▁bat , ▁making ▁scores ▁of ▁ 1 ▁in ▁both ▁inn ings ▁as ▁England ▁sl ump ed ▁to ▁defeat . ▁ ▁He ▁took ▁ 2 – 4 9 ▁in ▁Pakistan ' s ▁first ▁inn ings ▁as ▁they ▁were ▁dismiss ed ▁for ▁ 2 3 4 ▁in ▁the ▁third ▁Test , ▁although ▁he ▁only ▁scored ▁ 3 6 ▁runs ▁in ▁the ▁match ▁as ▁England ▁lost ▁by ▁ 1 2 7 ▁runs . ▁▁ ▁Ali ▁made ▁little ▁impact ▁with ▁the ▁bat ▁against ▁Pakistan ▁in ▁the ▁limited ▁o vers ▁series , ▁scoring ▁just ▁ 1 3 ▁runs , ▁although ▁he ▁was ▁only ▁dismiss ed ▁once . ▁He ▁took ▁one ▁w icket ▁in ▁each ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁three ▁matches ▁to ▁help ▁England ▁into ▁a ▁ 2 – 1 ▁series ▁lead ▁with ▁one ▁game ▁left ▁to ▁play . ▁Ali ' s ▁best ▁bow ling ▁performance ▁came ▁in ▁the ▁final ▁game ▁as ▁he ▁took ▁ 3 – 5 3 ▁to ▁help ▁dismiss ▁the ▁hosts ▁for ▁ 2 7 1 ▁as ▁England ▁won ▁by ▁ 8 4 ▁runs . ▁Ali ▁also ▁played ▁in ▁two ▁of ▁the ▁T 2 0 Is , ▁taking ▁figures ▁of ▁ 1 – 3 0 ▁and ▁ 1 – 2 2 . ▁▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁In ▁the ▁Test ▁series ▁against ▁South ▁Africa , ▁Ali ▁returned ▁to ▁his ▁place ▁in ▁the ▁lower ▁middle ▁order . ▁He ▁was ▁named ▁as ▁man ▁of ▁the ▁match ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁Test ▁as ▁England ▁won ▁by ▁ 2 4 1 ▁runs . ▁While ▁his ▁poor ▁batt ing ▁form ▁continued , ▁he