KARACHI, Nov 23: As expected, Faisalabad outclassed Rawalpindi by a convincing margin of eight wickets on the penultimate day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League match at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Wednesday.

Faisalabad made light work of a modest target of 155 as they romped home in only 38 overs with Mohammad Salman (79 with 10 fours) and skipper Misbahul Haq (50, nine fours) sharing an unbroken 113-run third-wicket stand.

Earlier, the hosts made 188 in the second innings after resuming at 97 or five. All-rounder Yasir Arafat made 46.

Ex-Test paceman Shahid Nazir took four for 44 to finish with a match haul of eight for 110.

Scoreboard

RAWALPINDI (1st Innings) 151 (Asad Ali 4-20, Shahid Nazir 4-66).

FAISALABAD (1st Innings) 185 (Yasir Arafat 4-73).

RAWALPINDI (2nd Innings, overnight 97-5):

Mohammad Wasim lbw b Sami 6

Babar Naeem lbw b Ahmed Hayat 13

Sohail Nasir c Salman b Shahid 27

Usman Saeed lbw b Sami 9

Naveed Qureshi b Shahid 27

Sohail Tanvir b Shahid 8

Pervez Aziz lbw b Ahmed Hayat 24

Yasir Arafat c Salman b Shahid 46

Sajid Mahmood lbw b Ahmed Hayat 0

Najaf Shah c Asad b Sami 4

Rizwan Akbar not out 5

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-9, NB-6) 19

TOTAL (all out, 71.3 overs) 188

FALL OF WKTS: 1-15, 2-25, 3-38, 4-81, 5-91, 6-100, 7-160, 8-160, 9-178.

BOWLING: Shahid Nazir 22-2-44-4 (5nb); Samiullah Niazi 20.3-6-46-3 (1nb); Ahmed Hayat 16-3-38-3; Asad Ali 13-0-47-0.

FAISALABAD (2nd Innings):

Mohammad Hafeez c Sajid b Najaf 16

Imran Ali lbw b Yasir 1

Mohammad Salman not out 79

Misbahul Haq not out 50

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-2, W-3, NB-3) 9

TOTAL (for two wkts, 38 overs) 155

FALL OF WKTS: 1-2, 2-42.

BOWLING: Yasir Arafat 11-1-55-1 (1nb, 3w); Sohail Tanvir 11-2-33-0 (2nb); Najaf Shah 10-0-46-1; Rizwan Akbar 3-0-18-0.