17/12Result

3rd Test, England tour of Pakistan at Karachi, Dec 17-20 2022

England won by 8 wkts

Player of the Match

4.10pm: Here come the history boys. Rehan Ahmed leads them off, having usurped Pat Cummins, no less, as well as becoming the first England legspinner to take a five-for on debut since Adil Rashid, also against Pakistan in 2015. Fine company for the teenager, who has grabbed his chance like a veteran out in Karachi. Seven wickets in the match, and England have eyes on sealing an unprecedented 3-0 whitewash. For the start of their innings, with maybe 1hr 15 left in the day, here's Miller again

74.5

Rehan Ahmed to Agha Salman, OUT, top-edged sweep, Ahmed has FIVE! What a magnificent moment for Rehan Ahmed, who walks off with the ball after becoming the youngest debutant in men's Test history to take a five-for! Extra bounce does for Salman, and it's safely held at short fine leg. Ahmed does a quick sajdah, while his old man goes bananas up in the stands. He's wrapped up the innings, too, with England needing 167 for a series sweep

Agha Salman c Brook b Rehan Ahmed 21 (81m 50b 1x4 0x6) SR: 42.00

The field comes in on the one

Zohaib Ahmed: "I think its last chance for Agha Salman to prove his skills. He is expected to be new Hafeez. But his performance with lower order is abysmal." Jeez, tough crowd

74.4

Rehan Ahmed to Agha Salman, no run, goes back and across to defend on off stump

74.3

Rehan Ahmed to Agha Salman, no run, googly, defended into the off side coming forwards

74.2

Rehan Ahmed to Agha Salman, 2 runs, floated up outside off and driven nicely into the gap between long-off and deep extra cover. Robinson gives pursuit and puts in the dive to prevent four

Match Coverage

All Match News

McCullum admits Ashes 'a big carrot' - but tells England to 'enjoy' Pakistan success first
Coach wants England to "call on good experiences" in bid to reclaim the urn from Australia
Ben Stokes and the art of captaincy
Few foresaw the depths of psychological and tactical insight that England's Test leader would bring to the role
Babar Azam moves to No. 2 in Test batting rankings, Travis Head breaches top five for the first time
Shakib moves past Stokes to No. 3 among allrounders while Indians surge too after their Chattogram win over Bangladesh
'Three-nil hurts', but Saqlain doesn't see 'a huge gulf' between Pakistan and England
"If you look at 3-0, it'll be shocking. But if you decode it session by session, Pakistan played great cricket"
Switch Hit podcast: History boys
Alan, Miller and Vish look back at England's unprecedented 3-0 whitewash success on their tour of Pakistan

Videos

play02:13

Ehantharajah: Rehan Ahmed looks the real deal
02:13
Miller: No better environment for Rehan Ahmed to thrive
02:36

England INNINGS		R	B
Z Crawley	lbw	41	41
BM Duckett	not out	82	78
Rehan Ahmed	bowled	10	8
BA Stokes	not out	35	43
OJ Pope
JE Root
HC Brook
BT Foakes
OE Robinson
MA Wood
MJ Leach
EXTRAS	(lb 1, nb 1)
TOTAL	170 (2 wkts; 28.1 ovs)

Pakistan BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
Abrar Ahmed	12.0	0	78	2	6.50	(1nb)
Nauman Ali	5.0	0	38	0	7.60
Mohammad Wasim (1)	9.1	1	40	0	4.36
Faheem Ashraf	2.0	0	13	0	6.50

England 4th innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	87	BM Duckett	Z Crawley
2nd	10	BM Duckett	Rehan Ahmed
3rd	73	BA Stokes	BM Duckett

McCullum admits Ashes 'a big carrot' - but tells England to 'enjoy' Pakistan success first

Ben Stokes and the art of captaincy

Babar Azam moves to No. 2 in Test batting rankings, Travis Head breaches top five for the first time

'Three-nil hurts', but Saqlain doesn't see 'a huge gulf' between Pakistan and England

Switch Hit podcast: History boys

Ehantharajah: Rehan Ahmed looks the real deal

Miller: No better environment for Rehan Ahmed to thrive