Pakistan ended their 11-match winless streak at home with a clinical 152-run victory against England in Multan on Friday to level the 3-match Test series 1-1. The spin duo of Sajid Khan and Noman Ali ran through the English batting line-up twice, sharing all 20 wickets to hand Pakistan their first win in a home Test since 2021. While Noman ended with a 11-wicket match haul, Sajid pocketed 9 wickets in the match.

Set a challenging target of 261, England began Day 4 with eight wickets in hand but faced an uphill battle against the wily Pakistani spinners. Sajid Khan struck early, dismissing Ollie Pope in the second over before Noman Ali took centre stage. England’s aggressive approach, characterized by a heavy reliance on sweeps and reverse sweeps, proved their undoing on a deteriorating pitch. While Ben Stokes top-scored for England with a counter-attacking innings fuelled by sweeps, he eventually fell victim to a sharp stumping off Noman’s bowling.

Brydon Carse provided late fireworks with three sixes, but it was too little, too late for England. Pakistan captain Shan Masood had opted for a twin-spin attack in the final innings, and the duo of Noman and Sajid wrapped up the English innings in just 33.3 overs.

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