England vs Pakistan: Pakistan thrash England by 10 wickets

Pakistan celebrated their independence day with a 10-wicket victory over England in the fourth Test to draw the four-match series 2-2 on Sunday.

Jonny Bairstow fought a lone battle and scored 81 with England dismissed for 253 in their second innings — a lead of just 39 runs as leg-spinner Yasir Shah grabbed 5/71 on the fourth day. Pakistan openers Azhar Ali (30 not out) and Sami Aslam (12 not out) reached 42/0 for an emphatic victory just after tea.

Scoreboard England (1st innings): 328 Pakistan (1st innings): 542 England (2nd innings): A. Cook c Iftikhar Ahmed b Wahab Riaz 7, A. Hales lbw b Yasir Shah 12, J. Root lbw b Yasir Shah 39, J. Vince c Misbah-ul Haq b Yasir Shah 0, G. Ballance c Sarfraz Ahmed b Sohail Khan 17, J. Bairstow c Azhar Ali b Wahab Riaz 81, MM Ali c Sarfraz Ahmed b Yasir Shah 32, CR Woakes run out (Wahab Riaz) 4, S. Broad c Younis Khan b Yasir Shah 5, S. Finn (not out) 16, J. Anderson lbw b Iftikhar Ahmed 17. Extras: (b 8, lb 10, nb 5) 23. Total: (in 79.2 overs) 253. FoW: 1-14, 2-49, 3-55, 4-74, 5-128, 6-193, 7-209, 8-209, 9-221. Bowling: Amir 21.4-7-65-0, Sohail 15-2-50-1, Wahab 11.2-1-48-2, Yasir 29-4-71-5, Iftikhar 2.2-1-1-1. Pakistan (2nd innings): Sami Aslam (not out) 12, Azhar Ali (not out) 30. Extras: 0. Total: (for no loss, in 13.1 overs). 42. Bowling: Woakes 4-0-11-0, Finn 0.2-0-0-0, Ali 5.5-0-30-0, Root 3-2-1-0.