Legspinner Rehan Ahmed turned the youngest male Test cricketer to say a five-for on his debut and put England on the point of a historic 3-0 sweep of their first Test tour of Pakistan in 17 years.
Pakistan’s batsmen have been bundled out for 216 within the second innings of the third and remaining Test as 18-year-old Ahmed took 5-48 and Jack Leach (3-72) took all three of his wickets within the house of six deliveries on the third day. to set England a modest goal of 167 runs.
What a narrative, what a day.
History maker.
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– England Cricket (@englandcricket) December 19, 2022
Ben Duckett (50 not out) and Zak Crawley (41) powered England to 112–2 by stumps with their model of aggressive “baseball” batting – named after their coach Brendon McCullum.
After an exhilarating 26-run win in Multan final week, England want 55 runs to register their second successive win in 4 days. England received the primary Test by 74 runs beneath dim lights on the final day on a flat wicket in Rawalpindi.
Crawley and Duckett placed on 87 runs off 69 balls earlier than thriller spinner Abrar Ahmed took two late wickets. Crawley was dismissed leg earlier than wicket making an attempt a sweep and Rehan Ahmed (10) moved up the order, hitting two fours earlier than swiping and being clear bowled.
Harry Brook’s third consecutive century had given England a 50-run lead within the first innings once they replied with 354 after bowling Pakistan out for 304, Ahmed and Leach sharing six wickets between them. Pakistan, en path to a 3-0 whitewash for the primary time at residence, misplaced the final seven wickets within the second innings for 52 runs as Ahmed rattled the center order along with his searing googly and legspin.
Captain Babar Azam (54) hit his third half-century within the final 4 innings and Saud Shakeel (53) made his fourth half-century in his debut collection, earlier than Ahmed deserted the decrease order on a wicket that featured variable bounce and day. is slower than 1.
Babar and Shakeel rebuilt Pakistan’s hopes with a 110-run stand earlier than Ahmed fell late within the second session. Babar turned the fourth Test participant to go 1,000 runs this yr, however quickly after reaching his half-century, he performed an over-ambitious pull in opposition to a brief ball from Ahmed and Ollie Pope took a pointy catch at brief mid-wicket.
What a second it was!
she is eighteen!!
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– England Cricket (@englandcricket) December 19, 2022
Ahmed, who turned the youngest Test debutant for England on the age of 18 years, 126 days, then picked up the wickets of Mohammad Rizwan (7) and Shakeel in consecutive overs to take Pakistan to 177-6 at tea. Shakeel made one other abysmal half-century in his first Test collection after his three earlier half-centuries, earlier than he top-edged in opposition to Ahmed and was caught by Leach at sq. leg. Babar and Shakeel prevented spin and tempo for two hours, 45 minutes, after which Leach’s triple strike diminished Pakistan to 54-3.
Pakistan have been solely three runs forward when the top-order crashed in opposition to Leach on a wicket dominated by the spinners. Former skipper Azhar Ali endured a disappointing finish to his 97-Test profession because the 37-year-old fell with out scoring in his final innings after Leach returned his off-stump with a pointy turning supply.
England gamers applauded and shook palms with Azhar earlier than he was escorted by his spouse and two sons to the ultimate guard amid a small crowd on the National Stadium.
But Azhar lasted solely 4 balls in opposition to his former Somerset teammate Leach earlier than the England gamers once more shook palms with him one final time. Azhar was given a guard of honor by his teammates on the fringe of the boundary line as he slowly walked again to the dressing room. Shan Masood (24) began the sport at 21-0, smashing Root for 3 fours and a six to get him out of the assault after two overs.
Leach struck 3 times with out conceding a run earlier than Abdullah Shafiq pulled a boundary in opposition to a 140 kmph bouncer from Mark Wood to erase the 50-run deficit. The left-handed Masood was bowled taking part in a unprecedented reverse sweep because the ball clipped the underside fringe of his bat earlier than hitting the leg stump.
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premiumFour balls later, Leach despatched Azhar packing after which trapped Shafiq (26) lbw to depart Pakistan on the mat.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
