LAHORE, Nov 21: The North West Frontier Province (NWFP) trounced Punjab by six wickets at the Gaddafi Stadium here on Friday to chalk up their fourth consecutive victory in the RBS Pentangular Cup.

The NWFP, who were 105 for three at the start of the fourth and final in pursuit of a target of 172, lost one further wicket before Riffatullah Mohmand and Younis Khan secured a thoroughly deserved win.

The unbeaten NWFP — already qualified for the Nov 24-28 final — lost Aftab Ahmed, who didn’t add to his overnight score of nine. But Riffat (75 off 111 balls, nine fours) and Younis (24) finished the match without any trouble.

Scoreboard

PUNJAB (1st Innings) 265 (Azhar Ali 116; Shakeel-ur-Rehman 4-60).

NWFP (1st Innings) 228 (Younis Khan 75 not out; Mohammad Talha 6-59).

Punjab (2nd Innings) 134 (Junaid Khan 6-56).

NWFP (2nd Innings, overnight 105-3):

Yasir Hameed c Mansoor b Talha 15

Adnan Raees c Salman b Khalil 6

Riffatullah Mohmand not out 75

Shoaib Khan lbw b Mansoor 28

Aftab Ahmed c Ayub b Khalil 9

Younis Khan not out 24

EXTRAS (LB-5, W-1, NB-9) 15

TOTAL (for four wkts, 36.3 overs) 172

FALL OF WKTS: 1-21, 2-21, 3-90, 4-106.

BOWLING: Mohammad Khalil 10-0-37-2 (1w); Mohammad Talha 14-1-79-1 (3nb); Wahab Riaz 8.3-0-37-0 (4nb); Abdur Rehman 2-0-4-0; Mansoor Amjad 2-0-10-1 (2nb).

RESULT: NWFP won by six wickets.

UMPIRES: Salim Badar and Nadeem Ghauri.

MATCH REFEREE: Khalid Niazi.