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by Ffion Wynne

  1. Ramiz Raja
    Former Pakistan captain on Test Match Special

    I'm disappointed with how Babar Azam was dismissed. The field was set up for that kind of length and he wasn't really up for it. It was ugly.

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    Ollie Robinson's bowling Test average is now under 20, again highlighting the baffling folly of his banishment by McCullum and Stokes.

    Snowy, Suffolk

  3. How's stat?!

    Srinivas Vijaykumar
    CricViz analyst

    Ollie Robinson's stunning summer continues now with 21 wickets in the three Tests in 2026 at an unreal average of 8.3.

    If you thought that was unreal, with deliveries projected to hit the stumps in Tests this year Robinson averages 1.57 with figures of 14-22. Yes, that's an average of 1.57 - a wicket once in every five such deliveries.

    I had to rub my eyes 23,787 times to see if I was reading that right! Robinson with deliveries projected to hit the stumps in Tests in 2026. 22 runs, 14 wickets, 72 balls, 1.57 average

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  4. Pak 18-3

    Target 389

    Gorgeous shot.

    Pakistan have got to keep looking to score when they're offered a chance. Saud Shakeel gets off the mark with a lovely back-foot punch for four, much to Jofra Archer's frustration.

  5. Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on Test Match Special

    This is a brute. Babar Azam gets himself in a really awkward position.

    He ends up with the ball hitting his glove. It's really poorly played. It goes off the glove, off the helmet then balloons to Jordan Cox.

    This is ugly for Pakistan. The best player is trudging back to the pavilion.

  6. Isa Guha
    Former England bowler on Test Match Special

    If it was Babar or bust, well it's bust.

    Another one goes for Pakistan.

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    Babar c Cox b Archer 6 (Pak 14-3)

    Three down!

    This is ruthless from England. There's Ollie Robinson's relentless accuracy from one end, and the fiery pace of Jofra Archer at the other.

    Babar Azam is caught off guard by a nasty short ball, and he has very little time to get out of the way. He ends up half-leaving and half-pulling, and the top edge loops up to Jordan Cox in the slips.

  8. Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on Test Match Special

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    I've just seen a replay of the Shafique dismissal to Ollie Robinson. It was a beauty.

    I don't like Ollie Robinson's celebration for those two wickets, going down the wicket. You have Pakistan where you want them, you don't have to give them a send-off.

    I don't mind an aggressive bowler as long as he does it against everyone, not just when it's easy like this.

  9. Pak 14-2

    Target 389

    A rare error from Ollie Robinson, drifting onto the pads and Babar Azam helps it on its way for four down to fine leg.

    That wicket of Abdullah Shafique was his 97th in Tests. This summer alone, he has 21 wickets in three Tests at an average just over eight. Unbelievable.

  10. Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on Test Match Special

    I've got a feeling from Babar that he wants to play some shots. You'd rather have him do something and have a go. They have to try something.

  11. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC Chief Cricket Commentator on Test Match Special

    It's Babar Azam or bust for Pakistan now.

  12. Pak 9-2

    Target 389

    And now the swing from Jofra Archer to contend with.

    Babar Azam plays and misses outside the off stump. Pakistan need a miracle from their captain here.

  13. How's stat?!

    Andy Zaltzman
    Test Match Special statistician

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    In Ollie Robinson's last 13 overs he's taken six wickets for seven runs with eight maidens.

  14. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC Chief Cricket Commentator on Test Match Special

    It's gone straight through him. Straight between bat and pad. Two wickets in the over and Pakistan are already reeling here.

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    Shafique b Robinson 0 (Pak 7-2)

    Wow. Keep that out.

    Unplayable from Ollie Robinson, very little that Abdullah Shafique could've done early in his innings. More extravagant movement off the surface and it skids between bat and pad to clip the top of off stump.

    Pakistan in real trouble.

  16. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC Chief Cricket Commentator on Test Match Special

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    We gave that out from here. He might've been put off by Emilio Gay at short leg and then he reluctantly put a front pad out.

    That's what a short leg does. It stops that thrust of the front foot. It's terrific tactics.

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    Azan lbw b Robinson 6 (Pak 7-1)

    Yep, Robinson strikes!

    Azan Awais fought admirably in the first innings, but he's undone by some sharp movement from Robinson. It nips back off the seam and the replays show that it would be crashing into leg stump.

  18. Pakistan review

    Got him!

    Ollie Robinson traps Azan Awais bang in front. He reviews, but rather unconvincingly.

  19. How's stat?!

    Srinivas Vijaykumar
    CricViz analyst

    All eyes on Jofra Archer as he starts this spell, his first over had an average speed of 87.8 mph. In the four overs of his opening spell in the previous innings, Archer clocked an average speed of 92.7 mph.

    A little bit of number crunching, and that fourth over to Azan Awais was Archer's second fastest over in his Test career. Can he ramp it up again here today?

  20. Pak 5-0

    Target 389

    Jofra Archer gets his pace up to 90mph but his second over is a little wayward, firing a couple down the leg side and another very wide of the off stump.

    Still, another maiden.