LAHORE, Nov 12: A match-winning 55 by Pervaiz Aziz steered Rawalpindi to a narrow two-wicket win over Lahore Shalimar in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League at the LCCA Ground on Saturday.

Chasing a target of 152 Rawalpindi resumed the second innings at 3-43 but Pervaiz stood defiant for 134 minutes to guide his team to victory.

When Pervaiz was dismissed by off-spinner Ashfaq Ahmed, caught by Fahad Masood, Rawalpindi were only four runs away from the win with two wickets in hand. Pervaiz hit five fours while he faced 105 balls.

Scoreboard

LAHORE SHALIMAR (1st innings) 138 (Hamayun Farhat 40).

RAWALPINDI (1st innings) 242 (Naved Qureshi 95; Muhammad Khalil 4-46).

LAHORE SHALIMAR (2nd innings) 256 (Ashfaq Ahmed 82, Imran Qadir 54; Alamgir Khan 4-34).

RAWALPINDI (2nd innings, overnight 3-43):

Babar Naeem c Hamayun b Junaid 8

Sohail Nasir lbw Junaid 9

Sajid Mahmood lbw Khalil 0

Usman Saeed c Humayun b Khalil 7

Pervaiz Aziz c Fahad b Ashfaq 55

Naved Qureshi c Hamayun b Khalil 6

Muhammad Wasim c Fahad b Sohail 24

Yasir Arafat lbw Ashfaq 5

Sohail Tanvir not out 10

Alamgir Khan not out 4

EXTRAS (B-7, LB-8, W-6, NB-3) 24

TOTAL (for 8 wkts, 41.5 overs) 152

FALL OF WKTS: 1-26, 2-36, 3-39, 4-43, 5-51, 6-126, 7-131, 8-148.

BOWLING: Fahad Masood 11-5-23-0; Junaid Zia 13-3-48-2; Muhammad Khalil 10- 0-36-3; Ashfaq Ahmed 4.5-0-19-2; Sohail Ahmed 3-0-11-1.