England overcome early tremors to win third Check in opposition to Pakistan by eight wickets, clinching a collection whitewash.
Printed On 12 Sep 2026
Joe Root led from the entrance as England survived a serious wobble to beat Pakistan by eight wickets within the third Check at Edgbaston on Saturday, sealing a 3-0 collection whitewash.
The house crew, chasing simply 130 to win, had been in serious trouble when openers Ben Duckett and Emilio Homosexual had been dismissed within the first over, bowled by Mohammad Abbas.
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Root, England’s document runscorer, edged his first ball, bowled by Razaullah, via the slips for 4 in a nervy begin however settled and scored rapidly to take the sting out of the state of affairs.
The skipper was given an enormous reprieve when he chopped onto the stumps off Mohammad Ali, just for the umpire to sign a no-ball, leaving the bowler distraught.
Root, with Jordan Cox on the different finish, had one other let-off when he edged an Abbas supply between first and second slip, with neither fielder transferring.
However he reached his half-century off 57 balls with a reduce for 4, and Cox matched him shortly afterwards.
England reached their goal within the twenty fifth over, with Root unbeaten on 62 and Cox 59 not out.
Root, in his second spell as England skipper after the departure of Ben Stokes, admitted his team were not the finished article but said he was delighted with their series win.
“The amount of uncertainty, noise and I guess chaos there was coming into the series, the way the guys have dealt with that – being so clinical with what we’ve had in front of us – and be stood here with a 3-0 win is really pleasing,” Root told Sky Sports.
“It sets us up nicely looking ahead to the start of a new era with (new head coach) Stephen Fleming coming in.”
Pakistan woes
It is England’s first Test series win since 2024, while Pakistan have now lost 16 of their last 21 games and are bottom of the World Test Championship table.
Root’s men had appeared set for a quickfire win inside three days on Friday before debutant fast bowler Razaullah launched an audacious assault with the bat, clubbing nine sixes as he raced to 81 off 63 balls.
The 21-year-old number nine, who also took four wickets in England’s first innings, put on 121 for the ninth wicket with fellow paceman Abbas (42) as England floundered.
“We had just a little little bit of pushback yesterday which, in a wierd means, was fairly a great factor for the group,” stated Root.
“Honest play to Razaullah; he made issues tough for us. He performed some fantastic pictures and made it very tough to set fields to. He struck the ball properly – I don’t know the way he didn’t pull a muscle, swinging the bat that tough.”
Razaullah’s heroics have modified the temper music, however they got here too little, too late for Pakistan, who’ve endured a depressing collection, dropping the first Test by an innings and 103 runs and the second by 194 runs.
The vacationers despatched seven gamers dwelling after their crushing defeat within the second Check at Lord’s and introduced in seven replacements, with Razaullah amongst them.
In addition they sacked head coach Sarfaraz Ahmed and assistant Umar Gul as their tour plunged into chaos.
Pakistan made 4 modifications to their facet for the third Check, and so they put up a battle regardless of being dismissed for a paltry 133 of their first innings.
Captain Babar Azam admitted his crew must take inventory after a one-sided collection.
“Earlier than we got here right here, we had to consider various things and to resolve our crew,” he stated.
“We had a few modifications after dropping two matches. Enjoying in England may be very tough. We had been attempting to do our greatest within the third match.
“We have to sit down and look onerous at our errors, resolve our enjoying XI.”
The three-0 whitewash is a big tonic for England, who had been in turmoil simply weeks in the past following a collection loss to New Zealand and the exits of head coach Brendon McCullum and captain Stokes.
However more durable challenges lie forward, beginning with a Check collection in South Africa in December and January, whereas a home Ashes looms subsequent 12 months.
