Seventeen years since a nail-biting run chase in Multan was detonated spectacularly by Shoaib Akhtar, it was England who had the dynamite at their disposal. Mark Wood blew through Pakistan either side of lunch on the fourth day to claim a nervy 26-run win in the second Test and a famous series victory.
England had won two Tests on Pakistani soil before this tour but in the space of two weeks, and after last week’s ransacking of Rawalpindi, they have now doubled that tally.
