England defeated Pakistan in the second Test of the series at Lord’s, and thus gained an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
The star of the show for England in this game was none other than Ollie Robinson. He picked up four wickets each in the two innings of the game, and finished with 8 scalps in the match. He even won the Player of the Match award for his sensational performance. With this performance, the England pacer managed to tumble a huge record, and go past Jasprit Bumrah.
Ollie Robinson now has 99 wickets from 23 Test matches with the 8 wickets he took in the second Test. He has taken these scalps at an average of 19.53. Robinson now has the record for the lowest Test average for a bowler (minimum 20 Tests played) post World War I. He breaks the record held by Jasprit Bumrah, who has taken 234 wickets at an average of 19.95.
Here are the bowlers with the lowest Test average in history:
| Player | Span | Tests | Wickets | Average | Best |
| William Barnes (ENG) | 1880-1890 | 21 | 51 | 15.54 | 6/28 |
| Sydney Barnes (ENG) | 1901-1914 | 27 | 189 | 16.43 | 9/103 |
| Robert Peel (ENG) | 1884-1896 | 20 | 101 | 16.98 | 7/31 |
| John Briggs (ENG) | 1884-1899 | 33 | 118 | 17.75 | 8/11 |
| Ollie Robinson (ENG) | 2021-2026 | 23 | 99 | 19.53 | 5/39 |
| Jasprit Bumrah (IND) | 2018-2026 | 52 | 234 | 19.79 | 6/27 |
England Win By 194 Runs
After Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowl, England posted 290 in their first innings, led by Jamie Smith (61) and Jordan Cox (55). Pakistan’s Mohammad Abbas was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 4/73. In response, Pakistan’s batting collapsed, managing a meager 110. wreaked havoc, claiming 4/11 in a superb display of seam bowling.
Enjoying a 180-run lead, England scored 208 in their second innings. Dan Lawrence top-scored with a brisk 54, while Abbas took another five wickets (5/57) for Pakistan.
Chasing a daunting target of 389, Pakistan faltered again despite a valiant 97 from Saud Shakeel. The rest of the lineup struggled against a relentless English pace attack. Robinson replicated his first-innings heroics with 4/24, ending with remarkable match figures of 8/35.