Test Match Special - Remarkable Razaullah raises Pakistan spirits on extraordinary day at Edgbaston

Episode Date: September 11, 2026

Pakistan debutant Razaullah made a thrilling 81 to give his side an outside chance of a miracle win in the 3rd Test. Pakistan were eventually bowled out for 449 to leave England chasing 130 for a 3 nil victory.Simon Mann is joined by Jonathan Agnew, Ramiz Raja, Michael Vaughan, Sir Alastair Cook and Andy Zaltzman. We also hear from the star of the day Razaullah and England’s interim coach Marcus Trescothick.

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and England need 130 to win, as Australia did back in 1981. The Bothamesque hero today for Pakistan was Raza Ollo, made 81 of 63 balls with nine sixes before he was stumped by Jordan Cox in the final over of the day of Dan Lawrence for 81. But it was a day of stiff resistance from Pakistan. Sean Massoud, who was dropped on 13 and 40, made 95. Barbara Zam made 76. And Azan Oase made 59. It looked unlikely. We were back for a fourth day.

But we are after Pakistan made it a chastening day for England's Captain Joe Root and their four-man pace attack. Jonathan Agnew is here. Michael Vaughn is here. Rami's Raja is here. Let's start with you, Jonathan. What did you make of that? Well, I mean, before we start being critical of England's bowling, which we do have to be and their tactics, let's just say that was an incredible innings.

From Razola. Where's he come from this young fellow? He's bold. He's brought the... He brought edge of alive when he bowled. At first spells quick. He kept coming back. He's obviously a bit of a character who took his helmet off there towards the end of his facing the spinners.

You know, he wanted to be seen. His batting was absolutely incredible. You know, he had a few rustic swipes in the first innings. But he just timed the ball magnificently. He was sitting enormous sixes. And he just kept going. He's clearly extremely confident. And he really is a cricketer for the future.

I mean, you know, Pakistan would look back at this tour with great disappointment overall, and so they should. However, if they have managed to unearth a gem there, then some of that disappointment will dissipate. However, England's tactics are appalling. I'm sorry, you cannot and should not bowl like that to tail end as soon as they come in. They know what they're going to get. You know Razuel is going to play shots. We saw that in the first innings. he knows exactly where the ball's going to be. He smashed a six into the holly stand almost immediately.

And England didn't have... Well, I'd be interesting to see if Vandy can actually nail it down. It looked to me as if they went straight to that tactic if they didn't even try and bowl them out to start with, which is just wrong. You know, you have to set the tone. When you're bowling at tail enders, you have to set the tone.

Yes, you bowl aggressively, you bowl with hostility. But you do it in a control. old way to get them out. You give yourself the best possible chance. The numbers 9 and 10 for a reason. They can bat a bit, but they're not great players and they're likely to, if you bowl well, they could well nick one early on

and get out. Although that was bitterly disappointing. Dan Lawrence, ball won over, took a wicket in the day, broke the partnership, terrific. Didn't see him again. He actually took the second new ball. Dan Lawrence, the part-time off spinner, took the second new ball. I mean, if you're looking for any

aspect of the day that is utterly bonkers, surely that is it. Go on, John. Well, isn't it, Matt? I mean, Dan Lawrence, taking the new ball. Well, I love Texark, for the reason what we've seen today, I think, there wouldn't be one person, I think, in the ground, in the UK, possibly in the world that would have thought that we'd have gone to day four.

If you'd have said at the start of the day's play, you know what we're going to go into day for, and Pakistan are going to have a lead of 129. I mean, come on. Who'd have thought that? But what we've just seen in that last session is why I love Pakistan cricket. They've unearthed a gem. You know, someone that is very raw.

He was raw when he bowed. When he goes out to bat, he just swung. But there was a bit of sense in that swing. He didn't swing at every ball. To hit eight sixes. Nine sixes. Is he right? Jeffrey Boycott on hit seven in his 108 test matches.

So he's gone past Jeffrey in one test match, which kind of makes me chuckle somewhat. But that's what we love about Pakistan Creek. They've had a difficult tour. And to see that group of players that would have gone through a huge amount this last week or so on that. balcony full of smiles as he walked off

it's great for them England are going to win this test match I'm pretty sure but Razorola has just given Pakistan cricket a great deal of hope We are bad at bowling at the lower ordinary tail aren't we This is not I mean We haven't seen quite as spectacular as this But England

Do not bowl well at tail enders Apart from Josh Tongue who's got a really good Yorker which we didn't see There is something They do have to work at this Let's have let Ram have his say on what he's seen today because it's been a tough series of Pakistan.

You know, I'm a firm believer. When you come to England, you should get acclimatized, right? So there should be county matches before you go into a test series. And this is a proper three test match series. And here's a kid who gets his passport done three days before he's supposed to play the only test match first time is being out of Pakistan ever,

comes here and absolutely lights up the show. I mean, and this is the attitude that was needed in that Pakistan dressing room. Someone with a strong body language something completely believe in himself. And I think Pakistan would want to have him playing all formats. You know, test cricket and one days and T-20s because it's a complete natural.

He's got strong body language, strong presence, and good mind also. He's going to be a superstar at home, isn't he? He's going to be a superstar, I think. It'll be much in demand. Absolutely. But he got it, the bedrock was done by his teammates as well. I mean, it wasn't just about him today, also about the...

I thought it was all about him. But yeah, you're right. I mean, Shan Masood and the others also contributed. And Pakistan almost scored, what, 400 runs in a day. I mean, imagine, I mean, and that's why, you know, Pakistan is so watchable because you can't tell, you know, what is going to happen. So it was a tremendous fight back from a team that's battered and bruised and mentally sort of challenged because of the circumstances, what has transpired.

to how they batted here. It's just brilliant. Well, Ram, I think what we've seen from Pakistan today is what we've expected to see from Pakistan over many generations. A bit of chaos and suddenly produced a bit of magic with one individual player just saying, as he said, a bit of body language, right, I'm going to perform.

Brilliant. But we also have to say that we shouldn't be surprised by England as well because they've delivered tactically like this on a regular basis over the last two or three years where you've watched down what are you doing? You know, and that's a concern for me. The second test against New Zealand, that second morning. You know, Joe was captain, the field was spread all over the place,

lost that momentum. As I said, I think they'll win this game, but they can't keep making mistakes like that. When you've got a bowler like Josh Tongue, who has been incredible, who has been told to bowl bouncer after bouncer to numbers 8, 9, 10 and 11, that's not right. When Dan Lawrence on the ball, he won over up to that second new ball. He's given that second new ball. We've got a bowler stood in front of the holidays who's averaging seven in the series. There were so many things today that you were looking at. And I got it at the start because I think they just thought the ball was just going to get chipped in the air and they'd make a mistake and they'd be walking off chasing 30 or 40.

But you have to be quick enough to adapt, really quick when you realise it's going against you. And when you start with that tactic, it's very hard to come back in. Absolutely. And I think the basics of test cricket over the history of when we've been watching generally works. And that is to hit the top of off-store. I think there was eight balls out of a hundred in that partnership that was going to hit the stumps. Eight balls out of a hundred to Mohammed Abbas and to Razorullah, that's nowhere near good enough. And that's just a little bit of a warning sign today that this attack's very, very good.

It's had a really good series. But just a little bit of a warning that they're not the finished article just yet. There was a spell where Ory Robinson bowled about four overs out of 40. Actually, if you look at the total tally, Ankinson's bowl 24, Robinson 23, Archer 22 and Tongue. 22 so it's spread around. Would you like to see him bowl a bit more towards the back end of the day? Well, I think I'd like to have seen Dan Lawrence ball a bit more because, you know, when you're in a test match, you want five bowling options for this is the first day really that England have been challenged. You know, and let's be honest, those bowlers looked a bit leggy.

They've been challenged in the first two games and you watched a few of them running in the outfield in the afternoon session. You're looking down and going, whew, they look like they've been playing for six weeks nonstop. Well, they've not been challenged at all in this series. and this was the first day that they got challenged and tactically they weren't quite right and they did look a bit leggy in the field. You know, Joffar Archer bowling was that nine overs spell? Four before T and five after.

Again, that's a lot of overs for Joffar Archer. We've seen it in the past where he can have made mistakes, ball them in long spells. I didn't think that was going to be happening anymore. So just a, it's typical of English cricket where we've created the noise that was around, it's gone to bed and then suddenly a bit more noise has been at the end of the,

the kind of test match summer. We're talking, they'll win the game, but we're talking in a sense today that's just taken us back a few weeks, a few weeks when it wasn't quite right. What did you think of England's tactics, Ramiz? Yeah, I mean, I was a little disappointed because, you know,

when you see a tail end of batting, you've got to keep it as simple as possible, you know, and there were like mixed signals, you know, whether to go body line or whether to go outside the off-stump. We saw Lawrence, spin the ball a mile, he could have been used extensively because that ball did grip and spin. Jor route could have come in bowl a couple of overs.

Pace off the ball, we didn't see a lot of slow balls, the off cutters, you know, because the demonstration from the tail enders was that of a T20 format. They were only trying to hit a six of every ball, so pace off would have done a great bit of damage. But England were just like in that trance where they were only looking to damage them with a bouncer strategy. How damaging a day Do you think this has been for England Jonathan? I mean Michael says they're going to win the Match well that's to be

decided yeah and they still need 130 to win I mean you back them on this surface to score 130 to win even with a bit of scoreboard pressure but I just wonder how damaging that day being damaging but I think it's a reminder that some of the tactics that they've used

are not right you know we we talked a lot about the short ball in in Australia too, didn't we? It just seems to be the sort of the go-to thing. It very rarely works. Very rarely do you see a bat's fall for that, apart from English bats when it lords

against Australia. I mean, it really doesn't often work. So they do, I think, have to look at that. I say we've seen it twice this year now with Joe Routes captain. We sort of at the Oval as well against New Zealand. And they just got it wrong. And I think rather than being damaging

from that perspective, I just hope, just hope that a light goes on and they realise that that is not the best way because as Michael said once you start doing it it's really hard to get it back again sorry that's wrong everyone come back now two slips a gully

it's really difficult to do that just as when you got an established batsman and a tail ender you put everyone back to established batsman and you play it that for a while again it's really hard to get back to the basics and it should only be way down the line in terms of options especially with tail enders that you're

good. Yeah, I mean, pre-game today, we did a little summarisation because we thought the game was going to be done and it was all about England this summer, what we made of them. And we made the point about Ben Stokes and is it the right thing now that he's not in the team? Well, today they were crying out for Ben Stokes. Ben Stokes with the ball because he makes things happen. You know, that's exactly what we were trying to say earlier in the day is like you look down and who are the characters in this team at the minute that will grab the ball or grab

the team and say, right, I'm going to win a moment for us just to get us back on track. I didn't see that from many today. How difficult is it of a team though? When you are so on top of an opposition, you bowl them out so comfortably, so quickly, so easily for five innings in a row and then suddenly you're up against that today because it wasn't just about the end, was it?

No. It was about the whole day, really. They all got stuck in actually. I'm sure some Pakistani supporters was saying, oh, why don't you do it? From the word go, we don't know what's been going on. It sounds if there might have been a bit of a few ruckians behind the scenes, doesn't it,

with all these players going back and so on. for a reason. And they just seem to be a happier bunch here now. Babarazim looked like a different batsman than he has done in the series so far. He played really nicely today. And of course, you know, Shachan Masu as well. It's a good pitch.

People are allowed to bat well on it. But it's rather like, you ask the question, it's rather like when you make a team follow on. And the inclination is, well, there we go. Stick him in again and we'll bowl them out again. And it often doesn't happen. They're good players and they can find resilience. And you have to bowl well at them with full energy and full effort.

I don't think it's a bad thing for England. I don't think it's a bad thing. If they're bowed out Pakistan for 150, of course, they'd have been delighted. But I think it's when you're developing a team and you're trying to get back on track to be one of the dominant teams in the world, I think you need tough days. You need a few moments where you kind of question yourself. I'm sure in the dress room now, one or two, is saying, did we get that right? Well, they should be saying that.

And what could we have done differently? If you just have it all your own way and it's just so easy, you just run up and hit that length and you bowl them out for 130 all the time. That's easy test cricket. Test cricket is a test for a reason, and they were tested today. Yeah. Tonight, Ramay, do you feel so proud of what Pakistan have done today? Yeah, I mean, I quite enjoyed what they delivered today.

Proud, yeah, I mean, it was a different Pakistan out there and would have been very difficult for them to rise to the UK. with what has happened in this test series. From that point of view, yes, I mean, they would be very, very happy and proud also in a way that they didn't allow England to finish the game in three days. So that's what I've been asking Pakistan to do. Just stretch England, you know, take this test match to day four, day five,

be competitive. At least they were competitive today. Alistair Cook is here as well. Alistair, what do you think that feeling will be in that England dressing room at the moment? moment you've been in dressing rooms where you know things have gone well but also where kind of the wheels have come off from time to time is inevitable over the sort of career that you had I think the feeling will be one of not quite sure what's just

happened the initial shock of it the the relief they bold them out finally the frustration of what they've just experienced that last hour and a half to two hours where it did go all right and it wasn't great so they have that that frustration and then then that's when this side and these four bowlers would have to tomorrow sit down and discuss what's happened and what they can do because towards the end and I've just seen Chris Wokes as well and we both just agreed we couldn't tell you what the plan was for a lot of that last 90 minutes and what they were trying to do the field was set and I couldn't I

couldn't work it out and I think that's and you can get done by the tail and people wacky and we were talking on the we were talking on Tim the game has changed and it is very hard in those situations when people got a bit of a license because the ability to hit sixes it is hard it's not just as simple as it bowling at the stumps and it eventually miss it however what we what I saw today there was there was no plan and it got out of control and that is when you need your background staff that is when you need your coaches off the field to really step up it's all well and good sometimes when it's nipping around all like over the top or you're on top of the opposition.

That is when the captain needs help. And it's not an easy place. And that's where I think Joe needed help. That's what I needed help. And you'd love, I would love to see in some message there of real leadership for off the field actually to say, right. From the coaching staff. Absolutely.

There's enough of them sat there to go, right, we're sitting. Because you sit away from the emotion that actually am to concentrate about catching and who's bowling out there and do all the actual work. You're sat there. As they do, they've got their five or six iPads, they've got analysts there.

That is when you really need them to go, right, what's happened the last half an hour? You've done it your way. This is when I need. And that's what I would like to have seen. I think for me, the overall day, the slight concern was today, was the economy rates of before the times, the last bit was actually the economy rates of our bowlers, of the bowlers, sorry, today. You know, they didn't get it right. The first time on a flat wicket, they just didn't have the control that I thought they would have had when they got on to a flat week. You're listening to the TMS podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live.

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and You're Dead to Me, with a subscription to BBC Podcasts Premium on Apple Podcasts. You can also enjoy a range of our podcasts ad-free with an Amazon music subscription. Well, let's hear from one of England's coaches now. Actually, the stand-in head coach, Marcus Strathic, has been speaking to Ellen Aldroyd. Well, Marcus, how do you reflect on an absolutely extraordinary day of cricket? Yeah, tough day. The boys had to work really hard. You know, some good innings.

Obviously, the young lad Rizzula there coming and belted it everywhere and put us under the pressure a little bit. You know, the pitch has gone pretty good, and it's been a much more challenging day for the bowlers but we're still in the position where we need 130 to win tomorrow and hopefully wrap up the series what kind of conversations were you having with the bowlers i know joe came up to the dressing room a couple of times i mean what sort of messages can you put out there i think you're just trying to come up with plans you know different variations of um options you know for spinners for maybe and then for seamers um over the wicket round the wicket bumpers slower balls all the different things that you try and put in place when you know partnerships like that get going

But we got the ball in the right place occasionally and we probably could have maybe got it a little bit more, but they just kept missing it. And when we missed our mark and we missed our areas, the young lad, he belted it, so fair play. And when it has come to the rest of this series, you know, the bowling has been on top. You know, you haven't really been challenged bowling-wise.

So in some ways, was this a bit of a reality check? Yeah, I'd say we've been challenged in different ways. Obviously, the pitches have been very conducive to scene bowling and the ball's been moving around quite a bit. This is the first pitch that we've had in the context of the game where it's gone pretty flat. And you know, you've had to work really hard. You have to try and get balls in the right place and build pressure and try and test the batsman's, you know, patience and technique in that way.

And we've done it for good periods over the course of the series and obviously into today. You know, we can always do it better. I think we can always challenge ourselves to be more consistent in what we want to do because you know going forward you'll have more of these occasions. And that is test cricket today. That is more like test cricket than what we've been playing. And as a former batter yourself I mean you must have watched as you say

that innings by Razorola, a 21 year old never played a test match in England before is this the birth of Razball? Well I've fair play to him first and foremost coming into the series I thought he bowled with good speed and good pace and we'll see it again tomorrow no doubt he'll challenge us

with his speed and his sort of attitude towards bowling you know and the way he's come out and the way he fielded it almost in when they were filled and when he's batted, he's really done something quite different. So a young star, and I think you'll see more of him coming forward in the future. And 130 is not a big target, but it could be a tricky little target.

Well, hopefully not. As I say, the pitch is pretty good, and it's played really well today. A lot more than we'd wanted it to when they were eight down and scores were level. But still, I'd bite your hand off for this sort of situation. Going into the last day with our batting line up on a good pitch, sort of pretty confident. Thanks very much, Marcus. Thank you. That's Marcus Drosthic speaking to Eleanor O'Droyd.

Actually, he makes a reasonable point there. At the end, if you said to England after three days, they need 130 to win, they would have taken that, wouldn't they? At the start of the game, I suppose it's the context of what we've seen today, and certainly in that last hour or so. It's a shame that he rather gave his wicked way at the end, too, isn't it? Yes. He played so well.

Because he could have just passed back two balls, didn't he? Two balls back and come back tomorrow, and it would be even, you know, we'd be talking about even more about what it was. Because he had a chance of 100. Yeah, he was ticking, wasn't he? That was the point, and he's inexperienced and so on. But, no, it was a really, really fascinating day. It's really good to have seen Pakistan stand up and do something.

Yes, of course, it's late and all those things that people will say. But there are those conversations about there having been an issue during the first two test matches. We don't know what all that is. It might come out. They have looked at different team. Well, they are a different team. But they Just like I said

Like Barbara Asim's batting and so on They did look as if there was something off their shoulders of it In the way that they played in this test match I felt Can I just make one small point About You know if you're being really ruthless As a top class international team And it's the use of the 12th man

Who was a youngster Never played a first class match Came out and dropped to Sharmusud On 40 Sharmar Sude went on to make 95. Is that just one of those things? I mean, he fielded the ball pretty well at times. There was another difficult incident, Barbara Zam, on the deep third boundary,

where it was a really tough catch. I've talked about it a lot, because for the last few years, this has happened. And they are very young, inexperienced cricketers. And I know people say, well, so old sons. Alan Eelam, for instance, when I was playing, was a brilliant fielder, played for Kent. He was nearly always in England substitute. Basharat Hassan was another one.

Kingsenhamshire short leg specialist. We really are rolling about the years. Exactly. But that was, you asked the question. That was how it was done. You had experienced fielders as the substitutes. Now you get a young lad there and he's never played in anything like this. What'd you make of that, Alist? This is the ashes he wouldn't have been out there.

And it's not his fault, by the way. He would have loved that day. He'd have wanted the ground to eat him up when he dropped the catch. And an amazing experience for him and the series clearly done. It was a really, I mean, anyone can drop a catch. catch as well. So it's not saying, but if this is an ashes and the game is one-one, you don't want a 21-year-old who's not, he's not played a first-class game. And I thought it has happened less recently because of the concussion subs, that they always have people hanging around a lot more. So I think over the last couple years it hasn't happened. It just for whatever reason, this game, because other players have gone off and played county championship cricket that they've left, they've let it be a little bit short. It's cost them some runs here, but it won't cost them overall. It's just a little 1% to keep an eye on.

Yeah, absolutely. Well, we can hear now from the star of the day, Razahullah, who's been speaking to Artif Nawaz, who was also acting as the interpreter. Razahullah, you have a very shan-dha-bazing. Do you always have been able to be able to be able to be able? Ah, byrhamah, Rahman, Rahim. I'm,

I'm, I'm a first class my 50 be there I'm I said

I'm going to I'm can't and I'm a wicket sort of a way to I said I

know the time to finish I'm finished I'm finished he said he absolutely believed in

himself because he's got a first class hundred to his name as well and he thought the wicket

got a little bit easier to bat on especially as things went on he thought whatever ball was in his reach he was

going to go after it You know, your first class in the century is, you know, maybe you've gotting opening to be? So you, like, you've thought, maybe test match for me

opening to batting? Yeah, it's a day, new ball, so he's been opening, no. The other thing is, the best cricket, anywhere any day, so I, I'm to our team

for a team for, and new ball got, so opener, opener, upner, I asked him about the innings where he scored a century in first class cricket, and he was opening the batting

on that occasion. He said today was a bit like opening the batting as well, because he had to face the new ball quite a bit and he managed to get a hold of a okay which I think we can all agree that he did as well. You have my ballad three times

maybe had been made last year so what was going to? No, I've never made. Two balee tore and I asked him. I said you changed your back three times. What happened? He said, I didn't change them. I broke them.

So there's something. You've been hitting the bull very hard. Masha, you hit it very hard. This match in a star-making performance you did. You've got four victa liegee. You've made a very tezzi-balling who have outed, and you've outed

and now you've played a great inning's played. This is the whole world are you are looking how you think? Yeah, I can say I can't this is my

my father's and my father's and they're and they're, so they're so they're so I'm so I'm

positive. I said to him he's put on a star-making performance here today throughout this test match with four wickets including the wicket of Joe Root and a brilliant performance

with the bat. How does he feel on this moment? and he said he gives all the credit to his mother and father and to Allah his creator. So fantastic performance. You have 129 key lead-time here, 130 the target for England. You think he can't be 129 defend can't? Yes, yes, it, anything can't.

I'll do it, inshall. We'll, we'll do 100% if Allah, if Allah, Allah, if, Allah, if it's not a big part, it's a lot. We'll just, we'll be a hundred percent, and we'll just, we'll do it. I asked him. I said you got 129 runs to defend. Do you think you can do it? He said absolutely we can do it. Some teams get bowled out for 35, 40. I reckon if God willing we put in our best performance, we'll be able to get through this and get the victory. Very confident.

Razallah, congratulations. That was a stunning performance today. Thank you so much for your time. Pleasure. Well done. Well done to both of them. So Pakistan looking for their headingly, 1981 tomorrow here at Edgbison. And what a star today, Raza Ulla. Final word, or few words, or quite a few words, to Andy Zaltzman. Yeah, an astonishing day of test cricket. So let's start with Razor Ulla. An extraordinary performance.

The back of his four wickets, only the third player in test history on debut to have a four wicket hall and a score of 80 plus. His nine sixes were at the joint most ever hit in a test in England. Ben Stokes hit nine at Lords in that tumultuous Ashes test in 2023. So Razola joins Stokes on that list. The joint third most sixes ever hit in an innings against England. Jaiswal hit 12 in an innings in India a couple of years ago against England. Nathan Astell, 11 in a phenomenal double century in New Zealand in 2001.

And Tim Southey on debut also hit nine sixes against England as a teenager in the 2007-8 series. The joint second most sixes ever hit for Pakistan in a single innings behind Wazimakram's 12. Innsamam al-Hak also had nine innings against New Zealand. And only Tim Southey has hit nine sixes in an innings on debut. His score of 81 was the joint fourth highest on debut by someone batting at nine or lower. And specifically looking at sixes off seamers. I like this. He had eight of his nine sixes off England's seam bowlers.

Only two players have ever hit eight or more sixes in a single innings of fast bowlers. Nathan Astell had ten of his sixes. in that Christchurch ending in Stokes, eight of his nine at Lords three years ago against Australia. So an absolutely astonishing barrage from a player on debut. Dented some of England's bowling figures. You mentioned Ollie Robbins. He only bowled four of the last 45 overs, but finished the series with 21 wickets at an average of 8.7. It was below seven when he had two wickets in the first over.

We didn't take a wicket in his final 22 overs. But out of bowlers who've bowled 75 or more overs in the series, the average of 8.76, is the fifth best of all time and the second best since the First World War behind Tony Locke, who did slightly better against New Zealand, England left arm spinner in 1958. So a phenomenal summer for Robinson. 28 wickets at 9.3 in the summer as a whole. Josh Tung finished with 206 today.

In the series, 19 wickets in three tests had an average of 16 and a wicket every 20 balls. His economy rate is the highest ever economy rate in a test series by a bowler who's taken 50 or more wickets, breaking the record Mitchell Stark set three years ago in the ashes here. So, yeah, a curious series, lots and lots of wickets, but he's also given away a lot of boundaries. One boundary in at least one boundary in each of his first 11 overs. today. So all in on quite a baffling day's cricket. Pakistan have got to a point where a number of teams have won test matches, defending scores of 130 or low. 15 teams have won defending 130 or lower in the past. Pakistan themselves have only done it once. That was in Hamilton in New Zealand in January 1993. On that occasion, all 10 wickets were taken by Wazimakram and Wakaar Yunus five each. I'm not sure they have bowlers.

of that quality in this game, but at least they've got themselves into a position where victory is precedented. And they have got Razaullah. So who knows? The new star for Pakistan, well, Long May. He shined because he's really lit up Edgberston today. Thanks very much. You're listening to the TMS podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live. So much sport today and all the goals as they go in up and down the league. This is 5 Live Sports. To the lights and foot in the floor. To bowl him.

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