England completes memorable 3-0 series sweep in Pakistan

A relentless England lineup powered to an eightwicket win in the third and final cricket test on Tuesday to complete an historic series sweep in PakistanEngland started the day needing a further 55 runs for victory and reached 1702 within 38 minutes to secure its second successive win with more than a day to spare in its first test tour to Pakistan in 17 yearsIt was Pakistans first ever 30 loss in a threetest series on home soilPakistan fell for 216 against 18yearold rookie Rehan Ahmed 548 in the second innings to set England a modest target of 167 for victoryBen Duckett resumed on 50 and remained unbeaten on 82 off 78 balls and skipper Ben Stokes signed off his teams dominant Bazball brand of aggressive cricket by finishing 35 not outPakistan spinner Abrar Ahmed could have finished the series with 18 wickets in two test matches but Agha Salman couldnt hold onto a difficult chance from Stoke at longon with England just 19 runs away from a memorable winEngland won the first test on a flat wicket in Rawalpindi by 74 runs in dimming light on the last day before recording a thrilling 26run win at Multan on a slow turning track inside four daysAlso readHarry Brookrsquos century gives England edge over PakistanRehan Ahmed conquered Pakistans batters in the teams fortress National Stadium on Day 3 and England had motored to 1122 in the final session through aggressive batting of Zak Crawley 41 and DuckettIt was a just a third loss for Pakistan at the National Stadium in 45 test matches and first in 15 years England was the first team to beat Pakistan there in a test match in 2000 before South Africa won a test match here seven years laterThe 30 drubbing was also Pakistans fourth successive test loss at home after Australia beat them in the final test earlier this year to win the twotest series 10Pakistan was kept at bay throughout the last three weeks and unable to find the right combination to counter Englands aggressive gameplan which began at home this summer and now has seen them winning nine of the last 10 test matches Englands only loss in that period was against South Africa at Lords before the Proteas got beaten 21 in the seriesEngland set the tone of a clean sweep in Pakistan when four of its batters smashed centuries on the opening day of the first test and the visitors racked up worldrecord 5064Young Harry Brook filled perfectly in the shoes of injured Jonny Bairstow with three successive test centuries on tour and amassed 468 runsHis 111 at Karachi in the first innings fetched England a vital first innings lead of 50 runs before Pakistan capitulated against Ahmeds legspin in the second inningsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever