England v Pakistan Test Series 2026.

[Arthur Crabtree]

3-10 for JT after lunch. In the bag.

More catches, fewer lbw/bowled in this innings.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Robinson goes level with Tongue for the stats POTM. 8 each.

Going to be a three day Test, even with the frequent rain.

[sussexpob]

All over... basically a 2 day test

[Arthur Crabtree]

Acko and Archer chip in and it's all over.

Well done England on the one sided win. Good effort.

[bigfluffylemon]

Well, that was all too easy. Well done England, but they really didn't have to get much out of first gear - and at least one batter should have gone on.

Surely Pakistan can't be that bad for the next two games?

[Arthur Crabtree]

If Bashir comes in, presumably either Archer or Atkinson makes way. But I expect they will go with the same side, unless Bethell is fit.

[sussexpob]

Atkinson's figures really don't tell the tale of how he bowled, because he was really unlucky in the first innings multiple times. I Think they will pick the same team

[alfie]

Talk about comprehensive...

Maybe Pakistan will be a little more competitive now they've played a match - and might be able to pick a better team next week. But you'd have to doubt they are going to be able to make this much of a contest. And not sure how much it will tell us about the new and recycled England players ahead of more challenging tasks.

Never mind : a win is a win and Root & co can be happy with that very professional performance

[alfie]

Atkinson's figures really don't tell the tale of how he bowled, because he was really unlucky in the first innings multiple times. I Think they will pick the same team

Yes. Would be a bit of a long tail if Atkinson were left out though perhaps that wouldn't worry them too much given the limitations of Pakistan's bowling attack. Agree Atkinson was better than his figures show and suspect there won't be any change - assuming no fitness issues arise.

[Arthur Crabtree]

To add to the ongoing discussion on pace, since the start of the superstat era (2006).

if we break down all wickets in a 1mph range, deliveries from pace bowlers in the 84-85mph range have seen the most wickets with 1,594 in total. If you break the speeds down to a single decimal, 84.6 mph has been the most productive wicket-taking delivery with 193 wickets in total.

From this BBC article.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/art ... o#comments

Even I can see how this stat may be dubious. But I imagine coaches would take notice if the answer was 90-91mph!

[Arthur Crabtree]

Heavy rain around the country. Looking at the weather map for St. Johns Wood, today could be a rain off. Saturday looks like more of the same.

[sussexpob]

Heavy rain around the country. Looking at the weather map for St. Johns Wood, today could be a rain off. Saturday looks like more of the same.

The weather has predicted this in Brussels all week, and save for a drizzle of rain for 30 seconds last night, we haven't had anything near the end of days rain predicted.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Live updates on BBC sound optimistic, but if it's anything like here, tomorrow could be in doubt.

[andy]

England off to a flyer 20-0 after 3.1....i know he took a 5fer but is it slightly surprising to see Pakistan playing Usman Ali considering the poor forecast during the match?

[sussexpob]

Gay has failed. Got out to a leg sider on his hips... poor shot