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ENG vs PAK Match Prediction & Analysis

England take on Pakistan in the 3rd and final test of the Pakistan Tour of England Test Series 2026 starting on 9th September at Edgbaston, Birmingham and the scheduled start time is 3:30 PM IST. The series is already done and dusted with England winning the first two matches of the series in a dominant fashion. 

With crucial WTC points at stake England will look to keep the momentum going and clean sweep the series 3-0.

Head to Head Record: England and Pakistan faced off in 8 Test matches at Edgbaston, where England won five and the other three ended in a draw. 

RECENT PERFORMANCE

ENG

W L L W L

ENG

409/10 in 89.5 4.55

ENG vs PAK

England won by an innings and 103 runs 19 Aug 2026

PAK

171/10 in 48.1 3.55

ENG

354/10 in 88.2 4.01

ENG vs NZ 2026

New Zealand beat England by 160 runs 25 Jun 2026

NZ

438/10 in 114.5 3.81

ENG

291/10 in 84.0 3.46

ENG vs NZ 2026

New Zealand beat England by 253 runs 17 Jun 2026

NZ

391/10 in 96.2 4.06

ENG

140/10 in 39.4 3.53

ENG vs NZ 2026

England beat New Zealand by 115 runs 04 Jun 2026

NZ

113/10 in 29.5 3.79

AUS

567/10 in 133.5 4.24

The Ashes, 2025-26

Australia won by 5 wickets 04 Jan 2026

ENG

161/5 in 31.2 5.14

PAK

L W L L L

ENG

409/10 in 89.5 4.55

ENG vs PAK

England won by an innings and 103 runs 19 Aug 2026

PAK

171/10 in 48.1 3.55

WI

344/10 in 105.4 3.26

WI vs PAK 2026

Pakistan beat West Indies by 8 wickets 02 Aug 2026

PAK

387/10 in 115.0 3.37

WI

311/10 in 98.5 3.15

WI vs PAK 2026

West Indies beat Pakistan by 90 runs 25 Jul 2026

PAK

282/10 in 80.1 3.52

BAN

278/10 in 77.0 3.61

BAN vs PAK 2026

Bangladesh beat Pakistan by 78 runs 16 May 2026

PAK

232/10 in 57.4 4.02

BAN

413/10 in 117.1 3.52

BAN vs PAK 2026

Bangladesh beat Pakistan by 104 runs 08 May 2026

PAK

386/10 in 100.3 3.84

HEAD TO HEAD

TEAMS PREVIEW

England Preview

England enter Edgbaston after rattling up Pakistan in the 2nd Test match at Lord's, London where they won by a huge margin of 194 runs. Batting first England clawed their way to 290 runs in the first innings on the back off half centuries from Harry Brook (55 runs) and Jamie Smith (65 runs) and useful contributions down the order from Gus Atkinson (45 runs) and Josh Tongue (30 runs). 

England then bowled out Pakistan to 110 runs 37.2 overs, Ollie Robinson was the stand out bowler with figures of 4/11, Jofra Archer stream rolled  the middle and lower order bagging three wickets and Josh Tongue chipped in with two wickets. 

In the 2nd innings, the home team once again struggled to get the score card ticking as they were bowled out for 208 runs in 54.2 overs. Joe Root (24 runs), Harry Brook (34 runs) and Dan Lawrence (54 runs) set the game up for England as they took the lead to over 300 runs. 

Then in the 2nd innings England were made to work hard for the wickets by Pakistani batters but eventually they cleaned the visitors up for 194 runs in 50.5 overs. Robinson once again starred with the ball with a second four wicket haul in the match and finished with figures of 8/35. Archer and Tongue picked up two and three wickets respectively. 

England's problem this series has been their openers they haven't quite scored runs in the last three innings and with the series done and dusted Duckett and Gay will look to get back to form and make an impact to close out the series. 

England Predicted Playing XI:

Ben Duckett, Emilio Gay, Jordan Cox, Joe Root (c), Harry Brook, Dan Lawrence, Jamie Smith (wk), Gus Atkinson, Ollie Robinson, Jofra Archer, Josh Tongue

England Actual Playing XI:

Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Duckett, Emilio Gay, Dan Lawrence, Gus Atkinson, Jordan Cox, Jamie Smith, Jofra Archer, Ollie Robinson, Josh Tongue

Pakistan Preview

It has been a chaotic tour for Pakistan on and off the field, on the field they have been rattled completely by England. Pakistan lost both the test matches on the back off some really poor batting performances and fielding hasn't been up to the mark either. 

Saud Shakeel stand's out as the top run-scorer for them on the tour so far scoring 132 runs in 5 innings, while Abdullah Shafique scored 84 runs. Shan Masood, Babar Azam the team's two most experienced players failed to make an impact and contribute to the team's score. Imam ul Haq, Mohammad Rizwan and Salman Ali Agha these three batters are called back to Pakistan and been dropped from the squad for the 3rd test. 

In the bowling department Mohammad Abbas has toiled hard bagging 10 wickets on the tour and he has received no support from other bowlers. While from one end Abbas built pressure on the other end the bowlers kept leaking runs this has been the story of their bowling unit this tour. With seven players been replaced for the 3rd test Pakistan are on the brink of losing yet another test match and returning with another series sweep. 

Pakistan Predicted Playing XI:

Azan Awais, Saim Ayub, Abdullah Shafique, Shan Masood, Babar Azam (c), Saud Shakeel, Ghazi Ghori (wk), Mohammad Imran Randhawa, Razaullah, Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Ali

Pakistan Actual Playing XI:

Shan Masood, Ghazi Ghori, Mohammad Abbas, Saud Shakeel, Azan Awais, Babar Azam, Mohammad Ali, Abdullah Shafique, Mohammad Imran Randhawa, Saim Ayub, Razaullah

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Edgbaston will see a steady warming trend over the next five days. Daytime highs will gradually climb from 17°C on Wednesday to a pleasant 22°C by Sunday. Nights will remain crisp between 9°C and 14°C, offering generally mild, comfortable conditions across the district throughout the late-week period.

ENG vs PAK Pitch Report

The surface at Edgbaston, Birmingham offers a balanced track that favours both the batters and bowlers. On day 1 it favours the bowlers a lot more and run scoring is not gonna be easy, while on day 2 and 3 it get's better for batting and are the two best days to bat in a test match. Day 4 and Day 5 the surface deteriorates a bit with good amount of reverse swing and spinners can use the rough patches to create uncertainty. 

Toss: To Bowl

Teams that win the toss prefer to bowl first at Edgbaston, Birmingham as on the first day the lively grass helps the bowlers with prodigious swing and batters find it really hard to score runs. We predict the team that win's the toss will opt to bowl first.