Babar Azam: “Definitely disappointment as a team, we are not good enough to fight back. First innings, we lost back-to-back wickets, good in batches, but that moment cost us. Bowling, definitely, your best pacer is not fit so that cost us. A lot of positive things in this series, but also things that we lack.”
Ben Stokes: “Perfect. We’ve got a process we want to play but the challenge was the different pitches for every Test. We stuck to our game plans and adapted really well. Particularly with the ball, whoever I threw it to seemed to deliver. The commitment and mindset has been top-drawer. It comes down to the belief, that I have and the ten other guys. That resonates around everyone, the confidence everyone has given me so much confidence in myself too. Every person has stood up at some point, but Harry Brook has been unbelievable for us. He’s set Pakistan on fire, the calmness and belief are high class. And Rehan, 18 years old, the belief he’s got in himself… he’s not the finished article but to affect the game as he has done …
“We knew what cricket means to Pakistan… we felt like the cricket that was being played was being celebrated. To walk off to a reception at every ground was very special.”
Harry Brook is both Player of the Match and Player of the Series. Not a bad month’s work: “Probably my best tour so far, to win 3-0 here, no one’s done it before, phenomenal from the lads. I was annoyed with myself in the second Test when I got out to Abrar. Had to look me in the mirror.”
Pakistan vs England Highlights today. 3rd Test, National Stadium, Karachi, Tuesday 20-12-2022, England tour of Pakistan 2022.
Pakistan, elected to bat first.
Pakistan team: 1 Shan Masood, 2 Abdullah Shafique, 3 Azhar Ali, 4 Babar Azam (capt), 5 Saud Shakeel, 6 Mohammad Rizwan (wk), 7 Salman Ali Agha, 8 Faheem Ashraf, 9 Mohammad Wasim Jnr, 10 Nauman Ali, 11 Abrar Ahmed.
England team: England: 1 Zak Crawley, 2 Ben Duckett, 3 Ollie Pope, 4 Joe Root, 5 Harry Brook, 6 Ben Stokes (capt), 7 Ben Foakes (wk), 8 Rehan Ahmed, 9 Ollie Robinson, 10 Jack Leach, 11 Mark Wood.
Head to Head In Test’s: 88
Pakistan Won: 21
England Won: 28
Pakistan Test Rankings: 6th
England Test Rankings: 4th
Form guide
(Last five completed matches, most recent first)
Pakistan LLLWL
England WWWWL
Match Timings: 5:00 AM GMT | 10:00 AM Local
Umpires – Ahsan Raza, Joel Wilson
TV Umpire – Marais Erasmus
Match Referee – Andy Pycroft
Reserve Umpire – Asif Yaqoob
Match number – Test no. 2483
