Pakistan were left reeling the face of an onslaught from Andrew Strauss during the second Test at Egbaston.
The England captain was dropped no fewer than five times on his way to an unbeaten 53. Strauss guided his beloved adopted country to a nine wicket victory with more than a session and a day to spare.
Debutant wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider(88) and tailender Saeed Ajmal (50) gave Pakistan a faint glimmer of hope going into the fourth day of the second Test and Mohammad Aamer certainly remained undaunted by the task, clean bowling Alistair Cook (4) after the Pakistanis had set England 118 to win.
But any aspirations of victory were soon crushed by Johnathan Trott, who made a classy 53* (his fourth 50 in Tests) and Andrew Strauss, who was uncharacteristically brutal in his 53*. Trott stuck some beautiful cover drives in the morning session, while it seemed Strauss was keen to get the job done post lunch, and he finally got an edge away to bring up the winning runs.
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