Pakistan v World XI, 1st T20I – Statistical Highlights

The Independence Cup got off to a great start with the home team Pakistan edging over the World XI side in a high scoring match. Pakistan posted a huge 197-run total thanks to an 86-run knock from Babar Azam and a 20-ball 38 from Shoaib Malik at the end. World XI managed only 177/7 with none of their batsmen converting the starts as no player from their side scored 30+.

Here we look at all the stats and records created during the game.

0.2 – World XI’s win-loss ratio of 0.200 in International cricket is the lowest for any team. They have lost five out of six matches they have played across formats. Namibia (6), East Africa (3) and U.S.A. (2) lost all the matches they played in the International cricket.

4 – Pakistan have won all the four T20I games they have played at home so far. Australia is the only other team to win in all the first four T20Is played at home.

5 – Number of consecutive losses in International cricket for World XI. After winning an ODI against Asia XI, they lost three ODIs and a Test against Australia before this T20I.

10 – Imran Tahir has featured in five first-class matches and five List A games at the Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium. But this T20I is his first Twenty20 game at the venue.

29* – Darren Sammy’s 29* is the highest individual score in World XI’s innings. Their total of 177/7 is now the highest team total in T20Is without a 30+ from an individual. The previous highest T20I total without 30+ was Pakistan’s 169/8 against England in 2015 who had a highest individual score of 28.

51 – Runs Thisara Perera conceded in this game; the 2nd time he has conceded 50+ runs in a T20I. Perera conceded 56 runs in his four overs in last year’s T20I against Australia. In Twenty20 format, Perera has conceded 50 and more in a game on six different occasions in five different countries.

57 – Shoaib Malik now has been a part of 57 wins in T20I cricket which is the most by any player. He went past Shahid Afridi who was a part of 56 T20I wins.

86 – Babar Azam’s 86 in this game is his highest individual score in Twenty20s. His previous highest was 77 in the 2013 domestic T20 tournament.

86 – Babar Azam’s score of 86 is the 2nd highest individual score by a Pakistan player in T20Is in Pakistan/UAE. Misbah-ul-Haq scored 87* against Bangladesh at Karachi in 2008.

1998 – The last instance of Australians playing an International game in Pakistan was way back in 1998 in November at Lahore. Tim Paine and Ben Cutting became the 1st set of Australians to feature in an International game in Pakistan in the 21st century.