Lahore (September 15, 2017): Owing to the marvelous inning of opening batsman Ahmed Shehzad, Pakistan won three-match Independence Cup T20 series at Gaddafi Stadium on Friday.
World Xi need 40 on 8 balls. Dominence of Pakistan bowling continues #CricketKiHalalala#PAKvWXI pic.twitter.com/J1SGMnv9AC
— PCB Official (@TheRealPCB) September 15, 2017
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OUT! 17.3 Usman Khan to Morne Morkel
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OUT! 16.6 Hasan Ali to Miller
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OUT! 13.6 Raees to Thisara Perera
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SIX! 12.1 Shadab Khan to Thisara Perera
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OUT! 9.5 Imad Wasim to du Plessis
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OUT! 7.4 Imad Wasim to Bailey
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Score after 7 overs
OUT! 4.3 Hasan Ali to du Plessis (run out) Amla
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OUT! 4.2 Hasan Ali to Cutting
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OUT! 1.6 Usman Khan to Tamim
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OUT! 19.1 Thisara Perera to Babar Azam
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Score after 18 overs
OUT! 17.6 Cutting to Babar Azam (run out) Ahmed Shehzad
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Pakistan off to a solid start, what is a safe total on this Gaddafi pitch? #CricketKiHalalala#PAKvWXI pic.twitter.com/Bwaxde5rpD
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OUT! 8.2 Sammy to Ahmed Shehzad (run out) Fakhar Zaman
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Final Teams:
World XI (Playing XI): Tamim Iqbal, Hashim Amla, Faf du Plessis(c), George Bailey(w), David Miller, Thisara Perera, Darren Sammy, Ben Cutting, Samuel Badree, Morne Morkel, Imran Tahir
Pakistan (Playing XI): Fakhar Zaman, Ahmed Shehzad, Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik, Sarfraz Ahmed(w/c), Imad Wasim, Mohammad Nawaz, Shadab Khan, Hasan Ali, Usman Khan, Rumman Raees
.@faf1307 won the toss for the World XI and elected to bowl first #PAKvWXI #CricketKiHalalala pic.twitter.com/4zaXIoSboe
— PCB Official (@TheRealPCB) September 15, 2017
Sarfraz: We would try to bat first and put up a big one on the board. There was a problem with the execution in our earlier game and that was the issue. We shouldn’t set the target as 200 at the start, we need to assess the conditions and plan accordingly. We would look to start with 170 and take it from there. I have enjoyed playing out here and the crowds have supported us well. Let’s hope this one is organized just as well.
World XI have won the toss and have opted to field
Faf: We are going to have a bowl. It looks like a good wicket and our batting is the X-factor for us. Sammy comes back as well and that would help. If you look at the power hitting we have it is a big factor. I love to try and take wickets; keep thinking from the bowler’s perspective to take wickets.
Hello. We’re in for the third installment – the final that would determine the future course of events with Pakistan, in Pakistan. No, not the result, the staging. But the series that was fast losing context and steam have Thisera Perera to thank. Playing when he shouldn’t ideally have, he took his side past the chequered post when he ideally shouldn’t have. So, an Independence Cup is to be won, and for one final time, a revamped Gadaffi is all set to bask in the colour and the crowds who’ve come in ‘overpriced’.
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Welcome
5.00 pm
Both Pakistan and World XI Teams reached at Gaddafi Stadium to play final game. Fans and spectators enthusiastically welcomed them.
Teams:
Pakistan (From): Fakhar Zaman, Ahmed Shehzad, Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik, Imad Wasim, Sarfraz Ahmed(w/c), Sohail Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Shadab Khan, Usman Khan, Rumman Raees, Umar Amin, Fahim Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Aamer Yamin.
World XI (From): Tamim Iqbal, Hashim Amla, Tim Paine(w), Faf du Plessis(c), Thisara Perera, David Miller, Paul Collingwood, Ben Cutting, Samuel Badree, Morne Morkel, Imran Tahir, Darren Sammy, Grant Elliott, George Bailey.
When: Pakistan vs World XI, 2nd T20I, 15th September, 7:00 PM Local Time
Where: Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Pakistan: Hasan Ali, who had to sit out due to a back issue, is likely to return to the side.
What they said
Babar Azam: It’s obviously difficult to play your own home series away from home. Playing at home is relatively easy for us
Faf du Plessis: I expect the third match to be in similar conditions and hope to continue the form.