MULTAN: Spinner Jack Leach grabbed four wickets to help England beat Pakistan by an innings and 47 runs in the first Test in Multan on Friday, taking a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
Pakistan, resuming on the fifth and final day at 152-6 batted for 96 minutes before they were dismissed for 220, with Leach leading England’s attack with 4-30.
Earlier on day four, the home side had a dismal start to their second innings as right-handed opener Abdullah Shafique fell for a duck on the second delivery of the first over.
His dismissal jolted Pakistan’s batting unit, which accumulated 556 runs in the first innings, and England made successive strikes to reduce them to 82/6, trailing a further 185.
Agha, unbeaten on 41, and Jamal, 27 not out, however, offered fightback in the dying minutes of the day with a gritty 70-run partnership.
