Peshawar trounce Pindi

Published October 19, 2005

KARACHI, Oct 18: Fazle Akbar captured five for 51 to help defending champions Peshawar crush Rawalpindi by an innings and 108 runs in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League fixture at the Arbab Niaz Stadium on Tuesday.

Rawalpindi were all out for 151 in the second innings after conceding a first-innings lead of 259 runs.

SCOREBOARD

RAWALPINDI (1st Innings) 152 (Usman Saeed 66).

PESHAWAR (1st Innings, overnight 284-5):

Yasir Hameed c Sajid b Najaf 17

Riffatullah c Wasim b Sohail Tanvir 119

Wajahatullah Wasti c Sajid b Rizwan 17

Shoaib Khan lbw b Najaf 38

Akhtar Sarfraz c Wasim b Alamgir 38

Aftab Khan c Sajid b Sohail Tanvir 50

Zulfiqar Jan lbw b Sohail Tanvir 29

Aslam Qureshi not out 34

Waqar Ahmed c sub b Rizwan 17

Nauman Habib b Yasir 29

Fazle Akbar c Sohail Tanvir b Najaf 4

EXTRAS (B-8, LB-5, W-4, NB-2) 19

TOTAL (all out, 134.2 overs) 411

FALL OF WKTS: 1-35, 2-80, 3-170, 4-211, 5-282, 6-309, 7-327, 8-362, 9-406.

BOWLING: Najaf Shah 34.2-11-79-3; Yasir Ali 22-2-85-1; Sohail Tanvir 31-7-97-3; Rizwan Akbar 27-3-75-2; Alamgir Khan 19-4-62-; Babar Naeem 1-1-0-0.

RAWALPINDI (2nd Innings):

Sohail Nasir b Fazle 0

Mohammad Wasim lbw b Fazle 10

Babar Naeem b Fazle 0

Usman Saeed c Zulfiqar b Waqar 21

Naveed Qureshi c Zulfiqar b Nauman 24

Sohail Tanvir c Wajahat b Fazle 38

Alamgir Khan c Riffat b Aslam 7

Sajid Mahmood c Waqar b Aslam 21

Yasir Ali b Aftab 5

Rizwan Akbar c Aslam b Fazle 3

Najaf Shah not out 9

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-3, NB-6) 13

TOTAL (all out, 45.4 overs) 151

FALL OF WKTS: 1-1, 2-1, 3-29, 4-39, 5-71, 6-84, 7-121, 8-129, 9-137.

BOWLING: Fazle Akbar 12-0-51-5; Waqar Ahmed 7-1-31-1; Nauman Habib 9-1-31-1; Wajahatullah Wasti 2-2-0-0; Aslam Qureshi 13.4-4-29-2; Aftab Khan 2-1-2-1.

RESULT: Peshawar won by innings and 108 runs.

UMPIRES: Nadeem Ghauri and M. Nazir Jr.

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