Current Run Rate

CRR

4

Last 10 Ov (Run Rate)

Last 10 Ov (RR)

40/1 (4)

Current Run Rate

CRR

4

Last 10 Ov (Run Rate)

Last 10 Ov (RR)

40/1 (4)

END OF OVER:
39 | 2 Runs | ENG: 156/4

  • Harry Brook52 (76b)
  • Dan Lawrence5 (10b)
  • Mohammad Abbas14-1-37-1
  • Razaullah9-0-42-2

6.44pm: Right, that's your lot from Edgbaston. We'll be back bright and early for day two, but until then, thanks for your company.

Josh Tongue is speaking to Ian Ward on Sky Sports at the close of play. "Really pleased with the day," he says. "To bowl them out for 130-odd, we're in a really strong position. [Pitch?] It looked a good pitch... We bowled really well. [Pressure after choosing to bowl?] There probably is a tiny bit of pressure on us, but we've been very good as a collective, the whole series. I came on four wickets down and feeling fresh. [What worked?] They were four down, so I could bowl that attacking line and length. [Yorker?] Accidental! Slipped out. [Wobble-seam work?] I've spoken to Robbo quite a bit about it... It's just trial and error in the nets. It got me a wicket [Saud Shakeel's]... [Break after Lord's?] My workload has been fairly high so it was a good time to have a break, five days off no bowling. My first bowl was two days before this Test. [Dukes batch?] I've got small hands and they felt big to me... We're picking good balls. [Gay-Brook partnership?] The ball was still doing a bit. They batted really well. Looking ahead, we've got to be right on it. [Pitch expectations?] Come day three or four, we could see more balls going under the bat."

6.34pm: 14 wickets on the opening day at Edgbaston, with England taking a first-innings lead into the second morning. Pakistan were bowled out cheaply, with only Saud Shakeel offering any kind of prolonged resistance against England's seamers. After a brief top-order wobble, Gay and Brook added 104 for the fourth wicket to calm any nerves, and Gay's late chop-on did not change the fact that this way England's day. Razaullah, the Pakistan debutant, was a rare bright spark, cranking it up to 90mph and making Joe Root his first Test victim with only his fourth ball.

38.6
0
Mohammad Abbas to Brook, no run, full, angling in, blocked to short midwicket. Brook ends the day 52 not out
38.5
0
Mohammad Abbas to Brook, no run, angling down the leg side, leading edge skews to extra cover as Brook looks to work it through midwicket
38.4
0
Mohammad Abbas to Brook, no run, hung outside off stump, no shot offered
38.3
2
Mohammad Abbas to Brook, 2 runs, worked off his hip, out to long leg for a couple
38.2
0
Mohammad Abbas to Brook, no run, inswinger, defended into the off side
38.1
0
Mohammad Abbas to Brook, no run, wide on the crease, blocked back with a straight bat

Should be time for one more over. Abbas has the ball at the top of his mark.

END OF OVER:
38 | 4 Runs | ENG: 154/4

  • Dan Lawrence5 (10b)
  • Harry Brook50 (70b)
  • Razaullah9-0-42-2
  • Mohammad Abbas13-1-35-1
37.6
0
Razaullah to Lawrence, no run, steps across, works to mid-on
37.5
0
Razaullah to Lawrence, no run, short ball, Lawrence ducks underneath it. 89mph/143kph
37.4
0
Razaullah to Lawrence, no run, fuller, punched into the covers
37.3
1
Razaullah to Brook, 1 run, short ball, swatted around the corner to long leg on the bounce. Brook reaches 50 for the 30th time in Tests, and the seventh against Pakistan... he's turned four of the previous six into hundreds
37.2
3
Razaullah to Lawrence, 3 runs, steps across, whips away through wide mid-on with rubber wrists. Abbas and Ali both look knackered as they give chase, but Abbas eventually catches up with it
37.1
0
Razaullah to Lawrence, no run, outswinger, stabbed to point with an open face

Razaullah reloads. Five minutes left in the day

END OF OVER:
37 | 1 Run | ENG: 150/4

  • Harry Brook49 (69b)
  • Dan Lawrence2 (5b)
  • Mohammad Abbas13-1-35-1
  • Razaullah8-0-38-2
36.6
0
Mohammad Abbas to Brook, no run, leans across, defends into the leg side. Brook stuck on 49
36.6
1nb
Mohammad Abbas to Brook, 1 no ball, another play and miss! But Abbas has overstepped. Brook plays an off-stump line but it nips away past the bat
36.5
0
Mohammad Abbas to Brook, no run, another beauty! Outstanding over from Abbas late in the day. The ball snakes away past his outside edge, nipping sharply off the seam, and Brook has to keep his balance as Ghori whips the bails off

Another slip comes in.

England 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st12BM DuckettEN Gay
2nd12JM CoxEN Gay
3rd15JE RootEN Gay
4th104HC BrookEN Gay
5th13DW LawrenceHC Brook