Dubai: Pakistan's bowlers wore down tough resistance from England's tail to win the second Test by an emphatic 178-run margin here yesterday, 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.
 
Pakistan's Yasir Shah (second from right) celebrates with his teammates after dismissing England’s Adil Rashid to win the second Test against England in Dubai yesterday. Pic/AFP

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.