Pakistan vs England, 4th Match, Pakistan ODI Tri-Series 2026 – Commentary
Pakistan beat England by one wicket at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Sunday, 25 October 2026, chasing 242 with five balls to spare. They were 154 for 9 when they got there, which tells you most of what you need to know about how the match was won.
Shadab Khan finished unbeaten on 113 from 96 balls and shared an unbroken tenth-wicket stand of 89 with Haris Rauf. At the other end of the afternoon, Ben Duckett’s 105 had carried England to 241 all out and looked, for most of the chase, like more than enough. It was not.
Pakistan vs England Match Summary
| Match | Pakistan v England, 4th Match |
|---|---|
| Series | Pakistan ODI Tri-Series, 2026 |
| Venue | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore |
| Date | Sunday, 25 October 2026 |
| Start time | 1:00 PM local (8:00 AM GMT, 1:30 PM IST) |
| Toss | Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowl |
| England | 241 all out in 46.4 overs (run rate 5.16) |
| Pakistan | 243/9 in 47.1 overs (run rate 5.15) |
| Result | Pakistan won by 1 wicket |
| Umpires | Rashid Riaz and Sharfuddoula; third umpire Wayne Knights |
| Match referee | Jeff Crowe |
Playing XIs
Pakistan: Fakhar Zaman, Saim Ayub, Babar Azam, Saad Baig (wk), Hasan Nawaz, Salman Agha, Shadab Khan, Arafat Minhas, Shaheen Afridi (c), Haris Rauf, Razaullah.
England: Tom Banton, Ben Duckett, Joe Root, Harry Brook (c), Jordan Cox (wk), Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton, Liam Dawson, Gus Atkinson, Henry Crocombe.
England Innings – Ben Duckett’s Century
Shaheen Afridi put England in and had them reeling inside six overs. Tom Banton went for 4 in the first over of the innings, caught by Arafat Minhas, and Joe Root followed for 5 with the score on 11. Harry Brook was run out for 1 by a Razaullah–Saad Baig combination at 19 for 3, and when Haris Rauf had Jordan Cox caught behind for 6, England were 52 for 4 inside ten overs.
From there the innings had exactly one spine. Ben Duckett made 105 from 111 balls with ten fours and two sixes, and the scale of his contribution is best measured by what surrounded it: he scored 43.6 per cent of England’s total, and he was at the crease for seven of the ten dismissals, batting from the first over until the 37th.
The partnership that rebuilt the innings was the fifth-wicket stand with Sam Curran, worth 93 from 105 balls. Curran’s 42 from 52, with five fours, was the only other innings of substance in the top seven. It took England from 52 for 4 to 145 for 5, and it was the difference between a total of 150 and one worth defending.
After Curran fell, Duckett added 30 with Will Jacks and 12 with Liam Dawson before he was caught by Salman Agha off Arafat Minhas at 187 for 7. England lost Dawson at the same score and Jamie Overton at 201, and at 201 for 9 with six overs left they looked set for something close to 210.
What saved them was the last wicket. Gus Atkinson finished 36 not out from 28 balls with three sixes, and his stand with Henry Crocombe was worth 40 from 36 balls — a sixth of England’s total, scored by the last pair. Crocombe made 8 before Shaheen Afridi ended the innings at 241 in the 47th over.
England’s extras amounted to just six, which in a 241 all out is disciplined batting against disciplined bowling.
Pakistan Bowling Performance
Shaheen Afridi led the attack and the side, and finished with 4 for 46 from 8.4 overs. He took the first two wickets of the match and the last one, which is about as complete a captain’s shift as a fast bowler can put in. His economy of 5.30 was not the tightest on the card, but the timing of his wickets shaped the innings at both ends.
Arafat Minhas was the most economical bowler on either side: 2 for 26 from eight overs at 3.20. He removed Duckett — the wicket England could least afford — and Overton, and he conceded fewer runs than anyone despite bowling a full allocation. For a spinner operating in the middle overs against a set centurion, that is a significant return.
Razaullah took 2 for 38 from eight, dismissing Jacks caught and bowled and Dawson, and was involved in Brook’s run out. Haris Rauf’s 1 for 55 was the most expensive analysis of the innings. Shadab Khan went wicketless but conceded only 31 from seven, and Salman Agha’s five overs cost 26.
The collective point is that six of Pakistan’s seven bowlers went at under six an over. England’s 241 was not the product of one devastating spell so much as a sustained absence of scoring opportunities.
Pakistan Innings – Shadab Khan’s Match-Winning Century
Chasing 242, Pakistan’s top order did almost exactly what England’s had done, only with less recovery to follow.
Gus Atkinson had Fakhar Zaman caught for 10 and bowled Babar Azam for 10, Henry Crocombe had Saim Ayub caught for 6, and Pakistan were 31 for 3 inside seven overs. Saad Baig’s 32 from 22 balls, with seven fours, was a brief and genuinely useful counter-attack — a strike rate of 145 that lifted Pakistan to 74 before Jamie Overton had him caught by Will Jacks in the twelfth over.
Salman Agha’s 26 from 49 balls was the opposite kind of innings and just as necessary. He shared 43 with Saad Baig and then 28 with Hasan Nawaz, who made 15 from 33, absorbing deliveries through the middle overs while the required rate crept upwards. Both fell to Liam Dawson, and when Arafat Minhas went for 1, Pakistan were 122 for 7.
Shaheen Afridi was out for 4 at 131 for 8. Razaullah made 8 before Will Jacks bowled him at 154 for 9. Pakistan still needed 88 runs with one wicket standing, and the match was, by any reasonable measure, over.
What followed was the innings of the tournament so far. Shadab Khan and Haris Rauf added an unbroken 89 from 80 balls for the tenth wicket, and Shadab made 81 of them off 61. He finished on 113 not out from 96 balls with 13 fours and five sixes, a strike rate of 117.71, having been 32 when the ninth wicket fell.
Rauf’s part should not be dismissed: 7 not out from 19 balls means he faced almost a quarter of the partnership’s deliveries and did not get out, which in a last-wicket chase is the entire job description.
Pakistan got home in the 48th over. Shadab’s 113 was 46.5 per cent of his side’s total, and it arrived in a match where a century at the other end had just lost.
England Bowling Performance
England bowled well enough to win and were beaten by one batter.
Jamie Overton was the pick with 3 for 43 from ten overs, an economy of 4.30. He removed Saad Baig when the counter-attack was building, then Arafat Minhas and Shaheen Afridi in the lower order — three wickets that each arrived at the moment Pakistan were trying to establish something.
Liam Dawson’s 2 for 30 from ten overs, with a maiden, was the most economical spell of the match at 3.00. He dismissed both Salman Agha and Hasan Nawaz, which is to say he broke the two partnerships that were holding the middle of the chase together.
Gus Atkinson took 2 for 62, both in the powerplay, and Will Jacks’ 1 for 18 from four overs produced the wicket that left Pakistan nine down. Sam Curran went wicketless but conceded only 32 from eight.
The analysis that will sting is Henry Crocombe’s 1 for 57 from 6.1 overs at 9.20, including five wides. England’s extras totalled 11 against Pakistan’s 6 — a five-run difference in a match decided by one wicket.
Key Turning Points of the Match
- England 52 for 4 inside ten overs. Shaheen Afridi’s double strike, Brook’s run out and Haris Rauf’s dismissal of Cox left England needing to rebuild from the fifth wicket onwards.
- The 93-run fifth-wicket stand between Duckett and Curran. From 52 for 4 to 145 for 5, this partnership turned a likely 150 into a defendable score.
- Arafat Minhas dismissing Duckett at 187 for 7. England’s only centurion gone with nine overs left, and the innings immediately lost two more wickets for 14 runs.
- England’s last-wicket stand of 40. Atkinson and Crocombe took England from 201 to 241 — runs that would have made Pakistan’s chase comfortable had they not been scored.
- Pakistan 31 for 3 in under seven overs. Atkinson’s two wickets and Crocombe’s one mirrored England’s own start and put the chase behind from the outset.
- Dawson removing Salman Agha and Hasan Nawaz. The two slowest, most patient innings of Pakistan’s chase ended with the same bowler, and 102 for 5 became 122 for 7.
- The unbroken tenth-wicket stand of 89. At 154 for 9 Pakistan needed 88. Shadab Khan and Haris Rauf scored every one of them without being separated.
Fall of Wickets
England — 241 all out (46.4 overs)
| Wicket | Batter | Score | Over |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Banton | 4-1 | 0.5 |
| 2 | Joe Root | 11-2 | 2.5 |
| 3 | Harry Brook | 19-3 | 5.0 |
| 4 | Jordan Cox | 52-4 | 9.1 |
| 5 | Sam Curran | 145-5 | 26.4 |
| 6 | Will Jacks | 175-6 | 33.2 |
| 7 | Ben Duckett | 187-7 | 36.3 |
| 8 | Liam Dawson | 187-8 | 37.3 |
| 9 | Jamie Overton | 201-9 | 40.4 |
| 10 | Henry Crocombe | 241-10 | 46.4 |
Pakistan — 243/9 (47.1 overs)
| Wicket | Batter | Score | Over |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fakhar Zaman | 18-1 | 4.4 |
| 2 | Saim Ayub | 27-2 | 5.6 |
| 3 | Babar Azam | 31-3 | 6.5 |
| 4 | Saad Baig | 74-4 | 11.6 |
| 5 | Hasan Nawaz | 102-5 | 22.4 |
| 6 | Arafat Minhas | 103-6 | 23.1 |
| 7 | Salman Agha | 122-7 | 28.3 |
| 8 | Shaheen Afridi | 131-8 | 29.6 |
| 9 | Razaullah | 154-9 | 33.5 |
Full Match Scorecard
England batting
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Banton | c Arafat Minhas b Shaheen Afridi | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 80.00 |
| Ben Duckett | c Salman Agha b Arafat Minhas | 105 | 111 | 10 | 2 | 94.59 |
| Joe Root | c Saim Ayub b Shaheen Afridi | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 71.43 |
| Harry Brook (c) | run out (Razaullah/Saad Baig) | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14.29 |
| Jordan Cox (wk) | c Babar Azam b Haris Rauf | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Sam Curran | c Salman Agha b Shaheen Afridi | 42 | 52 | 5 | 0 | 80.77 |
| Will Jacks | c and b Razaullah | 13 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 81.25 |
| Liam Dawson | c Shadab Khan b Razaullah | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 38.46 |
| Jamie Overton | c Babar Azam b Arafat Minhas | 10 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 62.50 |
| Gus Atkinson | not out | 36 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 128.57 |
| Henry Crocombe | c Babar Azam b Shaheen Afridi | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 57.14 |
Extras 6 (1 bye, 4 wides, 1 no-ball). Total: 241 all out in 46.4 overs, run rate 5.16.
Pakistan bowling
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaheen Afridi (c) | 8.4 | 0 | 46 | 4 | 5.30 |
| Arafat Minhas | 8 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 3.20 |
| Razaullah | 8 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 4.80 |
| Haris Rauf | 8 | 0 | 55 | 1 | 6.90 |
| Shadab Khan | 7 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 4.40 |
| Salman Agha | 5 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 5.20 |
| Saim Ayub | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 9.00 |
Pakistan batting
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fakhar Zaman | c Jamie Overton b Gus Atkinson | 10 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 55.56 |
| Saim Ayub | c Jamie Overton b Henry Crocombe | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 50.00 |
| Babar Azam | b Gus Atkinson | 10 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 83.33 |
| Saad Baig (wk) | c Will Jacks b Jamie Overton | 32 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 145.45 |
| Salman Agha | c Sam Curran b Liam Dawson | 26 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 53.06 |
| Hasan Nawaz | c Harry Brook b Liam Dawson | 15 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 45.45 |
| Arafat Minhas | c Joe Root b Jamie Overton | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Shadab Khan | not out | 113* | 96 | 13 | 5 | 117.71 |
| Shaheen Afridi (c) | c Sam Curran b Jamie Overton | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 80.00 |
| Razaullah | b Will Jacks | 8 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 53.33 |
| Haris Rauf | not out | 7 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 36.84 |
Extras 11 (1 leg bye, 9 wides, 1 no-ball). Total: 243 for 9 in 47.1 overs, run rate 5.15.
England bowling
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Overton | 10 | 0 | 43 | 3 | 4.30 |
| Liam Dawson | 10 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 3.00 |
| Gus Atkinson | 9 | 0 | 62 | 2 | 6.90 |
| Will Jacks | 4 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 4.50 |
| Henry Crocombe | 6.1 | 0 | 57 | 1 | 9.20 |
| Sam Curran | 8 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 4.00 |
Pakistan vs England Match Result and Player Highlights
Pakistan won by one wicket, reaching 243 for 9 in 47.1 overs in pursuit of 242. It is Pakistan’s third win from three matches in the tri-series; England have now lost all three of theirs.
The leading individual performances were:
- Shadab Khan (Pakistan) — 113 not out from 96 balls. Thirteen fours, five sixes, and 81 of the 89 runs scored for the final wicket.
- Ben Duckett (England) — 105 from 111 balls. Ten fours and two sixes, almost 44 per cent of his side’s total, in a losing cause.
- Shaheen Afridi (Pakistan) — 4 for 46. Captained the side, took the first two wickets and the last.
- Jamie Overton (England) — 3 for 43. The best England bowling figures of the match.
- Arafat Minhas (Pakistan) — 2 for 26 from eight overs. The most economical full spell of the innings, and the wicket of Duckett.
- Haris Rauf (Pakistan) — 7 not out from 19 balls. Statistically small, decisive in practice.
The Player of the Match award is not shown on the supplied scorecards and is therefore not named here. On the figures, Shadab Khan is the obvious candidate.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won the Pakistan vs England 4th match in the 2026 ODI Tri-Series?
Pakistan won by one wicket at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on 25 October 2026, chasing down 242 with five balls to spare.
What was England’s score against Pakistan?
England were bowled out for 241 in 46.4 overs after being put in to bat, at a run rate of 5.16 with just six extras.
What was Pakistan’s final score?
Pakistan finished on 243 for 9 in 47.1 overs, reaching the target with one wicket in hand.
How many runs did Ben Duckett score?
Ben Duckett made 105 from 111 balls with ten fours and two sixes — almost 44 per cent of England’s total — before being caught by Salman Agha off Arafat Minhas.
How many runs did Shadab Khan score?
Shadab Khan scored 113 not out from 96 balls with 13 fours and five sixes, at a strike rate of 117.71.
How many wickets did Shaheen Afridi take?
Shaheen Afridi took 4 for 46 from 8.4 overs. He captained Pakistan, dismissed Tom Banton and Joe Root early, and took the final wicket to end England’s innings.
Who was Pakistan’s leading run-scorer?
Shadab Khan, with 113 not out. Saad Baig was next with 32 from 22 balls, followed by Salman Agha’s 26.
Where was the Pakistan vs England match played?
At the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan. The match began at 1:00 PM local time, which is 1:30 PM Indian Standard Time and 8:00 AM GMT.
How many wickets did Pakistan lose during the chase?
Nine. Pakistan were 154 for 9 and still needed 88 runs before Shadab Khan and Haris Rauf added an unbroken 89 for the final wicket.
In how many overs did Pakistan complete the chase?
47.1 overs, with five balls of the innings remaining.
Conclusion
Two centuries were scored at the Gaddafi Stadium and only one of them mattered in the end. Ben Duckett’s 105 rebuilt an England innings that had been 52 for 4, and England’s own last pair added 40 to push the total to 241 — the sort of score that usually wins a match in which the opposition are nine down with 88 still required.
Shadab Khan decided otherwise. His unbeaten 113, and the 89 he and Haris Rauf put on without being parted, turned a finished contest into a one-wicket win. Pakistan are now three from three; England have lost all three.
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