Stoked: England skipper hails 'special' win in Pakistan

RAWALPINDI - Skipper Ben Stokes hailed England's nail-biting victory in the first Test against Pakistan Monday as "one of the best" of his career - particularly given the state of the lifeless Rawalpindi pitch.

"To be able to get a result on this type of wicket is mind-blowing," Stokes said ahead of the second Test starting in Multan on Friday. McCullum was an aggressive batter in his playing days - he holds the record for the fastest individual Test century - and under him, and skipper Stokes, the English have brought one-day cricket to the five-day game.

Still, Pakistan did well to peg back England's daunting 657-run first-innings total to trail by just 78 runs. "Jimmy Anderson was saying he felt a bit emotional, so having a bloke with near enough 180 Test matches feeling like that at the end of this is proof that we've achieved something very special.""Test cricket is generally exciting when England are playing," he said. "That's what we set out to do from day one."

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