Zak Crawley shines, James Anderson reaches milestone as England seal series against Pakistan despite drawn third Test

[caption id=“attachment_8756391” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] England’s home Test summer ended in style as James Anderson became the first pacer to take 600 wickets after he dismissed Pakistan skipper Azhar Ali. The third England-Pakistan Test in Southampton was drawn but hosts sealed the series after having won the first Test in Manchester. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_8756401” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] England won the toss and elected to bat. Zak Crawley, who was called up to replace Ben Stokes, notched up his maiden Test century and converted into a double ton as his knock of 267 helped England declare at 583-8. AFP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_8756411” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] Jos Buttler also played his part with a well-scripted knock of 152. This was just his second Test century, with his first coming against India at Nottingham in 2018. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_8756441” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] The duo of Crawley and Buttler built a mammoth stand of 359 runs for the fifth wicket. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_8756421” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] During visitors’ reply, their desperation to keep themselves alive was made possible courtesy an unbeaten 141 from captain Azhar Ali. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_8756431” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] Before breaching the 600-wicket mark in Tests, Anderson claimed his 29th five-wicket haul after seeing off Naseem Shah. Pakistan were dismissed for 273 and were enforced follow-on, trailing by a further 310 runs. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_8756381” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] Pakistan were 187-4 at end of play on the final day of the series. Babar Azam (in photo) remained unbeaten on 63 with Fawad Alam on the other end. AP[/caption]