CRICKET: ngland crushed Pakistan by 167 runs at Headingley yesterday to win the third Test and the series after a moment of madness from Mohammad Yousuf and one of magic from Monty Panesar.
Pakistan, set 323 to win on the final day, were bowled out for 155 halfway through the afternoon session, giving England their first home win over the tourists since 1982.
Yousuf, the hero of the first innings after he scored 192 out of a 363-run stand with Younis Khan, ran himself out in the morning for just eight to give England the upper hand.
Panesar then produced a classic left-arm spinner's delivery, pitching on middle and clipping the top of the off stump, to get rid of Younis shortly after lunch to expose the lower order.
Panesar, who also had Inzamam-ul-Haq stumped to end the match, took three for 39, while his team-mate Sajid Mahmood, who used to support Pakistan as a boy, got four for 22.
The dismissals of Yousuf and Younis sealed a fascinating game that had sparked into life on Monday after both sides had topped 500 in their first innings.
A draw seemed unlikely - the last draw at the venue came 10 years and eight tests ago - and it seemed unlikelier still when Salman Butt announced Pakistan's intentions with four fours in two overs off Matthew Hoggard.
Those, though, would be his only scoring shots before he attempted another drive, which ended up in Marcus Trescothick's hands at first slip.
From 21 for one, they slumped to 80 for five as lunch approached.
Panesar first got into the act by getting rid of Umar Taufeeq for 11 in the second over of his spell. Taufeeq swept and the ball went bat-pad straight to Alastair Cook at silly mid-off.
That brought Yousuf out to join Younis. If a miracle were to occur, it would come from them.
Yousuf, though, got away with a thick nick off Panesar before setting off for a single after Younis dabbed down a delivery toward gully while facing fast bowler Mahmood.
Paul Collingwood scooped up the ball and dived toward the stumps to leave Yousuf a foot short with a direct hit.
England knew it was a critical breakthrough as they mobbed Collingwood, but Mahmood, whose parents come from Pakistan, made sure the pre-lunch session continued with two wickets in three balls.
Faisal Iqbal (11) flicked at a leg-side delivery and wicketkeeper Chris Read tumbled low to his left to take a difficult chance. Kamran Akmal's edge, for a two-ball duck, also flew to Read as Mahmood squared the batsman.
Mahmood would have as dramatic an influence in the afternoon, with two wickets in his first over back after lunch, but only after Panesar had got rid of Younis. He lured the batsman forward with the perfect ball and left him looking back in surprise at the missing bails.
