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| England Wins the Series with A Thrilling Victory Against Pakistan in The Multan Test |
MULTAN: Britain dug out from a deficit to seal a strained success by 26 runs in the second Test after their pacers raged through Pakistan's lower request on day 4 and steer their side to an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series, around here at Multan Cricket Arena on Monday.
Mark Wood took out an electrifying rebound when he eliminated, risky looking Mohammad Nawaz and Saud Shakeel in the principal meeting, and alongside individual pacers went through the tailenders to package out Pakistan for 328 in the subsequent innings.
Nawaz played an exciting knock of 46 off 62 balls to put Pakistan on top with Saud similarly contributing with his eminent structure yet Wood turned the table before Lunch when Pakistan were only 65 takes off from triumph with five wickets close by.
The express pacer used his most deadly weapon, a short-length ball, to dispose of the Nawaz-Saud couple as both gloved the balls calculating to the leg side and directly to wicket-manager Ollie Pope.
At 291 for 7, Abrar Ahmed and Agha Salman added 19 runs in the early evening meeting before James Anderson excused Abrar at covers who played an appearance of 12 off 19.
The last two players Zahid Mahmood and Mohammad Ali stayed hapless before Britain pacers as Wood and Ollie Robinson chased them down without opening their records.
Pakistan continued the play on the penultimate day of the second Test at 198/4 and had an early panic in type of Faheem Ashraf who succumbed to seasonal worker Joe Root before Nawaz and Saud took the charge and sewed a vital 80-run organization on the 6th wicket.
Saud stayed the top-scorer for his side with an insubordinate thump of 94 from 213 balls however was lamentable to complete things on a high note for Pakistan.
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