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Set a alarming 324-run target, England were bowled out for 252 with paceman Umar Gul demography 4-61 and off-spinner Saeed Ajmal 4-67 to advice Pakistan accomplish a first-ever Test cleansweep adjoin their opponents.
With the brawl axis afresh it was consistently activity to be a difficult assignment for England's batsmen, who
accept struggled to comedy the Pakistani spinners throughout the series, on a weary fourth day angle at Dubai Stadium.
Pakistan won the aboriginal Test actuality by ten wickets and the additional by 72 runs in Abu Dhabi.
Pakistan accept additionally become the aboriginal aggregation to win a Test afterwards actuality bowled out for beneath 100 back 1907 back England, attempt out for 76, exhausted South Africa at Leeds.
It was England's seventh alternation whitewash, their aboriginal at the easily of Pakistan. Pakistan accept now recorded bristles alternation whitewashes, their aftermost advancing in a 3-0 win over Bangladesh in 2003.
England's aftermost alternation blanch came in 2007 back they were baffled by Australia 5-0.
So assertive accept been Pakistanis spinners that Ajmal accomplished the alternation with 24 and Rehman with 19.
An animated Pakistan captain Misbah-ul Haq accepted his team.
"It's a admirable aggregation effort," said Misbah, who now has won nine of the 15 Tests as captain, with one accident and bristles draws. "It's a big win adjoin a big team, accomplished through adamantine work."
England captain Andrew Strauss said the abridgement of run-making had larboard him disappointed.
"It's a bit of abruptness as able-bodied as disappointment because we did not put array on the board, and we charge accord acclaim to Pakistan," said Strauss who has absent his aboriginal alternation back accident to the West Indies in 2009.
"We accept important acquaint to apprentice from this defeat."
England, 89-2 at lunch, were still in with a adventitious with Alastair Cook (49) and Kevin Pietersen (18) batting able-bodied but they absent four wickets in the amplitude of 84 runs.
They went to tea at 173-6.
Pietersen, who struggled for runs in the series, hit Abdul Rehman for a abuttals and afresh hoisted him for a six to column England's 100. But Ajmal addled from the added end.
The off-spinner produced a admirable commitment to basin Pietersen through the aboideau for 18. He had a bald 67 runs for the alternation during which he was out to spinners on bristles occasions.
In his abutting over, Ajmal produced addition aciculate axis commitment which bent the bend of Cook's bat and was smartly captivated by a diving Younis Khan in the abandoned slip.
Ian Bell (10) and Eoin Morgan (31) added 37 for the fifth wicket but afresh bootless to aftermath a big account in the alternation as Gul absolved them in the amplitude of aloof three runs.
Pakistan took the additional new brawl at 196-6 and the aboriginal brawl saw Gul absolution Stuart Broad (18) and afresh Graeme Swann on one.
Matt Prior remained not out at 49 back Monty Panesar was absolved by Rehman for nine.
England had looked for big partnerships afterwards resuming at 36-0 but that never transpired.
Pakistan could accept captivated the bout beforehand had they not alone two acute catches, the aboriginal off Strauss on 26 back wicket-keeper Adnan Akmal grassed a simple adventitious off Gul.
But that didn't aching Pakistan as Rehman trapped the England captain in the actual abutting over. Strauss challenged the accommodation by Australian adjudicator Steve Davis but his analysis failed.
Gul afresh let off Cook at 24 back he bootless to authority a top-edge ambit off Rehman.
Cook had additionally benefited from a alone bolt on Saturday back Taufiq Umar let him off in the third blooper off a miscued drive off Gul back he was four.
Ajmal afresh bankrupt a alarming attractive 37-run angle amid Cook and Jonathan Trott (18) by banishment a top-edge ambit which was smartly airtight up by Rehman at square-leg.
The teams will now comedy four one-day and three Twenty20 internationals.
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