Abrar Ahmed was absent due to illness, therefore Pakistan started the fifth day six wickets down, but England were initially held back by Salman Agha and Aamer Jamal’s 109 for the seventh wicket.
After trapping Salman for 63 runs with just four deliveries, Leach took a superb caught-and-bowled to eliminate Shaheen Shah Afridi.
Naseem Shah made a charge and was stumped, handing Leach his first Test wicket since January at 4-30.
After Pakistan was bowled out for 220, England won by an innings and forty-seven runs. No side in the history of Test cricket has ever given up as many as England did in Pakistan’s opening innings, which totaled 556.
This means that England has now triumphed three times in a row when they have disclosed totals higher than 500. England has only ever fielded first, been hit for more runs, and won once before, and that was back in 1894.
The remarkable batting display by England, which saw them reach their highest score since 1938 (823–7), laid the foundation for the comeback. Harry Brook’s 317 was the first triple century for England in thirty-four years, and he shared the greatest partnership in Test cricket history with Joe Root (262 runs).
With four Test victories in a row already, England has the potential to win the series in the second Test, which starts on Tuesday, on the same field.
