Published: Aug 14, 2016, 09:00 PM (IST)
Edited: Aug 14, 2016, 09:33 PM (IST)
Pakistan did the unthinkable. To come to England and challenge them is one of the toughest jobs in cricket. Ahead of the series, all the talk was about Mohammad Amir. While few criticised his return, many supported him. He was returning to the Test fold at the same very venue where he tainted the sport six years back. Pakistan defied the odds and won the Lord’s Test.
However, the script took a twist at Old Trafford where England made a terrific comeback. Pakistan fought hard at Edgbaston but England came from behind to pull off an empathic win. Going into The Oval Test, Pakistan had to register a win in order to share series honours with hosts. They maintained their fantastic record at The Oval as they won the final Test to end the series 2-2. ALSO READ: Pakistani cricket fraternity wishes Happy Independence Day to their fans
While Sohail Khan and Yasir Shah starred with the ball with fifers in each innings respectively, it was Younis Khan‘s herculean 218 that gave Pakistan a major lead, which led them to the 10-wicket victory. With this win, Misbah-ul-Haq‘s men have a chance to go to the No. 1 spot in the ICC Test Rankings. However, that will only happen if Australia and India do not win their final Tests against Sri Lanka and West Indies respectively.
Fans and luminaries from cricket fraternity congratulated the Pakistan side for their mammoth achievement. We bring you some of the best tweets.
Pak come back frm behind 2 square series & also do lots fr positive Test Crkt-quite a crowd pulling revelation by both teams!Hail Test Crkt!
— Bishan Bedi (@BishanBedi) August 14, 2016
Special congrats to Younis for showing guts and the right temperament to play long innings despite poor form
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) August 14, 2016
Great win by team Pakistan.Congratulations to all team&whole Nation.a special gift on special day.well done #iBleedGreen #IndependenceDayPK
— Kamran Akmal (@KamiAkmal23) August 14, 2016
Pakistan are the best team I have seen here in England since the SA team in 2012 … Wonderful to watch …
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) August 14, 2016
Alhumdulillah, a convincing 10 wickets win against @englandcricket. Congrats @captainmisbahpk @TheRealPCB. 🙂 #ENGvPAK #PakistanZindabad — Mohammad Irfan (@M_IrfanOfficial) August 14, 2016
Stupendous from Pakistan…in the era of home dominance, their feat is worth a lot more. Won two tests to draw the series. Well done — Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) August 14, 2016
Yeh cheez! Mubarak to everyone on the win, well done team – we are proud of you! #PakistanZindabad — Shoaib Malik (@realshoaibmalik) August 14, 2016
Unpredictable Pak at it again but this time unpredictably brilliant. 2 test matches win in Eng is an outstanding effort. Well done Pak! — Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) August 14, 2016
Outstanding victory for Pakistan, superb comeback after 2 drubbings. One all rounder short of being top team pic.twitter.com/FgWONv0x7p — simon hughes (@theanalyst) August 14, 2016
Thank you @captainmisbahpk and Team Pakistan 4 giving us such a beautiful gift on the day of our independence #PakistanZindabad#ENGvPAK. — waqar younis (@waqyounis99) August 14, 2016
Well played Pakistan! They played the perfect test match and surprised a lot of people including me! Great skill level throughout! #ENGvPAK — James Taylor (@jamestaylor20) August 14, 2016
#Pak win their first ever Test match on their Independence Day!#EngvPak — Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) August 14, 2016
Grand conclusion to a cracking series: Azhar Ali pumps Moeen Ali back over his head for six, and Pakistan win by 10 wickets. And so 2-2. — Lawrence Booth (@the_topspin) August 14, 2016
Congrats to Pakistan for their superb victory in the 4th test to level the series. They throughly deserve the new ranking with this away win — Roshan Abeysinghe (@RoshanCricket) August 14, 2016
Congratulations to Pakistan! A great comeback. A wonderful gift on Independence day for Pakistanis, proud of you @TheRealPCB #Pakistan — Junaid khan 83 (@JunaidkhanREAL) August 14, 2016
Congratulations Pakistan team Great gift to Pakistan on 14 August proud to be a Pakistani good captancy n team work legend always be legend — Adnan Akmal (@adnanakmal79) August 14, 2016
Congratulations to @TheRealPCB on levelling the series with @englandcricket – great cricket from both sides over the last month #ENGvPAK — Lord’s Ground (@HomeOfCricket) August 14, 2016
Pak defeat England to tie series. Now, all India needs to do is win final test against WI to be number one! All the best @imVkohli and team! — Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) August 14, 2016
Congratulations Team Pakistan@captainmisbahpk &company you have made the whole nation proud!#HappyIndependenceDay pic.twitter.com/g1Rfp3npU3 — Muhammad Wasim (@MuhammadWasim77) August 14, 2016
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