Cricket360 found the rivals of ICL Season 2 Razzaq and Rana Naved joining hands with each other to bring a convincing victory for Pakistan in the ICL World Series in the fourth match against World XI.
A T-20 cricket match with more than 375 runs scored would definitely be a treat to the cricket fans and the fourth match of ICL World Series between World XI and Pakistan XI was the perfect example for it. Cricket360 found the Pak team, the winner of ICL Season2, becoming much stronger with the addition of Razzaq on their side and he along with Rana Naved, man of the series of ICL Season 2, brought the much needed victory for them in an easy style with 13 balls to spare by a margin of 6 wickets.
After winning the toss Inzamam chose to field but the things were not favoring him. Runs were showering once Godwin and Martyn started to find the weak points of bowlers and Godwin scalped a cracking fifty with 8 fours and 1 six in the 7th over itself. The power full partnership lasted till the 10th over and then Riaz Afridi bowled Godwin back at a score of 90 runs. After the first half, World XI were poising at a score of 94/1. One marvelous reverse swing from S Nazir, but uprooted the stumps of Adams in the 13th over and the score was 119 runs then. But the runs were coming easily once Klusner took on the guard and after 15 overs they made the score a challenging 142 runs. But He could make only 24 runs off 12 balls as Rana sent him back in the 17th over and the score would have been much higher if that was not the case, Cricket360 opines.
In the last overs Nixon and Martyn accelerated the scoring rate and at the end of 20th over the scorecard read 188 runs for 3 wickets. Martyn remained unbeaten at 64 off 49 balls studded with 5 fours and 1 six. Cricket360 found the World side a confident one after setting a challenging total but the real onslaught was about to come from Pakistan.
Imran Nazir and Farhat started off with fire works to the fence and added 25 runs in the first 2 overs. Nazir could not stick on much long and Adams bowled him for 15 runs at a score of 24 runs. Farhat too could not do much more and he gave away his wicket to Gillespie. Then Cricket360 could find the assault by Razzaq and Rana Naved on the bowlers of World XI and the duo never gave a chance for their opponents to be on the offensive side and their batting was a treat to watch in the evening. After 5 over they built the score to 62/2 and in the 8th over they doubled that score. In the10th over Razzaq made his fifty off 25 balls with 7 fours and 1 six and Rana too hit same number of boundaries to scalp his fifty from 23 balls in the 12th over.
After 10 overs Pakistan needed only 65 runs and things were made easier by Rana before his departure for 74 runs off 38 balls laced with 10 fours and 3 sixes at a score of 171 in the 16th over. S Yusuf could not make any impact and with the help of Humayun, Razzaq winded up the things on the 5th delivery of 18th over by making a score of 191 runs without any further loss. Razzaq’s knock added 73 runs off 45 balls and he shared the man of the match award with Rana Naved. Cricket360.com predicts that the left out matches in ICL World Series would be much more interesting with this win by Pakistan.
A T-20 cricket match with more than 375 runs scored would definitely be a treat to the cricket fans and the fourth match of ICL World Series between World XI and Pakistan XI was the perfect example for it. Cricket360 found the Pak team, the winner of ICL Season2, becoming much stronger with the addition of Razzaq on their side and he along with Rana Naved, man of the series of ICL Season 2, brought the much needed victory for them in an easy style with 13 balls to spare by a margin of 6 wickets.
Imran Nazir and Farhat started off with fire works to the fence and added 25 runs in the first 2 overs. Nazir could not stick on much long and Adams bowled him for 15 runs at a score of 24 runs. Farhat too could not do much more and he gave away his wicket to Gillespie. Then Cricket360 could find the assault by Razzaq and Rana Naved on the bowlers of World XI and the duo never gave a chance for their opponents to be on the offensive side and their batting was a treat to watch in the evening. After 5 over they built the score to 62/2 and in the 8th over they doubled that score. In the10th over Razzaq made his fifty off 25 balls with 7 fours and 1 six and Rana too hit same number of boundaries to scalp his fifty from 23 balls in the 12th over. 
