RAWALPINDI, Jan 21: Rawalpindi took control of their Quaid Trophy match against Rest of NWFP Monday as they set a 298-run target for the visiting team at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.

The Rest who began the day at the overnight score of 35 for three could not stand up against the Rawalpindi attack and conceded a first innings lead of 130.

Of the Frontier boys only opener Ahmed Said got into double figures, scoring 62 while others were simply unimpressive. Pacers Yasir Arafat and Naeem Akhtar were the destroyers and snapped up four and three wickets respectively.

Rawalpindi then put on 167 in their second innings with opener Babar Naeem cracking a 53-ball 43 and Shahid Javed in the middle order getting 29. The chief wicket-taker was again spinner Noorul Amin who claimed four victims to add to his six in the first innings. Umair Khan captured three while Sajid Shah grabbed two.

The Rest, beginning their chase for an improbable victory were four for one at the close of play, those runs coming from leg byes.

Test discard Mohammad Zahid struck early to remove Akbar Badshah for nought and as the teams trooped off, Ahmed Said and Noorul Amin were together, with both still to open their account.

Scoreboard

RAWALPINDI (1st Innings) 228 (Naeem Akhtar 55, Nomanullah 51; Noorul Amin 6-49).

REST OF NWFP (1st Innings, overnight 35-3):

Ahmed Said b Naeem Akhtar 62

Imran Hussain lbw b Naeem Akhtar 3

Ibrahim Afridi lbw b Yasir 5

Akbar Badshah b Babar Naeem 1

Shakeel-ur-Rehman c Wasim b N. Akhtar 5

Asmatullah lbw b Zahid 0

Abdus Salam c Wasim b Munir 6

Bilal Marwat c Nadeem b Yasir 4

Sajid Shah c Nadeem b Yasir 0

Noorul Amin c Babar b Yasir 0

Umair Khan not out 5

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-2, NB-1) 7

TOTAL (all out, 38.5 overs) 98

FALL OF WKTS: 1-6, 2-16, 3-24, 4-45, 5-50, 6-63, 7-92, 8-92, 9-92.

BOWLING: Mohammad Zahid 7-1-23-1; Naeem Akhtar 13-6-24-3; Yasir Arafat 10.5-5-18-4; Munir Ansari 6-2-24-1; Babar Naeem 2-0-3-1.

RAWALPINDI (2nd Innings):

Mohammad Naveed lbw b Sajid 8

Babar Naeem c Akbar b Umair 43

Noman Aman c Ahmed b Sajid 6

Asif Mahmood lbw b Noorul 18

Mohammad Wasim lbw b Umair 11

Shahid Javed run out 29

Yasir Arafat lbw b Umair 8

Naeem Akhtar c Akbar b Noorul 18

Nadeem Abbasi c Yasir b Noorul 0

Mohammad Zahid c Imran b Noorul 6

Munir Ansari not out 0

EXTRAS (B-3, LB-5, W-1, NB-11) 20

TOTAL (all out, 44.3 overs) 167

FALL OF WKTS: 1-12, 2-28, 3-74, 4-83, 5-100, 6-113, 7-136, 8-137, 9-165.

BOWLING: Sajid Shah 10-1-52-2; Shakeel-ur-Rehman 9-1-49-0; Umair Khan 9.3-1-26-3; Noorul Amin 16-7-32-4.

REST OF NWFP (2nd Innings):

Ahmed Said not out 0

Akbar Badshah c Nadeem b Zahid 0

Noorul Amin not out 0

EXTRAS (LB-4) 4

TOTAL (for one wkt, 4 overs) 4

FALL OF WKT: 1-4.

BOWLING: M. Zahid 2-2-0-1; N. Akhtar 1-1-0-0.