Pakistan Tour England 2026 Day 1 Edgbaston Timings

Pakistan tour of England 2026 opens with a Test at Edgbaston on June 4, and for fans across South Asia, the GCC and the diaspora the practical questions stack the way they always do for an England Test — what time does the first ball go down in IST? What channels carry the broadcast in Pakistan, India and the UK? What are the ticket tiers and is the day-pass route available? Edgbaston has slightly more variable session timings than the standard ECB schedule because of its longer June daylight, and the gate-pass policy is one of the cricket world's most fan-friendly.

Day 1 Session Timings

Session	Local (BST)	IST	Pakistan (PKT)
First ball	11:00 AM	3:30 PM	3:00 PM
Lunch	1:00 PM	5:30 PM	5:00 PM
Lunch end	1:40 PM	6:10 PM	5:40 PM
Tea	3:40 PM	8:10 PM	7:40 PM
Tea end	4:00 PM	8:30 PM	8:00 PM
Stumps	6:00 PM	10:30 PM	10:00 PM
Possible extension	6:30 PM	11:00 PM	10:30 PM

The half-hour late-light extension applies if 90 overs have not been delivered. June light at Edgbaston runs to 9:45 PM BST, so umpires rarely declare bad light during the standard session window.

Tour Frame

Test	Dates	Venue
1st	Jun 4-8	Edgbaston
2nd	Jun 13-17	Old Trafford
3rd	Jun 21-25	The Oval

The squad and tactical preview lives in the Pakistan tour of England Test series preview. The full ECB summer fixture cluster is in our England summer 2026 full fixtures piece, and the comparable India tour Day 1 timings sit in our India tour England Day 1 session timings piece.

Broadcast — Country by Country

Region	TV Channel	OTT
UK	Sky Sports Cricket	NOW Sports
Pakistan	PTV Sports / Ten Sports	Tamasha (free), Tapmad
India	Sony Sports	JioHotstar
USA	Willow TV	Willow.tv
Australia	Fox Cricket	Kayo Sports
GCC	StarzPlay Cricket	StarzPlay
South Africa	SuperSport	DStv Stream

For Pakistan-resident fans, Tamasha is the free-to-air streaming option and is the most-used route; PTV Sports remains the cable default. For the UK Pakistani diaspora, Sky NOW day-pass at £14.99 covers any single Test day. The Indian audience watches via Sony pay-TV or JioHotstar.

Ticket Tiers — Edgbaston Day 1

Tier	Price (Day Pass)	Where
Pavilion	£85 - £120	Pavilion stand
Premium reserved	£55 - £75	Eric Hollies side reserved
Standard reserved	£35 - £55	Eric Hollies / RES Wyatt
General admission	£25 - £35	Far stands
Junior (under 16)	£5 - £15	Family stand
Five-day pass	£150 - £450	Tier-dependent

Edgbaston runs a noted "Sky Box" community access — selected community charity tickets at £15 are released through Edgbaston Foundation in late April. The Edgbaston-specific Eric Hollies Stand has the most noted atmospherics — Pakistan vs England fixtures historically draw the largest organised crowd in this stand.

Ticket Window — How to Book

Edgbaston (Warwickshire CCC) member ballot opened in early February; public phase 1 opened end of February; public phase 2 (general allocation) opened mid-March. As of early May, Day 1 stand-reserved tickets are still available through edgbaston.com; pavilion tickets are wait-list. Day 4 and Day 5 retain the broadest availability.

Gate-Day Walk-Up Policy

Edgbaston accepts walk-up ticket purchase for Day 4 and Day 5 if the match is in progress. Day 1 and Day 2 walk-up is rare for India / Pakistan / Australia fixtures. Gate prices typically match the online standard reserved tier; cash is accepted but card is preferred.

Travel and Logistics

Birmingham International (BHX) is 25 minutes by train to Edgbaston via the New Street interchange. Birmingham Moor Street and Snow Hill stations are walking distance to the ground; the post-stumps walk to either station takes 10 minutes. Hotel inventory in central Birmingham is broad and the Premier Inn / Travelodge cluster on Bristol Street and Hagley Road is the most-used by fans. Pakistani fans flying in from Karachi or Lahore typically connect through Doha (Qatar Airways) or Dubai (Emirates) to Manchester or London Heathrow rather than direct Birmingham.

The Edgbaston fixture is the curtain-raiser to the ECB summer; the practical planning sits across these tables and the IST 3:30 PM kickoff is the central anchor. The cricket itself is preview territory.