ICC WORLD TEST CHAMPIONSHIP 2025-27 EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM

Birmingham Bowling Attack Lab

Mike Hesson's Pakistan Pace & Spin Master Tactical Blueprint
Hesson Objective: Optimizing Pakistan's dismissal corridors & reverse-swing timings against English conditions. Shaheen • Heavy Cloud Swing
Hesson Blueprints
Active Bowler
Conditions (Edgbaston)
Pitch Geometry & 360° Field Cordon Drag any fielder to fine-tune angles
22-YARD PITCH LANDING & TRAJECTORY
EDGBASTON 360° FIELD PLACEMENT
Delivery Length 6.4m (Good Length)
Line / Corridor 4th Stump Channel
Tactical Projections
Edge % (Slips / Keeper) 28.4%
LBW / Bowled Hazard 19.2%
Boundary Leakage / 100b 8.6
Expected Overs / Wkt 7.4 ov
Workload & Velocity Drop
Innings Overs Bowled 6.0 Overs
Speed: 141.2 km/h Rev-Swing: High
Match Briefing Sheet
Hesson's unit must target 6.0m - 6.5m in overcast Birmingham conditions. Keep 3 slips and a floating gully active to exploit Shaheen's late in-duck and Naseem's fourth-stump carry.