Overview
- England dominated the series early with big wins at Headingley and Lord’s, leaving Pakistan under pressure before the third Test.
- Pakistan rebuilt on day three through Shan Masood’s 95, Azan Awais’s 59 and Babar Azam’s 76, turning a large deficit into a competitive position.
- Debutant Razaullah scored 81 off 63 balls with nine sixes and shared a 121-run partnership with Mohammad Abbas to take Pakistan to 449 and avoid a three-day defeat.
- Razaullah also took four wickets in England’s first innings, and his nine sixes equalled records for most sixes by a Test debutant and most sixes in a Test innings in England.
- England start day four strongly favoured to chase 130 for a 3-0 series whitewash, while Pakistan’s late revival and the tour’s earlier selection and coaching upheaval leave questions about the visitors’ longer-term stability.