इंग्लैंड vs पाकिस्तान, तीसरा टेस्ट, एजबैस्टन, बर्मिंघम, 09 September 2026 - लाइव कमेंट्री

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.

Fuller, outside off, nipping in. Razaullah swings away but gets beaten on the outside edge.

Full, outside off, Razaullah taps it to the left of the bowler.

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. 

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.

FOUR! Razaullah connects it this time and gets his first boundary just a delivery before the Lunch Break. Pitches it up, does Tongue, outside off. Razaullah rocks back and lashes it over the cover region for four runs. With that boundary, 100 is up for Pakistan. That will be Lunch on Day 1. 

A yard behind the good length, well outside off. Saud Shakeel prods to cover the stumps and shoulders arm at it. 

On a good length, well outside off, Saud Shakeel isn't interested to offer any shot at it. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

Hits the deck hard, does Tongue, on off, angling in. Mohammad Imran camps back and defends it solidly. 

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.

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.

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.

Angling in, around off, on the fuller side. Razaullah fends it toward the off side.

Back of a length, on top of middle, Mohammad Imran hops back and bunts it down the pitch.

Full and straight, Imran prods half-forward and defends.

 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.

Fuller, around middle, Imran shuffles across and flicks it to deep square leg for a brace.

Serves a fuller one, on off, Imran blocks it back to the bowler.

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. 

Pitches it up, outside off, nipping in. Saud Shakeel pushes it to short extra cover.

Serves it fuller, just outside off. Saud Shakeel pushes it through cover, toward the sweeper cover fielder and gets a brace. 

Back of a length, outside off, Shakeel lets it travel to the keeper.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

Full, outside off, Saud Shakeel defends it to gully.

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. 

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. 

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.

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.

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.

Short of a good length, outside off, Ghazi Ghori leaves it alone.

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.

Bashes the length hard, outside off, Mohammad Imran hangs back and taps it to backward point.

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.

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.

Full and outside off. Shakeel looks to drive but gets an inside edge onto his front pad.

A tempter, full and outside off, Saud ignores.

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.

Nagging length, on middle, Shakeel hops on the toes and tucks it down to mid on with soft hands.

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.

FOUR! Smashed! Good length, outside off, Saud gets on top of the bounce and crunches it away through cover-point for a cracking boundary.

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.

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.

Full on the stumps, Babar Azam weighs forward and defends it to the leg side.

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.

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.

Full and outside off, Babar defends it to the off side.

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.

Slanted into the batter, on a good length. Saud Shakeel tucks it to short mid-wicket.

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.

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.

On a fullish length, angling in, Saud Shakeel clips it off the inner portion of the bat to short mid-wicket.

Keeps it stump-to-stump, does Robinson, full in length. Saud stretches his hands in front and caresses it to mid off.

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.

Full ball on off stump, nips back in, Shakeel defends the ball with an angled bat to the left of short mid-wicket.

Length-delivery, outside off, left alone as the ball curves away.

In thereabouts of the off stump, full in length, shaping away. Saud Shakeel prods in front and taps it out into covers.

Full-length delivery, outside off, Babar Azam drives it to mid off. 

Hard length, outside off, Babar Azam shoulders arm at it. 

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.

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.

On a length, around off, Babar Azam defends it to mid on. 

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. 

Fuller, outside off, Saud Shakeel blocks it toward cover.

On a length, outside off, Saud Shakeel shuffles across to cover the stumps and lets it pass through. 

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. 

Good length, outside off, Saud Shakeel leaves it alone. 

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. 

On a length, around off, Saud Shakeel misses to flick it across and wears on the pad.

Back of a length, slanting cross the lefty. Shan Masood is happy to let that one pass through. 

Attacking the middle stump now, fuller in length. Shan Masood tucks it with soft hands to the leg side. 

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.

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. 

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. 

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. 

Hard-length delivery, angling in, on middle. Abdullah Shafique nudges it to mid-wicket.

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.

Fuller in length, way outside off. Babar Azam lunges to dab it late to slip. 

Good-length delivery, outside off, Babar Azam looks to defend the inside line and gets beaten on the outside edge. 

Nagging length, shaping in, on off and middle. Babar Azam rolls his wrists and flicks it through backward sqaure leg for a brace. 

Pitches it up, on off, nipping in. Babar Azam strides out and dead-bats it down the deck. 

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. 

On a length, outside off, Shan Masood clips it to square leg for one.

Good length, outside off, Abdullah Shafique leaves it alone. 

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.

Back of a length, over off, Abdullah Shafique hops a bit and tucks it to mid-wicket to get across. 

Good leave! Swinging it away from the left-hander, on the fuller side, outside off. Shan Masood shoulders arms at it. 

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.

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. 

Back of a length, just outside off, Shafique hangs back and defends it right under his eyes.  

Ollie pushes his length fuller again, attacking the middle stump. Abdullah Shafique works it to square leg. 

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. 

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.

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.

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.

Springs off the surface, outside off, on a length. Let through.

On a length, outside off, left alone by 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Fuller and straighter now, Azan Awais keeps it out to the point region.

 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.

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.

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.

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.

Spears it on a fuller length, and attacks the pads. Azan Awais brings the bat in front and solidly blocks it out.

Slanted down leg, full, Awais whips it to deep backward square leg for a single.

Bangs it short and outside off, Shafique ducks underneath it.

Full and on middle with just a hint of an inward shape, Abdullah Shafique stretches forward and pushes it straight back at the bowler.

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.

Nice and full, around off, crunched away to the short cover fielder.

Short of a good length, on off, angling in. Ayub hangs back and knocks it to mid off.

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.

Attacks the stumps, on a fullish length, Abdullah Shafique blocks it in front by pressing forward.

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.

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.

Hits the deck hard, on off, Awais camps back and dabs it to backward point.

Nagging length, outside the off stump. Let through by Awais.

On a fuller length, around off, this is watchfully blocked out by Azan.

Massive deviation, full and outside off, Awais lets it be.

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.

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.

Nagging length, nipping away this time, Ayub gets on top of the bounce and taps it out to covers.

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.

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.

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.

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.