THE OVAL: Pakistan secured a historic win by beating England with 10 wickets to square the four-match series 2-2 on Sunday.

Azhar Ali managed to score the winning runs for Pakistan, hitting a befitting six to wrap up the fourth Test match. The win seemed to be an icing on the cake for the country, which was celebrating its 69th Independence Day today.

Azhar Ali and Sami Aslam both remained unbeaten on scores of 30 and 12 respectively as Pakistan finished at 42/0.

The tourists were in the driving seat on the fourth day of the final Test match against England, as the hosts could only manage to hand the tourists an easy target of 40 runs to chase.

Azhar Ali and Sami Aslam looked comfortable in chasing the target, as Pakistan were already 16/0 at Tea. The hosts only require 24 more runs to clinch the final Test match of the series.

Misbah-ul-Haq was named as Pakistan's Man of the Series while England's Man of the Series award was given to Chris Woakes. Younis Khan was awarded the Man of the Match award for his brilliant double century which shaped Pakistan's victory at The Oval.

Thanks to Yasir Shah's five wickets and a couple of early wickets from Wahab Riaz, Pakistan dismissed England for 253. The hosts, who trailed by 214 runs, could only manage a lead of 39 runs and hand Pakistan an easy target of 40 runs.

Pakistan successfully retained their number three spot in the world Test rankings after beating England and squaring the series.

Johnny Bairstow happened to be the pick of the English batsmen, who was dismissed at 81 runs. His latest innings took Bairstow to 992 Test runs in 2016 and in sight of breaking Zimbabwe great Andy Flower´s record for most Test runs scored by a wicket-keeper in a calendar year of 1,045 set in 2000. The match seemed to tilt in Pakistan's favour after Moeen Ali was dismissed by Yasir Shah, caught behind by wicket-keeper Sarfraz Ahmad.