In bygone eras, English quicks would have turned their noses up at the Rawalpindi pitch, regarding it as a great injustice.

"The lads are saying that is the best away victory, but I can't remember many better than that at home either to be honest," Anderson said. "To force the result on that wicket just took an absolutely mammoth effort from everyone, the way we batted in the first innings, 650-odd runs in 100-odd overs was outstanding."

"The way we took ten wickets in that first innings was difficult," Anderson said. "I thought the spinners helped us out a lot in that innings. Then the way we then went out, with a real clarity of, 'we're going to set them something today'.

"We knew we're going to declare [on day four] and have a bowl at them that night. We didn't necessarily think it would be at tea. But the way we batted allowed us to declare at tea and dangle them a carrot which, on this wicket, I think we needed to do.

"Because, as we saw at the back end of the day, when they just dead-batted it, it was very hard to get anything out of it. But I just thought today was a massive effort. We got the ball reverse-swinging, which was huge, absolutely huge."

"The way Robbo bowled and, actually, the way Robbo and Stokesy bowled with a new ball last night, I thought was brilliant, that bouncer theory got a couple of early wickets, and set the ball rolling. And then today we knew it was going to be a nervy one. But the way we stuck at our task was just brilliant."

"I woke up [on the morning of day five] and I didn't feel sore," Robinson explained. "And I think that's a great sign for where I'm at and where my body's at.

"I'm very proud of the work that I've done and the England backroom staff, and how good they've been with me and got me into this place. So it's just been a really good team effort and I'm chuffed to be here now.

"It's one of those games you need all 11 players to pull as hard as they can in one direction. And I think we did that really well. And obviously the light's just gone and we just got the victory."

The prospect of going again so soon after such effort, with the second Test starting in Multan on Friday, does not faze him. "I do actually, yeah," was his answer when asked if he thought he could back this up. "I feel like a couple of days of rest and a little training session before the second Test and I'll be okay. I'll get a couple of ice baths and a bit of treatment from the physio, a few rub-downs, and hopefully be ready to go."

The pair consulted throughout their time in the field, with one always at mid-on or mid-off when the other had the ball in their hand. By the end, it was mostly about encouraging the other to keep going, rather than imparting any specific advice. "Things like 'keep your legs up, pick your legs up'," Anderson explained. "Just keep running in, just focus on the next ball. Just keep it really simple."

"We [the seamers] didn't bowl a huge amount in the first innings, 20-odd overs [each]. It wasn't a huge workload. So we were fairly fresh coming in to day five, even though we didn't have much rest. But I just thought we kept each other going. There were times when one of us would flag and then the other one would have to pick him up. And say just keep going."

Robinson admitted that he even joined Anderson in trying to elicit a reaction from Pakistan's line-up, in a bid to break their concentration in those crucial final passages after lunch. Not that the Sussex quick needs an excuse to let a batter know what was on his mind. But having seen Anderson indulge in a bit of sledging, he figured he might as well reinforce the senior man's aggro.

"I think that's part of my game, trying to get under their skin. And I felt like we did that with a few of their batters and got them out of their bubble, playing a few shots that they might not have played.

"I think that's part of the game isn't it? Try and get a bit out of the opposition and it makes it more enjoyable as well. So yeah, I followed Jimmy."

Should they get the chance once more, however, the pair will be motivated to build on what has been an outstanding start to this tour for the team and themselves, and will no doubt drive each other in a bid to reach the same heights.