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

Live Reporting

by Sam Drury & Matthew Henry

  1. Highest totals in Test cricket

    Harry Brook and Joe RootGetty Images

    So England settle for fourth place on the all-time list and it's their third highest total in Tests...

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

    903-7 England v Australia, The Oval, 1938

    849 England v West Indies, Jamaica, 1930

    823-7 dec England v Pakistan, Multan, 2024

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

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

  2. Ramiz Raja
    Former Pakistan captain on Test Match Special on BBC Sounds

    I think the Pakistan batters need to have a separate huddle in the dugout because they need to repay what has transpired with the bowlers here. It's been hard for the bowlers and their reputation is in tatters.

  3. Declaration - Eng 823-7

    And Ollie Pope waves the batters in. There is the declaration.

    England end on 823-7 - the fourth-highest total in the history of Test cricket.

  4. Eng 823-7

    Lead by 267

    Saim Ayub took two wickets in his previous over but has now just become the sixth bowler to concede 100 runs in this innings. That has only happened once before.

    Declaration news: Ollie Pope has his whites on...

  5. Aatif Nawaz
    BBC Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

    Shan Masood is cutting a desolate figure at the moment. Pakistan have been brutalised by a relentless batting display from England.

  6. Eng 815-7

    Lead by 259

    With the completion of that over, England have now batted as many overs as Pakistan did in their innings. They have scored 259 more runs in that time.

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    England collapsing. Here we go again. I blame Bazball

    Will, Hampshire

  8. 6 runs

    Eng 805-7

    But Brydon Carse gets off the mark in Test cricket with a six!

    Sensational stuff.

    This is now only the fourth Test score over 800.

  9. Andy Zaltzman
    Statistician on Test Match Special

    The collapse is on! How many times have we seen this from England.

  10. wicket

    WICKET

    Atkinson c Babar b Ayub 2 (Eng 799-7)

    The Multan busses are clearly on the same schedule as London. Two in the over for Saim Ayub!

    Gus Atkinson begins with a leisurely two but chips his second delivery straight to extra cover.

  11. And there's no sign of a declaration. Gus Atkinson emerges.

  12. Harry Brook has a wry smile on his face as he reaches the boundary edge. He gets a standing ovation from the dressing room.

  13. Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

    Harry Brook walks off with 317 to his name. Few of the Pakistan players are coming over and patting him on the back. He takes the applause of the England dressing room and the supporters.

  14. wicket

    WICKET

    Brook c Masood b Ayub 317 (Eng 797-6)

    Harry Brook is out.

    He goes for one more sweep shot to spinner Saim Ayub and gets a top-edge to short fine leg.

    Are they cheers I can hear in the Lara household?

  15. Eng 795-5

    Brook 315, Woakes 6

    The fact this pitch remains as flat as a pancake is shown again as Chris Woakes slaps a cut early in his innings off a Naseem short ball.

    Harry Brook has taken over John Edrich in terms of highest scores for England.

  16. Highest totals in Test cricket

    England are about to become the first team to post a total of 800-plus this century...

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

    903-7 England v Australia, The Oval, 1938

    849 England v West Indies, Jamaica, 1930

    792-5 England v Pakistan, Multan, 2024

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

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

  17. Eng 791-5

    Brook 314, Woakes 3

    After slashing another four, Harry Brook heaves one into the air which gets wicketkeeper Muhammad Rizwan very excited. I'm not sure long-off Shaheen Afridi has picked that up because he doesn't even attempt the catch.

    England are on the brink of only the fourth Test score over 800.

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    A 10 hour train from Bucharest to Sofia has been made a lot more enjoyable by listening to a West Yorkshireman and a South Yorkshireman breaking record after record…

    From a travelling duo - A West Yorkshireman (Jamie) and a South Yorkshirewoman (Lucy)

  19. Eng 781-5

    Brook 306, Woakes 1

    I really want to believe that last text is real...

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    Hi! An appeal from my home in Barbados to bowl Harry Brook out asap?! Haha what a performance from the young man!

    Sydney Lara, Brian's daughter.