( CNN ) -- Pakistan wrapped up a first series whitewash over top-ranked England on Monday by winning the third and final Test in Dubai by 71 runs , making history in the process . The result , sealed with more than a day to spare , meant Pakistan became the first team since 1907 to win a Test after scoring less than 100 in their first innings . South Africa can now become the world 's No . 1 Test nation if they whitewash New Zealand in March 's three-match series . `` I just ca n't explain this in words , '' Pakistan captain Misbah Ul-Haq told the host broadcaster after the match . `` Getting out for 99 , nobody thought we could come back . `` We should now learn to play well outside Asia , and this team can do that . '' England collapse hands Pakistan victory . England had resumed day four on 36-0 , seeking 324 to win -- which would have been the team 's second-highest final-innings run chase . However , the batsmen continued their poor tour and collapsed to 252 all out as in-form spinner Saeed Ajmal and fast bowler Umar Gul took four wickets each . Wicketkeeper-batsman Matt Prior offered some resistance with an unbeaten 49 , a score that opener Alastair Cook matched . England captain Andrew Strauss said the defeat should serve as a warning ahead of a two-match series with Sri Lanka , which starts at the end of March . Pakistan hammer England in Dubai . `` When they were ahead , they did n't allow us to come back , '' he said . `` We 're a lot better at the end of the third Test , than at the start of the first . Test cricket is difficult by its nature . I 've got great faith in our players but this is an eye-opener . `` There were some fantastic performances by some of the guys . We 've got a lot of cricket coming up . There will be accusations flying about . I 've got to try be ready for the Sri Lanka series . '' England added only 12 runs before Strauss after was trapped leg before wicket by left-armer Abdur Rehman . Jonathan Trott followed as England slipped to 85-2 and Kevin Pietersen continued his poor form by also making 18 before being removed by Ajmal . Ajmal , who was the series ' top wicket-taker with 24 , denied Cook a half century before Gul tore into England 's middle order . His first victim was Ian Bell for 10 , while Ireland-born Eoin Morgan made 31 to leave England 159-6 . It capped a disappointing series for Pietersen , Bell and Morgan , who scored less than 200 runs between them in the three matches . When Ashad Shafiq caught Stuart Broad for 18 off the bowling of Gul , the writing was on the wall . Graeme Swann ( 1 ) fell to Gul soon after and Ajmal ended a stubborn ninth-wicket partnership of 34 when he had James Anderson caught at slip for nine . A miserable series for England concluded when Rehman dismissed last man Monty Panesar for eight . Panesar was one of England 's few positives for the tour , taking 14 wickets in two Tests with his left-arm spin while Broad and Swann claimed 13 each .
Pakistan whitewash England in a series for the first time with Dubai victory . England lose by 71 runs as wicketkeeper-batsman Matt Prior finishes unbeaten on 1907 . Pakistan can now usurp England as No . 1 Test team with a 3 -0 win against South Africa . Pakistan the first team since 1907 to win a Test after scoring 1 in the first innings .