England beat Pakistan through 26 runs in the second one Test — following their 74-run victory within the first come upon in Rawalpindi — to wrap up the collection even ahead of this week’s ultimate fit in Karachi.
Both video games got here at the again of competitive batting dubbed “Bazball”, after the nickname of recent trainer Brendon “Baz” McCullum who has reworked the group since taking on in May.
The victory provides England their 8th win in 9 Tests since McCullum and Stokes took rate.
It may be England’s 3rd collection win in Pakistan, despite the fact that they’ve now not toured there in 17 years as a result of safety fears.
“Not for a minute are we going to think it’s just another Test series win,” mentioned Stokes, who now has 3 wins from as many collection as captain.
“Beating Pakistan in Pakistan is massive. We know what we’ve achieved, we know that it’s a very special thing in English cricket to come here and win.”
Stokes mentioned it was once “a very special time to be an England cricketer” however that the group had to stay their toes at the floor.
“One thing we do is we stay in the moment,” he mentioned.
Pakistani skipper Babar Azamagainst this, rued repeated mistakes made within the first two checks.
“We are committing the same mistakes and are not able to finish the games,” mentioned Azam, who has now misplaced two house collection in a row after being crushed through Australia previous this yr.
Azam deplored the batting collapses obtrusive in each innings.
Still, he had reward for spinner Abrar Ahmed who grabbed 11 wickets in his debut Test.
“Ahmed used the conditions well and it was a good start for him,” he mentioned.
The ultimate Test starts in Karachi on Saturday.