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Pakistan beat World-XI in the first T20 match by 20 runs

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Thousands of cricket lovers flocked to Qaddafi Stadium to cheer the two teams

LAHORE: (Web Desk) - Pakistan has defeated the World-XI in the first match of the three-T20 series. Pakistan was put to bat by the World-XI captain Faf du Plesis after winning the toss. Pakistan scored 197 runs with some brilliant contributions by Babar Azam and Shoaib Malik. Ahmed Shahzad also chipped in and the World-XI were set a gigantic target of 198 runs off the 20 overs.

World-XI started off brilliantly with Hashim Amla and Tamim Iqbal sending the bowlers to all sides of the park. However, they both were removed by Rumman Raees in the same over. The skipper, along with Tim Paine, put up some resistance while Grant Elliott and Miller also had a partnership going for a while but all these efforts fell 20 runs short in the end as Pakistan restricted the visitors to 177 for 7, winning the game and leading the three-match series 1 - Nil.

HIGHLIGHTS

World-XI innings

Overs 19.6: FOUR! Another yorker by Hasan Ali finds Sammy s inside edge and it has gone for four. It reduces the margin of victory for Pakistan but they ve won the match by 20 runs.

Overs 19.5: OUT! And an unnecessary runout there. Doesn t change the equation much but Thisara Perera is gone.

Overs 19.2: Brilliant yorker by Hasan Ali has Sammy on his back. This is over now for the World-XI unless Hasan bowls a No Ball in this over.

Overs 19.1: SIX! And Sammy is going after it for sure. First ball of the over has gone for a massive six.

34 required off the last 6 balls.

Overs 18.5: SIX! And again.. This time over the bowler s head for the same result. He doesn t play by the books.

Overs 18.3: SIX! This time he connects and we all know what happens when Sammy connects. Maximum!

Overs 18: World-XI are 151 for 6. Sammy is on the crease and anything can happen anytime with him there but Pakistani bowlers are making it extremely difficult for the West Indian to connect. 47 required off 12 balls.

And Ahmed Shahzad is being trolled now by the Twitterati.

Darren Sammy is now on the crease.

Overs 16.3: OUT! And Elliott is gone. Hehas hit that straight to the covers fielder and Imad Wasim made no mistake there. The kiwi batsman scored 14 runs off 8 balls with the help of two boundaries. 145 for 6.

Overs 16.1: FOUR! Elliott joins the party now. It was full on the pads and he s helped it on its way. 143 for 5 now.

Overs 15.6: FOUR! Another boundary for Perera. He s flicked it brilliantly and again finds the gap where he had found it 2 balls ago.

Overs 15.5: FOUR! And he s powered that one down the wicket as Rumman Raees fails to find the yorker.

Overs 15.4: FOUR! Perera clears his left leg and sends it for the boundary between deep backward square leg and deep midwicket.

Overs 15: World-XI are now in deep trouble as they require another 74 runs off the last 30 balls with 5 wickets in hands. There are big hitters to come still and it can still be turned around. 124 for 5.

Thisara Perera arrives at the crease.

Meanwhile

Overs 14.5: OUT! And this time Shadab has tricked him with the wrong one. Miller came down the wicket again but Shadab sent him the other way and Sarfraz made no mistakes behind the wickets. Miller scored 9 runs off 7 balls and World-XI are now 123 for 5. Shadab is pumped!

Overs 14.4: SIX! And Miller has hit a massive six here. That was hit with enormous power and crossed the boundary quite easily.

Overs 14.2: FOUR! Elliott has reverse swept Shadab here for a boundary.

Grant Elliott has now come to join Miller on the crease.

Look at Rumman s footwork there.

Overs 13.3 OUT! Paine is gone too. That was hit with power and Rumman Raees was standing at the boundary to take it. He couldn t move an inch back, since he was right at the boundary, and he didn t. 108 for 4.

Overs 12.6: FOUR! That s missed by the fine leg that was up and gone for four. 107 for 3.

Miller is the new man in.

Overs 12.3: OUT! Faf tried to hit that over the midwicket boundary for a six but couldn t clear the rope and was caught at the boundary. World XI are now 101 for 3.

Overs 12: It s 100 for 2 and this over has brought the visiting side right back into the game.

Overs 11.6: FOUR! Ohh brilliant! He moves across the wickets now and hits it towards the Fine Leg boundary. The fine leg is back now but couldn t do much about it. 100! up for the visitors.

Overs 11.5: FOUR! And another boundary. This has been a brilliant over so far for the World-XI as Faf has hit another boundary here. This time through the extra cover.

Overs 11.4: SIX! That s hit with some power by the World-XI skipper. He has hit it straight down the ground off 

Overs 11.3: FOUR! And he does that again. This time it has connected and the result is the same.

Overs 11.1: FOUR! That s four leg byes. Faf left his wickets exposed and Hasan followed him. The fine leg was up and it has gone for a boundary.

Wasim Bhai is also here.

Overs 10.4: SIX! Paine has hit that out of the park over Shadab Khan s head. Massive!

Overs 10: And we re at the middle of the innings while the World-XI are 68 for two, needing another 130 runs off the last 60 balls.

Overs 9.6: FOUR! That s hit down the line by the skipper Faf du Plesis and crossed the boundary in a blink of an eye.

Overs 9: The World-XI are 60 for 2 and need another 138 runs off the last 11 overs.

Overs 6.1: FOUR! That was a poor delivery by the debutant Faheem Ashraf and Paine has given it the treatment it deserved by flicking it off his ribs for a boundary.

Overs 6: World-XI are 48 for 2 and the game is wide open now.

Overs 5.6: OUT! That s a soft dismissal. Amla was probably in two minds there, ending up slicing it to the covers where Imad Wasim made no mistake and Rumman Raees has removed both the openers in the same over.

Overs 5.4: FOUR! Hashim Amla is in no mood to relent. First ball he faces after the wicket and hits it high over the mid-on fielder for a boundary. 48 for 1.

Overs 5.2 OUT! And that s wicket. Tamim came down the wicket to hit that out of the park but missed it completely. Rumman Raees has hit the stumps to get Pakistan the first breakthrough. It s 43 for 1.

Overs 5.1: FOUR! Tamim has played it down the leg side off his pads for another boundary. World-XI are 43 for no loss.

Overs 4.5: FOUR! Another one. This time he shuffles across the wickets and flicks it off his pads for a boundary. Exceptional timing.

Overs 4.4: FOUR! Hashim Amla has hit that for a boundary. He s in supreme form here.

Overs 3.3: FOUR! Another one. This time over the midwicket boundary for the boundary. They are 27 for no loss now.

Overs 3.2: FOUR! Tamim has smashed through the covers for a boundary. His first.

Overs 3: World-XI are 18 for no loss.

Overs 2.5: SIX! Hashim Amla has hammered this outside the off stump ball over the long on boundary for a six. World-XI are 18 for 0.

Overs 1.3: FOUR! That s called timing. Amla has punched it right of the mid-off for a boundary. Lovely to watch!

Right then, we are back to what is going to be a cracking run chase. The World XI bowling lacked the nip and discipline to cut the run flow but their batting is by no means a second class outfit. Tamim Iqbal and Hashim Amla are walking to the middle, the power play will surely be exciting.

Pakistan innings

Overs 20: Pakistan 197 for 5 set World-XI a target of 198 runs off 20 overs. Pakistan looted 48 runs off the last 48 overs to set World-XI a gigantic total. Will the players from seven different Test playing nations be able to chase this down? We ll get to know shortly.

Overs 19.6: SIX! And Imad Wasim finishes it off in style. That s another six to end the innings and Pakistan sets World-XI a target of 198 runs off 20 overs.

Overs 19.4: SIX! Imad Wasim has picked it off his pads making it a full toss and that s themaximum.

Overs 19.2: OUT! And he s cleaned him up. Malik tried to pull that one too but failed to connect and the ball went through his pads and broke the stumps. Malik scored 38 off 20 balls with four boundaries and two sixes. Pakistan are 182 for 5 with four balls remaining in the innings.

Overs 19.1 SIX! That was a full toss and Malik launched it over midwicket boundary for a six. On his knee, Malik struck it with tremendous power.

Earlier today, Sammy was pushing at the rickshaw and the corwd cheered him

18.3: FOUR! Yet another one. This time it was pulled to the leg side boundary for four. Malik is in sublime form here and the crowd is just loving it.

Overs 18.2: FOUR! That s cut through the Point for another boundary by Malik. He is now 26 off 15 balls.

Mexican wave inside the stadium

Overs 18.1: FOUR! That was on the leg side and Malik just helped it on its way for a boundary.

Overs 18: Pakistan are 161 for 4 and haven t yet been able to capitalise on the fiery start provided by the top 3.

Overs 17.6: OUT! Sarfraz has edged it to the keeper while trying to cut to the off side.

Overs 17.4: FOUR! That was full and wide. Malik made the most out of it by slicing it through the Point for a boundary.

And this someone is still thanking Raheel Sharif for God knows what

Overs 17.3: SIX! Malik has sent this slower delivery out of the park over long-off boundary.

Overs 16.6: SINGLE! One run each ball of the over. Pakistan are now 149 for 3.

Wondering which NS the supporter is referring to.

Sarfraz, the captain, has come down to the crease now.

Overs 15.4: OUT! Babar Azam is gone, trying to the clear the boundary rope over the long-on boundary. It didn t come on to the bat properly and was skied in the process. Miller caught it at long-on and Babar left after scoring a great knock of 86 runs off just 52 balls. Pakistan are 142 for 3.

Overs 15.2: FOUR! It was a Wide delivery outside the off and missed everything.

Overs 15: Pakistan are 133 for the loss of 2 wickets. They have lost Ahmed Shahzad but Babar Azam is still on the crease along with Shoaib Malik.

Shoaib Malik is the new man in.

Overs 14.1: OUT! Ahmed Shahzad is gone. He had flicked it off his pads trying to surpass Darren Sammy in the deep but failed to manage it and Sammy took a simple catch in fron of him. Pakistan are 130 for 2.

Capacity crowd at Qaddafi Stadium

Overs 13.5: SIX! That s sweet timing by Babar Azam. It was a slower one by Darren Sammy and he has lifted it off his legs beautifully for the maximum. Babar is now 82 off 47 balls.

Overs 12.4: FOUR! It was in the air again but just over Miller at mid-off who jumped as high as he could but couldn t reach the ball. Pakistan are 115 for 1.

Overs 12.2: DROPPED! And it s dropped again. Babar Azam had miscued it trying to go over the mid-off. Miller tried to take the catch running back but only managed to hurt himself a little in the process.

Overs 12: Pakistan are 106 for 1.

Overs 11.6: FOUR! Babar Azam has pulled it towards the boundary and the fielder can just be a spectator there. Azam has reached 64 off 40 balls.

Overs 10.6: SIX! Babar Azam comes down the wicket and launches Imran Tahir to the straight boundary for the maximum. He s on fire.

Overs 9.1: SINGLE! And Babar Azam completes his FIFTY. Brilliant innings.

Overs 9.1: FOUR! Babar Azam outside edged it and it flies past Hashim Amla for another boundary.

Overs 9: Pakistan are 76 for 1, playing at a run rate of 8.44.

Overs 8.5 NOT OUT! Babar Azam was deceived in the air by Imran Tahir and Paine was quick to remove the bails but Azam was even quicker to get back into the crease.

Overs 7.4: FOUR! Elliott bowled a slower delivery down the leg side and Ahmed Shahzad thanked him for it. The Fine Leg is up and it s a boundary. Pakistan are 69 for 1.

Lala is here too.

Overs 6.2: FOUR! Sloppy fielding by Thisara Perera. Babar Azam pulled it towards the midwicket boundary and Perera tried to stop it with his foot. The ball crossed the boundary, ignoring Perera s funny attempt. #EpicFail

Overs 6.1: FOUR! That s exquisite timing. That was beautifully driven by Babar Azam.

Overs 6: Pakistan are 49 for 1, and the two batsmen are really having a go at the World-XI bowlers at Qaddafi Stadium right now.

And we know Dennis is in love with Pakistan.

Overs 5.2: FOUR! Babar Azam has played a beautiful cover drive off Imran Tahir s bowling. Pakistan 46 for 1.

Overs 4.2: DROPPED! Ahmed Shahzad didn t know what to do and a leading edge to the bowler Ben Cutting almost removed him from the pitch. Ben went for it but it just touched the tips of his fingers. No run.

Overs 3.6: FOUR! Oh, that s a lovely flick off the pads by Ahmed Shahzad towards midwicket. That has raced past the fieldsmen to the boundary. Pakistan off to a flying start. 34 for 1.

Overs 3.4: FOUR! Babar Azam lashed hard at the ball outside the off stump and edged it to the boundary in the process. 29 for 1.

Overs 3: Pakistan are 24 for 1 after the end of three overs.

Overs 1.5: FOUR! Another boundary. On his legs and Azam worked it to the left of the Fine Leg for another boundary. Pakistan 21 for 1.

Overs 1.4: FOUR! It was down the leg side by Thisara Perera and Babar Azam just helped it on its way to the boundary.

Overs 0.5: FOUR! Babar Azam is the new man in and he has hit the first ball for a boundary. It was back of the length and Azam has pulled it for a boundary. Pakistan are 12 for 1.

Overs 0.4: OUT! And this time it s gone. Fakhar Zaman has edged it to the first slip where Hashim Amla made no mistake whatsoever. Pakistan are 8 for 1.

Overs 0.2: FOUR! And this time it s been hit convincingly for a boundary. It was just a bit short with a little bit of width and Zaman has shown lashed at it taking the scoreboard to 8 for none off just two balls.

Overs 0.1: FOUR! Morne Morkel bowled a brilliant line and Fakhar Zaman inside edged it for four.

And the action begins. Fakhar Zaman and Ahmed Shahzad open the innings for Pakistan.

Meanwhile 

Pakistan s Playing eleven:

Sarfraz Ahmad (captain, wicketkeeper), Fakhar Zaman, Ahmed Shehzad, Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik, Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, and Sohail Khan

Playing World-XI:

Faf du Plessis (captain), Hashim Amla, Ben Cutting, Grant Elliott, Tamim Iqbal, David Miller, Morne Morkel, Tim Paine, Thisara Perera, Darren Sammy, Imran Tahir.

Toss: World-XI has won the toss and elected to bowl first.

World-XI squad:

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

Pakistan squad:

Sarfraz Ahmad (captain, wicketkeeper), Fakhar Zaman, Ahmed Shehzad, Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik, Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Rumman Raees, Usman Khan Shinwari and Sohail Khan

Crowds coming in

The teams get a warm welcome by the crowd at the stadium.

Final touches ahead of the start

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