Pakistan had sensed victory at lunch with just four wickets
Pakistan's players celebrate with their team-mate Yasir Shah, second right, after the dismissal of England's Adil Rashid during the Pakistan and England Test match at the Dubai International Stadium in Dubai. (Photo: AP)
Dubai: Pakistan’s bowlers wore down tough resistance from England’s tail to win the second Test by an emphatic 178-run margin in Dubai on Monday, taking a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
Leg-spinner Yasir Shah (4-87) and left-arm spinner Zulfiqar Babar (3-53) shared the bowling honours as England, set a daunting 491-run target, were bowled out for 312 late on the fifth day with just 6.3 overs left in the match at Dubai stadium.
A win early in the day was very much on the cards, but England’s ninth-wicket pair of Rashid and Mark Wood (29) put up a valiant fight for 29.2 overs through their 55-run partnership.
Babar ended Wood’s resistance while Shah finished the match by ending Rashid’s 239-minute resistance when he had him caught in the covers in the fading light as the Pakistani fielders embraced each other.
Pakistan had sensed victory at lunch with just four wickets to take but first Rashid and Broad frustrated them through their 60-run stand for the eighth wicket and then the Rashid-Wood stand lasted for nearly two and a half hours.
Before tea Riaz bowled Broad to bring Pakistan to within two wickets of winning the match, but Rashid and Wood carried England to 285-8 at tea with 31 overs remaining to bat for a draw.
Pakistan could have finished the game before the break but Mohammad Hafeez dropped a regulation catch at slip when Rashid edged a Shah delivery while on 42.
SCOREBOARD
Pakistan (1st innings): 378.
England (1st innings): 242.
Pakistan (2nd innings): 354/6 decl. England (2nd innings): A. Cook c Riaz b Shah 10, Moeen Ali c Younis b Khan 1, I. Bell c Younis b Babar 46, J. Root c Younis b Babar 71, J. Bairstow b Shah 22, B. Stokes c Misbah b Khan 13, J. Buttler c Younis b Shah 7, Adil Rashid c Babar b Shah 61, S. Broad b Riaz 30, M. Wood c Hafeez b Babar 29, J. Anderson (not out) 0. Extras (b12, lb4, nb5, w1) 22. Total: (in 137.3 overs) 312.
FoW: 1-9, 2-19, 3-121, 4-157, 5-163, 6-178, 7-193, 8-253, 9-308.
Bowling: Khan 14-4-41-2, Riaz 25-4-78-1, Shah 41.3-15-87-4, Malik 10-2-37-0, Babar 47-23-53-3.
( Source : AFP )
Next Story
