Pakistan v England: Tourists win thriller in Multan to seal series

Fast bowler Mark Wood starred connected the 4th time successful Multan

England pulled disconnected different sensational triumph successful Pakistan, winning the 2nd Test by 26 runs to seal a historical bid triumph.

At 290-5, Wood had Mohammad Nawaz caught down the limb broadside for 45 then, 1 tally later, did the aforesaid to disregard Salman Agha for 94, but lone aft a lengthy deliberation by the 3rd umpire.

Abrar Ahmed was caught astatine screen disconnected James Anderson and Wood splattered the stumps of Zahid Mahmood astatine gait successful excess of 90mph for his 4th wicket of the innings.

Though Agha Salman kept hostility precocious with regular boundaries, Ollie Robinson had fig 11 Mohammad Ali caught down to permission Pakistan 328 each out.

It gives England triumph successful their archetypal Test bid successful Pakistan since 2005 and their archetypal implicit these opponents extracurricular of the UK successful 22 years.

It is besides the archetypal clip England person ever won 2 Tests successful an distant bid against Pakistan.

They volition look for a cleanable expanse successful the 3rd and last Test successful Karachi, which begins connected Saturday.

• Reaction to England's melodramatic triumph successful Multan

England's 2nd stunning triumph

Before this series, England had lone ever won 2 distant Tests to Pakistan successful 30 attempts crossed 61 years. Now, they person won 2 successful a week.

Furthermore, they person followed up the thrilling triumph successful the archetypal Test successful Rawalpindi with different heart-stopping occurrence successful Multan.

However, whereas England seldom felt apt to suffer the archetypal Test, this clip they got themselves into information of their ain making.

A careless illness of 5-19 connected the 3rd greeting opened the doorway for a Pakistan broadside with signifier for awesome chases - successful July they knocked disconnected 342 to bushed Sri Lanka.

With England's spinners incapable to exert power and the gait bowlers seemingly retired of the magic deliveries they produced connected Sunday, Pakistan inched closer. A increasing assemblage astatine a crushed hosting its archetypal Test since 2006 cheered each run.

But Wood, successful his archetypal Test since March and bowling with the travelling England fans successful the basal down him, made the telling intervention.

It was not without controversy. TV umpire Joel Wilson took an property looking astatine replays of Ollie Pope's diving drawback disconnected Shakeel, trying to find whether oregon not the shot scraped the crushed aft the wicketkeeper took successful his gloves.

The captious determination went England's mode and Pakistan's champion anticipation was gone.

Victory gives England their eighth successful 9 Tests since Ben Stokes took charge, the bid triumph ends a tally of 3 successive defeats distant from home.

England person the accidental for different portion of past successful Karachi - ne'er earlier person Pakistan mislaid 3 Tests successful a bid successful their ain country.

Wood burst ends Pakistan resistance

The nonaccomplishment of Imam-ul-Haq precocious connected Sunday near Pakistan 198-4 overnight, 157 distant from victory.

When Joe Root had Faheem Ashraf caught astatine gaffe successful the sixth implicit of the 4th day, England were beardown favourites.

But Nawaz, whose erstwhile highest Test people was 25, arrived with intent to score. Salman, 54 not retired astatine the opening of the day, was dragged along.

England cycled done their options. The 2nd caller shot was taken, but Pakistan lone grew successful assurance and fluency. Stokes continued to support himself retired of the attack.

With the crippled slipping away, Wood hurled down a barrage of abbreviated deliveries. When Nawaz gloved done to Pope, it ended a sixth-wicket basal of 80.

One tally later, Salman did the aforesaid and the contentious determination went England's way.

Abrar Ahmed, the debutant who claimed 11 wickets with his leg-spin, swung 4 fours earlier slapping Anderson to cover.

Salman remained, keeping slim Pakistan hopes live with back-to-back boundaries disconnected Anderson. In the adjacent over, Wood calmed nerves by bursting done the defence of Mahmood.

Salman deed 2 much fours disconnected Wood, but Robinson needed lone 1 shot of a caller spell to relationship for Ali and spark England celebrations.