England were given an almighty early morning scare before half centuries from captain Joe Root and Jordan Cox wrapped up a 3-0 whitewash of Pakistan at Edgbaston.Mohammad Abbas, one of Pakistan’s tail-end heroes on Friday evening, struck twice in the opening over to breathe further life into the third Rothesay Test.Had Mohammad Ali not sent down a 17th no-ball of the series, England would have been reduced to 35 for three – and Root dismissed.Neither was the inside edge into his stumps on 23 the only close call for Root, who twice nicked in the vicinity of first slip before going on to reach 50 from 57 balls.There had also been an over-ambitious review for leg before wicket by Shan Masood, deputising as captain with Babar Azam temporarily off the field, earlier in Ali’s over.Intent on making the most of the cloud cover, Abbas rejected the original ball handed to him before the start of play and selected his own from fourth umpire Russell Warren’s box. Half centuries from captain Joe Root (above) and Jordan Cox wrapped up a 3-0 whitewash of Pakistan at EdgbastonIt seemed to be of his liking, as Ben Duckett rounded off the most miserable of series with a first-ball departure, held low down by wicketkeeper Ghazi Ghori.A dramatic start to the fourth morning then took another twist when Emilio Gay was pinned leg before by one that nipped back off the seam from around the wicket, taking a review with him.England set off in pursuit of 130 in the knowledge that only once had Pakistan successfully defended so few runs in Test history, against New Zealand back in 1993 when, with Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram in their pomp, they won with 127 to play with.Not since 1997 when Australia imploded for 104 had any team managed to seal a Test match win in this country when faced with 130 or fewer in the bank.But any hope of Pakistan pulling off a spectacular heist went when Ali overstepped, leaving Cox to hit the winning run, pouncing on a misfield, after bringing up a third 50-plus score of the series.