Summary

  • England win by 141 runs

  • England take 2-1 series lead

  • Aslam 70; five bowlers take two wickets each

  • Four wickets fell for one run in 23 balls

  • Eng add 31 in 4 overs before declaring

  • Third Test, Edgbaston

Live Reporting

Stephan Shemilt and Bibhash Dash

  1. Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Rahat Ali is my favourite. You can always tell a batsman is a tail-ender - the pads don't always fit, the arm guard's not at the right angle.

  2. Pak 152-9

    Eng need 1 wicket

    Remember, England gave up a lead of 103 runs. Pakistan were 257-2 in reply to 297. Now, only Rahat Ali stands between them and defeat.

  3. Andrew Samson
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    England have never beaten Pakistan after conceding a first-inning deficit of 34 unless you count the forfeiture match of 2006.

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    WICKET

    Amir c Woakes b Broad 16 (Pak 151-9)

    Start the car! Mohammad Amir drive Stuart Broad straight to Chris Woakes at a shortish point. England are whoop-whooping, Edgbaston is cheering and the home side are one ball away from a quite magnificent Test win.  

  5. Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    It would have been an unbelievable catch. He's dived to his left, a bit like a goalkeeper wasn't it? A tremendous save.

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    Sohail dropped on 1

    Pak 151-8

    Oooohhh! This would have been a worldie, one of the greatest catches of all time. James Anderson is at leg gully, hurling himself to his left to try to cling on to a Sohail pull shot. He gets a hand to it, but can't hold on. A great save, really. If Jimmy had caught it, we may well have been asking him to turn water into wine.

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    I can't help feeling that the oft quoted stat of only 3% chance of winning from 100 down on first innings is more than a little misleading, as it includes all the matches where the deficit is much, much larger. Surely a more representative stat for this match would be for a deficit of 100 to 150 or 200? Does Andrew have those stats to hand? Bet the win is more than 3%!

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  8. Pak 150-8

    Eng need 2 wickets

    Beautiful sunshine at Edgbaston, no chance of the weather spoiling this one. Anderson, slender and whippy, is charging in, a double-jointed wrist purveying the dark arts of the swinging ball. Sohail somehow clips a single to square leg, but that only exposes him to Stuart Broad.

  9. Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    It will be a miracle if Pakistan can survive these 26 overs. How many overs do you think Rahat Ali can bat? Five, maybe six?

  10. Pak 149-8

    26 overs remain

    The Barmy Army are having a proper shindig now, making enough noise to convince us that a half-full ground is bursting. Stuart Broad (he's big, he's bad, he's better than his dad), is round the wicket to Mohammad Amir, who defends with no little bravery. He can't pinch the strike, meaning Sohail is in Anderson's sights. 

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    Daniel Callaghan: Just simply one of the best sessions of Test match cricket for a long time - completely unexpected at lunchtime!

  12. Pak 149-8

    Eng need 2 wickets

    Looking again, it was extra bounce from Anderson, who celebrated with an Alan Shearer-style hand in the air. Sohail Khan is the new man. England are the fox in the hen house now.

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  13. Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    It's not going to be long now. Not sure Sohail Khan and Rahat Ali are going to last much longer. But it's been a real collective contribution from England - everyone's played their part, everyone's got wickets and the batsmen all contributed. It's going to be up there with the great England victories - no-one's ever had a deficit like this at Edgbaston and won.

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    WICKET

    Yasir c Hales b Anderson 7 (Pak 149-8)

    "Oh, Jimmy Jimmy!" Anderson strikes in the first over after tea, Yasir Shah unable to resist the swarm of close fielders surrounding him. Just back of a length, taking the shoulder of the bat and presenting a simple catch to Alex Hales at gully. England two away from a stunning victory.  

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    Zeb Bowyer: England were 103 runs behind on first innings with a 3% chance of winning. England proving the almost impossible is possible!

  16. Cheers, Bibhash. What have I missed?

  17. Pakistan look as likely to win this as I am of making the cast of the next Shahrukh Khan movie (won't stop me trying).

    For now, it's time to bring in Stephan Shemilt, while I go and enjoy an ice-cream. 

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    Ned Bartholomew: What's happened to all those criticising Cook's timing of the declaration? He's been proved right again

  19. It must also be noted that the two batsmen Finn removed were key to Pakistan holding out for a draw. Misbah the statesman, gone for 10, and Sami Aslam, the man who continued his good form from the first innings. 

    Let's not forget England's golden boy of the moment (no not you Root), Chris Woakes, who removed Asad Shafiq and Sarfraz Ahmed for respective ducks.

  20. From the press box...