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Pakistan spinners humble England for first win in seven Tests to level series
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England’s already remote chance of turning the second Test their way evaporated on a steamy Friday morning as they threw their bats around – literally, in one case – and their wickets away, allowing Noman Ali and Sajid Khan to bowl Pakistan to their first home Test win for 12 games and three and a half years.
If a successful run chase looked unlikely at the start of the day, with England’s openers already dismissed and 261 still required, it did not take long for it to slip beyond the realms of possibility altogether.
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