England vs Pakistan: 'Embarrassing' tourists have 'mental fatigue' after chaotic morning in third Test

The only thing gloomier than the leaden skies at lunch on day one of the third Test at Edgbaston will have been the mood in the Pakistan dressing room as things went from bad to worse.

A raft of controversial changes made by the Pakistan Cricket Board were supposed to act as a defibrillator to this team.

There may have only been 33.5 overs in the game but already their cause in Birmingham looks a forlorn one. If you have tickets, even for day three, it might be worth considering making other plans.

"There's mental fatigue and turmoil in the dugout, I can understand that," he told Test Match Special.

In mitigation, CricViz's bounce inconsistency rating had this pitch at 5.7 which is higher than at Edgbaston in 2025 (2.6 vs India), 2024 (3.2 vs West Indies) and 2023 (3.3 vs Australia).

Former England captain Michael Vaughan said that Pakistan were "clearly shot for confidence" after such a disastrous morning.

Pakistan's top five were all gone with the score on the Thwaite Memorial scoreboard showing just 48.

It was the 12th time a team's top five have all been out for single figures in a Test match - but the first time it has happened in the first innings.

A team has never started an innings worse than Pakistan during a series in England.

That is a total of 56 runs for the first two wickets - an average partnership of 5.6 and 11.2 runs for the fall of the second wicket this series.

Facing Ollie Robinson in these conditions meant that his dismissal felt like a fait accompli from the moment the opener marked his guard.

Four wickets down and Saud Shakeel and Babar Azam were extravagantly flashing their blades outside off stump. Two players into their thirties with plenty of experience, who should know better.