England leg spinner Rehan Ahmed has change into the youngest man to take 5 wickets in an innings on Check debut, placing his group heading in the right direction for a cushty victory within the third and ultimate Check in opposition to Pakistan in Karachi.
Key factors:
- Rehan Ahmed is just a few months youthful than Pat Cummins was when he took 6-79 on debut
- Ahmed’s father was born in Pakistan and was cheering him on from the stands
- England goes for a clear sweep of the three-Check sequence
With two days of play remaining, England want 55 runs to win the Check and change into the primary Check group to finish a 3-0 whitewash in Pakistan, having gained the primary two Checks in Rawalpindi and Multan.
Ahmed’s spin bowling proved to be the game-changer for Ben Stokes’s group as wickets tumbled in clusters on the Nationwide Stadium.
England’s youngest debutant, at 18 years and 126 days, turned the youngest first-gamer in males’s Check historical past to take a five-wicket haul, beating the document held by Australia’s Pat Cummins from his 6-79 on debut in South Africa in 2011 when he was 18 years and 193 days previous.
Ahmed helped bowl Pakistan out for 216 within the second innings, regardless of being made to attend 41 overs earlier than being introduced into the assault.
Spinner Jack Leach took three top-order wickets in six balls within the morning session earlier than Babar Azam and Saud Shakeel struck a 110-run partnership to maintain Pakistan within the contest.
However Stokes then launched Ahmed within the afternoon session and the teenager ripped aside Pakistan’s center order.
The 18-year-old received his greatest scalp with certainly one of his worse deliveries, when Babar slapped a half-tracker to Ollie Pope at mid-wicket. Ahmed later eliminated Mohammad Rizwan with an ideal leg-break supply.
Saud was Ahmed’s third sufferer earlier than Mohammad Wasim was added to the record because the teenager was cheered on by his Pakistan-born father, who was beaming with pleasure within the stands.
Ahmed accomplished his five-wicket haul by eradicating Agha Salman, main the England group off the sector as he tossed the ball up and down in his palms in celebration.
Zak Crawley (41) and Ben Duckett (50 not out) made a flying begin for England of their 167-run chase for victory and the guests will start day 4 at 2-112, with Stokes (10) additionally on the crease.
Reuters
