KARACHI, April 5: Pakistan spinner Abdur Rehman grabbed a five-wicket as Habib Bank crushed Punjab by an innings and 57 runs in the Pentangular Cup match with a day to spare at the National Stadium here on Thursday.

On another scorching day with mercury touching 40 degrees Celsius, Punjab batting fell apart with 14 wickets going down on the third day of the four-day fixture.

Resuming at 185 for six, Punjab added another 74 runs before being dismissed for 259 in reply to Habib Bank’s massive first-innings total of 531.

The regional side lasted only 62.5 overs after being asked to bat again by the bankers’ stand-in skipper Shahid Afridi. They were eventually all out for 215 in the second innings with Rehman, the slow left-armer, picking up five for 72. Afridi took two for 32 with his leg-spinners.

Scoreboard

HABIB BANK (1st Innings) 531 (Imran Farhat 184, Hasan Raza 123, Shahid Afridi 86).

PUNJAB (1st Innings, overnight 185-6):

Salman Butt b Irfan 11

Imran Nazir c and b Afridi 24

Mohammad Hafeez c and b Kaneria 29

Kashif Siddique c Imran b Rehman 21

Kamran Akmal b Irfan 56

Atiq-ur-Rehman c and b Kaneria 3

Naved Latif c Khaqan b Afridi 43

Rao Iftikhar b Irfan 3

Mohammad Khalil c Imran b Kaneria 32

Azharullah not out 15

Kashif Raza absent hurt -

EXTRAS (B-2, LB-10, W-1, NB-9) 22

TOTAL (all out, 61.2 overs) 259

FALL OF WKTS: 1-32, 260, 3-90, 4-92, 5-96, 6-173, 7-186, 8-215, 9-259.

BOWLING: Sajid Shah 9-0-35-0 (3nb); Irfan Fazil 9-1-50-3 (3nb, 1w); Danish Kaneria 18.2-2-90-3 (1nb); Shahid Afridi 10-1-35-2 (2nb); Abdur Rehman 14-3-37-1; Imran Farhat 1-1-0-0.

PUNJAB (2nd Innings, following-on):

Imran Nazir c Hasan b Rehman 33

Salman Butt c Humayun n Irfan 0

Mohammad Hafeez b Rehman 40

Kamran Akmal b Rehman 37

Naved Latif c sub b Sajid 3

Kashif Siddique lbw b Rehman 24

Atiq-ur-Rehman b Afridi 27

Rao Iftikhar c Khaqan b Afridi 19

Mohammad Khalil not out 16

Azharullah c Imran b Rehman 2

Kashif Raza absent hurt -

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-7, NB-3) 14

TOTAL (all out, 62.5 overs) 215

FALL OF WKTS: 1-5, 2-55, 3-108, 4-111, 5-133, 6-154, 7-187, 8-206, 9-215.

BOWLING: Irfan Fazil 7-1-30-1 (3nb); Sajid Shah 8-3-17-1; Shahid Afridi 10-4-32-2; Danish Kaneria 15-2-53-0; Abdur Rehman 22.5-5-72-5.

RESULT: Habib Bank won by an innings and 57 runs.

UMPIRES: Afzaal Ahmed and M. Akbar Khan.

MATCH REFEREE: Taslim Arif.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Salman Hussain.