Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
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    4.3 caught at third slip! or is it? Soft signal is out but Burns is waiting. And that looks like it might be a safe catch. Fingers nicely under the ball by Shan Masood and Burns will have to go. Afridi has made the first breakthrough. Got it to pitch on a length and move away enough to take the edge as he was coming forward to defend. The ball was dying on Masood but he did well to take it cleanly. 12/1
    18.2 hit on the pads as he skips down, umpire Gough thinks about it... and up goes the finger! Sibley consults with his partner and then reviews, but looks like he is going to pay for playing across a straight one. Couldn't quite get to the pitch and it straightened a touch then skidded into the pad. Hitting middle stump three-quarters of the way up, that's plumb! 73/2
    132.2 and he's stumped down leg side. No triple century for Zak Crawley but what a fabulous innings. Was skipping down the track, Asad fired it down leg side. Crawley missed, partly due to tiredness too maybe. Rizwan completed the rest. He's applauded all the way back to the dressing room and the Pakistan players too go up and congratulate him, good to see. 486/5
    35.2 peach gets him. Not much Root could have done about that. Pitches on back of a length and jags away sharply. The line meant Root had to play at it, the movement meant it took a healthy outside edge leaving him squared up. Rizwan flings himself to his right to ensure a beautiful ball gets a deserved wicket 114/3
    38.6 cleaned him up! Pinned to the back foot, and he was in no position to play that. It burst through the gate to knock the stumps back. Quicker one by Yasir and Pope was caught cemented to the crease. He wasn't expecting the quicker one and probably thought it'll turn more than it did, consequently leaving a gap through which the ball fizzed 127/4
    144.2 chipped back, Fawad has a Test wicket! Maybe a tired shot, Buttler's never batted this long, after all... was looking to steer one down the ground and just offered up a simple return chance, gleefully celebrated as Fawad sprung across to his right. But he'll get a warm ovation from his team-mates as he walks off after a career-shaping innings 530/6
    148.3 comes down, picks out cover! Another for Fawad Alam, but it's barely celebrated on the field... Looking to go over the off side but sliced it for a simple catch. Woakes mooches off, but it looks like everyone else will stay on 547/7
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    154.4 bowled 'im neck and crop! Shaheen blasts out Broad with an inswinger, full enough and rattling middle as he stepped away... and that's it, England have declared 583/8
    Extras
    22 (b 4, lb 13, nb 4, w 1)
    TOTAL
    583/8d (154.4 Overs, RR: 3.76)
    Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Rory Burns, 4.3 ov), 2-73 (Dom Sibley, 18.2 ov), 3-114 (Joe Root, 35.2 ov), 4-127 (Ollie Pope, 38.6 ov), 5-486 (Zak Crawley, 132.2 ov), 6-530 (Jos Buttler, 144.2 ov), 7-547 (Chris Woakes, 148.3 ov), 8-583 (Stuart Broad, 154.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    Shaheen Shah Afridi33.4512123.5913
    Mohammad Abbas3388202.4800
    Yasir Shah39317324.4300
    Naseem Shah27610914.0300
    Fawad Alam1204623.8300
    Shan Masood311103.6600
    Asad Shafiq702413.4201
  • BATSMEN
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    2.3 that looks plumb and is given. Masood has gone for the review. This was beautifully done by Anderson, gently swerving away from him in the air, pitching on middle and leg and straightening to hit him on the knee roll when he was half forward. And it's three reds on the DRS, so Masood has to be on his way. Dismissed by Anderson for the 8th time in Tests 6/1
    4.1 caught in the slips and this is disastrous for Pakistan. Anderson hit the seam and got it to move away, took the shoulder of the bat as he was pushing forward in defence, good low catch at second slip. Anderson five away from 600 Test wickets 11/2
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    10.5 rapped him in front and Babar is not going to review. That was plumb as plumb. After keeping it going away, he darts this one in at a sharp angle, catches Babar on the knee-roll in line with the off stump. Anderson has broken the back of Pakistan you'd think with that wicket 24/3
    12.5 gottim, catching practice for slip! Tame way to go for Shafiq, hanging his bat out in the corridor and flinching a thick outside edge straight to England's captain, who accepts it gleefully... as does Anderson, who's now up to 597 Test wickets! 30/4
    36.2 lures him out, takes the edge - Bess gets his man! Clear edge, spin and bounce as Alam played a long way outside his eyeline. Success for Bess, found the right length and it spat to clip the shoulder of the bat, Buttler snaffling the chance cleanly going up and to his left 75/5
    75.1 caught down the legside. That's an unlikely dismissal for a set batsman and Rizwan will be unhappy to get out that way but he's done really well. Length ball on leg stump, seaming inwards ends up down the pads and he tries to tickle it fine. Too fine as it turns out and a diving Buttler completes a good take to his left 213/6
    81.2 edged and taken The new ball does the trick. Bounces up off a length higher than the old ball would, Yasir is on the front foot and looking to defend into the offside but it bounces up to catch the shoulder of his bat. Flying fairly fast but Root does well at first slip to hold it above his head with both hands 241/7
    85.1 superman catch from Buttler flying to his right. Broad banged it in short but mis-directed a bit I thought. Did the job though as Afridi tries to play it down fine from his rib-cage. Only gets a tickle. Buttler launches to his right and comes up with ball in his outstretched glove. Brilliantly done. 247/8
    88.6 catch dropped but Abbas is run out Three catches dropped off Anderson in two overs. This was the easiest of the lot. Azhar just chipped it to Broad at mid-on and amazingly, a dolly goes through Broad's hands. Meanwhile the batsmen are still looking to take a single to keep Azhar on strike but Abbas was ball-watching and set off late. Broad in pure frustration lets loose at the stumps and hits direct at the striker's end! What a ball. And what a two overs of Anderson. 261/9
    92.6 edged to slip, SIBLEY HOLDS THIS ONE! Fenced off the back foot, thick edge and it flies low to third slip, this time it's taken, Test wicket No598 for Anderson, and his 29th five-wicket haul! 273/10
    Extras
    13 (b 2, lb 7, nb 2, w 2)
    TOTAL
    273 all out (93 Overs, RR: 2.93)
    Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Shan Masood, 2.3 ov), 2-11 (Abid Ali, 4.1 ov), 3-24 (Babar Azam, 10.5 ov), 4-30 (Asad Shafiq, 12.5 ov), 5-75 (Fawad Alam, 36.2 ov), 6-213 (Mohammad Rizwan, 75.1 ov), 7-241 (Yasir Shah, 81.2 ov), 8-247 (Shaheen Shah Afridi, 85.1 ov), 9-261 (Mohammad Abbas, 88.6 ov), 10-273 (Naseem Shah, 92.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    JM Anderson2335652.4300
    SCJ Broad2054022.0000
    JC Archer1735803.4110
    CR Woakes1524212.8002
    DM Bess1826813.7700
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    23.4 nipping back, Masood offers no shot... up goes the finger! Masood asks for the review but we know how that usually goes against Michael Gough. Pitched in line, straightening juuuusssst enough to clip off, umpire's call! Unlucky for the batsman? Perhaps, although bowlers will say clipping the stumps usually does the job. England strike in the 24th over of the innings 49/1
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    49.5 coming back in, pinned on the stumps, umpire Gough gives it! Abid is going to review, but this only needs to be clipping... and clipping it is, that's Test wicket 599 for Anderson! Hanging back, wary of the ball reversing away from him, couldn't get the bat down and Abid's dogged knock is over. Another tight lbw, luck with Anderson on this one 88/2
    61.2 wicket No.600 has arrived! And poetically enough after all those drops, it's a catch to the lone slip. Generous applause from those at the ground. And he's got the first-innings centurion too, the captain. This was the perfect line, millimetres outside off, pitched a fraction short of a length and moved away. I think Azhar wasn't expecting it to bounce as much as it did, takes the shoulder of the bat as he's looking to prod - slightly away from the body - and flies at good pace to Root. The captain ain't dropping that one. You'd think it's about the perfect Anderson ball to get a landmark wicket. 109/3
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    79.4 Root's got a wicket! Taken smartly at bat-pad! Shafiq props forward tamely and gets a thin edge on to the front pad, Bracey stayed low to hold on... That'll keep England interested a bit longer 172/4
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    Extras
    12 (lb 9, nb 3)
    TOTAL
    187/4 (f/o) (83.1 Overs, RR: 2.24)
    Fall of wickets: 1-49 (Shan Masood, 23.4 ov), 2-88 (Abid Ali, 49.5 ov), 3-109 (Azhar Ali, 61.2 ov), 4-172 (Asad Shafiq, 79.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    JM Anderson1934522.3600
    SCJ Broad14.152711.9000
    CR Woakes821401.7500
    JC Archer1481401.0000
    DM Bess2145402.5700
    JE Root601712.8300
    DP Sibley10707.0003

Match Details

Toss

England , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Player Of The Series

Series result

England won the 3-match series 1-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00

Match days

21,22,23,24,25 August 2020 (5-day match)

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

England 13, Pakistan 13

Close of Play

  • Fri, 21 Aug - day 1 - England 1st innings 332/4 (Z Crawley 171*, JC Buttler 87*, 90 ov)
  • Sat, 22 Aug - day 2 - Pakistan 1st innings 24/3 (Azhar Ali 4*, 10.5 ov)
  • Sun, 23 Aug - day 3 - Pakistan 1st innings 273
  • Mon, 24 Aug - day 4 - Pakistan 2nd innings 100/2 (Azhar Ali 29*, Babar Azam 4*, 56 ov)
  • Tue, 25 Aug - day 5 - Pakistan 2nd innings 187/4 (83.1 ov) - end of match

Match Notes

Pakistan 3rd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st49Abid AliShan Masood
2nd39Azhar AliAbid Ali
3rd21Azhar AliBabar Azam
4th63Asad ShafiqBabar Azam
5th15Fawad AlamBabar Azam