England and their new brand of cricket under Stokes and McCullum have defeated New Zealand and South Africa at home thrashed India in that one-off Test and built an unassailable 2-0 lead in Pakistan.
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On a tense fourth morning in Multan, Saud Shakeel and Mohammad Nawaz produced a fire-and-ice stand of 80 in 21.5 overs to give Pakistan hope of a famous victory, only for the extra pace of Mark Wood to blast both men out with lunch looming and put England back on track to win the series with a Test to spare. Pakistanโs sixth-wicket combination overcame the early loss of Faheem Ashraf to leave England pondering their choices as the new ball came and went, needing 355 to tie the series. Wood, on the other hand, smashed in on an otherwise unresponsive surface and prised out both โ Nawaz for 45 and Shakeel for 94 โ to gloved short balls down the leg side.
England and their new brand of cricket under Stokes and McCullum have defeated New Zealand and South Africa at home thrashed India in that one-off Test and built an unassailable 2-0 lead in Pakistan. Something is brewing between this group of players and management. They are changing the way Test cricket is played and succeeding. Pakistan, on the other hand, has to improve their bowling since they lack the death instinct and, aside from Abrar Ahmed, the rest of their bowling looked toothless and ordinary as they lost the Test by 26 runs.
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