KARACHI, April 6: KRL’s off-spinner Saeed Ajmal condemned NFWP-Balochistan to an innings and 59-run defeat on the final day of the four-day Pentangular Cup match at the UBL Sports Complex here on Friday.Saeed claimed five for 87 in 31 overs as the combined regional side crashed to 241 all out in the second innings after resuming at 133 for three.

Having already taken the prized wicket of Pakistan batsman Yasir Hameed (65) and Shoaib Khan Sr (15) on Thursday, the spinner sent back Umar Javed (60, five fours and one six), Ahmed Said (33) and Faisal Irfan (7).

Arshad Khan, the NWFP-Balochistan skipper, made a defiant 24 before falling to part-time leg-spin of Azhar Ali, who finished with two for five in 1.4 overs.

In the other second-round match, Habib Bank completed a three-day win over Punjab at the National Stadium on Thursday.

Scoreboard

NWFP-BALOCHISTAN (1st Innings) 221 (Janisar Khan 92 not out).

KRL (1st Innings) 521-7 declared (Saeed bin Nasir 142, Mohammad Wasim 108 not out, Ashar Zaidi 98, Azhar Ali 56).

NWFP-BALOCHISTAN (2nd Innings, overnight 133-3):

Shoaib Khan Jr c Saeed Anwar b Yasir 0

Yasir Hameed c Wasim b Saeed Ajmal 65

Umar Javed c Azhar b Saeed Ajmal 60

Shoaib Khan Sr c Ashar b Saeed Ajmal 15

Riaz Kail c Zulfiqar b Jaffar 6

Janisar Khan c and b Jaffar 0

Ahmed Said lbw b Saeed Ajmal 33

Faisal Irfan lbw b Saeed Ajmal 7

Arshad Khan c Yasir b Azhar 24

Shakeel-ur-Rehman c Yasir b Azhar 16

Dilawar Khan not out 1

EXTRAS (B-9, LB-2, NB-3) 14

TOTAL (all out, 86.4 overs) 241

FALL OF WKTS: 1-4, 2-89, 3-115, 4-145, 5-145, 6-187, 7-194, 8-207, 9-231.

BOWLING: Yasir Arafat 15-4-24-1 (3nb); Jaffar Nazir 11-4-38-2; Saeed Ajmal 31-9-87-5; Ashar Zaidi 1-0-9-0; Akhtar Ayub 8-0-37-0; Saeed Anwar 19-9-30-0; Azhar Ali 1.4-0-5-2.

RESULT: KRL won by an innings and 59 runs.

UMPIRES: Nadeem Ghauri and Ahsan Raza.

MATCH REFEREE: Abdul Sami Khan.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Muhammad Ahsan.

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