Victory on the fourth day of the second test earned Pakistan an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. The last match will be played next week at Dubai, where England was trounced by 10 wickets in the first test.

England never looked in any real pursuit of the 145-run victory target after Pakistan was bowled out for 214. In reply, only captain Andrew Strauss (32) and Matt Prior (18) managed to reach double figures.

It was England’s lowest ever score in Test matches against Pakistan, and far worse than the 130 registered at the Oval in 1954 and at Lahore in 1987. Rehman started the England slide in the penultimate over before tea when he removed Kevin Pietersen and Eoin Morgan to reduce England to 39-4.

He left the batsmen guessing in his remaining 7.1 overs after the break, claiming the wickets of Strauss, Jonathan Trott, Stuart Broad and last man James Anderson.

Misbah deployed his slow bowlers from the outset after England began its run chase midway after lunch. Alastair Cook had a torrid 45 minutes before Mohammad Hafeez caught a clean low catch as the ball flew back to him off the leading edge. England had to shuffle its batting order after Trott could not bat at his usual No. 3 position due to a stomach upset that kept him away from the field in the morning. ut that mattered little for Rehman when he had Trott lbw for just 1 when he came out to bat at No. 7.

Earlier, Pakistan lost their last six wickets with the addition of 89 runs after resuming at 125-4. Panesar took three of those wickets to finish with figures of 6/62, his eighth five-wicket haul in Tests. Azhar Ali (68) and Asad Shafiq (43) added 88 for the fifth wicket before Panesar struck. Seamer James Anderson then removed the dangerman Ali with a sharp rising delivery which caught the edge and was caught behind by Prior. Broad then had Adnan Akmal (13) caught by Strauss in the slips off an ambitious drive in the next over before Rehman (10) and Ajmal (17) added an invaluable 26 for the eighth wicket before Panesar wrapped up the innings by taking the last two wickets. However that partnership ultimately proved unneccessary.