Pakistan had registered a 20-run win in Tuesday's first match, which marked the return of international cricket to Pakistan. Left-hander Perera went on a rampage as the visitors needed 33 off the last two overs, smashing two sixes off the 19th over bowled by Sohail Khan before sealing the match in the last over. Amla, who scored his seventh international Twenty20 half-century, was the steadier of the two, with two sixes and five fours as he helped Perera add 69 runs for the fourth wicket off just 35 balls.
That partnership lifted the World XI after they lost Tamim Iqbal (23), Tim Paine (10) and skipper Faf du Plessis (20). Pakistan had scored 174-6 in their 20 overs. Babar Azam (45), Ahmed Shehzad (43) and Shoaib Malik (39) had good starts but none of them went on to score big, as Pakistan found it tough going on a slow and low pitch after winning the toss. Opener Fakhar Zaman fell for 21 in the fifth over before Shehzad and Azam steadied the innings with a 59-run stand for the second wicket.
Malik hit two sixes in the last over before holing out off the last delivery of the innings. During his 23-ball knock Malik became the leading run scorer for Pakistan in Twenty20 international cricket, overhauling Umar Akmal's aggregate of 1,690 runs in 88 matches by two runs. He now has 1,692 in 88 matches.
Perera (2-23) and West Indian spinner Badree (2-31) were the main wicket takers for the visitors.
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Scoreboard Pakistan
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F. Zaman lbw b Badree 21
A. Shehzad c Miller b Tahir 43
B. Azam c Miller b Badree 45
S. Malik c Collingwood b Cutting 39
I. Wasim c Tahir b Perera 15
S. Ahmed c Tahir b Perera 0
S. Khan not out 1
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Extras: (lb1, nb1, w8) 10
Total: (for six wickets; 20 overs) 174
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Did not bat: Mohammad Nawaz, Shadab Khan, Usman Shinwari, Rumman Raees
Fall of wickets: 1-41 (Zaman), 2-100 (Shehzad), 3-135 (Azam), 4-156 (Wasim), 5-157 (Ahmed), 6-174 (Malik)
Bowling: Morkel 4-0-20-0 (3w), Cutting 4-0-52-1 (2w), Badree 4-0-31-2 (1w), Collingwood 2-0-18-0 (1w), Perera 3-0-23-2 (1nb), Tahir 3-0-29-1 (1w)
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World XI
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T. Iqbal c Malik b S. Khan 23
H. Amla not out 72
T. Paine b I. Wasim 10
Faf du Plessis c Shadab b M. Nawaz 20
T. Perera not out 47
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Extras: (lb1, w2) 3
Total: (for 3 wkts; 19.5 overs) 175
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Fall of wickets: 1-47 (Iqbal), 2-71 (Paine), 3-106 (du Plessis)
Did not bat: D. Miller, P. Collingwood, B. Cutting, S. Badree, M. Morkel, Imran Tahir
Bowling: Wasim 4-0-27-1, Khan 4-0-44-1 (1w), Shinwari 1-0-10-0, Raees 3.5-0- 36-0 (1w), Nawaz 3-0-25-1, Shadab 4-0-32-0 Result: World XI win by seven wickets
Toss: Pakistan
Umpires: Shozab Raza (PAK) and Ahmed Shahab (PAK)
Tv umpire: Ahsan Raza (PAK)
ICC match referee: Richie Richardson (WI).
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