Tuesday’s match at Karachi, the third and final Test of the series, was won by England by eight wickets over Pakistan. With this victory, England swept the series 3-0 and handed the Pakistanis their first home whitewash.
England accomplished their modest 167-run target in just 38 minutes after resuming their innings on 112-2. Ben Duckett and Ben Stokes both finished unbeaten with scores of 82 and 35, respectively.
Both the first and second tests were won by England, with the first being in Rawalpindi by 74 runs and the second being in Multan by 26 runs. The previous time England had visited Pakistan for a Test match was in 2005; in the years that followed, the English cricket team chose not to travel to the South Asian nation due to safety concerns.
On the fourth day of the match, Duckett sealed England’s victory by smashing Mohammad Wasim, the fast bowler, for his 12th boundary, bringing England’s final score to 170-2.
When Agha Salman picked Stokes off of Abrar Ahmed, the English skipper had 22 runs on the board, and their team needed just 19 more points to win.
With nine wins in their last ten matches, England has vindicated its recently adopted freewheeling approach to Test cricket. This strategy has been given the nickname “Bazball” after the nickname of coach Brendon McCullum.
In May, McCullum and Stokes took over as captains of a struggling team that had won only one of their previous 17 tests. This included a humiliating 4-0 loss in the Ashes series that was played in Australia.
England smashed 506-4 on the first day of the Pakistan tour, which is a record for the most team runs scored on the first day of a test match. This enabled England to create a new record for the most team runs scored.
Another record was set that day thanks to the efforts of four batters, specifically Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Harry Brook, and Duckett.
Stokes was also daring in his captaincy, as evidenced by the fact that he challenged Pakistan to reach a target of 343 runs in Rawalpindi before using unconventional field placements to take wickets.
Injuries to Pakistan’s fast bowlers made matters worse for the team, especially after Shaheen Shah Afridi was ruled out of the series before it began with a knee injury.
Due to health concerns, Haris Rauf and Naseem Shah were unable to participate in the most recent two tests.
However, Pakistan experienced severe batting collapses, losing their last six wickets for a score of 108 in the first innings played in Karachi and seven wickets for a score of 52 in the second innings.
As a result of Pakistan’s loss on Tuesday, the country has now been defeated in all four of its home Test matches in a row for the first time ever, having previously been defeated by Australia in Lahore in March.