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England have completed a 3-0 whitewash over Pakistan after thrashing thꦡe hosts in the third an﷽d final Test at National Stadium in Karachi on Tuesday.
Notably, the game was already done and dusted on the third day when England bundled out Pakistan for 216 in their second innings to get a target of just 167 runs. The tourists finished with 112/2, needing just 55 runs to win the contest with two days left, which they accomplished in 28.1 overs. Opener Ben Duckett remained unbeaten at 82 from 78 deliveries with the help of 12 boundaries. Similarly, captain Ben Stokes also stayed undefeated at 35.
Earlier, Pakistan scored 304 in their first innings and in reply, the English team posted 354, with Harry Brook smashing a sensational century. Spinner Jack Leach picked up seven wickets in the match, while debutant Rehan Ahmed also bagged seven scalps🐼, including a five-wicket haul in the second innings.
Brief Scores: Pakistan 304 (Babar Azam 78, Agha Salman 56; Jack Leach 4/140) & 216 (Babar Azam 54, Saud Shakeel 53; Rehan Ahmed 5/48) lost to England 354 (Harry Brook 111, Ben Foakes 64, Ollie Pope 51; Nauman Ali 4/126, Abrar Ahmed 4/150) & 170/2 (Ben Duckett 82*, Zak Crawley 41; Abrar Ahmed 2/78) by eight wickets.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
A 3-0 series whitewash!! 🦁🦁🦁
WHAT. A. TEAM.
🇵🇰 🏴
— England Cricket (@englandcricket)
The strike rates of England's 14 batters this series.
An utterly outrageous bunch of boys
— Vithushan Ehantharajah (@Vitu_E)
This is the first time in the history of Pakistan cricket that they have been🔥 whitewashed in Pakistan in a Test series
— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket)
Babar Azam becomes the first Pakistan captain to l𓆉ose 4 Test matches at hom🔯e in a year.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
England win the third Test by eight wickets. |
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB)
A 3-0 series whitewash!! 🦁🦁🦁
WHAT. A. TEAM.
🇵🇰 🏴
— England Cricket (@englandcricket)
Highest run-rate by a team in Test series:
5.50 – England🏴 v PAK, 2022
5.13 – England🏴 v BAN, 2005
5.13 – South Africa🇿🇦 v ZIM, 2005
4.69 – Australia🇦🇺 v ZIM, 2003
4.67 – New Zealand🇳🇿 v ZIM, 2005— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats)
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England played with lots of freedom and took their chances. Obviousl♐y, Pakistan were poor.
Pakistan did lose to Aus, SA and a very decent Zimbabwe side in 1997-98/'98-99 in Pakistan. But to get whitewashed in your own backyard…
— Bharath Ramaraj (@Fancricket12)
England complete a 3-0 clean ꦜsweep wi🌌th a dominant win in Karachi 👏 | | 📝
— ICC (@ICC)
England's subdued celebration in complete contrast with the madness of their method and the enormity of the achievement.
— cricBC (@cricBC)
All over in 38 min🗹utes today. Pakistan 0 England 3.
Not sure even a wild opꦚtimist (or Ben Stokes♊) would have expected that outcome three weeks ago.
— Simon Mann (@Cricket_Mann)
