PAK vs ENG | Noman Ali's record breaking day out in Multan decimates England to end Pakistan win drought

Brief score: PAK 366 & 221 defeat ENG 291 & 144 (Stokes 37, Carse 27; Noma 8/46) by 152 runs

Things began ominously for overnight batters Joe Root and Ollie Pope on Day 4 when Noman Ali produced some ripping turn in his opening effort to allow England a solitary run and take the score to 37/2. Meanwhile, his partner in crime Sajid Khan just needed two deliveries to make his mark as some flight and turn ended up dispatching Pope for 22 with a simple caught and bowled. Root followed soon after as Noman bounced one over his sweep to trap him LBW after a difficult knock of 18.

Down and out at 54/4, Harry Brook and Ben Stokes sparked some hope back in the England camp with confident strokes while scoring at run-a-ball but it was short lived courtesy of Ali's arm ball thumping into Brook's pad. Jamie Smith tried to take a similar counterattacking route and Ali needed no second invitation, taking the top edge of a slog sweep for his fourth scalp in the innings. Then began the fireworks as Brydon Carse belted Sajid for back-to-back maximums while Stokes dealt in fours to race the score along to 121/6. However, it all ended in embarrasing fashion when Stokes charged down the track to Noman and ended up flinging his bat to fine leg while Mohammad Rizwan effected the stumping to end an entertaining knock of 37.

Carse added another six to the mix but that was lal the visitors had in store as Noman had him hole out for 27 before getting the last two batters caught at short leg on consecutive deliveries to seal his 10-wicket haul. The veteran spinner ended with 8/46 in the innings and 11 in the match, while Sajid's seven in the first and two in the second meant the duo became only the seventh pair to scalp all 20 wickets in a Test match to help Shan Masood's Pakistan end a six-match losing streak in Tests.

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