England needed about 30 minutes on Day 4 of the third Test against Pakistan to reach the target of 167 runs and win the test and sweep the series 3-0. Ben Duckett (82*) and Ben Stokes (41*) remained unbeaten to score the remaining 55 runs they required. Earlier on Day 3, teenage leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed became the youngest debutant to take five wickets in an innings and set England on course for a victory after three days of play in the third and final Test in Karachi on Monday. Ahmed, who at 18 years and 126 days old on Saturday became the youngest man ever to play a Test for England, grabbed 5-48 to bundle Pakistan out for 216, giving his team a target of 167 runs with 75 minutes and two days to play. Openers Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett plundered 87 by the 12th over before spinner Abrar Ahmed dismissed Crawley for 41 and Rehan Ahmed for 10.
After scoring 304 in the first innings, Pakistan were bowled out for 216 in the second, setting England a target of 167. The visitors struck 354 in their first innings. Zak Crawley (41) and Ben Duckett (50 not out) made a flying start for England in their chase and the visitors began day four at 112-2, with Stokes (10) also at the crease.
Earlier, spinner Jack Leach took three top-order wickets in six balls in the morning session before Babar Azam and Saud Shakeel struck a 110-run partnership to keep Pakistan in the contest.