips it to mid on. 10 runs from this over. |
| 0 | 22.5 | 22.5: Josh Tongue to Azan Awais, Serves it full on middle, Awais presents straight bat face and blocks it straight back at the bowler. |
| 0 | 22.4 | 22.4: Josh Tongue to Azan Awais, Wide outside off, 138 kph, on a length. Azan leaves. |
| 4 | 22.3 | 22.3: Josh Tongue to Azan Awais, FOUR! Even better! Awais moves to 43. A long half-volley by Tongue, outside off, Azan Awais leans completely onto it and creams it wide of cover for a cracking boundary. He has shown good temperament so far. |
| 4 | 22.2 | 22.2: Josh Tongue to Azan Awais, FOUR! More runs for Pakistan as they trail by 237 runs! Tad fuller, on the pads, Awais lets the ball arrive and clips it through mid-wicket and square leg for a boundary. |
| 2 | 22.1 | 22.1: Josh Tongue to Azan Awais, Very full and around the off stump. Azan taps it through cover and point. The fielder from cover sprints to chase the ball down in the deep. Two runs taken. |
| 0 | 21.6 | 21.6: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, Nip-backer from a good length, stays low and skids through. Shan Masood negotiates well and stabs it down the pitch. |
| 0 | 21.5 | 21.5: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, At 128 kph, this is slammed hard into the deck, on top of off, Shan trusts the bounce and offers no shot. |
| 0 | 21.4 | 21.4: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, Short of a length, outside off, let through by Masood. |
| 0 | 21.3 | 21.3: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, Good fielding! Good length, outside off, Shan Masood crunches it to pierce the gap, but Gus Atkinson, at backward point, dives full-length to his right and makes a sharp stop. |
| 0 | 21.2 | 21.2: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, Fuller in length, on off and middle, Shan keeps it out to cover-point. |
| 1 | 21.1 | 21.1: Ollie Robinson to Azan Awais, Very tight single! Angling in from off, on a good length. Azan stays put and tucks it to the left of mid-wicket. There is a bit of yes and no between the batters before they decide to dash through for a run. The substitute fielder moves quickly and throws it flat to the bowling end, forcing Awais to dive, but misses his shy. |
| 0 | 20.6 | 20.6: Josh Tongue to Shan Masood, Not that full, on off, Masood prods and knocks it into covers. |
| 0 | 20.5 | 20.5: Josh Tongue to Shan Masood, A bit of an inward curve on this one, full around off. Shan Masood looks to push it straight, but gets an inside edge onto the front pad. |
| 4 | 20.4 | 20.4: Josh Tongue to Shan Masood, FOUR! Wristy! Full on middle and leg, Shan Masood plays with the angle created and flicks it neatly through wide mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 4 | 20.3 | 20.3: Josh Tongue to Shan Masood, EDGED AND FOUR! Duckett was moved from third slip to leg slip just before this delivery. Root can do nothing but smile it off. Back of a length, in and around off, nipping away off the seam. Shan Masood is completely squared up to defend it down and gets a fat outside edge. The ball shoots low to the left of second slip. Brook dives, stretches his hand out but the ball stays out of his reach and runs away to deep third fence. Whether Duckett would have taken it is a different matter, but that was a genuine chance created by Tongue. |
| 0 | 20.2 | 20.2: Josh Tongue to Azan Awais, Bangs it on a length, angling it on the pads, Azan Awais gets a tad across to nudge it off the back foot, but misses and the ball rolls off the thigh pad to backward square leg. They amble through for a leg bye. |
| 0 | 20.1 | 20.1: Josh Tongue to Azan Awais, Beats the bat straightaway! 'Round the wicket he starts and lands it on a full-ish length, around the off stump. But the ball refuses to rise up and straightens from the surface to beat Azan's attempted front foot block. |
| 0 | 19.6 | 19.6: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, Slightly back of a length, on top of off, Shan Masood stabs it across to the short mid-wicket fielder. Sixth maiden from Robinson in a spell of ten overs. |
| 0 | 19.5 | 19.5: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, Stump-to-stump line, on a fuller length. Masood drags the bat ahead of his pads and pushes it to mid off. |
| 0 | 19.4 | 19.4: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, At 130 kph, full around off, Masood strokes it down to mid on. |
| 0 | 19.3 | 19.3: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, Much fuller and straighter, on off, Shan presses forward and blocks it solidly. |
| 0 | 19.2 | 19.2: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, Angles it a bit away from the batter, full, Shan tries to drive it to the off side, but the ball squirts off his inner half of the bat and rolls to mid on. |
| 0 | 19.1 | 19.1: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, Attacks the stumps, a touch full at 127 kph. Shan Masood gently blocks it back to Robinson. |
| 0 | 18.6 | 18.6: Jofra Archer to Azan Awais, Back to over the wicket, dug in short again and over leg. Awais ducks under it well. |
| 0 | 18.5 | 18.5: Jofra Archer to Azan Awais, Nice and full, in the channel outside off. Awais plays a confident square drive but finds the fielder in front of point. |
| 0 | 18.4 | 18.4: Jofra Archer to Azan Awais, Oh, that's kept down. Short ball, pushed into the batter, Azan Awais ducks under it, but the ball nearly brushes his helmet on the way through to the keeper. |
| 0 | 18.3 | 18.3: Jofra Archer to Azan Awais, A full ball from around the wicket, slanted into the pads. Awais plays it with a straight bat and back down the strip. |
| 1 | 18.2 | 18.2: Jofra Archer to Shan Masood, A bit too straight again from Archer, fuller as well, and Masood flicks it through square leg for an easy single. |
| 0 | 18.1 | 18.1: Jofra Archer to Shan Masood, Length ball at 140 clicks, drifted down the leg side. Shan misses the flick and the ball goes through to the keeper. |
| 0 | 17.6 | 17.6: Ollie Robinson to Azan Awais, Nagging length, pushed in towards the off pole. Awais opts to stay in his crease and blocks it off. |
| 0 | 17.5 | 17.5: Ollie Robinson to Azan Awais, A half-hearted appeal for LBW, but that looks pretty high and might be sliding down as well. So, the umpire says no. Short of a good length, angled into the batter. Awais gets forward and looks to flick but misses and the ball hits him on the pads. |
| 0 | 17.4 | 17.4: Ollie Robinson to Azan Awais, Beaten again! Bowled from a bit wider on the crease, fuller and angled in from outside off. Awais looks to block but is beaten on the outside edge once more. |
| 0 | 17.3 | 17.3: Ollie Robinson to Azan Awais, That's more like it. Very full and in the channel, moves away a bit, and late as well. Awais gets the bat down to block but the ball beats the outside edge. |
| 0 | 17.2 | 17.2: Ollie Robinson to Azan Awais, Better length from Ollie, but he needs to be further up to the stumps. Hard length on off, slants back in with some extra bounce. Awais stays back to defend. |
| 2 | 17.1 | 17.1: Ollie Robinson to Azan Awais, Banged in short and around off, not enough pace to trouble the batter. Awais leans across to the off side and crunches the pull down to the right of deep mid-wicket for two runs. |
| 0 | 16.6 | 16.6: Jofra Archer to Shan Masood, An attacking delivery to end the over. Short-pitched delivery over middle and leg, coming in around neck height. Shan Masood sways away from the line of the ball. |
| 2 | 16.5 | 16.5: Jofra Archer to Shan Masood, A simple push for a brace. Pitched up on off, Masood gets nicely forward and plays it with a straight bat towards the vacant mid off region for a couple of handy runs. Pakistan still trail by 256 runs. |
| 1 | 16.4 | 16.4: Jofra Archer to Azan Awais, Too straight, shaping into the pads. Clipped away down to deep backward square leg for one. |
| 0 | 16.3 | 16.3: Jofra Archer to Azan Awais, Back of a length, over the stumps, trying to square up the batter. Awais hops up a bit and awkwardly fends it back onto the deck. |
| 0 | 16.2 | 16.2: Jofra Archer to Azan Awais, Good length again, on middle, at a brisk 140 kph. Awais stays back and pushes it down to mid off. |
| 1 | 16.1 | 16.1: Jofra Archer to Shan Masood, Good length around leg, tucked off the hips and down to fine leg for a single. |
| 0 | 15.6 | 15.6: Ollie Robinson to Azan Awais, And again! Good length on off and middle, Azan Awais thinks about getting forward but the ball shoots up sharply and Awais gets a blow to the gloves. This one seems to have stung him a bit as well. |
| 0 | 15.5 | 15.5: Ollie Robinson to Azan Awais, A bit of extra bounce off the deck. Full of a good length, on off. Awais leans forward to block but is taken aback but manages to block it down. |
| 0 | 15.4 | 15.4: Ollie Robinson to Azan Awais, FOUR BYES! Robinson tries to bring leg slip into play but that's pretty wayward. Hammered into the deck and over middle, angled into the left-hander. Awais looks to pull but misses and the ball keeps moving down leg, going between the keeper and leg slip for four extra runs. |
| 0 | 15.3 | 15.3: Ollie Robinson to Azan Awais, Robinson comes around the wicket, with the keeper up to the stumps. This is full and honing in on off and middle, Awais blocks it off the front foot. |
| 0 | 15.2 | 15.2: Ollie Robinson to Azan Awais, Robinson pitches it fuller on middle, at 125 kph. Solidly blocked off by Awais. |
| 0 | 15.1 | 15.1: Ollie Robinson to Azan Awais, Much fuller on off, Awais gets on the front foot and drives it to mid off. |
| 0 | 14.6 | 14.6: Jofra Archer to Shan Masood, That's a peach from Jofra! A smidge fuller and on off, threatens to swing back in but just goes on with the angle. Shan Masood has a poke at it and gets beaten. |
| 0 | 14.5 | 14.5: Jofra Archer to Shan Masood, Archer hits a good length and bowls it straighter at the stumps, Masood tucks it to the leg side. |
| 0 | 14.4 | 14.4: Jofra Archer to Shan Masood, Bowled into the pitch and over middle, doesn't get high enough. Masood looks to roll the wrists over the ball and angle it fine but gets an inside edge onto the thigh pad. He got out playing a similar shot in the first innings, but this time the ball doesn't pop up in the air. |
| 4 | 14.3 | 14.3: Jofra Archer to Shan Masood, FOUR! First runs of the day. Slightly overpitched from Archer and on the fifth stump line. Shan leans on it well and strokes it through the gap at covers for a boundary. |
| 0 | 14.2 | 14.2: Jofra Archer to Shan Masood, Back of a length, in and around off. Shan Masood hangs back and plays it late, dabbing it down to cover-point. |
| 0 | 14.1 | 14.1: Jofra Archer to Shan Masood, Good-length delivery, seaming away from the off stump line. Masood plays and misses. |
| 0 | 13.6 | 13.6: Ollie Robinson to Azan Awais, Robinson comes around the wicket, and serves it on a good length over off. Awais blocks it off. A maiden for Ollie here. |
| 0 | 13.5 | 13.5: Ollie Robinson to Azan Awais, Beauty! Wobble-seam delivery, landing it on middle and getting it to move away but not much. Awais looks to defend off the front foot but the ball whizzes past the outside edge. |
| 0 | 13.4 | 13.4: Ollie Robinson to Azan Awais, Late shape for Robinson, and plenty of it. Hammered in on a hard length over middle, Awais shoulders arms and the ball nearly ends up around first slip. Good take from Cox again. |
| 0 | 13.3 | 13.3: Ollie Robinson to Azan Awais, Now, this one has zipped through. Good-length delivery, in the channel and darts away sharply after pitching. Awais lets it go and Jordan Cox dives to his left to collect it. |
| 0 | 13.2 | 13.2: Ollie Robinson to Azan Awais, Again, immaculate consistency from Robinson. Similar line and length to the last ball, angling away from the left-hander. Awais has a poke at it but is beaten on the outside edge. |
| 0 | 13.1 | 13.1: Ollie Robinson to Azan Awais, Lovely channel from Ollie. Full of a good length, angles away from off and middle. Azan Awais looks to block but is well beaten. |
| 0 | 12.6 | 12.6: Jofra Archer to Shan Masood, That's nicely bowled, and well negotiated as well. Back of a length, at just 131 kph, but the ball shoots up a bit and zips a bit across the left-hander. Masood rises with the bounce and manages to play just inside the line, getting beaten on the outside edge. |
| 0 | 12.5 | 12.5: Jofra Archer to Shan Masood, Archer digs it in a bit short over off, Shan Masood hops up and defends it down. |
| 2 | 12.4 | 12.4: Jofra Archer to Shan Masood, Much fuller, on middle, Shan Masood rolls his wrists and flicks it past the short mid-wicket fielder and gets a couple of runs. |
| 0 | 12.3 | 12.3: Jofra Archer to Shan Masood, Back of a length, over off, Shan Masood pulls it down with control but finds the square leg fielder. |
| 0 | 12.2 | 12.2: Jofra Archer to Shan Masood, Short of a length, on middle and off, Shan Masood dabs it down the track. |
| 4 | 12.1 | 12.1: Jofra Archer to Shan Masood, FOUR! SHOT! On a good length, on middle. Shan Masood rocks back, hops a bit and tucks it through square leg for four runs. Pakistan go past 50, and they now trail by 270 runs. |
| 0 | 11.6 | 11.6: Gus Atkinson to Azan Awais, Pitches it up in line with the off stump. Awais lunges and defends it out solidly. |
| 0 | 11.5 | 11.5: Gus Atkinson to Azan Awais, Angles it in on a good length at 138 kph, on middle. Awais nudges it to mid-wicket. |
| 4 | 11.4 | 11.4: Gus Atkinson to Azan Awais, INSIDE EDGE, FOUR! Atkinson switches to around the wicket. It is the scramble seam ball, on a back of a length, around off. Awais stays back to punch it away, but the ball jags back in to catch the inside edge. It races down to the deep fine leg fence. |
| 1 | 11.3 | 11.3: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, Not all that short and not that wide either. Masood shapes up for the cut but chops it down wide of cover for a single. |
| 0 | 11.2 | 11.2: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, This is on a hard length, on off. It climbs onto Shan, who uses his height to ride the bounce and taps it to point. |
| 1 | 11.1 | 11.1: Gus Atkinson to Azan Awais, Good running! Atkinson hits the bat hard, on a short of a good length, on off. Awais stands tall on his toes and drops it in front of point before scurrying to the other end. |
| 0 | 10.6 | 10.6: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, From over the wicket now, on a length, on middle and leg. Shan brings his bat out in front to dab it beside the strip on the leg side. |
| 0 | 10.5 | 10.5: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, Just outside the off pole, on a good length. Shan goes searching for the ball slightly as he pats it down the deck. |
| 0 | 10.4 | 10.4: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, Attacks the stumps with a length ball. Masood is solid in defence. |
| 0 | 10.3 | 10.3: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, At the hips, on the shorter side. Shan gets inside the line for the flick but misses and wears it on the thigh pad. |
| 0 | 10.2 | 10.2: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, Angled in on middle, on a nagging length. Shan stabs it down from the crease. |
| 0 | 10.1 | 10.1: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, Slips down leg with a leg slip in place, on a good length. Masood fails to help it away. The ball clips the gloves of the keeper, Jordan Cox before it is taken at leg slip. |
| 0 | 9.6 | 9.6: Gus Atkinson to Azan Awais, Fuller now, on off. Azan knocks it to cover. |
| 4 | 9.5 | 9.5: Gus Atkinson to Azan Awais, FOUR! Edged away. Atkinson bowls it on a back of a length, outside off. Awais pushes at the ball with hard hands from the crease. The outside edge is found but the ball goes through the gap between third slip and gully before racing down to the fence. |
| 1 | 9.4 | 9.4: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, PUT DOWN! A sharp chance and Ben Duckett can't hold on. Atkinson pushes the length up and it is angled across off. Masood reaches out and goes hard on the drive. It flies behind towards third slip off an outside edge. Duckett gets his hands to his left at head height but the ball clips his fingertips and drops to the ground. Single taken. |
| 1 | 9.3 | 9.3: Gus Atkinson to Azan Awais, On a length, on off. Azan stabs it down wide of backward point for a single. |
| 0 | 9.2 | 9.2: Gus Atkinson to Azan Awais, Atkinson goes wide on the crease on the around-the-wicket angle. It angles in before straightening off the deck. Awais does well not to go fishing for the ball and plays the initial line. Gets beaten on the outside edge. |
| 1 | 9.1 | 9.1: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, Going across, scrambled seam ball, on a good length. Masood presses half-forward but the ball kicks up a bit to catch the splice of the bat. Shan drops it beside the strip on the off side and hurries to the other end. |
| 0 | 8.6 | 8.6: Ollie Robinson to Azan Awais, Drags the length back now, on off. Awais hangs back to block it with soft hands. The outside edge goes down and dribbles towards the slip cordon. |
| 0 | 8.5 | 8.5: Ollie Robinson to Azan Awais, On the off stump, on a good length, that is defended solidly off the front foot. |
| 0 | 8.4 | 8.4: Ollie Robinson to Azan Awais, Slanting into the left-hander, on a slightly back of a length. Awais gets across and tucks it to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 8.3 | 8.3: Ollie Robinson to Azan Awais, Fuller in length, on off. Awais presses forward for the block. |
| 1 | 8.2 | 8.2: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, Hits the back of a length, on off. Masood gets on his toes and nudges it between mid-wicket and square leg for a quick single. |
| 0 | 8.1 | 8.1: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, Down leg, on a back of a length. Masood misses out on the flick. A good take by Jordan Cox, moving to his right whilst being up to the stumps. The ball sticks in the webbing of his right mitt. |
| 1 | 7.6 | 7.6: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, Fuller than the previous ball and the line is tighter as well. Masood leans across and pats it wide of cover for a single. |
| 2 | 7.5 | 7.5: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, At 136 kph, a loose ball, short and wide on off. Masood can't take full toll, though, as he mistimes it past cover-point. Emilio Gay gives chase and slides to haul it in. Two taken. The deficit is now 289 runs for Pakistan. |
| 0 | 7.4 | 7.4: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, Moving away off the seam, on a back of a length. Masood hangs back to block it out. |
| 0 | 7.3 | 7.3: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, Atkinson serves it full, on middle and leg. Masood clips it neatly, but the sub fielder at mid-wicket moves to his left and gets low to make the stop. |
| 0 | 7.2 | 7.2: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, Closer to the off pole, on a hard length. Shan tries to defend it late and close to his body. The ball catches the face of the blade and drops at his feet. |
| 0 | 7.1 | 7.1: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, Pushed across the left-hander, on a good length. Masood shoulders arms to let that one through. |
| 0 | 6.6 | 6.6: Ollie Robinson to Azan Awais, Beaten! In and around the off pole, on a length. Awais plays for the one that angles in to him. The ball nips away to beat him all ends up. |
| 1 | 6.5 | 6.5: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, Drifts onto the pads, on a length. Masood works it away off the pads through square leg. Shan is nearly halfway through the second run before being sent back by his partner and rightly so, as Gus Atkinson was quick to get to the ball. |
| 4 | 6.4 | 6.4: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, FOUR! Put away! A rare loose ball by Robinson, short and outside off. There is enough room for Masood to work with. He stands tall on top of the bounce and cuts it through point for his first boundary. This will help Shan feel a little better. |
| 1 | 6.3 | 6.3: Ollie Robinson to Azan Awais, Pitches it up, tailing back in, on middle. Azan tries to defend it right under his eyes. It goes behind off an inside edge towards deep fine leg for a single. |
| 0 | 6.2 | 6.2: Ollie Robinson to Azan Awais, Jordan Cox comes up to the stumps. On middle and leg, on a good length. Azan tucks it to mid-wicket. |
| 1 | 6.1 | 6.1: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, Robinson continues to be around that off stump line. It straightens off the deck to square Shan up but the outside edge goes down towards gully, where the fielder dives to his right and gets a bit of hand on it. Single taken. |
| 0 | 5.6 | 5.6: Jofra Archer to Azan Awais, Fuller now, on middle. Awais flicks it to mid on. |
| 1 | 5.5 | 5.5: Jofra Archer to Shan Masood, This jumps on the batter, on a back of a length. Masood stays back to block but the ball rears up to catch the shoulder of the blade. It drops beside the strip on the off side and they cross. |
| 0 | 5.4 | 5.4: Jofra Archer to Shan Masood, Attacking the sticks, on a good length. Shan pats it down beside the strip on the leg side. |
| 0 | 5.3 | 5.3: Jofra Archer to Shan Masood, Two byes! Archer hits the hard length but it keeps going down leg. Shan hops inside the line but fails to lay any bat on the tickle. It keeps rising on its way to the keeper and Jordan Cox does well to fling himself to his right. He gets a bit of glove before it goes wide of deep fine leg for a couple of byes. Pakistan trail by 299 runs. |
| 0 | 5.2 | 5.2: Jofra Archer to Shan Masood, Fuller now and it is cranked up at 144 kph, on middle. Masood flicks it off the front pad to mid-wicket. |
| 1 | 5.1 | 5.1: Jofra Archer to Azan Awais, Angled in at the hips at 140 kph, Awais nurdles it down to deep fine leg for a single. |
| 0 | 4.6 | 4.6: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, Goes fuller now, on off. Shan is a bit tentative to come on the front foot as he pushes it to mid on. |
| 0 | 4.5 | 4.5: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, This goes the other way! Ollie Robinson has a smile on his face, knowing that Shan Masood is all at sea at the moment. Angled in before nipping away off the seam. Masood has a feel for the ball, expecting it to come back in and is beaten past the outside edge. There was a bit of interest from behind the bat but the sound was of the bat clipping the front pad. |
| 0 | 4.4 | 4.4: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, Doing too much! Hooping back in a long way, on a back of a length, on middle. Masood hangs back but is beaten for pace on the flick. It thuds into the flap of the front pad. That looked high as well. |
| 0 | 4.3 | 4.3: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, In line with the off stump, on a good length. Masood taps it down the pitch. |
| 0 | 4.2 | 4.2: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, Full and around off. Shan's bat comes down at an angle. It dribbles away off the outer half to backward point. |
| 0 | 4.1 | 4.1: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, Beaten! This is on a short of a length, on off. Masood hops across to get closer to the line and has a poke at the ball. Gets beaten on the outside edge. |
| 4 | 3.6 | 3.6: Jofra Archer to Azan Awais, FOUR! Gloriously driven. Archer pushes the length up and offers width on off. Awais leans into the drive and strokes it all along the ground through covers. 4th boundary in a score of 17 for Azan. |
| 0 | 3.5 | 3.5: Jofra Archer to Azan Awais, Fuller in length, attacking the sticks. Awais looks to keep it out with a straight bat but it nips away to catch the outer half and it is squirted to point. |
| 0 | 3.4 | 3.4: Jofra Archer to Azan Awais, Edged but it drops well short. Archer goes wide on the crease and hurls it on a good length, Awais does well not to push at the ball with hard hands and looks to defend close to his body. The outside edge is found but it goes on the bounce to Joe Root at first slip. |
| 0 | 3.3 | 3.3: Jofra Archer to Azan Awais, Half a shout for caught behind! Jordan Cox was the only one to go up in an appeal. Joe Root is not convinced enough to send it upstairs. On a hard length, moving away from the left-hander. Awais pushes away from the body and the ball beats him on the outside edge with bounce. The UltraEdge comes up wth a flat line. |
| 0 | 3.2 | 3.2: Jofra Archer to Azan Awais, Honing in on the off stump, on a length. Awais lunges and defends it out watchfully. |
| 0 | 3.1 | 3.1: Jofra Archer to Azan Awais, Archer looks to spear in a full ball but ends up surviving a low full toss, on off. Awais pushes it tamely off the toe end towards mid on. |
| 1 | 2.6 | 2.6: Ollie Robinson to Azan Awais, Fuller in length, on middle. Azan leans across and plays around his front pad as he flicks it to the left of mid on for a single. Jofra Archer makes the stop with his boot. |
| 1 | 2.5 | 2.5: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, Back to that line just outside the off pole, on a back of a length. Masood taps wide of cover and hurries to the other end. |
| 0 | 2.4 | 2.4: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, Fuller in length now, slanting in at the sticks. Masood drops his bat down on the ball and is solid in defence. |
| 0 | 2.3 | 2.3: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, Good-length delivery, moving away off the seam. Masood is squared up in defence and dabs it down to gully. |
| 0 | 2.2 | 2.2: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, Goes past the bat! Robinson delivers it from wide on the crease, on a good length, in the channel on off. Masood was better off leaving this alone but he has a feel for the ball. He is lucky not to nick this one behind. |
| 0 | 2.1 | 2.1: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, Hits the top of the off stump at 123 kph, on a nagging length. Shan shuffles cover to get behind the line and plays it back to Robinson. |
| 4 | 1.6 | 1.6: Jofra Archer to Azan Awais, FOUR! Azan Awais is looking pretty confident. Jofra Archer drags his length back, outside off, Azan Awais stands tall and cuts it toward the left of the backward point fielder for a boundary. |
| 0 | 1.5 | 1.5: Jofra Archer to Azan Awais, Fullish, on middle and leg, Azan Awais blocks it back to the Archer. |
| 0 | 1.4 | 1.4: Jofra Archer to Azan Awais, Just a shade behind the good length, pitching it outside off and swinging away. Azan Awais lunges to cover the stumps and makes the leave. |
| 4 | 1.3 | 1.3: Jofra Archer to Azan Awais, FOUR! Excellent placement from Awais! Good-length delivery, angling in, around middle. Azan Awais clips it through square leg and gets another boundary. |
| 0 | 1.2 | 1.2: Jofra Archer to Azan Awais, Fuller in length, on off. Azan Awais defends it to the right of the bowler. |
| 4 | 1.1 | 1.1: Jofra Archer to Azan Awais, FOUR! Gloriously driven! Pitches it much fuller, does Jofra Archer, just outside off. Azan Awais strides out and drives it crisply, with the full face of the bat guiding it through cover for four runs. Pakistan are underway. |
| 0 | 0.6 | 0.6: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, Angled in from around the wicket, on a good length. Shan lets the ball come on and taps it down. A tone-setting double wicket maiden by Robinson. |
| 0 | 0.5 | 0.5: Ollie Robinson to Shan Masood, Nearly another. Another ball that holds its line, on a nagging length. Shan looks to defend but is beaten past the outside edge. |
| 0 | 0.4 | 0.4: Ollie Robinson to Abdullah Shafique, OUT! EDGED AND GONE! Ollie Robinson goes bang, bang and he cannot put a foot wrong this summer. Wobble seam ball bowled by going wide on the crease, on a good length, around off. Shafique has to play at it due to the angle and presents a straight bat to do so. It nips away enough to take the outside edge. It goes low to first slip, where Joe Root hangs low and gets his fingers under the ball to snaffle it. A three-ball duck for Abdullah. Pakistan are 0/2. Joe Root goes past Steve Smith for most catches in the field in Tests, with this being his 220th grab. |
| 0 | 0.3 | 0.3: Ollie Robinson to Abdullah Shafique, Outside off, on a good length. Shafique leans across and stabs it down watchfully. |
| 0 | 0.2 | 0.2: Ollie Robinson to Abdullah Shafique, Floated up there, not much movement through the air, on off. Shafique pushes it with a straight bat to mid on. |
| 0 | 0.1 | 0.1: Ollie Robinson to Saim Ayub, OUT! EDGED AND TAKEN! The start couldn't get any sweeter than this. Ollie Robinson scoots around the wicket, pitching it around good length, outside off. Saim Ayub plants his front foot toward the delivery, looking to force the drive away but the ball moves away a bit off the seam. The ball flies flat toward the right of the second slip fielder and it's none other than Harry Brook who pouches the catch safely into his hands. A pair for Ayub, who was flown in for this game. |