Pakistan vs England test: England won the toss and chose to bowl

Hassan • September 9, 2026 • Sports
Babar Azam Edgbaston test

Pakistan, at the start of the match, lost two wickets lost two wicktes. Saim Ayub got out for a duck and Azan Awais got out after scoring 9 runs.

England won the toss and chose to bowl against Pakistan in the third match of the Pakistan-England series.

Saim Ayub has been added to the Pakistan team in place of Imam.

Pakistan have finalised the shortlist for the third and final Test against England to 11 players. 3 of the players selected are debuting.

Babar Azam-led Pakistan will be featuring a 23-year-old Karachi-born wicketkeeper-batter Ghazi Ghouri in the playing 11, reports said. Ghouri will make his debut for Pakistan in Test cricket, if selected.

Meanwhile, 29-year-old all-rounder Muhammad Imran Randhawa from Khanewal is also making his Test debut at Edgbaston.

Randhawa has played 58 first-class games, with 2255 runs, he bats with his right hand, including two 200+ runs centuries.

He has also impressed with the ball having taken 110 wickets as a right-arm medium-fast bowler.

Razaullah will also get his first Test cap if Pakistan choose to use four specialist fast bowlers in the final Test of the series.

The Mardan-born right-arm pacer made his first-class debut for Peshawar in 2025 and has 30 wickets to his name in 8 First Class matches.

But Pakistan may turn to a spinner if the conditions and the pitch at Edgbaston are of a different nature.

If so, then left-hand spinner Arafat Minhas (21) of Multan may get the chance to make his debut in Tests.

Minhas already has international experience, having faced 3 ODI and 4 T20 international matches for Pakistan.

The 11 players who were selected for the third and final Test against England at Edgbaston Cricket Ground are mentioned below:

The team to be released for Pakistan will be decided by the Pakistan team management based on pitch and match conditions.

There is going to be a lot of competition between pace and spin, and either Razaullah or Arafat Minhas will be vying for the remaining place in the team.