England complete historic 3-0 clean sweep against Pakistan
Ben Duckett led the way with an unbeaten 82 as England took barely 40 minutes to seal an eight-wicket victory and a historic 3-0 series sweep of Pakistan. The tourists resumed on day four in Karachi needing just 55 runs to reach their target of 167, having bowled Pakistan out for 216 on the back of Rehan Ahmed's debut five-for the previous day. Heading into their first tour of Pakistan for 17 years, England had only beaten the hosts in Test matches twice before on their own turf - and the last of those came in 2000 in the dark in Karachi. It brought to an end a memorable 2022 for England under the leadership of Stokes and head coach Brendon McCullum, with the red-ball team's attention now turning to the two-match series away to World Test Championship holders New Zealand in February. Pakistan captain Babar Azam “It's definitely disappointment as a team. We are not good enough to fight back, but credit to the England team because they played very well.” "There are defin...