Pakistan’s Noman Ali and Sajid Khan spin England to defeat and level series

  • Pakistan 366 and 221; England 291 and 144
  • Stokes and Carse go down swinging in 152-run defeat

England’s already remote chance of turning the second Test their way evaporated on a steamy Friday morning as they threw their bats around – literally, in one case – and their wickets away, allowing Noman Ali and Sajid Khan to bowl Pakistan to their first home Test win for 12 games and three and a half years.

If a successful run chase looked unlikely at the start of the day, with England’s openers already dismissed and 261 more runs still required, it did not take long for it to slip beyond the realms of possibility altogether.

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Source: Cricket - The Guardian