Teenage leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed turned the youngest debutant to take 5 wickets in an innings and set England on track for a victory after three days of play within the third and remaining Test in Karachi on Monday. Ahmed, who at 18 years 126 days outdated on Saturday turned the youngest ever to play a Test for England, grabbed 5-48 to bundle Pakistan out for 216, giving his staff a goal of 167 runs with 75 minutes and two days to play. Openers Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett plundered 87 by the twelfth over earlier than spinner Abrar Ahmed dismissed Crawley for 41 and Rehan Ahmed for 10.

Duckett was unbeaten on 50 and skipper Ben Stokes 10 as England, 112-2 at shut, want simply 55 runs to inflict a first-ever whitewash on Pakistan on house floor. England, on Pakistan’s first Test tour in 17 years, received the primary Test in Rawalpindi by 74 runs and the second in Multan by 26 runs.

Pakistan fell prey to a spin-assisted National Stadium pitch, dropping their final seven wickets for a mere 52 runs with skipper Babar Azam scoring 54 and Saud Shakeel 53. Rehan Ahmed constructed on fellow spinner Jack Leach‘s three wickets off simply six balls within the morning session by taking his first three off simply 17.

He left Australian quick bowler Pat Cummins behind who, at 18 years 193 days outdated, took 5 wickets in his debut Test in opposition to South Africa at Johannesburg in 2011. Surprisingly, he had not bowled within the first session, which noticed Pakistan attain 99-3.

Azhar’s final stand

Ahmed got here on after Azam and Shakeel had placed on a valiant rebuilding effort by a fourth wicket stand of 110 runs. The pair took Pakistan to 164 earlier than the skipper made an uncharacteristic misjudgement, quickly after he reached 1,000 Test runs for the yr.

Leach had Pakistan reeling after he knocked over openers Shan Masood and Abdullah Shafique and veteran Azhar Ali, showing in his final match, with just one run added. Ahmed oversaw an equally brutal passage of play, eradicating Azam (54), Mohammad Rizwan (7) and Shakeel within the house of six overs for the addition of a paltry 13 runs.

Mohammad Wasim (two) and Agha Salman (21) additionally fell to Ahmed. Pakistan began the fourth day on almost even footing, with openers Shafique and Masood wanting set and erasing England’s 50-run lead with out the lack of a wicket.

But any optimism was snatched away by England’s methodical spinners. Leach bowled Shan — making an attempt an ill-advised reverse sweep — for twenty-four which introduced down the primary cluster of wickets.

Earlier within the day, top-order stalwart Azhar Ali was denied a fairytale ending to his storied profession that has spanned 97 Tests and seven,142 runs. Azhar was overwhelmed by spin as he performed a ahead push on the ultimate ball of Leach’s momentum-changing double-wicket maiden. His stumps shattered, Azhar walked off the sphere for the final time, ending 12 years as a first-team common.

The England gamers clapped as Azhar trudged again to the dressing room, whereas Pakistan’s gamers raised their bats on the boundary for a ceremonial guard of honour. Among the handful of spectators had been Azhar’s spouse and two sons.

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