ENG v PAK 2nd Test at Lord's: Babar's side under pressure as Root's England push for victory

England and Pakistan were locked in the second Test at Lord's, London on August 30, 2026, with coverage on Day 4 showing Pakistan under pressure while Root's three lions pursued a win. The live updates chronicled a session dominated by disciplined England bowling and circumspect batting from Pakistan.

On Day 4, Pakistan's innings featured Azan Awais and Shan Masood at the crease facing England seamers Ollie Robinson and Jofra Archer, with Jamie Smith keeping. Robinson delivered a 125 kph ball in one sequence and later bowled a delivery measured at 123 kph; Archer produced several short-pitched deliveries and a fuller-length boundary ball. The liveblog format provided ball-by-ball detail from Lord's.

Azan Awais began with watchful defence against Robinson, blocking and leaving deliveries that kept the stumps in play before edging an inside edge through to mid-wicket off a forward defensive attempt. Robinson’s fuller deliveries prompted Azan to play around his front pad, producing a soft leading edge that ran down the pitch. Archer tested Azan with an angled-in delivery that struck the unprotected area between pad and thigh pad for a leg bye, and later conceded a boundary when Azan played a wristy flick over mid-wicket for four.

Shan Masood faced a varied Robinson spell after Archer’s short work, with Robinson switching to around the wicket and finding a nagging good length outside off that Masood chose to leave. Masood was then beaten by a rising delivery when Archer switched ends and sent down a bouncer that climbed past the blade. Robinson’s fuller ball at 123 kph drew a forward jab from Masood that produced a touch to point, while a back-of-a-length ball was stabbed down the pitch by the batter.

Archer’s shorter, angling reinforcements included a sharp bumper aimed at the left shoulder that Azan swayed away from and an earlier over-the-shoulder bouncer to Masood that rose steeply; one of Archer’s fuller deliveries was well wide and left alone by the batsman. Robinson employed seam movement, including a wobbling delivery that moved away to pass the outside edge, and used both length and angle changes from around and over the wicket.

The session combined cautious batting with probing fast-bowling tactics: Pakistan’s pair negotiated several tight lines and varied paces while England rotated between targeted short balls and fuller-length probing at the stumps. Jamie Smith was positioned up to the stumps at one point, reflecting England’s strategic approach behind the wicket.

Live ball-by-ball coverage from Lord's continued on the Times of India liveblog, with Azan Awais and Shan Masood remaining at the crease as England’s seamers kept up the pressure on Day 4.