Pakistan struggles to dismiss tailenders in Test cricket since May 2024
Yahoo Sports • 1 min read • Latest: Aug 28, 2026, 4:03 PM
Last updated Aug 28, 2026
Pakistan ranks as the least effective team in Test cricket for dismissing tailenders since May 2024, with an average partnership of 25.08 runs for the seventh wicket and lower. This statistic highlights their ongoing issues in converting early wickets into definitive outcomes. Teams like New Zealand and South Africa show greater efficiency, limiting lower-order partnerships to under 16 runs. The failure to dismiss tailenders has adversely impacted Pakistan's performance during the 2025-27 World Test Championship, contributing to critical losses. As this Test cycle progresses, Pakistan aims to address these shortcomings.
- •Pakistan allows an average of 25.08 runs for tailenders since May 2024.
- •New Zealand and South Africa are most effective against lower-order batsmen.
- •Other teams struggling include Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, and Bangladesh.
- •Pakistan's challenges have led to vital losses in the World Test Championship.
- •India also faces difficulties dismissing tailenders, impacting their matches.
- 4:03 PMYahoo Sports — Which team struggles to dismiss tailenders in Test cricket? Full stats of teams vs lower-order in Tests since May 2024
"After Pakistan failed to limit England to a small total at Lord's, here's a look at the teams which struggle the most to dismiss tailenders in Tests.
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