The Pakistan veteran completely flipped the game on its head with an innings of pure class, control and concentration as he scored a huge 218 backed up by the in form Asad Shafiq who also scored a century.
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“Younis Khan is a champion cricketer”, said Misbah.
“The way I started here, the first 100 in warm-up and a 50 as well, I thought it would go well”.
“In Asia, this team’s unbeatable as our spinners come into it more and our batters are better”, Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur said.
Meanwhile England fast bowler Steven Finn accepted his side were up against it. Debutant Iftikhar Ahmed had him caught leg before on 17.
He found valuable support in first innings centurion Ali who played Yasir Shah confidently. He had begun the day on 101 not out, his confidence restored after a torrid series, and while Sarfraz dominated their morning partnership of 77, he bided his time, ensured his eye was fully in, then climbed into a tiring and tetchy England attack with a breathtaking shift of his gears.
“He will probably never be a Yasir Shah (the Pakistan leg-spinner) but he works hard and takes vital wickets”.
Between those pair and a couple of useful contributions for the tail they batted well into Day 3 after finishing Day 2 just a handful of runs down and were eventually knocked over for 542 closing in on Tea.
However, the Nottinghamshire opener will likely keep his place in the side, something that James Vince may not do.
James Vince, meanwhile, could contribute only a single in his two innings – concluding an unconvincing maiden Test summer of 212 runs at an average under 20.
Joe Root, one of England’s key batsmen along with Cook, then fell for 39 when he played back to a quicker Shah ball and was lbw.
This all seemed like a downfall for England as they just kept on tumbling hereafter.
Pakistan have two one-day internationals against Ireland followed by five ODIs and a Twenty20 against England, before another away tour – of New Zealand and Australia starting in November. It was no different this time as Younis Khan inspired them to a famous win, beating the hosts by ten wickets and squaring the four-Test series 2-2.
Amir’s first scoring shot came off his 24th delivery when he heaved a big six over mid-wicket off Ali and stayed unbeaten for his career-best score.
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Younis received a standing ovation from the Oval crowd after batting for a gruelling seven-and-a-half hours, which included 31 fours and four sixes.
