PAK vs ENG Match 4 Live Commentary - Lahore (25 October 2026)

Full and darted into the pads, Duckett looks to flick it away but misses and the ball goes off his pads to backward square leg.

Uh, oh! Razaullah is on the floor. This is a full toss on off, angling back in a bit. Duckett ends up just pushing it down the track as Razaullah falls on the followthrough. Actually, it is called a No Ball for overstepping. Free Hit to follow...

No run. Swing and a miss! The batter swings hard at that one but does not connect.

WIDE! Bashed in on a good length and pushed beyond the tramline outside off. Root leaves it alone.

Afridi brings the line a bit closer to the off stump, still angling it away and still wide enough for Root to leave it alone.

Pitched up, just outside off, darts away after pitching. Joe Root watchfully leaves it alone.

That's well fielded. Full and outside off, Root leans into the shot and just caresses it down to the left of cover. Arafat Minhas dives across and makes a sharp stop.

FOUR! Nicely put away. Way too full and straight, swings back in late. Root manages to dab it away through the gap at mid-wicket and the ball skips away to the fence.

OUT! CAUGHT! Shaheen Afridi is on fire, and he gets rid of the stalwart Joe Root now. This is pitched up wide of the off stump. Root hangs back a bit and then extends his arms to smack it away. However, he plays off the back foot to a ball which is quite full and ends up hitting it hard and low to point. Saim Ayub takes a really good low catch in front of him and England are in early trouble at 11/2.

Wow, that's too close for comfort. Full of a good length, pitched up on fourth stump, and this one shapes back in a touch. Harry Brook watches it all the way, keeps his hands back and leaves it alone, and the ball goes a whisker past the off stump.

Good start, right on the money. Pitched full, on the fourth stump line, swinging back in a bit but pretty late as well. Ben Duckett watches it go through to the keeper.

Full and wide this time, Duckett goes after it and slices it down to the left of deep third for a single.

Root is now off the mark as well. Full and on leg, shaping back in towards middle. Root clips it in front of mid-wicket and gets across.

Good length in the channel, Duckett gets halfway forward and punches it sweetly to cover.

Length again, on a tighter line on off and darting back in a bit at 144 kph. Duckett gets hurried and jams it down towards the bowler.

Dug in a bit shorter and angled well across off. Duckett extends his arms to hammer it away but misses to connect.

Afridi begins with a full ball, landing it on middle and leg. Tom Banton shows the full face of the bat and drills it to mid on.

FOUR! Off the mark in style. Full again, shaping into the pads, Banton clips it away between mid-wicket and mid on and the ball races away to the fence.

Pitched up in the channel outside off, a hint of movement into the right-hander. Banton leaves it alone.

Ooh, that's well bowled. Slightly back of a length, darting it across off, and extracting some extra bounce. Banton looks to play at it but decides to leave it late.

OUT! TAKEN! Shaheen Afridi draws first blood in the very first over, and England are 4/1. Nice and full from Shaheen, landing it again in that corridor outside off. Tom Banton looks to drive but ends up chipping it straight to Arafat Minhas at short cover. Minhas makes no mistake and Pakistan rejoice.

Ooh, not too far away from crashing into the pads. Really full, darted in towards the pads, and this one swings in. Joe Root gets pegged back a bit and gets an inside edge off the pads, as the ball rolls behind square leg.