Pakistan vs England: Ben Stokes’ facet collapse to meek collection loss to jubilant hosts in Rawalpindi

Pakistan romped to a collection win over England contained in the opening session on day three of the third and last Take a look at in Rawalpindi as they wrapped up a nine-wicket victory.

Noman Ali (6-42) and Sajid Khan (4-69) once more mixed to devastating impact in sharing all 10 wickets, the latter ending with 10-for within the match, as England – 24-3 in a single day – have been bundled out for 112 of their second innings.

The vacationers’ scrambled strategy in opposition to high-quality spin bowling was no extra evident than when Ben Stokes (3) fell lbw to Noman when inexplicably shouldering arms to a straight supply.

Set a paltry 36 runs to win, Pakistan knocked them off very quickly, with captain Shan Masood (23no) – below enormous stress to start out the collection – fittingly getting the job in a surprising six-ball cameo, clinching essentially the most exceptional of turnarounds with a six.

The hosts misplaced the opening match in Multan by an innings and 47 runs, their sixth straight defeat below Shan Masood’s captaincy and lengthening a winless run at dwelling courting again to February 2021 – which included a 3-0 whitewash on England’s final go to in late 2022.

Such an embarrassing loss on a desperately flat pitch prompted a change in strategy, with three adjustments made for the second Take a look at, performed on the identical now used floor in Multan. Kamran Ghulam got here in and cracked 100 on debut, however it was Noman and Sajid’s introduction which actually turned the collection.

With pitches ready to help spin, the duo mixed to take 39 of the 40 England wickets to fall within the last two Assessments to immediate Pakistan’s sudden and sensational change in fortune.

On the third and what finally proved to be the ultimate morning of the collection decider in Rawalpindi, England had made a fairly constructive begin, with Joe Root and Harry Brook – the identical pair that mixed for an England-record partnership of 454 within the first Take a look at – including 42 to their in a single day rating with out loss.

It took the vacationers to inside 12 runs of incomes a lead however then one other sudden collapse to spin noticed Brook, Stokes and Jamie Smith all depart earlier than parity was achieved, England six down.

Brook (26) nicked off to a quicker and flatter supply fired in by Noman, Stokes suffered his spectacular mind fade within the left-arm spinner’s subsequent over, whereas Smith (3) was bowled by Sajid when on the lookout for the kind of massive hit straight down the bottom that served him so nicely throughout his first-innings 89.

Root (33) nearly noticed England right into a lead however the sport and the collection was pretty much as good as over when he turn into Noman’s fifth sufferer by feathering a skinny edge by way of to Mohammad Rizwan behind the stumps.

Sajid, saved quiet for almost all of the morning, then clinched his 10-for for the match when bowling each Gus Atkinson (10) and Rehan Ahmed (7), whereas Noman wrapped up the innings by having Jack Leach (10) stumped.

Chasing solely 36 to wrap up the collection, England and Leach earned the comfort scalp of Saim Ayub for 8 as Pakistan in any other case shortly knocked off the required runs, Masood blasting his facet to victory in simply 3.1 overs.

What’s subsequent for England?

England’s white-ball facet head to the West Indies for 3 one-day internationals and a five-match T20 collection, with the ODIs set to start out in Antigua on Thursday, October 31.

As for Stokes’ Take a look at staff, they’re subsequent in motion in New Zealand for a three-match tour that begins in Christchurch on Thursday, November 28.

Pakistan vs England Take a look at collection

First Take a look at: Multan – England gained by an innings and 47 runs

Second Take a look at: Multan – Pakistan gained by 152 runs

Third Take a look at: Rawalpindi – Pakistan gained by 9 wickets