Pakistan's new look but England inflict same old misery

Josh Tongue has taken four wickets as England piled yet more misery on Pakistan in the final Test of the one-sided series at Edgbaston. England have piled more pain on Pakistan at Edgbaston, bowling them out for a paltry 133 before Emilio Gay and Harry Brook carried the hosts further into the ascendancy. Josh Tongue claimed 4-42 while Ollie Robinson and Jofra Archer shared six wickets as Pakistan's shake-up since going 2-0 down in the three-match series had minimal impact on their miserable fortunes. Gay and Brook then made fifties on Wednesday's opening day in Birmingham to lift England to 4-156 at stumps, leading by 23 with the promise of plenty more to come, despite captain Joe Root being out lbw for the 10th time in 13 innings. While the floodlights were on all day amid heavy cloud cover for large spells, the pitch was relatively blameless. Still, Pakistan, with four changes to their side since Lord's, were cowed by England's on-song seamers and look in severe danger of being whitewashed in the series. Robinson was magnificent, conceding just 15 runs in 11 overs, as he went from 99 to 102 Test wickets, while his average of 19.1 is the best post-war of any bowler with more than 100 dismissals. It was unsurprising he made the breakthrough in his second over after Root opted to field and exploit the overheads.

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Region

Western Australia, Australia

Published

10 Sep 2026

Languages

English