KARACHI, March 6: Fine bowling by Babar Naeem and Akhtar Ayub inspired Rawalpindi Rams to a thrilling eight-run victory over Interloop Wolves Faisalabad in the ABN-Amro One-day Gold League Cup at the NBP Sports Complex here on Tuesday.
Babar claimed four for 31 with his part-time slow left-armers and paceman Akhtar took three for 44 as the winless Wolves crashed to their fourth successive defeat after being all out for 217.
Earlier, Usman Saeed struck eight boundaries in scoring 95 off 121 balls to help the Rams make 225 for eight.
Scoreboard
RAWALPINDI RAMS:
Babar Naeem run out 20
Mohammad Wasim c Naved b Ahmed 5
Ali Sarfraz b Laeeq 20
Naveed Qureshi lbw b Ahmed 5
Usman Saeed b Imran 95
Adnan Mufti c Mannan b Laeeq 17
Sohail Tanvir b Saeed 30
Tahir Rauf lbw b Saeed 8
Yasim Murtaza not out 11
EXTRAS (B-4, LB-2, W-5, NB-3) 14
TOTAL (for eight wkts, 50 overs) 225
FALL OF WKTS: 1-12, 2-30, 3-43, 4-74, 5-115, 6-173, 7-188, 8-225.
DID NOT BAT: Akhtar Ayub, Najaf Shah.
BOWLING: Ahmed Hayat 10-1-29-2 (1nb, 1w); Faisal Afridi 10-0-54-0 (2nb); Saeed Ajmal 10-2-40-2; Imran Khalid 10-0-51-1; Mohammad Laeeq 10-0-45-2 (3w).
INTERLOOP WOLVES FAISALABAD:
Abdul Mannan c Yasim b Sohail 28
Ali Waqas c Wasim b Akhtar 5
Ijaz Ahmed Jr c Wasim b Babar 36
Misbah-ul-Haq lbw b Babar 5
Naved Latif c Adnan b Babar 7
Imran Khalid lbw b Babar 0
Mohammad Laeeq run out 48
Mohammad Salman b Akhtar 61
Ahmed Hayat run out 6
Faisal Afridi c Tahir b Akhtar 2
Saeed Ajmal not out 0
EXTRAS (LB-3, W-16) 19
TOTAL (all out, 49.4 overs) 217
FALL OF WKTS: 1-20, 2-59, 3-67, 4-85, 5-85, 6-94, 7-196, 8-214, 9-217.