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Well, shades of 1981 at Edgbaston today, and England need 130 to win, as Australia did back in 1981. The the Botham-esque hero today for Pakistan. Was Raza Ullah, made 81 off 63 balls with 9 sixes before he was stumped by Jordan Cox in the final over of the day off Dan Lawrence for 81. But it was a day of stiff resistance from Pakistan. Shahin Masood, who was dropped on 13 and 40, made 95. Babar Azam made 76 and Azaan Owais made 59. It looked unlikely we'd be back for a 4th day But we are after Pakistan made it a chastening day for England's captain Joe Root and their 4-man pace attack. Jonathan Agnew is here, Michael Vaughan is here, Rameez Raja is here. Let's start with you, Jonathan. What did you make of that?

Well, I mean, before we start being critical of England's bowling, which we do have to be, and their tactics, let's just say that was an incredible innings from Razzaullah. Where's he come from, this young fella? He's bowled, he's brought Edgston alive when he bowled. That first spell was quick, kept coming back. He's obviously a bit of a character, took his helmet off there towards the end when he's facing the spinners, you know, he wanted to be seen. His batting was absolutely incredible, you know, he had a few rustic swipes in the first innings, but he just timed the ball magnificently. He was hitting enormous sixes. And he just kept going. He's clearly extremely confident, and he really is a cricketer for the future. I mean, you know, Pakistan look back at this tour with great disappointment overall, and so they should. However, if they have managed to unearth a gem there, then some of that disappointment will dissipate. However, England's tactics were appalling. I'm sorry, you cannot and should not bowl like that to tail-enders as soon as they come in. You know, they know what they're going to get. You know, Razzaul is going to play shots. We saw that in the first innings. He knows exactly where the ball is going to be. He smashed a 6 into the Holly Stand almost immediately. And England didn't have— well, it'd be interesting to see if Vande Heuvel can actually nail it down. But it looked to me as if they went straight to that tactic. They didn't even try and bowl them out to start with, which was just wrong. You know, you have to set the tone when you're bowling at tail-enders.

You have to set the tone.

Yes, you bowl aggressively, you bowl with hostility, but you do it in a controlled way to get them out. You give yourself the best possible chance. They're numbers 9 and 10 for a reason, you know. They can bat a bit, but they're not great players, and they're likely to— if you bowl well, they could well nick one early on and get out. I thought that was bitterly disappointing. Dan Lawrence bowled one over, took a wicket in the day, broke the partnership. Terrific. Didn't see him again. He actually took the second new ball. Dan Lawrence, the part-time off-spinner, took the second new ball. I mean, if you're looking for any aspect of the day that is utterly bonkers, surely that is it.

Go on, Jon.

Well, isn't it mad? I mean, Dan Lawrence taking the new ball.

Well, yeah, look, I love Test cricket for the reason what we've seen today. I think that there wouldn't be one person, I think, in the ground in the UK, possibly in the world, that would have thought that we'd have gone to day 4. If you'd have said at the start of the day's play, you know what, we're going to go into day 4 and Pakistan are going to have a lead of 129, I mean, come on, who'd have thought that? But what we've just seen in that last session is why I love Pakistan cricket. You know, they've unearthed a gem, you know, someone that is very raw. He was raw when he bowled, but when he goes out to bat, he just swung. But there was a bit of sense in that swing. He didn't swing at every ball. To hit 8 sixes, 9 sixes, is he right? Geoffrey Boycott only hit 7 in his 108 Test matches. So he's gone past Geoffrey in one Test match, which kind of makes me chuckle. Somewhat, but that's what we love about Pakistan cricket. They've had a difficult tour, and to see that group of players that would have gone through a huge amount this, this last week or so on that balcony full of smiles as he walked off, uh, it's great for them. Look, England are going to win this Test match, I'm pretty sure, but, uh, Raza Rullah has just given Pakistan cricket a great deal of hope.

We are bad at bowling at the lower order, aren't we? But this is not— I mean, we haven't seen it quite as spectacular as this. But England do not bowl well at tail-enders, apart from Josh Tongue, who's got a really good yorker, which we didn't see. Um, you know, there is something they, they do have to work at this.

Let's have— let Ram have his say on what he's seen today, because it's been a tough series for Pakistan.

You know, I'm a firm believer when you come to England, you should get acclimatized, right? So there should be county matches before you go into a Test series, and this is a proper 3-Test match series. Here's a kid who gets his passport done 3 days before he's supposed to play the only Test match. First time he's been out of Pakistan ever. Comes here and absolutely lights up the show.

Yeah.

I mean, and this is the attitude that was needed in that Pakistan dressing room. Someone with a strong body language, someone completely believing in himself. And I think Pakistan would want to have him playing all formats. You know, Test cricket and one-days and, and T20s, because he's a complete natural. He's got strong body language, strong presence, and good mind also. I mean, you know, he's going to be a superstar at home, isn't he? He's going to be a superstar. I think he'll be much in demand.

Absolutely.

But he got— the bedrock was done by his teammates as well. I mean, it wasn't just about him today, also about the—

I thought it was all about him, but yeah, you're right. I mean, Shaan Masood and the others also contributed, and Pakistan almost scored, what, 400 runs in a day?

Yes.

I mean, imagine. I mean, and that's why, you know, Pakistan is so watchable because you can't tell, you know, what is going to happen. So it was a tremendous fight back from a team that's battered and bruised and mentally sort of challenged because of the circumstances, what has transpired, to how they batted here. It's just brilliant.

But Ram, I think what we've seen from Pakistan today is what we've expected to see from Pakistan over many generations. A bit of chaos and suddenly they produce a bit of magic with one individual player just saying, as he said, a bit of body language, right, I'm going to perform. Brilliant. But we also have to say that we shouldn't be surprised by England as well because they've delivered tactically like this on a regular basis over the last 2 or 3 years where you've watched Darren go, what are you doing?

Hmm.

You know, and that's a concern for me. The second Test against New Zealand, that second morning You know, Joe was captain, the field was spread all over the place, lost that momentum. As I said, I think they'll win this game, but, um, they can't keep making mistakes like that. When you've got a bowler like Josh Tonga who's been incredible, who has been told to bowl bouncer after bouncer to numbers 8, 9, 10, and 11, that's not right. When Dan Lawrence on the ball, one over up to that second new ball, he's given that second new ball when we've got a bowler stood in front of the hollies who's averaging 7 in the series. I mean, there were so many things today that you were looking at going— and I got it at the start because I think they just thought the ball was just going to get chipped in the air and they'd make a mistake and they'd be walking off chasing 30 or 40. But you have to be quick enough to adapt, really quick, when you realize it's going against you. And when you start with that tactic, it's very hard to come back in.

Absolutely.

You know, and I think the basics of Test cricket over the history of when we've been watching generally works, and that is to hit the top of off stump. I think there was 8 balls out of 100 in that partnership that was going to hit the stumps. 8 balls out of 100 to Mohammad Abbas and to Razza Rullah. That's nowhere near good enough. And that's just a little bit of a warning sign today that this attack's very, very good. It's had a really good series, but just a little bit of a warning that they're not the finished article just yet.

Yeah, there was a spell where Ollie Robinson bowled about 4 overs out of 40, but actually, if you look at the total tally Uh, Atkinson's bowled 24, Robinson 23, Archer 22, and Tong 22. So it's spread around. Would you like to have seen him bowl a bit more towards the back end of the day?

Well, I think I'd, I'd like to have seen Dan Lawrence bowl a bit more because, you know, when you're in a Test match, you want 5 bowling options for— this is the first day really that England have been challenged, you know. And let's be honest, those bowlers looked a bit leggy. You know, they've been challenged in the first 2 games, and you watched a few of them running in the outfield in the, the afternoon session. You're looking down going, whoa, they look like they've been playing for 6 weeks non-stop. Well, they've not challenged at all in this series, and this was the first day that they got challenged. And tactically, they, they weren't quite right, and they did look a bit leggy in the field. You know, Joffre Archer bowling, was that 9-over spell, 4 before tea and 5 after?

Yeah.

Again, that's a lot of overs for Joffre Archer. We've seen it in the past where England have made mistakes bowling him in long spells. I didn't think that was going to be happening anymore. So just a— it's typical of English cricket where we, we've created The noise that was around, it's gone to bed. And then suddenly a bit more noise has been at the end of the kind of Test match summer. We're talking they'll win the game, but we're talking in a sense today that's just taken us back a few weeks, a few weeks when it wasn't quite right.

What did you think of England's tactics, Rameez?

Yeah, I mean, I was a little disappointed because, you know, when you see a tail end of batting, you've got to keep it as simple as possible, you know. And they were like Mixed signals, uh, you know, whether to go body line or whether to go outside the off stump. We saw Lawrence spin the ball a mile. He could have been used extensively because that ball did grip and spin. Uh, Joe Root could have come and bowled a couple of overs. Pace off the ball— we didn't see a lot of slow balls, the off-cutters, you know, because the demonstration from the tail-enders was that of a T20 format. They were only trying to hit a 6 off every ball. So pace off would have done a great bit of damage. But England were just like in that trance where they were only looking to damage them with a bouncer strategy.

How damaging a day do you think this has been for England, Jonathan? I mean, Michael says they're going to win the match. Well, that's to be decided.

Yeah.

And they still need 130 to win. I mean, you back them on this surface to score 130 to win, even with a bit of scoreboard pressure. But just wonder how damaging—

yeah, I'm not sure they've been damaging, but I think it's a reminder that they that some of the tactics that they've used are not right. You know, we talked a lot about the short ball in Australia too, didn't we? It just seems to be the sort of the go-to thing. It very rarely works. Very rarely do you see a batsman fall for that, apart from English batsmen at Lord's against Australia. I mean, it does— it really doesn't often work. So they do, I think, have to look at that. I say, we've seen it twice this year now with Joe Root as captain. We saw at the Oval as well against New Zealand. And it's— they just got it wrong. And I think if you, you know, rather than being damaging from that perspective, I just hope that a light goes on and they realize that that is not the best way. Because as Michael said, once you start doing it, it's really hard to get it back again. You know, sorry, that's wrong. Everyone come back now. 2 slips, a gully. It's really difficult to do that, just as it is when you've got an established batsman and a tail-ender. You put everyone back for the established batsman and you play that for a while. Again, it's really hard to get back to the basics, and it should only be way down the line in terms of options, especially with tail-enders that you go to.

Yeah, I mean, pre-game today we did a little summarization because we thought the game was going to be done, and it was all about England this summer, what we made of them. And, you know, we made the point about Ben Stokes and is it the right thing now that he's not in the team? Well, today they were crying out for Ben Stokes. Ben Stokes with the ball because he makes things happen. You know, that's exactly what we were trying to say earlier in the day, is like, you look down and go, who are the characters in this team at the minute that will grab the ball or grab the team and say, right, I'm going to win a moment for us just to get us back on track? Uh, I didn't see that from many today.

How difficult is it for a team though when you, when you are so on top of an opposition, you bowl them out so comfortably, so quickly, so easily for 5 innings in a row, and then suddenly you're, you're up against that Today, because it wasn't just about the end, was it? No, it was about the whole day.

They all got stuck in, actually. I'm sure some Pakistani supporters are saying, oh, why didn't you do it from the word go? And we don't know what's been going on. It sounds as if there might have been a bit of a few ructions behind the scenes, doesn't it, with all these players going back and so on for a reason. And they just, they just seem to be a happier bunch here now. Um, Babar Azam looked like a different batsman from the— than he has done in the series so far. He played really nicely. Today, and of course, you know, Shah Masood as well. You know, it's a good pitch. You know, people are allowed to bat well on it. But it's rather like you ask the question, it's rather like when you make a team follow on and the inclination is, well, there we go, stick them in again and we'll bowl them out again. And what often doesn't happen, you know, there is— they're good players and they can find resilience. And you have to bowl well at them with full energy and full effort.

I don't think it's a bad thing for England. You know, I don't think it's a bad thing. If they'd have bowled out Pakistan for 150, um, of course, uh, they'd have been delighted. But I think it's, uh, when you're developing a team and you're trying to get back on track to be one of the dominant teams in the world, I think you need tough days and you need a few moments where you kind of question yourself. I'm sure in the dressing room now one or two is saying, did we get that right? Well, they should be saying that. And what could we have done differently? If you just have it all your own way and it's just so easy, just run up and hit that length and you bowl them out for 130 all the time, Um, that's, that's easy Test cricket. Test cricket is a test for a reason, and they were tested today.

Yeah.

Tonight, Rami, do you feel so proud of what Pakistan have done today?

Yeah, I mean, I quite enjoyed what they delivered today. Um, proud? Yeah, I mean, they— it was a different Pakistan out there and would have been very difficult for them to rise to the occasion with what has happened in this Test series. From that point of view, yes. I mean, they would be very, very happy and proud also in a way that they didn't allow England to finish the game in 3 days. So that's what I've been asking Pakistan to do, just stretch England, you know, take this Test match to day 4, day 5, be competitive. At least they were competitive today.

Alistair Cook is here as well. Alistair, what do you think that feeling will be in that England dressing room At the moment, you've been in dressing rooms where, you know, things have gone well, but also where kind of the wheels have come off from time to time. It's inevitable over the sort of career that you had.

I think the feeling will be one of not quite sure what's just happened. The initial shock of it, the, the relief they bowled them out finally, the frustration of what they've just experienced that last hour and a half to 2 hours where It did go all right, and it wasn't great. So have that frustration. And then, then that's when this side and these 4 bowlers would have to tomorrow sit down and discuss what's happened and what they can do. Because towards the end— and I've just seen Chris Woakes as well, and we both just agreed— we couldn't tell you what the plan was for a lot of that last 90 minutes and what they were trying to do. The field was set and I couldn't, I couldn't, I couldn't work it out. And I think that's— and you can get done by the tail and people can whack you. And we was talking on the— we were talking on, uh, Tim, Tim, the game has changed and it is very hard in those situations when people got a bit of a license because the ability to hit sixes, it is hard. It's not just as simple as bowling at the stumps and it'll eventually miss it. However, what we— what I saw today there was, there was no plan and it got out of control. And that is when you need your backroom staff, that is when you need your coaches off the field to really step up. It's all well and good sometimes when it's nipping around all over the top or you're, you're on top of the opposition, you've got— that is when the captain needs help. And it's not an easy place. And that's where I think Joe needed help, that's where I needed help. And you'd love— I would love to have seen some message there of real leadership for off the field actually to say, right—

What, from the coaching staff?

Absolutely, there's enough of them sat there to go, right, we're sitting— because you sit away from the emotion of actually having to concentrate about catching and who's bowling out there and do all the actual work. You're sat there as they do. They've got their 5 or 6 iPads, they've got analysts there. That is when you really need them to go, right, what's happened the last half an hour? You've done it your way. This is when I need— and that's what I would like to have seen. I think for me, the overall day, the slight concern was today was the economy rates of Before the kind of the last bit was actually the economy rates of our bowlers, of the bowlers. Sorry, today, you know they didn't get it right on the first time on a flat wicket. It you know they they just didn't have the control that I would I thought they would have had when they got onto a flat wicket.

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Well, let's hear from one of England's coaches now. Actually, the stand-in head coach, Marcus Trescothick, has been speaking to Ellen Oldroyd.

Well, Marcus, how do you reflect on an absolutely extraordinary day of cricket?

Yeah, tough day. Boys had to work really hard. You know, some good innings. Obviously, the young lad, Rasoolah, there coming in and belted it everywhere and put us under the pressure a little bit. You know, the pitch has gone pretty good and it's been a much more challenging day for the bowlers, but we're still in the position where we need 130 to win tomorrow and hopefully wrap up the series.

What kind of conversations were you having with the bowlers? I know Joe came up to the dressing room a couple of times. I mean, what sort of messages can you put out there?

I think you're just trying to come up with plans, you know, different variations of options, you know, for spinners for maybe, and then for seamers, um, over the wicket, around the wicket, bumpers, slower balls, all the different things that you try and put in place when, you know, partnerships like that get going. Um, we, we, you know, we got air, we got the ball in the right place occasionally, and we probably could have, you know, maybe got it a little bit more, but, um, they just kept missing it. And when we, when we missed our mark and we missed our areas, you know, the young lad, he belted it. So fair play.

And when it has come to the rest of this series, you know, the bowling has been on top. You know, you haven't really been challenged bowling-wise. So in some ways, was this a bit of a reality check?

Yeah, I'd say we've been challenged in different ways. Obviously, the pitches have been very conducive to seam bowling, and the ball's been moving around quite a bit. This is the first pitch that we've had in the context of the game where it's gone, it's gone pretty flat. And, you know, you've had to work really hard, you know, to try and get balls in the right place and build pressure and try and test the batsman's, you know, patience and technique in that way. And we've done it for good periods over the course of the series and obviously into today. You know, we can always do it better, and I think we can always challenge ourselves to be more consistent in, in what we want to do, because you know going forward you'll have more of these occasions. And that is Test cricket today. That is more like Test cricket than what we've been playing.

And as a former batter yourself, I mean, you must have watched, as you say, that innings by Raza-ul-Haq, a 21-year-old, never played a Test match in England before. Is this the birth of Rasbul?

Well, fair play to him first and foremost coming into the series. You know, I thought he bowled with good speed and good pace, and we'll see it again tomorrow. No doubt he'll challenge us with his speed and his sort of attitude towards bowling, you know, and the way he's come out and the way he fielded almost in that— in that— in when they were fielding, and when he's batted, he, you know, he's really done something quite different. So a young star, and I think you'll see more of him coming forward in the future.

And 130 is not a big target, but it could be a tricky little target.

Well, hopefully not. As I say, the pitch is pretty good and it's played really well today, a lot more than we'd have wanted it to when we were— they were 8 down and scores were level. But still, I'd bite your hand off for this sort of situation going into the last day with our batting lineup on a good pitch. Still pretty confident.

Thanks very much, Marcus.

Thank you.

That's Marcus Traskothic speaking to Eleanor Aldroyd. Actually, He makes a reasonable point there at the end. If you said to England after three days they need 130 to win, they would have taken that, wouldn't they? At the start of the game, I suppose it's the the context of what we've seen today and certainly in that last hour or so.

It's a shame that he rather gave his wicket away at the end too, isn't it? Yes.

He played so well because he could have just played. He could have just passed back two balls, didn't he?

Lock two balls back and come back tomorrow, and it'd be even you know we talk about even more about what it was.

He had a chance of 100.

Yeah, but I mean he was ticking, wasn't he? You know that was the point, and he. He's inexperienced and so on. But no, it was a really, really fascinating day. It's really good to have seen Pakistan stand up and do something. Yes, of course it's late and all those things that people will say. But there are those conversations about there having been an issue during the first 2 Test matches. We don't know what all that is. It might come out. They have looked a different team. Well, they are a different team. But just like I said, like Babar Azam's batting and so on. They did look as if there was something off their shoulders a bit in the way that they played in this Test match, I felt.

Can I just make one small point about, you know, if you're being really ruthless as a top-class international team, and it's the use of the 12th man who was a youngster, never played a first-class match, came out and dropped Sharmasood on 40. Sharmasood went on to make 95. Is that just one of those things? I mean, he fielded the ball pretty well at times. There was another difficult instant, Barbara Zam on the deep third boundary, where he was a really tough catch.

I've talked about it a lot because, you know, for the last few years this has happened, and and they are very young, inexperienced cricketers. And I know people say you're old, so and so. But Alan Elam, for instance, when I was playing, was a brilliant fielder, played for Kent. He was nearly always England substitute. Basharat Hassan was another one, the Nottinghamshire short leg specialist.

We really are rolling back the years.

Exactly.

But that was— you asked the question. That was how it was done. You had experienced fielders as the substitutes. Now you get a young lad there and he's never played in anything like this.

What do you make of that, Alistair?

If this was the Ashes, he wouldn't have been out there. And it's not his fault, by the way. He would have loved that day. He'd have wanted the ground to eat him up when he dropped the catch. And an amazing experience for him. And the series clearly done. It was a really— I mean, anyone can drop a catch as well. So it's not saying, but if this was an Ashes and the game is 1-1, you don't want a 21-year-old who's not, who's not played a first-class game. And I, I thought it has happened less recently because of the concussion subs, that they always have people hanging around a lot more. So I think over the last couple years it hasn't happened. It's just for whatever reason this game, because they've— other players have gone off and played county championship cricket, that they've left, they've let Let it be a little bit short. It's cost him some runs here, but it won't cost him overall. It'd just be a little one percenter to keep an eye on.

Yeah, absolutely.

Well, we can hear now from the star of the day, Razaullah, who's been speaking to Atif Nawaz, who was also acting as the interpreter.

Razaullah, आपने आज बहुत शानदार बल्लेबाजी की है। क्या आपको हमेशा से अपने बल्लेबाजी पे इतना यकीन था?

हाँ, बिस्मिल्लाहिर्रहमानिर्रहीम ज़ाहिरी बात है मैं पास क्लास पे मेरा सौ है पचास भी है तो उसे को मैंने इधर देख कि मैंने कहा हाँ हम कर सकते हैं और विकेट थोड़ा सीधे थे जिस तरह पहले दिन के लिहाज से तो मैंने कहा पूरा टाइम ले लो और जो बाल मेरा रीच में आए तो पिनिश करो पूरा। Yeah, he said he absolutely believed in himself because he's got a first class hundred to his name as well and he thought the wicket got a little bit easier to bat on especially as things went on he thought whatever ball was in his reach He was gonna go after it.

आपकी first class में जो century है, वो शायद आपने batting opening करते हुए की थी। तो आपको like कभी आपने सोचा कि शायद test match में भी opening करूँ batting की?

हाँ ये आज वाला दिन था new ball था तो ये भी opening है ना। ज़ाहिरी बात है कि बंदा test cricket में जिधर भी जाए team के लिए करे तो मैं तो अपनी team के लिए कर रहा था और नया ball मिल गया तो opener opener opener बन गया। I asked him about the innings where he scored a century in first class cricket.

He was opening the batting on that occasion. He said today was a bit like opening the batting as well because he had to face the new ball quite a bit, and and he managed to get a hold of it okay, which I think we can all agree that he did as well. आपने अपना बल्ला तीन बार शायद बदला है इस innings के दौरान तो क्या चल रहा था? नहीं मैंने बदला नहीं है दो बल्ले टूट गए। I asked him, I said you changed your bat three times. What happened? He said I didn't change them. I broke them. So there's something you've been hitting the ball very hard. Mashallah, you hit it very hard. इस मैच में आपने स्टार मेकिंग परफॉर्मेंस दिया, आपने चार विकेट लिए हैं, आपने बड़ी तेजी से बॉलिंग की है, जो रूट को आउट किया है, और आज आपने एक शानदार इनिंग्स खेली है। इस वक्त पूरी दुनिया आपको देख रही है, आपको कैसा लग रहा है? हाँ हाँ, मैं ये कह सकता हूँ कि इसमें मेरा I said to him, he's put on a star-making performance here today with throughout this test match with four wickets, including the wicket of Joe Root and a brilliant performance with the bat. How does he feel? How does he feel in this moment? And he said he gives all the credit to his mother and father and to Allah, his his creator. So fantastic performance. आपने 129 की lead time की है. 130 the target for England. आपको लगता है 129 defend कर पाएंगे?

हाँ हाँ टेस्ट क्रिकेट है कुछ भी हो सकता है इन्शाअल्लाह हम तो हंड्रेड परसेंट दे देंगे अगर अल्लाह पाक नहीं चाहो तो इन्शाअल्लाह इतना कोई बड़ी बात नहीं है टीम ये तीस पैंतीस भी ओड सकते हैं बस हम तो अपना सौ हंड्रेड परसेंट देंगे और रिजल्ट अल्लाह पे छोड़ेंगे। I asked him, I said you got 129 runs to defend.

Do you think you can do it? He said absolutely we can do it. Some teams get bowled out for thirty five forty. I reckon if God willing we put in our best performance. We'll be able to get through this and get the victory. Very confident. Razaullah, congratulations. That was a stunning performance today. Thank you so much for your time. Pleasure. Well done.

Well done to both of them. So Pakistan looking for their Headingley 1981 tomorrow here at Edgbaston. What a star today, Razaullah. Final word, or few words, or quite a few words to Andy Saltzman.

Yeah, an astonishing day of Test cricket. So let's start with, with Razaullah. An extraordinary performance. So back off his 4 wickets, only the 3rd player in Test history on debut to have a 4-wicket haul and a score of 80+. His 9 sixes, um, uh, were the joint most ever hit in a Test in England. Ben Stokes hit 9 at Lord's in that tumultuous Ashes Test in 2023. Uh, so Razzaullah joins Stokes on that list. The 3rd— joint 3rd most sixes ever hit in an innings against England. Jaiswal hit 12 in an innings in India a couple of years ago against England. Nathan Astle, 11 in a phenomenal double century in New Zealand in 2001-02. And Tim Southee on debut also hit 9 sixes against England as a teenager in the 2007-08 series. The joint second most sixes ever hit for Pakistan in a single innings behind Wasim Akram's 12. Inzamam-ul-Haq also had 9 in an innings against, against New Zealand. And only Tim Southee Uh, has hit 9 sixes in an innings on debut. His score of 81 was the joint 4th highest on debut by someone batting at 9 or lower. And specifically looking at sixes off seamers, I like this, that he had 8 of his 9 sixes off England's, uh, seam bowlers. Only 2 players have ever hit 8 or more sixes in a single innings off fast bowlers. Nathan Astle had 10 of his sixes, uh, in that Christchurch innings, and Stokes 8 of his 9 at Lord's. 3 years ago against Australia. So an absolutely astonishing barrage from a player, a player on debut, and dented some of England's bowling figures. You mentioned Ollie Robinson, only bowled 4 of the last 45 overs, but finished, finished the series with 21 wickets at an average of 8.7. It was, uh, well, below 7, uh, when he had 2 wickets in the first over. Didn't take a wicket in his final 22 overs. Um, But out of bowlers who've bowled 75 or more overs in the series, the average of 8.76 is the 5th best of all time and the 2nd best since the First World War, behind Tony Locke, who did slightly better against New Zealand, uh, England left-arm spinner in 19— 1958. So a phenomenal, uh, summer for Robinson. 28 wickets at 9.3, uh, in, uh, the summer as a whole. Josh Tong finished with 2 for 106 today. Um, his— in the series, 19 wickets in 3 Tests at an average of 16, and a wicket every 20 balls. His economy rate's 4.92, which is the highest ever economy rate in a Test series by a bowler who's taken 15 or more wickets, breaking the record Mitchell Starc set 3 years ago in the Ashes here. So yeah, a curious series, lots and lots of wickets, but he, he's also, uh, given away a lot of boundaries. One boundary in, uh, at least one boundary in each of his first 11 overs. Um, uh, today. So all in all, quite a baffling day's cricket. And Pakistan have got to a point where a number of teams have won Test matches defending scores of 130 or lower. Maybe 15 teams have won defending 130 or lower in the past. Pakistan themselves have only done it once. That was in Hamilton in New Zealand in January 1993. Um, on that occasion, all 10 wickets were taken by Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis, 5 each. Um, I'm not sure they have bowlers of that quality in this game, but at least they've got themselves into a position where victory is precedented.

And they have got Razaullah, so who knows, uh, the new star, uh, for Pakistan. Well, long may he shine because he's really lit up Edgbaston today. Thanks very much, Andy.

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