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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Simon Burnton at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium

Pakistan find ‘kryptonite to Bazball’ after putting England batters in a spin

Pakistan players and team officials celebrate with the series trophy after winning the third and final Test cricket match between Pakistan and England
Pakistan beat England by nine wickets to claim a 2-1 series victory. Photograph: Sohail Shahzad/EPA

Nasser Hussain said Pakistan discovered “the kryptonite to Bazball” after England were humbled in Rawalpindi. They lost in three days and by nine wickets after a calamitous collapse with their last seven wickets going for 46 runs.

With all 20 English wickets falling to spinners for the second game in succession, the former England captain said the home side had “exposed England when the ball spins” and demonstrated that “when it spins and when it’s gripping, England don’t play spin as well or bowl spin as well as Pakistan”.

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