Pakistan vs England, 1st Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

We saw India do something mind-boggling in Kanpur a few days ago, forcing a result in two days. England had a lot more time than that, but the pitch was very unresponsive and they've done remarkably well to conjure up a win. Shows what a crazy era we live in with two results like these in a matter of days. Pakistan, meanwhile, are in such a poor state. Not sure if their pitches are more dead or their performances. Will take one heck of a turnaround to bounce back from here. That's all for now. The second Test is in Multan as well (oh dear), starting Tuesday. Until then, it's goodbye from Sagar Chawla along with Akshay Maanay.

Stats by Shashikant Singh

Highest team totals in an innings defeats in Tests
556 - PAK vs ENG, Multan, 2024 (Inns & 47 runs)*
492 - IRE vs SL, Galle, 2023 (Inns & 10 runs)
477 - ENG vs IND, Chennai, 2016 (Inns & 75 runs)
463 - WI vs IND, Kolkata, 2011 (Inns & 15 runs)
459 - IND vs SA, Centurion, 2010 (Inns & 25 runs)

Highest totals in a defeat while batting first
595/8d - BAN vs NZ, Wellington, 2017
586 - AUS vs ENG, Sydney, 1894
556 - AUS vs IND, Adelaide, 2003
556 - PAK vs ENG, Multan, 2024*
553 - NZ vs ENG, Nottingham, 2022

Most 100s in a Test innings in a losing cause
3 - Sri Lanka vs Australia, Colombo, 1992
3 - Pakistan vs England, Rawalpindi, 2022
3 - Pakistan vs England, Multan, 2024*

Most defeats after scoring 500-plus in 1st innings
5 - Pakistan*
3 - Australia
2 - England
2 - New Zealand
2 - Bangladesh

- This is the 9th win for England despite conceding 500-plus runs in the first innings of a Test (three have come in the Bazball era). The second most such wins is by Australia with six.

Pakistan's biggest Test defeats in Pakistan
by inns & 156 runs vs WI, Lahore, 1959
by inns & 131 runs vs IND, Rawalpindi, 2004
by inns & 99 runs vs AUS, Rawalpindi, 1998
by inns & 52 runs vs IND, Multan, 2004
by inns & 47 runs vs ENG, Multan, 2024*

England's Test win by innings in Asia
by inns & 25 runs vs IND, Delhi, 1976
by inns & 47 runs vs PAK, Multan, 2024*

Pakistan's longest winless streak at home
11 - Mar 2022 to going on (7 lost, 4 draw)*
11 - Feb 1969 to Mar 1975 (1 lost, 10 draw)
8 - Mar 1959 to Oct 1964 (4 lost, 4 draw)
8 - Oct 1998 to Mar 2000 (4 lost, 4 draw)

- 11 matches is also the longest winless streak at home for a team (except ZIM & BAN) since New Zealand's 12-Test run between February 1994 & 1997. This is also the 6th consecutive Test loss for Pakistan.

- 150 overs (900 balls) by Pakistan is the most overs bowled by a team featuring just one maiden over in a Test innings. The previous most was 709 balls (88.5 eight-ball overs) by South Africa against England in 1939 at Durban, where no maiden overs were bowled.

- This Test became only the second to produce a result despite both teams scoring a 550-plus total. Another match is the 2022 Rawalpindi Test between these two teams. All the other 15 Test matches with two 550-plus totals by a team ended in a draw. 1379 runs is the highest 1st innings aggregate to produce a result in Tests.

- Run rate of 4.51 across the three innings in Multan is the second highest for any Test match that lasted 2000-plus balls. The highest is 4.54 in the 2022 Rawalpindi Test between these two teams.

Ollie Pope | England captain: Credit to the bowlers for the way they went about their stuff on Day 1 and majority of Day 2. The fitness they showed, and the same with Brook and Root. The way to win this game was to put a mammoth score on the board. It wasn't just a hundred, but it was 260 and 315 or whatever. Credit to them, obviously the skills they have and the determination to put the team in a winning position. It was awesome. Wasn't necessarily discussed (Pakistan's poor second innings record). When you bat first and make 550, you think you're in the driving seat there. But when you come out to bat again, and you're 260 behind, and the pitch is 3 days older, it's never an easy thing to do. We had a lot of different wicket-taking opportunities. The odd ball was staying low, the odd ball was reversing and we got the odd ball to spin as well. It's never an easy position to be in when you're 260 behind. Even if you bat as well as you can and make 400 in that last innings, we still would've backed ourselves and chased 140 or so. The way the two guys with the big runs played was real credit to them. He obviously got some crucial wickets, set some clever fields and he got batters hitting shots in areas they didn't want to do. The way Brydon bowled on debut was awesome. Charged in, showed a lot of heart and never complained once. And Leach. Coming back into the side this week - he's had some success here before. He's fit right back into the team. Taken some crucial wickets for us as well. That's the game. I smoked a pull shot straight to midwicket. Unfortunately I was the one to miss out this week but it's a team game and what matters is that we're on the right side.

Shan Masood | Pakistan captain: We've spoken about the third innings or fourth innings, but at the end of the day it's a team game. Everything has its advantages and repercussions as a team. When you put up 550 on the board, it's important to back it up with 10 wickets. That's something we didn't do. If we take those 10 wickets and keep England around our score, maybe a bit more, then these 220 runs on the fifth day become challenging. So that's the key to work it out as a team - how can the batting and bowling in the first innings contribute to the team and hopefully set the match up. That's something we're struggling with. We're getting into good positions. You ask your batting side to put up a good score in the first innings, and the onus on us now is to set the game up so we can finish it off. 220 runs in the third innings, depending on what kind of lead you have, can also be a good score. We can learn from England as well. They've found a way to get those 20 wickets. Can't win Test matches without picking up 20 wickets. As a team, yes we have that second innings of batting to improve, but we have to learn to pick up 20 wickets. That's the challenge as a side going forward. We're in the middle of the series, we've talked about squad mentality and consistency. Where I'd like the team to improve is - no matter how the pitch is, we have to find a way out. England showed that. We have to give huge credit to them. Test quality cricket is the ultimate format. And in the ultimate format, you have to find out ways to get the opposition out. Sometimes you get conditions in your favour, sometimes you don't. But the best teams always find a way. And for us, the learning curve is how can we find ways of scoring runs and picking wickets. It's a non-negotiable of Test cricket to perform on a regular basis. We love playing the game. We're obviously hurt by the results, hurt as a nation. But the beauty of the game is it always gives you another chance. Life gives you another chance. So the quick turnaround might be beneficial for us and we're looking forward to it. I never try and shy away from responsibility. What hurts is that we're not getting the results that Pakistan cricket deserves. We're all trying hard, we're going to give it our all. And we are going to try and turn it around. We take the responsibility upon our shoulders. We have to get it right as a squad and as a cricket playing nation.

Harry Brook | Player of the Match: Enjoyed it a lot. It was tough out there in the heat. We were just batting for as long as possible to be honest. We had a chat at lunch time, knew we were going to be batting out there for a little period after lunch. Just have to try and enjoy batting, and build a partnership, and keep trying to rotate strike - put the bowlers under pressure. Was taking as much fluid onboard as possible. And the energy gels, and eating as well. It was tough but that was a good surface to cash in on. Hopefully many more to come.

The pressure on the hosts is only going to mount after this result. The squad they announced was only for the first Test, and it'll be interesting to see what they do for the next two matches. Their main bowlers are down on pace, while Babar is having a horrendous run as he's gone without a fifty in 18 innings. Abrar, the lone spinner, also went wicketless and is now unwell.

The only time that the pitch offered something was when the ball was hard and new, and they made the most of that phase, reducing Pakistan to 82/6 as the likes of Carse and Atkinson hit the pitch hard and extracted a bit of variable movement from the cracks. Whatever play we had this morning only reinforced how difficult it was for the bowlers once the ball got softer. Pakistan would be kicking themselves for some of the shots they played yesterday. If only they had made a better fist of it in the first 20-25 overs, the draw would still have been there for the taking.

11:39 Local Time, 06:39 GMT, 12:09 IST: It's the first time in Test history that a team has lost by an innings after scoring 500-plus in the first innings. Pakistan's horror run in Test cricket continues. It's their sixth consecutive loss in the format, and their seventh loss at home in the last 9 Tests. What a performance from England to force a result on a pitch that didn't offer much to the bowlers at all. After losing the toss and being on the field for more than one and a half days, they broke all kinds of records by smashing an enormous 823 on the board led by a triple hundred from Harry Brook and a career-highest 262 from Joe Root. The pace at which they scored opened the possibility of a result, and full credit to their bowlers for making it count.