English bowlers made a combined effort to dismiss Pakistan in the fifth and final day to win the third Test match of the series at Edgbaston by 141 runs.
James Anderson, Stuart Broad, Chris Woakes, Steven Finn and Moeen Ali all took two wickets apiece to bundle out Pakistan for 201 runs in 70.5 overs.Moeen had last man Sohail Khan (36) caught and bowled to end the resistance of last wicket pair that lasted for 67 balls and added 50 runs.
Woakes struck twice in quick succession on his Warwickshire home ground to trigger the collapse in the second session.
Pakistan were 124 for three when their collapse started, with captain Misbah-ul-Haq (10) caught behind off Steven Finn to give the persevering fast bowler his first wicket of the series.
Asad Shafiq then completed a pair when he was plumb lbw to all-rounder Woakes for a four-ball duck.
The paceman then made it two for none in six balls when Sarfraz Ahmed was also out for nought as he edged straight to Joe Root at second slip.
Sami Aslam, playing his first Test of the series, had again batted superbly for 70 following the opener’s first-innings 82.
But a rare misjudgement by the 20-year-old left-hander saw him bowled by Finn as he deliberately left the ball.
It was the end of a more than three-and-a-half-hour innings, with Aslam facing 167 balls including 11 fours.
Pakistan’s chase got off to a stuttering start as Mohammad Hafeez (two) fell cheaply for the second time in the match before first-innings stars Aslam and Azhar Ali repaired the damage with a stand of 73.
But Moeen Ali, who earlier on Sunday had made a quickfire 86 not out in a total of 445 for six declared, accounted for Azhar on 38 when the off-spinner had him edging to England captain Alastair Cook at second slip.
Cook decided against declaring before the start of Sunday’s play even though, at 414 for five, England already led by 311 runs.
Bairstow (82) had added just one run to his overnight score when he was lbw to Sohail Khan on review.
-With New Age input
