Pakistan beat World XI by 20 runs

Source:  ARY News Published in Sports on Tuesday, September 12, 2017

LAHORE: Opener Babar Azam’s swift 86 runs helped Pakistan beat the all-star World XI during the first Independence Cup clash in Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium Lahore on Tuesday.

Earlier, World XI won the toss and opted to bowl against Pakistan in the first match of three-match Twenty20 (T20) series.

World XI fell 20 runs short of victory after Pakistan put a competitive 197 with some fantastic knocks from the batsmen.

There was some vintage hitting from Shoaib Malik down the batting order.

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Faheem Ashraf made his T20I debut with today’s match.


After eight years of isolation, Pakistan cricket team is to face star-studded World XI team featuring international players before home crowd.

A 13-member World XI squad led by South Africa’s Faf du Plessis, featuring five players from South Africa, three from Australia, two cricketers from West Indies and one each from New Zealand, England, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will be part of the world squad.

SQUADS FOR WORLD XI TOUR OF PAKISTAN, 2017

Pakistan:

Sarfraz Ahmed(c), Fakhar Zaman, Ahmed Shehzad, Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik, Umar Amin, Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Fahim Ashraf , Hasan Ali, Aamer Yamin, Mohammad Amir, Rumman Raees, Usman Khan, Sohail Khan

World XI:

David Miller, Morne Morkel, Tim Paine, Thisara Perera, Imran Tahir, Darren Sammy, Hashim Amla, Grant Elliott, Samuel Badree, George Bailey, Tamim Iqbal, Paul Collingwood, Ben Cutting, Faf du Plessis(c)

Fixtures

1st T20I, September 12, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore  at 7:00PM

2nd T20I, September 13, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore at 7:00PM

3rd T20I,  September 15, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore at 7:00PM

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WORLD XI: 177/6

OVER 20: Hasan Ali (6-0-1-1-wk-4)

Thisara Perera: 17 (11)

Darren Sammy: 29 (16)

OVER 19: Rumman Raees (0-0-6-0-6-1)

Thisara Perera: 17 (11)

Darren Sammy: 16 (10)

OVER 18: Hasan Ali (1-0-0-1-0-1)

Thisara Perera: 16 (10)

Darren Sammy: 4 (5)

OVER 17: Sohail Khan (4-2-wk-1-1-1)

Thisara Perera: 15 (7)

Darren Sammy: 2 (2)

Grant Elliott: 14 (8)

OVER 16: Rumman Raees (0-1-1-1-4-4-4)

Grant Elliott: 8 (5)

Thisara Perera: 14 (6)

OVER 15: Shadab Khan (2-4-1-6-wk-1)

David Miller: 9 (7)

Grant Elliott: 7 (4)

Thisara Perera: 1 (1)

OVER 14: Sohail Khan (0-1-wk-1-1-0)

Tim Paine: 25 (25)

David Miller: 3 (5)

Grant Elliott: 0 (1)

OVER 13: Shadab Khan (1-0-wk-1-0-1-4)

Tim Paine: 25 (24)

David Miller: 1 (1)

Faf du Plessis: 29 (18)

OVER 12: Hasan Ali (4-0-4-6-4-4)

Tim Paine: 20 (21)

Faf du Plessis: 29 (16)

OVER 11: Shadab Khan (1-1-0-6-1-1)

Tim Paine: 20 (21)

Faf du Plessis: 11 (10)

OVER 10: Imad Wasim (1-1-0-1-1-4)

Tim Paine: 12 (17)

Faf du Plessis: 9 (8)

OVER 9: Shadab Khan (0-0-0-1-0-1)

Tim Paine: 10 (15)

Faf du Plessis: 3 (4)

OVER 8: Imad Wasim (0-0-0-1-1-1)

Tim Paine: 9 (11)

Faf du Plessis: 2 (2)

OVER 7: Faheem Ashraf (4-0-0-1-1-1)

Tim Paine: 7 (6)

Faf du Plessis: 1 (1)

OVER 6: Rumman Raees (4-wk-1-4-0-wk)

Tamim Iqbal: 18 (18)
Hashim Amla: 26 (17)

Tim Paine: 1 (1)

OVER 5: Hasan Ali (0-1-1-4-4-0)

Tamim Iqbal: 14 (16)
Hashim Amla: 22 (14)

OVER 4- Sohail Khan- (0-4-4-0-0-1-1)

Tamim Iqbal 13
Hashim Amla 13

OVER 3 – Imad Wasim (1-0-0-0-6-0)

Tamim Iqbal  4

Hashim Amla 12

OVER 2- Sohail Khan- (0-1-4-1-0-1)

Tamim Iqbal 3
Hashim Amla 6

OVER 1- Imad Wasim (0-0 wide-1-1-0-0-1)

Hashim Amla 1

Tamim Iqbal 2

World XI starts its innings with Tamim Iqbal and Hashim Amla in the middle

PAKISTAN: 197/5

Over 20: Thisara Perera (6-wk-1-6-2-6)

Faheem Ashraf: 0 (1)

Shoaib Malik: 38 (20)

Imad Wasim: 15 (4)

Over 19:  Ben Cutting (4-4-4-1-1-1)

Shoaib Malik: 32 (18)

Imad Wasim: 1 (1)

Over 18:  Thisara Perera (1-0-6-4-1-wk)

Shoaib Malik: 18 (13)

Sarfraz Ahmed: 4 (5)

Over 17: Morne Morkel (1-1-1-1-1-1)

Shoaib Malik: 7 (9)

Sarfraz Ahmed: 3 (3)

Over 16: Imran Tahir (1-1-5-1-1-wk-1)

Babar Azam:  86 (52)

Shoaib Malik: 4 (6)

Sarfraz Ahmed: 0 (0)

Over 15: Ben Cutting (wk-1-1-1-0-0)

Babar Azam:  84 (49)

Shoaib Malik: 1 (3)

Ahmed Shehzad: 39 (34)

Over 14: Darren Sammy (1-1-2-1-6-2)

Babar Azam:  82 (47)

Ahmed Shehzad: 39 (33)

Over 13: Morné Morkel (1-2-2-4-1-1)

Babar Azam:  73 (44)

Ahmed Shehzad: 35 (30)

Over 12: Darren Sammy (4-1-1-0-1-4)

Babar Azam:  64 (40)

Ahmed Shehzad: 33 (28)

Over 11: Imran Tahir (1-1-1-1-0-6)

Babar Azam:  59 (38)

Ahmed Shehzad: 27 (24)

Over 10: Grant Elliott (4-1-1-1-1-1)

Babar Azam:  51 (34)

Ahmed Shehzad: 25 (22)

Over 9: Imran Tahir (1-1-2-1-0-1)

Babar Azam:  44 (30)

Ahmed Shehzad: 23 (20)

Over 8: Grant Elliott (1-1-1-4-1-0)

Babar Azam:  42 (27)

Ahmed Shehzad: 19 (17)

Over 7: Ben Cutting (4-4-2-1-1-1)

Babar Azam:  40 (24)

Ahmed Shehzad: 13 (14)

Over 6: Imran Tahir (1-4-0-2-1-0)

Babar Azam:  28 (19)

Ahmed Shehzad: 12 (13)

Over 5: Ben Cutting (1-1-0-2-1-1-1)

Babar Azam:  21 (15)

Ahmed Shehzad: 11 (11)

Over 4: Thisara Perera (0-1-0-4-1-4)

Babar Azam:  19 (13)

Ahmed Shehzad: 7 (7)

Over 3: Morné Morkel (1-0-2-0-0-0)

Babar Azam:  14 (10)

Ahmed Shehzad: 2 (4)

Over 2: Thisara Perera (0-0-1-4-4-0)

Babar Azam:  12(5)

Ahmed Shehzad: 1 (3)

Over 01: Morné Morkel (4-4-0-wk-4-0 )

Fakhar Zamar: 8 (4)

Babar Azam:  4(2)

Ahmed Shehzad: 0 (0)

 

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