Twitter Reactions: Pakistan floors England to clinch the series

Twitter Reactions: Pakistan floors England to clinch the series: Leg-spinner Yasir Shah took four wickets for a match-haul of seven while retiring all-rounder Shoaib Malik grabbed three as England were all out for 156, 40 minutes into the second session of the final day.

England had resumed the day on 46-2 chasing 284 for a series-levelling win at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium but the tourists were reduced to 59-6 after the first seven overs of the morning.

Yasir Shah triggered the opening breakthrough by dismissing Joe Root (six) leg before wicket in the second over of the day and then trapped Jonny Bairstow (zero) in front of the stumps as the batsman attempted a sweep shot.

Left-arm spinner Zulfiqar Babar provided ample support by dismissing James Taylor (two) and Samit Patel for a duck as England lost four wickets for 13 runs in the morning.

Captain Alastair Cook did offer resistance, completing his 46th half century in tests, with a stand of 49 runs for the seventh wicket with Adil Rashid, who was out shortly before the lunch break.

Stuart Broad was then removed by Shah for 20 with Cook (63) following shortly after to Malik, who had announced his retirement from the longest format following this match.

Ben Stokes (12) came out to bat despite a broken collarbone before being the last batsman to be out.

Let’s have a look at how Twitter reacted to the emphatic win.

Whoa…Pakistan have climbed to #2 in the Test rankings. It's remarkable for a team that doesn't play at home & has lost its best bowler ??

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) November 5, 2015

Fair to say that's not the start we were looking for! #PakvsEng

— Matt Prior (@MattPrior13) November 5, 2015

76 wickets. 12 Tests. 8 wins. But Yasir Shah does not have a man of the match award yet.

— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) November 5, 2015

https://twitter.com/iamYasirShah86/status/662220518058258432

https://twitter.com/AnwarAliREAL/status/662210901307752448

Pakistan Zindabad !!! Congratulations on a fabulous win !! #PakvsEng

— Russel Arnold (@RusselArnold69) November 5, 2015

Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK) as captain Test Record: (2010-2015) Matches 42 Won 20 Lost 11 Draw 11 #CricketStats #PAKvENG

— SHAHID AHMAD✌ (@RealShahidAhmad) November 5, 2015

CongratulationsTeam Pakistan:)#PAKvENG pic.twitter.com/3dV9bJjwft #Hunbli

— Hunbal Malik 18 (@IamHunbli) November 5, 2015

Pakistan has not hosted a test match at home for six years 2nd position in ICC test ranking. #PAKvENG pic.twitter.com/B3lgEIelEp

— Sami Ud_Din Shah (@samiuddinshah) November 5, 2015

Day 5 report. Cook stands alone as England crumble #Hunbli #PAKvENGpic.twitter.com/1q4r7GB7n1

— Hunbal Malik 18 (@IamHunbli) November 5, 2015

Congratulations to the Pakistan cricket team on winning the #PAKvENG series and climbing to no.2 in test rankings pic.twitter.com/mMhkwu48iX

— Mazhar Nazir (@mmazharnazir) November 5, 2015

Misbah ul Haq's 20th Test win as captain, 3rd most Test wins by an Asian Captain after Dhoni 27 and Ganguly 21. #PAKvENG

— shoki (@sMs_Boox) November 5, 2015

Its a good job the Saffers are better at playing spin than England… #indvsa #pakveng

— Innocent Bystander (@InnoBystander) November 5, 2015

Another series win in the bag for the Green Team. Marvellous cricket from both sides; the spinners making all the difference. #PAKvENG

— Ali Haider Jafry (@ali_haider_j94) November 5, 2015

For the third time in four years Pakistan have beaten the Ashes winner – Eng 3-0 in 2012, Aus 2-0 in 2014, Eng 2-0 in 2015. #PakvEng

— Malik Khalid (@MalikNomimalik) November 5, 2015

@realshoaibmalik BEST test series in career #PakvEng
292 runs @ 48.66 & 11 wickets @ 20.72
Previous Best
262 runs v SL 2009
5 wkts v SA 2003

— Farhan Nisar (@farhanwrites) November 5, 2015

https://twitter.com/FreddieFaizan/status/662217441892634624

Say Hello to the number 2 Test Team in the world !! #PakistanZindabad#PAKvENG

— Fahad Zafar (@arainfahad) November 5, 2015

Mohammad Hafeez has been awarded as the Man of the Match and Yasir Shah is Man of the series #PAKvENG #DreamGreen

— mohamed farhan (@FS2396) November 5, 2015

You can take #Cricket out off #Pakistan but you cannot Pakistan out of #Cricket.#PAKvENG.#ICC #2 in Tests#PakistanZindabaad!

— the SMS alerts (@TsaSMS) November 5, 2015

Most Wkts #PakvEng in Test Series: Yasir Shah 15 Anderson
13, Malik 11 Zulfiqar Babar/
Moeen Ali 9 WahabRiaz/Adil
Rashid 8 #PakvEng

— Nawab Khan Arain (@GeoArain24) November 5, 2015

Well this was the funniest moment of the third test match 😀#PakvsEng pic.twitter.com/0khD5fBjaf

— بسمہ احمد (@bismaahmed_) November 5, 2015

Hey England, go to Dubai. Go to top of Burj Khalifa. World tallest building. Then you will be on our level for few minute. #PakvsEng

— Big Nas (@NasirJamshed_) November 5, 2015

https://twitter.com/Cricketopia/status/662217881627725824

Disappointed to lose the series! But well done to Pakistan. Looking forward to the ODIs!

— Moeen Ali (@MoeenAli) November 5, 2015