Misbah-ul-Haq’s side were found to be one over short, after time allowances were taken into consideration by the umpires and match referee.
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Victory saw Pakistan end the four-match series all square at 2-2 on an Oval ground where they won their first Test match in England back in 1954.
Pakistan’s thumping win over England at The Oval stadium on Sunday doubled the joy of Independence Day of Pakistan.
Ever since, apart from three one-day internationals against Zimbabwe in May a year ago, Pakistan have played all their “home” matches outside of the country – mainly in the United Arab Emirates. Winning this match means a lot.
Younis Khan, the modern day legendary batsman of Pakistan couldn’t do much for his side in first three Tests of crucial England series, at the same time he was being severely criticized.
FIRST TEST: Lord’s, Pakistan won by 75 runs. Their previous win came against New Zealand in Wellington in 1994.
The off-spinner s11 wickets in the Pakistan series came at an expensive average of 46.54 apiece and denied Cook the control he wanted in the field. Instead, in the blink of an eye, England’s only remaining ambition was to avoid an innings defeat, which they duly managed to ironic cheers when Finn clipped Wahab through midwicket three overs later. This was the third such instance in England, after Oval 1996 and Manchester 2001.
Gary Ballance was four not out and Jonny Bairstow 14 not out. He went past 134 (71 & 63*) by Alan Knott in Hyderabad (Sind) in 1973. They then lost the second Test at Old Trafford by 330 runs and then lost the match at Edgbaston as well.
Chandimal and de Silva shared 211 runs for the sixth wicket, rebuilding the innings from a precarious 26 for five. The pair of Michael Clarke-Brad Haddin in 2008 and Asad Shafiq-Sarfraz Ahmed in 2014 also had five fifty-plus stands.
Charging in for his first over of the afternoon session, Riaz got rid of each of England’s Bairstow and Chris Woakes (4), in consecutive deliveries to reduce England to 209 for eight, from which it couldn’t recover.
Yasir’s success in this match, not to mention his 10 wickets at Lord’s, has shown up the limitations of Moeen Ali as a bowler, series haul of 11 wickets overshadowed Yasir’s 19. The only spinner with a higher tally is Muttiah Muralitharan, who took 24 wickets for Sri Lanka in 2006.
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However, it was Pakistan’s turn to mount a comeback in the fourth Test as the visitors wrapped up a 10-wicket victory in just four days to draw the series level 2-2.
