Player of the Match
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Best performances - Batsmen

HC Brook
HC Brook
317(322) 29x4 - 3x6
Control %83%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 58 runs
  • 9x4 - 1x6
30 31 47 30 74 49 16 40
JE Root
JE Root
262(375) 17x4 - 0x6
Control %86%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 57 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
33 14 44 25 69 13 22 42

Best performances - Bowlers

MJ Leach
MJ Leach
O6.5
M1
R30
W4
Eco4.39
RHB
OFFLEG
1W1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W
MJ Leach
MJ Leach
O40
M5
R160
W3
Eco4.00
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
2W

Match Details

Toss

Pakistan , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Series result

England led the 3-match series 1-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

10.00 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00

Match days

7,8,9,10,11 October 2024 (5-day match)

Test debut

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

England 12, Pakistan 0

Scorer: M Venkat Raghav | Commentator: Andrew Miller

12.10pm That's pretty much a wrap from this first Test. A truly remarkable England win, their fourth in a row in Pakistan, and one that rivals even Rawalpindi from two years ago for shock and awe. How do Pakistan bounce back from that? There've got barely four days to regroup and go again. From Miller, Alan, Venkat and the team, adieu!

Time for some presentations. Harry Brook and Joe Root scoop various sponsors awards, as does Jack Leach for his bowling. But it is Brook who is the official Player of the Match, as you'd expect, for his extraordinary 317.

Brook: "Obviously enjoyed it a lot, tough with the heat, good to be out there with Rooty. We were just batting for as long as possible, set the plan out at lunch. Enjoy batting, build a partnership, rotate the strike, take fluid on board. Tough, but a good surface to cash in on. Hopefully many more to come."

Shan Masood: "We've spoken about the third innings, but it's a team game, when you put 550 on the board it's important to back it up with 10 wickets, and that's what we didn't do. That's the key, how can the batting and bowling in first innings contribute to a lead. The onus is to set the game up well and finish it off. We should learn from England, they found ways to take 20 wickets. That's the challenge the side has going forward. We're in the middle of the series, we've talked about a squad mentality. Test cricket is the ultimate format, the best teams find a way. Scoring runs and taking wickets are the non-negotiables."

"We love playing the game, we're hurt by the results, we're hurt as a nation, but a quick turnaround. We're not getting the results that Pakistan cricket deserves. We have to get this right as a squad."

Ollie Pope: "The fitness the bowlers showed, and Brook and Root, credit to them for the skills and determination to put the team in a winning position. When you come out to bat again and you're 260 runs behind and the pitch is three days older, it's never easy. Got the odd ball to reverse and spin. Even if they'd made 400 we've have backed ourselves for a small chase. Brydon on debut was awesome, charged in with a lot of heart, and the way Jack Leach bowled, coming back into the side, fits right in and taken crucial wickets. I smoked a pull shot straight to midwicket but it's a team game, and we're on the right side of the performance!

11.53am Brydon Carse is speaking to Sky Sports. "The lads are buzzing upstairs. A great, great result. All the guys ... Rooty, Brookie, all the seamers, they really put in a massive effort over the last five days, and it feels very rewarding. There's two ice-baths in the back with massive chunks of ice in them. Still trying to figure out if they help or if it's a bit of humour for the lads to get in them. Up there with the most difficult conditions I've played in."

11.45am Sampath tells us that this is only England's second innings win in Asia, and the first since 1976! That's incredible, and tells you an awful lot about how these high-scoring contests usually pan out... draw, or England drubbing is the usual drill!

Matt Roller notes that Leach has now won 11 of his 14 Tests in Asia. That is every bit as remarkable! Obviously he was injured when things went south in India earlier this year, not that his absence was necessarily the decisive factor ... but with seven wickets in the match, that's a very telling return to the XI

11.37am Handshakes all round as Pakistan troop onto the field to greet the victors. England were made to work for their initial breakthrough this morning, but the damage had already been done on day four, first with the sheer weight of England's batting, through Harry Brook and Joe Root, and then with the determined bowling onslaught. Brydon Carse, not on the field at the moment of victory, was magnificent on debut, bowling himself to a standstill in the end. While Leach served a timely reminder that his experience still has a role, despite the younger Bashir being the coming man.

Ramapriya: "In the McCullum era, each time the opposition has scored 500 in the first innings, England has won. Remarkable!"

54.5
W
Leach to Naseem Shah, OUT, goes for a gallop, stumped by a mile! A bit of overspin outside off, Smith whips off the bails, and England have won an extraordinary Test by an innings and 47 runs! Leach closes out the contest with his fourth wicket, and somehow, England have overcome the conditions to win with almost two and a half sessions to spare!

Naseem Shah st †Smith b Leach 6 (1m 3b 0x4 1x6) SR: 200.00

54.4
6
Leach to Naseem Shah, SIX, panned magnificently over long-off! Well, why not! A step to the pitch and a mighty hoick!
54.3
0
Leach to Naseem Shah, no run, on the front foot, pressed back down the pitch

Remember, Abrar will not bat, poor chap is still in hospital.

The fielders have dropped five catches, so the bowlers are taking matters into their own hands. Leach's second C&B of the match

54.2
W
Leach to Shaheen Shah Afridi, OUT, flogged through the wide line, Leach leaps to cling on! Super take from the bowler, that just gripped enough off the pitch to turn and hit Shaheen high on his blade as he swung with gusto, but Leach had to react sharply in his followthrough, stoop to his left, and close the deal. England one away now!

Shaheen Shah Afridi c & b Leach 10 (31m 14b 1x4 0x6) SR: 71.42

54.1
0
Leach to Shaheen Shah Afridi, no run, onto the front foot, and drilled into the off side

Carse is off the field, he looked knackered in the last over, Matt Potts is England's sub

END OF OVER:
54 | 6 Runs | PAK: 214/7

  • Aamer Jamal55 (104b)
  • Shaheen Shah Afridi10 (12b)
  • Brydon Carse16-1-66-2
  • Jack Leach6-1-24-2

Sarjeel kazi: "Can someone please congratulate aamer jamal for his 50 please ." Pretty sure Alan acknowledged it at the time, but yes, it's been a very fine knock in the tough circumstances!

53.6
0
Carse to Aamer Jamal, no run, banged in short, into the ribs, fended away

Pakistan 3rd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st0Abdullah ShafiqueSaim Ayub
2nd29Shan MasoodSaim Ayub
3rd12Babar AzamSaim Ayub
4th0Saud ShakeelSaim Ayub
5th18Mohammad RizwanSaud Shakeel
6th23Agha SalmanSaud Shakeel
7th109Agha SalmanAamer Jamal
8th23Aamer JamalShaheen Shah Afridi
9th6Aamer JamalNaseem Shah