RAWALPINDI, Jan 9: Peshawar obtained maximum points when they easily beat Rawalpindi by six wickets in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League fixture at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.

Chasing a small target of 88 in 39 overs, Peshawar needed 25.1 overs to collect nine points.

Earlier, Rawalpindi doubled their overnight score of 127 for six before they were all out for 254. Only Yasir Arafat hung around long enough to hit a gutsy 71.

Scoreboard

RAWALPINDI (1st Innings) 230 (Naveed Qureshi 97; Riaz Afridi 5-69).

PESHAWAR (1st Innings) 397 (Shoaib Khan 131, Zulfiqar Jan 50; Rizwan Akbar 4-82, Najaf Shah 4-118).

RAWALPINDI (2nd Innings, overnight 127-6):

Babar Naeem c and b Arshad 87

Mohammad Wasim lbw b Fazle 8

Usman Saeed c Zulfiqar b Fazle 6

Naveed Qureshi c Zulfiqar b Fazle 0

Pervez Aziz c Aftab b Janisar 29

Rizwan Akbar b Arshad 0

Asif Mahmood lbw b Riaz 0

Yasir Arafat lbw b Riaz 71

Sohail Tanvir lbw b Riaz 28

Sajid Mahmood not out 5

Najaf Shah lbw b Arshad 1

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-3, W-1, NB-14) 19

TOTAL (all out, 93.4 overs) 254

FALL OF WKTS: 1-17, 2-31, 3-39, 4-117, 5-117, 6-118, 7-189, 8-242, 9-251.

BOWLING: Fazle Akbar 17-6-26-3 (1nb, 1w); Riaz Afridi 25-4-93-3 (3nb); Arshad Khan 27.3-8-60-3; Janisar Khan 19-5-59-1 (10nb); Shakeel-ur-Rehman 1.1-0-3-0; Riffatullah Mohmand 3-0-9-0; Wajahatullah Wasti 1-1-0-0.

PESHAWAR (2nd Innings):

Riffatullah Mohmand lbw b Sohail 13

Aftab Khan c Sajid b Najaf 16

Shoaib Khan c Sajid b Sohail 14

Akhtar Sarfraz not out 17

Riaz Afridi b Sohail 0

Wajahatullah Wasti not out 18

EXTRAS (LB-4, W-4, NB-4) 12

TOTAL (for four wkts, 25.1 overs) 90

FALL OF WKTS: 1-34, 2-35, 3-58, 4-59.

BOWLING: Najaf Shah 12-0-40-1 (3nb, 1w); Rizwan Akbar 2-0-10-0; Sohail Tanvir 11.1-2-36-3 (1nb, 3w).

RESULT: Peshawar won by six wickets.

UMPIRES: Nadeem Ghauri and Zameer Haider.

MATCH REFEREE: Rizwan Khateeb.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Shakeel Ahmed.—Agencies