Pakistan remain without a Test win in SENA after innings defeat in England

On August 21, 2026, while touring England, the Pakistan cricket team lost the first Test by an innings and 103 runs.

SENA refers to South Africa, England, New Zealand and Australia, and Pakistan’s most recent Test victory in one of those countries occurred in May 2018 at Lord’s in London, a nine-wicket win over England. Mohammad Abbas received the Player of the Match award for match figures of 8/64, and Rishabh Pant had not made his Test debut at the time of that match.

In the latest Test England posted 409 in their only innings after Pakistan managed 171 in the first innings, leaving England a 238-run first-innings lead. Pakistan were then dismissed for 135 in their second innings, producing the innings-and-103-runs margin of defeat.

The article describes a wider decline in Pakistan’s Test performances, saying the team has disappointed fans at home and produced even poorer results overseas, where they have been exposed against stronger opposition. It also states that Pakistan’s Test standard “continues to worsen,” adding that a side once known for a fiery bowling unit is “now even lacking in bowling spirit,” and that batting “also fails at crucial moments.”

The piece contrasts Pakistan’s run with achievements elsewhere, noting that teams such as Bangladesh have been winning historic Test matches in Australia while the Babar Azam-led side continues to disappoint supporters.

Rishabh Pant, who the article says has over 3,600 Test runs, had not debuted when Pakistan last won a Test in a SENA country; since that time Pant has been part of 10 Test wins in SENA nations, while Pakistan remain without another victory there.

The defeat in England extends Pakistan’s wait for a Test win in a SENA country to eight years.