PAK vs ENG HIGHLIGHTS – England win Karachi Test by 8 wickets: England thrashed Pakistan on Day 4 to claim an 8-wicket win in Karachi Test. With this thumping victory in the last match of the Test series, visitors completed the 3-0 whitewash over Pakistan. This is the first time that Pakistan have been handed a whitewash in a Test series whether away or at home. Follow Pakistan vs England LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN.
Ben Stokes’ side needed less than one hour on the fourth day to knock off the required runs for victory in Karachi and in the process put a further nail in Pakistan’s already slim hopes of reaching next year’s World Test Championship decider.
Ahmed, who at 18 years 126 days old on Saturday became the youngest ever to play a Test for England, grabbed five for 48 to bundle Pakistan out for 216, giving his team a target of 167 runs.
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PAK vs ENG HIGHLIGHTS: England THRASH Pakistan in Karachi by 8 wickets, completes historic 3-0 whitewash – CHECK Pakistan vs England Highlights
On Day 3, the visiting openers put on a show before Abrar Ahmed dismissed Zak Crawley for 41. Ben Duckett scored a quick-fire 50. Rehan Ahmed, who earlier picked up a five-wicket haul on debut, was also dismissed before Ben Stokes joined Duckett. England batters on Day 4 then made sure of the visitor’s win without losing any further wickets.
Openers Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett plundered 87 by the 12th over before spinner Abrar Ahmed dismissed Crawley for 41 and Rehan Ahmed for 10.
England, on Pakistan’s first Test tour in 17 years, won the first Test in Rawalpindi by 74 runs and the second in Multan by 26 runs.
Pakistan fell prey to a spin-assisted National Bank Cricket Arena pitch, losing their last seven wickets for a mere 52 runs with skipper Babar Azam scoring 54 and Saud Shakeel 53.
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Rehan Ahmed built on fellow spinner Jack Leach’s three wickets off just six balls in the morning session by taking his first three off just 17.
He left Australian fast bowler Pat Cummins behind who, at 18 years 193 days old, took five wickets in his debut Test against South Africa at Johannesburg in 2011.
Surprisingly, he had not bowled in the first session, which saw Pakistan reach 99 for three.
Ahmed came on after Babar and Saud had put on a valiant rebuilding effort through a fourth wicket stand of 110 runs.
The pair took Pakistan to 164 before the skipper made an uncharacteristic misjudgement, soon after he reached 1,000 Test runs for the year.
Leach had Pakistan reeling after he knocked over openers Shan Masood and Abdullah Shafique and veteran Azhar Ali, appearing in his last match, with only one run added.
Ahmed oversaw an equally brutal passage of play, removing Babar (54), Mohammad Rizwan (7) and Saud in the space of six overs for the addition of a paltry 13 runs.
Mohammad Wasim (two) and Salman Agha (21) also fell to Ahmed.
Pakistan started the fourth day on nearly even footing, with openers Abdullah and Shan looking set and erasing England’s 50-run lead without the loss of a wicket.
But any optimism was snatched away by England’s methodical spinners.
Leach bowled Shan — attempting an ill-advised reverse sweep — for 24, which brought down the first cluster of wickets.
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