March 15, 2008	Saturday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 6, 1429

KARACHI, March 14: NWFP duly completed an innings and 11-run victory after bowling out Balochistan for 345 in the second innings of remaining Pentangular Cup match at the Arbab Niaz Stadium in Peshawar on Friday.

Balochistan, who had resumed the fourth and final day at 243-4, added 102 before losing the remaining six wickets with leg-spinner Yasir Shah ending up with five for 106 and left-arm paceman Waqar Ahmed four for 76.

Saeed bin Nasir was caught behind by Fawad Khan off Waqar after adding only 13 to his overnight tally of 118. The right-hander had made an undefeated 149 in the first innings.

Skipper Naseem Khan made 38 while Faisal Irfan contributed 40.

Waqar finished with match haul of eight for 123 and Yasir seven for 228.

Having secured nine points by winning their first game in the tournament, NWFP claimed the third spot in the standings with 15 points.

The championship was won by Sindh who had defeated Punjab on Thursday by an innings and 31 runs in Karachi, with Federal Areas finishing runners-up with 18 points. Punjab were relegated to fourth place with 12 points, while Balochistan, whose fourth defeat in as many matches was their third by innings, failed to secure any point.

Scoreboard

BALOCHISTAN (1st Innings) 308 (Saeed bin Nasir 149 not out, Sohaib Maqsood 60; Waqar Ahmed 4-47).

NWFP (1st Innings) 664-6 declared (Yasir Hameed 300, Asad Shafiq 181, Yasir Shah 51 not out, Younis Khan 44 not out; Abdur Rauf 6-193-6).

BALOCHISTAN (2nd Innings, overnight 243-4):

Yasir Arafat Jr c Shakeel b Waqar 3

Gulraiz Sadaf c Younis b Yasir Shah 20

Rameez Alam lbw b Waqar 0

Saeed bin Nasir c Fawad b Waqar 133

Sohaib Maqsood c sub b Yasir Shah 70

Naseem Khan c Fawad b Yasir shah 38

Jalat Khan c Fawad b Waqar 10

Agha Sabir b Yasir Shah 6

Faisal Irfan c Shakeel b Yasir Shah 40

Mohammad Irshad c sub b Riffat 5

Abdur Rauf not out 9

EXTRAS (B-5, LB-4, NB-2) 11

TOTAL (all out, 85.1 overs) 345

FALL OF WKTS: 1-14, 2-14, 3-53, 4-174, 5-264, 6-272, 7-285, 8-291, 9-311.

BOWLING: Waqar Ahmed 22-7-71-4; Nauman Habib 9-1-37-0 (2nb); Shakeel-ur-Rehman 16-1-76-0; Yasir Shah 27.1-5-106-5; Younis Khan 2-0-6-0; Aftab Khan 5-1-20-0; Riffatullah Mohmand 4-0-20-1.

RESULT: NWFP won by an innings and 11 runs.

UMPIRES: Ahmed Shahab and Ahsan Raza.

MATCH REFEREE: Mohammad Anees.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Nadeem Akhtar.