Pakistan v England, Leeds

Pakistan 171/10 & 135/10

England 409/10

England won by 103 runs

England v Pakistan 2026 · 1st Test Headingley, Leeds, Leeds 19–21 Aug 2026

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Pakistan had it far tougher than England.

Pakistan

0.79× -21%

England

1.00× 0%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

England's margin flattered them — conditions did some of the work.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

Harry Brook England

91 +139

Abdullah Shafique Pakistan

76 +119

JM Cox England

73 +118

Joe Root England

66 +105

Mohammad Rizwan Pakistan

53 +94

Best bowling

Top match figures

JC Tongue5/46

OE Robinson5/51

Ali Usman5/95

OE Robinson3/29

Top score

Harry Brook · England

Biggest stand

150

3rd wkt · England

Worst collapse

4–21

4 wkts for 21 · Pakistan

Match facts

TossEngland, field

ResultEngland won by 103 runs

Length3 days

Pakistan

171 /10 (48.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
Azan Awais	lbw b OE Robinson	0	1	0	0.00
Shan Masood	lbw b OE Robinson	5	20	0	25.00
Imam-ul-Haq	c Harry Brook b JC Tongue	42	74	6	56.76
Abdullah Shafique	b OE Robinson	61	104	8	58.65
Saud Shakeel	lbw b OE Robinson	5	25	1	20.00
Agha Salman	b JC Tongue	21	29	4	72.41
Mohammad Rizwan	lbw b JC Tongue	12	19	1	63.16
Ali Usman	lbw b JC Tongue	0	1	0	0.00
Khurram Shahzad	c AAP Atkinson b OE Robinson	14	12	3	116.67
Mohammad Abbas	b JC Tongue	2	5	0	40.00

Extras 9 (b 4, lb 4, nb 1)

Total 171/10 (48.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
OE Robinson	18.0	3	51	5	2.83
JC Archer	9.0	4	26	0	2.89
AAP Atkinson	12.0	1	40	0	3.33
JC Tongue	9.1	1	46	5	5.02

Fall of wickets

1-0 (Azan Awais, 0.1)·2-6 (Shan Masood, 4.5)·3-97 (Imam-ul-Haq, 28.1)·4-117 (Saud Shakeel, 35.5)·5-118 (Abdullah Shafique, 37.3)·6-150 (Agha Salman, 44.3)·7-150 (Ali Usman, 44.4)·8-159 (Mohammad Rizwan, 46.3)·9-171 (Khurram Shahzad, 47.6)·10-171 (Mohammad Abbas, 48.1)

England

409 /10 (89.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
BM Duckett	lbw b Mohammad Abbas	15	28	0	0	53.57
EN Gay	c Agha Salman b Mohammad Ali	33	31	7	0	106.45
JM Cox	c Mohammad Rizwan b Ali Usman	73	100	14	0	73.00
Joe Root	lbw b Khurram Shahzad	66	112	10	0	58.93
DW Lawrence	c Mohammad Rizwan b Ali Usman	51	79	9	0	64.56
Harry Brook	b Ali Usman	91	93	13	0	97.85
JL Smith	c Shan Masood b Khurram Shahzad	25	52	2	0	48.08
AAP Atkinson	lbw b Ali Usman	3	15	0	0	20.00
OE Robinson	b Ali Usman	0	1	0	0	0.00
JC Archer*	not out	23	25	2	1	92.00
JC Tongue	b Khurram Shahzad	8	10	2	0	80.00

Extras 21 (b 4, lb 10, nb 7)

Total 409/10 (89.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Mohammad Abbas	25.0	5	78	1	3.12
Khurram Shahzad	21.5	1	133	3	6.09
Mohammad Ali	19.0	2	89	1	4.68
Ali Usman	24.0	1	95	5	3.96

Fall of wickets

1-36 (BM Duckett, 8.5)·2-48 (EN Gay, 9.6)·3-198 (JM Cox, 43.6)·4-202 (Joe Root, 44.4)·5-322 (DW Lawrence, 69.4)·6-356 (Harry Brook, 75.2)·7-364 (AAP Atkinson, 79.4)·8-364 (OE Robinson, 79.5)·9-392 (JL Smith, 87.2)·10-409 (JC Tongue, 89.6)

Pakistan

135 /10 (37.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
Azan Awais	c Joe Root b JC Archer	9	14	1	64.29
Imam-ul-Haq	c JL Smith b JC Archer	0	5	0	0.00
Shan Masood	c BM Duckett b JC Tongue	29	56	5	51.79
Abdullah Shafique	c Harry Brook b OE Robinson	15	29	2	51.72
Saud Shakeel	c DW Lawrence b JC Tongue	14	24	3	58.33
Agha Salman	lbw b JC Tongue	4	8	1	50.00
Mohammad Rizwan	b AAP Atkinson	41	39	5	105.13
Ali Usman	c JM Cox b OE Robinson	7	22	1	31.82
Khurram Shahzad	c JM Cox b OE Robinson	8	9	2	88.89
Mohammad Abbas	c DW Lawrence b JC Archer	6	19	1	31.58

Extras 2 (b 2)

Total 135/10 (37.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
OE Robinson	11.0	3	29	3	2.64
JC Archer	10.3	1	50	3	4.76
AAP Atkinson	8.0	4	11	1	1.38
DW Lawrence	1.0	1	0	0	0.00
JC Tongue	7.0	0	43	3	6.14

Fall of wickets

1-0 (Imam-ul-Haq, 1.5)·2-13 (Azan Awais, 3.5)·3-51 (Abdullah Shafique, 13.4)·4-68 (Saud Shakeel, 20.6)·5-73 (Shan Masood, 22.1)·6-76 (Agha Salman, 22.5)·7-95 (Ali Usman, 29.1)·8-111 (Khurram Shahzad, 31.2)·9-131 (Mohammad Rizwan, 36.6)·10-135 (Mohammad Abbas, 37.3)