LAHORE, Oct 30: Splendid bowling by left-arm medium-pacer Samiullah Niazi inspired Faisalabad to a five-wicket win over Karachi Urban in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League match at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad on Sunday.

Karachi Urban, who earned a 77-run lead on first innings, lost advantage when they were all out for 120 in the second innings after resuming at 47-6. The main damage was caused by Sami, who took five for 48 and a match haul of 10-109.

Chasing 198, Faisalabad lost three wickets for 79 before Naved Latif, Khurram Shahzad and Ahmed Hayat made important contributions.

Scoreboard

KARACHI URBAN (1st Innings) 255 (Aminur Rahman 107, Tanvir Ahmed 67; Samiullah Niazi 5-59).

FAISALABAD (1st Innings) 178.

KARACHI URBAN (2nd Innings, overnight 47-6):

Khurram Manzoor c Khurram b Asad 5

Shadab Kabir c Salman b Sami 2

Mohammad Farrukh c Asif b Sami 1

Naumanullah c Asif b Sami 0

Farhan Adil run out 6

Ahmer Saeed not out 49

Aminur Rahman c Asif b Asad 4

Tanvir Ahmed b Sami 25

Azam Hussain lbw b Sami 8

Tabish Khan st Salman b Sami 6

Nasir Khan lbw b Hafeez 5

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-5, NB-3) 9

TOTAL (all out, 50.2 overs) 120

FALL OF WKTS: 1-7, 2-7, 3-7, 4-12, 5-14, 6-22, 7-68, 8-82, 9-90.

BOWLING: Samiullah Niazi 22-4-48-5 (2nb); Asad Ali 19-6-48-3 (1nb); Mohammad Hafeez 3.2-1-1-1; Ahmed Hayat 3-0-9-0; Imran Khalid 3-1-8-0.

FAISALABAD (2nd Innings):

Mohammad Hafeez b Tanvir 13

Imran Ali c Amin b Nasir 36

Asif Hussain c Khurram b Tanvir 6

Ijaz Ahmed Jr c Amin b Nasir 2

Naved Latif c Azam b Tabish 46

Khurram Shahzad not out 48

Ahmed Hayat not out 32

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

TOTAL (for five wkts, 52.2 overs) 199

FALL OF WKTS: 1-33, 2-39, 3-79, 4-133, 5-144.

BOWLING: Nasir Khan 20-1-68-2 (1w); Tanvir Ahmed 14-4-47-2 (1w); Tabish Khan 11-2-49-1 (1w); Azam Hussain 7-0-22-0; Farhan Adil 0.2-0-4-0.

RESULT: Faisalabad won by five wickets.

UMPIRES: Mian Aslam and Salim Badar.

MATCH REFEREE: Abdul Sami Khan.