Second Rothesay Check, Lord’s (day 4 of 5)
England 290 (Smith 61, Cox 55; Abbas 4-73) & 208 (Lawrence 54; Abbas 5-57)
Pakistan 110 (Awais 46; Robinson 4-11) & 194 (Shakeel 97, Robinson 4-24)
England received by 194 runs, lead three-match collection 2-0
England as soon as once more steamrollered Pakistan to energy to a collection win on the fourth day of the second Check at Lord’s.
Regardless of being delayed by a defiant 97 by Saud Shakeel, England dismissed the vacationers to win by 194 runs.
Ollie Robinson continued his sensational comeback summer season, claiming 4-24 on Sunday for match figures of 8-35.
He expertly exploited the lavish motion on provide to conclude a equally one-sided contest to England’s innings win within the first Check at Headingley final week.
It means Joe Root has received the primary two Checks of his second reign as captain, profitable this collection with a match to spare, within the course of incomes England’s first collection triumph since 2024.
Pakistan had been set a Lord’s report 389 to win, however a extra lifelike goal was to pull the match right into a fifth day – their earlier highest whole within the collection was 171.
And when Robinson took two wickets in his third over to assist cut back Pakistan to 14-3 it turned obvious the Check could be accomplished inside 4 days – lower than three days of cricket given the time misplaced to the climate.
Shakeel ensured the guests weren’t routed, just for Robinson to return to take away Shan Masood and Muhammad Rizwan in successive overs.
When Shakeel holed out off Josh Tongue, any lingering doubts that England wouldn’t beat the fading gentle disappeared as Pakistan subsided to 194 all out.
The third and last Check of the collection begins at Edgbaston on Wednesday, 9 September.
