Saim trapped lbw by Robinson in third over
Unchanged England won toss and bowl
Pakistan make four changes after disrupted build-up that saw seven players, head coach and bowling coach sent home
Third Test, day one, Edgbaston
England have unassailable 2-0 series lead
Excellent over from Ollie Robinson.
A maiden to Azan Awais. Jamie Smith is up to the stumps again and the left-hander struggles to lay bat on ball.
He'll be glad the one time he does, the edge drops well short of the slip cordon.
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Image source, Getty ImagesCongratulations Ollie Robinson! 100 wickets @ 19s. I give him the keys to Margate, and bring on Australia!
Marc, Margate
Another gorgeous drive from Azan Awais to start Jofra Archer's second over. Even better than the last and it races away to the fence.
That fires Archer up and that is reflected on the speed gun, he's up to 89mph a couple of balls later.
A single to fine leg completes the scoring for the over and Awais will be on strike to face Ollie Robinson for the first time.
Timothy Abraham
BBC Sport journalist at Edgbaston
Saim Ayub is playing in a first-class match for the first time since October 2025. Facing Ollie Robinson in these conditions meant that dismissal felt like a fait accompli.
Kieran Parmley
CricViz analyst
Image source, Getty ImagesOllie Robinson round the wicket to left-handers this summer:
58 runs, 187 balls, 10 wickets - 5.80 average, 20% hitting the stumps
Abdullah Shafique faces one ball before Jamie Smith decides to come up to the stumps.
Ollie Robinson proceeds to whistle one just past the right-hander's outside edge to complete a wicket-maiden.
Andy Zaltzman
Test Match Special statistician
That's Ollie Robinson's 100th Test wicket in his 24th match - averaging 19.
Phil Tufnell
Former England spinner on Test Match Special
It's an Ollie Robinson masterclass. It's that kind of delivery he does. It's angled and he just tests your technique from ball one when you go out there fresh.
His summer continues. He's absolutely flying along.
Saim lbw b Robinson 0 (Pak 8-1)
Image source, Getty ImagesGone this time! Ollie Robinson has his 100th Test wicket.
Considerable movement back in off the seam again for the England bowler to beat Saim Ayub's inside edge.
The left-hander must have thought he got outside the line but not so, ball-tracking confirms, and it was going on to hit the top of leg stump.
Perfect start for England.
Phil Tufnell
Former England spinner on Test Match Special
It looks good from here. England look more confident with this one.
Ollie Robinson thuds the ball into Saim Ayub's pad again and, for the second time, umpire Gaffaney raises his finger.
Reviewed quickly again but this one looks a better shout than the first.
Lovely shot.
After five dot balls from Jofra Archer, Azan Awais latches on to an overpitched delivery and crashes a drive through the covers for four.
Gentle start from Archer, nothing quicker than 84mph, but he does tend to do this before ramping up as he gets into his rhythm.
Kieran Parmley
CricViz analyst
Recent conditions in Edgbaston have been more favourable for batters, with the Birmingham venue producing the lowest amount of seam movement on average across the six Test venues used in England since 2023.
It's a big shift across from the second Test at Lord's, which unsurprisingly is the ground with the highest seam movement.
Phil Tufnell
Former England spinner on Test Match Special
That was keen from the umpire in the first over. It was going over.
Pak 4-0
Plenty of nip for Ollie Robinson but it's going over the top. England took one look at a replay and started wandering back to their fielding positions.
Not out. Good review from Pakistan.
Phil Tufnell
Former England spinner on Test Match Special
How many times does Ollie Robinson get a wicket in the first over?
Is it just clipping?
Pak 4-1
Has Ollie Robinson struck in the first over again?
He nips one back to Saim Ayub, who doesn't offer a shot, and the umpire raises his finger.
It didn't look right but it only needs to be clipping now.
Pakistan are up and running first ball.
Ollie Robinson bowls from round the wicket, gets a bit of nip back to left-hander Saim Ayub but that takes the ball down the leg side, flicking off the batter's pad, and down to the fine leg boundary.
Four leg byes.
Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport cricket correspondent at Edgbaston
Some 15,000 tickets have been sold for today, but I'd say fewer than half of the available seats are taken for the start of play. The building work of the new stand naturally affects the capacity and the feel inside the ground.
It could be the grey weather, or the fact that this series hasn't been much of a contest thus far, but it's all rather flat. It might be the most low-key first morning of a Test in this country since the empty grounds of the Covid summer.
Anthems done, Joe Root leads England onto the field and we're all set for the start of the final Test of the summer.
Ollie Robinson has the new ball in hand with Saim Ayub on strike for Pakistan.
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Saim,leg before wicket, bowled Robinson Saim, leg before wicket, bowled Robinson | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.00 |
batting,Azan,not out batting, Azan, not out | 9 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 50.00 |
batting,Shafique,not out batting, Shafique, not out | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.00 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 5, total 5 Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 5, total 5 | |||||||
Total,14 for 1 5.3 overs Total,14 for 1 5.3 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Robinson | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Archer, bowling | 2.3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.60 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
8 for 1(2.4 overs) | Saim |
