Summary

  • Pakistan close on 152-6, 115 behind - report

  • England rack up 823-7 declared, a lead of 267

  • Total is England's third-highest of all time; fourth in all Test cricket

  • Brook out for 317 - England's fifth-highest individual score

  • Root falls for career-best 262

  • Root & Brook break record for England's highest ever partnership (454)

  • Previous record (411) was held by May & Cowdrey, set in 1957

  • First Test, day four, Multan

  1. dropped catch

    Smith dropped on 14published at 140 overs

    Brook 284, Smith 15

    Oh dear. Pakistan look completely done now.

    A sitter goes down as Jamie Smith skies the ball to long on.

    The never rain but it pours cliche doesn't really work in Multan but you know what I mean.

  2. 6 runs

    Eng 740-4published at 139.4 overs

    Jamie Smith joins the six-hitting party...

  3. Postpublished at 09:18 British Summer Time 10 October

    Steven Finn
    Former England fast bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    It is brutality but England have earned the right to do this. They did the hard work on the back end of day two and through day three. Now, it's party time.

  4. Eng 728-4published at 139 overs

    Lead by 173

    Harry Brook heaves four more in what becomes an increasingly hideous over for off-spinner Salman Ali Agha.

    Remember no-one has scored 300 for England since Graham Gooch in 1990.

  5. Postpublished at 09:15 British Summer Time 10 October

    Aatif Nawaz
    BBC Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

    Harry Brook has smashed it long and high. That's almost into the lap of the Barmy Army there!

  6. 6 runs

    Eng 720-4published at 138.2 overs

    That's massive! Into the second tier by Harry Brook.

  7. Highest totals in Test cricketpublished at 09:14 British Summer Time 10 October

    The last Test total of 700 or more was made by Sri Lanka last year. It isn't that rare. There have been 25 previous instances in total with these five being the highest scores of all time:

    952-6 dec Sri Lanka v India, Colombo, 1997

    903-7 England v Australia, The Oval, 1938

    849 England v West Indies, Jamaica, 1930

    790-3dec West Indies v Pakistan, Jamaica, 1958

    765-6 dec Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Karachi, 2009

    You'd fancy England to crack that top five in the not too distant future...

  8. Eng 715-4published at 138 overs

    Brook 264, Smith 7

    There are no boundaries in this latest over of spin but still five runs.

    England's lead is 158. When will they declare? Shortly before tea?

  9. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 09:12 British Summer Time 10 October

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    It's the scoring rate that's astounding to be honest. England have scored 150 odd more runs and still faced 12 odd less overs than Pakistan did.

    Adam, Cambridge

  10. Eng 709-4published at 137 overs

    Lead by 153

    Jamie Smith has had his pads on for the best part of a day but comes out and casually drives his second ball for four.

    Don't expect things to get any easier for Pakistan.

  11. Postpublished at 09:09 British Summer Time 10 October

    Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Only Joe Root can break the amount of records that he has in Test cricket in this innings and still be disappointed when he gets out.

    What a player! What an innings!

  12. Postpublished at 09:09 British Summer Time 10 October

    The Root-Brook partnership ends on 454 - the fourth-highest in Test history.

  13. Postpublished at 09:08 British Summer Time 10 October

    Aatif Nawaz
    BBC Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

    Finally! Shan Masood immediately shakes Joe Root's hand and he gets a pat on the back from Harry Brook as well. Everyone's coming around to shake his hand. A great innings from England's greatest batter.

    He will now walk off and take a well-earned break.

  14. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 136.1 overs

    Root lbw b Salman 262 (Eng 703-4)

    Ah well. All good things come to an end.

    Joe Root gets a handshake from Harry Brook and almost all of the Pakistan players after finally being dismissed.

    Perhaps finally out of puff, he goes plumb lbw to Salman Ali Agha as he missed trying to work the ball to leg.

  15. How's stat?!published at 09:06 British Summer Time 10 October

    Andy Zaltzman
    Statistician on Test Match Special

    This is the third time two batters have scored 250 in the same Test innings.

    The most recent of the other two was when Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara hit 287 and Mahela Jayawardene made 374 against South Africa in Colombo in 2006.

  16. England's highest Test totalspublished at 09:05 British Summer Time 10 October

    Alastair Cook after century v IndiaImage source, Getty Images

    Another record is about to go. England are heading towards their highest post-war Test total...

    903-7 v Australia, The Oval, 1938

    849 v West Indies, Jamaica, 1930

    710-7 dec v India, Edgbaston, 2011

    700-3 v Pakistan, Multan, 2024

    658-8 dec v Australia, Trent Bridge, 1938

    657 v Pakistan, Rawalpindi, 2022

  17. Eng 700-3published at 135.1 overs

    There's the 700! We don't have a graphic for that one.

  18. Eng 699-3published at 135 overs

    Lead by 143

    Overthrows! It's all utterly miserable for Pakistan. It's like the day you miss the last bus in the pouring rain and then face a long walk home.

  19. Postpublished at 09:02 British Summer Time 10 October

    Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

    Harry Brook has reached 250 in very good time as well. Pakistan cannot bowl at him at the moment.

  20. Eng 696-3published at 134.4 overs

    Thrashed for four more! Three boundaries in a row to Harry Brook...