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England teen's 'astonishing' feat ruins Pakistan - CtrlF.XYZ

England teen's 'astonishing' feat ruins Pakistan

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Leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed became the youngest men’s Test cricketer to assertion a five-wicket haul connected debut arsenic helium enactment England connected the brink of a historical 3-0 expanse successful its archetypal Test circuit of Pakistan successful 17 years.

Pakistan’s batters crumbled for 216 successful its 2nd innings of the 3rd and last Test arsenic the 18-year-old Ahmed grabbed 5-48 and Jack Leach (3-72) clinched each 3 of his wickets successful the abstraction of six deliveries connected time 3 to permission England a humble people of 167 runs.

Ben Duckett (50 not out) and Zak Crawley (41) motored England to 2-112 by stumps with their assertive “Bazball” marque of batting — named aft manager Brendon McCullum.

England needs a further 55 runs to registry its 2nd successive triumph wrong 4 days pursuing its thrilling 26-run triumph astatine Multan past week.

England won the archetypal Test by 74 runs successful dimming airy connected the past time connected a level wicket successful Rawalpindi.

Crawley and Duckett plundered 87 runs disconnected 69 balls earlier enigma spinner Abrar Ahmed grabbed 2 precocious wickets. Crawley was adjudged lbw portion attempting a expanse and Ahmed, sent successful arsenic nightwatchman, smacked 2 boundaries earlier helium swiped and got cleanable bowled.

Harry Brook’s 3rd successive period had fixed England a 50-run first-innings pb erstwhile it replied with 354 aft dismissing Pakistan for 304, with Ahmed and Leach sharing six wickets betwixt them.

Pakistan, staring astatine its first-ever 3-0 whitewash astatine home, mislaid the past 7 wickets for 52 runs successful its 2nd excavation arsenic Ahmed stifled the mediate bid with his crisp googlies and limb spin.

Captain Babar Azam (54) deed his 3rd half-century from his past 4 innings and Saud Shakeel (53) made his 4th 50 successful his debut series, earlier Ahmed near the little bid clueless.

Babar and Shakeel had rebuilt Pakistan’s hopes with a 110-run basal earlier some fell precocious successful the 2nd league to Ahmed.

Babar became the 4th men's Test subordinate to scope 1000 runs this year, but played an overambitious propulsion against Ahmed’s abbreviated shot soon aft completing his half-century and Ollie Pope held a crisp drawback astatine abbreviated mid-wicket.

Ahmed, who besides became the youngest England men's Test debutant astatine the property of 18 years and 126 days, past picked up the wickets of Mohammad Rizwan (7) and Shakeel successful successive overs to prehend implicit power arsenic Pakistan staggered to beverage astatine 6-177.

Shakeel followed up his 3 erstwhile half-centuries successful his maiden Test bid with different defiant 50 earlier helium top-edged a expanse against Ahmed and was caught by Leach astatine quadrate leg.

Babar and Shakeel had defied rotation and gait for 2 hours and 45 minutes aft Leach’s triple onslaught reduced Pakistan to 3-54.

Pakistan was up by conscionable 3 runs erstwhile the apical bid crashed against Leach connected a wicket wherever spinners person dominated.

Former skipper Azhar Ali had a disappointing extremity to his 97-Test vocation arsenic the 37-year-old fell without scoring successful his past innings erstwhile Leach knocked backmost his disconnected stump with a sharp-turning delivery.

England players applauded and shook hands with Azhar earlier helium took the last defender with his woman and 2 sons among a sparse assemblage astatine the National Stadium.

But Azhar lasted for lone 4 balls against his erstwhile Somerset teammate Leach earlier the England players again shook hands with him for 1 past time.

Azhar was accorded a defender of honour by his teammates connected the borderline of the bound arsenic helium dilatory walked backmost into the dressing room.

Resuming connected 0-21, Shan Masood (24) started promisingly, smashing Joe Root for 3 boundaries and a six earlier the off-spinner was taken retired of the onslaught aft 2 overs.

Abdullah Shafique wiped disconnected the 50-run shortage with a pulled bound against Mark Wood’s 140km/h bouncer earlier Leach struck thrice without conceding a run.

The left-handed Masood was bowled playing an extravagant reverse expanse arsenic the shot clipped the bottommost borderline of his bat earlier hitting limb stump.

Four balls later, Leach sent Azhar packing past pinned Shafique (26) plumb lbw connected the beforehand ft to permission Pakistan reeling.

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