Captain Ollie Pope hailed England’s milestone-laden first Test thrashing of Pakistan in Multan on Friday as “a special win”. The win is England’s fourth consecutive Test triumph on Pakistan soil, after a 3-0 whitewash two years ago. England had only won two away Tests against Pakistan in 61 years.

Pope, who is standing in as captain for the injured Ben Stokes, said for him it was “one of the top four wins.” “This win would be right up there,” said Pope who also led England in a 2-1 win over Sri Lanka last month.  “I can think of Islamabad [Rawalpindi against Pakistan in 2022), Hyderabad (against India this year) and Trent Bridge (against New Zealand in 2022]... and this is right up there with the rest of them too.”