KARACHI, Oct 25: Faisalabad gained sweet revenge for their defeat in last season’s final by outclassing champions Peshawar by nine wickets in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League fixture at the Arbab Niaz Stadium on Tuesday.

Needing a mere 45, Faisalabad romped home in 6.4 overs after the hosts had been dismissed for 228 in the second innings.

Only skipper Wajahatullah Wasti (82) and Akhtar Sarfraz (67) offered some resistance as paceman Ahmed Hayat captured six for 62.

Scoreboard

FAISALABAD (1st Innings) 482 (Ijaz Ahmed Jr 83, Asif Hussain 77, Khurram Shahzad 75, Imran Ali 74, Ahmed Hayat 67; Fazle Akbar 7-84).

PESHAWAR (1st Innings) 298 (Riffatullah Mohmand 123).

PESHAWAR (2nd Innings, overnight 30-2):

Riffatullah Mohmand b Ahmed 4

Yasir Hameed lbw b Sami 0

Aftab Khan c Salman b Ahmed 4

Wajahatullah Wasti c Misbah b Ahmed 82

Shoaib Khan b Ahmed 1

Akhtar Sarfraz lbw b Ahmed 67

Aslam Qureshi c Imran Ali b Ijaz 1

Zulfiqar Jan c Sami b Ahmed 43

Nauman Habib c Zahid b Imran Khalid 6

Waqar Ahmed c Salman b Sami 4

Fazle Akbar not out 0

EXTRAS (B-3, LB-7, NB-6) 16

TOTAL (all out, 81.1 overs) 228

FALL OF WKTS: 1-5, 2-7, 3-31, 4-50, 5-166, 6-173, 7-189, 8-215, 9-228.

BOWLING: Samiullah Niazi 21.1-8-49-2; Ahmed Hayat 21-5-62-6; Asad Ali 10-1-42-0; Khurram Shahzad 3-0-10-0; Imran Khalid 7-3-23-1; Ijaz Ahmed Jr 19-4-32-1.

FAISALABAD (2nd Innings):

Imran Ali not out 29

Mohammad Zahid c Nauman b Waqar 5

Asif Hussain not out 10

EXTRAS (LB-3, NB-1) 4

TOTAL (for one wkt, 6.4 overs) 48

FALL OF WKT: 1-12.

BOWLING: Fazle Akbar 2-0-12-0; Waqar Ahmed 3-0-23-1; Aslam Qureshi 1.4-0-10-0.