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Pakistan National Cricket Team's Test captain, one of the country's best modern-day batters, smells the red cherry off Jofra Archer. It was a fiery delivery from the England National Cricket Team fast bowler, which completely bamboozled the opposing team skipper.
Because of the sheer pace of the ball, Babar Azam had barely found any space to react. By the time we spotted the ball travelling towards him, cutting the air, he somehow tried to get rid of it by swinging the bat.
Babar Azam was nowhere near in a position to play a shot against the Jofra Archer delivery
Babar Azam was in no position to execute any shot to counter the delivery as he was completely surprised. The Pakistan batter tried to play a pull shot in the end. The ball took the top of the bat and then smashed the grill of Azam's helmet and then flew towards the third slip cordon.
Jordan Cox, who was posted at the third slip, called for the catch and took a comfortable catch after taking a step forward. Babar Azam departed for only 6 runs from 8 balls. The commentators explained that the batter could barely do anything against the 146 kmph delivery.
"Oh, that was awkward. What will Pakistan's captain do? Took a bit of the bat and the helmet. That is a nasty delivery. Not much you can do as a batter there," the commentators described the moment, which brought joy to the England cricket team and another grim moment for the Pakistan cricket team at Lord's.
Watch the jaffa from Jofra Archer here:
PEACH OF A BOUNCER BY JOFRA ARCHER TO BABAR AZAM 🤯 pic.twitter.com/W628ALRD4m
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) August 30, 2026
Pakistan's batting line-up looks shaky again, against England
Like the first Test match in Leeds and the first innings of the ongoing match in London, Pakistan's batters' struggle against the England pace attack shows no sign of slowing down. Babar Azam missed the previous match of the series because of an injury, but returns with high hopes for the second match.
As England won the first match, if they win the ongoing Test match, then they will automatically win the 3-match series with one more match to go. In this must-win match, where the Men in Green require an improved batting performance, is on the verge of falling again.
In their first innings of the match, the Babar-led team managed to score only 110 runs, with their captain scoring 8 runs off 10 balls. In the second innings, he was dismissed for only 6 runs.
Imam-ul-Haq's injury turns things worse for the Pakistan cricket team
By the Lunch break, the Pakistan cricket team was down by three batters and 53 runs on the scoreboard. To win the match, with seven wickets in hand, Pakistan will have to score 336 runs.
Making the situation worse for the team, Imam-ul-Haq, the opener of the touring team, has been ruled out of the remainder of the match because of a calf muscle injury. He was among the very few batters for them who batted with some promise in the previous match in Leeds.
