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.

BOWLING: Akhtar Ayub 7.4-0-44-3 (5w); Najaf Shah 10-0-39-0; Sohail Tanvir 10-1-36-1; Babar Naeem 10-0-31-4 (2w); Yasim Murtaza 10-1-48-0 (1w); Tahir Rauf 1-0-8-0; Naveed Qureshi 1-0-8-0.

RESULT: Rawalpindi Rams won by eight runs.

UMPIRES: Nadeem Ghauri and Afzaal Ahmed.

MATCH REFEREE: Saadat Ali.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Syed Imran Ali.