KARACHI, April 11: Speedster Shakeel-ur-Rehman grabbed six for 57 to help NWFP-Balochistan score a crushing nine-wicket victory over Sindh in the Pentangular Cup match at the National Stadium here on Wednesday.

Having conceded a first-innings lead of 97 runs, Sindh collapsed to 149 after resuming the third day of the four-day fixture at 41 for two in the second innings.

Only Shahid Qambrani, who made 69 off 119 deliveries with the aid of 11 boundaries, offered some sort of resistance. Otherwise, it was one-way traffic as Shakeel made inroads at regular intervals.

Apart from Shakeel, who finished with a match haul of nine for 121, paceman Faisal Irfan claimed three for 20.

Needing just 52, the combined regional side lost Yasir Hameed for 14 before Shoaib Khan Jr (21) and Janisar Khan (8) saw them home.

Scoreboard

SINDH (1st Innings) 234 (Tahir Khan 70 not out, Rizwan Ahmed 58; Nasir Jalil 4-60).

NWFP-BALOCHISTAN (1st Innings) 331 (Adnan Raees 85, Yasir Hameed 59, Riaz Kail 52; Tahir Khan 4-50).

SINDH (2nd Innings, overnight 41-2):

Agha Sabir b Nasir 1

Faisal Athar c Ahmed Said b Shakeel 9

Asif Zakir b Faisal 16

Shahid Qambrani c Ahmed Said b Shakeel 69

Faisal Iqbal b Faisal 17

Rizwan Ahmed c Janisar b Faisal 5

Amin-ur-Rehman c Shoaib Jr b Shakeel 4

Tahir Khan c Ahmed Said b Shakeel 6

Mohammad Sami b Shakeel 10

Farhan Ayub c Yasir b Shakeel 0

Uzair-ul-Haq not out 0

EXTRAS (B-1, W-6, NB-5) 12

TOTAL (all out, 45.5 overs) 149

FALL OF WKTS: 1-14, 2-15, 3-43, 4-85, 5-91, 6-109, 7-115, 8-140, 9-140.

BOWLING: Nasir Jalil 13-4-37-1 (1nb, 1w); Shakeel-ur-Rehman 14.5-3-57-6 (5w); Janisar Khan 9-1-34-0 (3nb); Faisal Irfan 9-3-20-3 (2nb).

NWFP-BALOCHISTAN (2nd Innings):

Shoaib Khan Jr not out 21

Yasir Hameed c Rizwan b Farhan 14

Janisar Khan not out 8

EXTRAS (B-8, LB-2, W-1) 11

TOTAL (for one wkt, 9.1 overs) 54

FALL OF WKT: 1-22.

BOWLING: Farhan Ayub 5-1-21-1; Uzair-ul-Haq 4.1-0-23-0 (1w).

RESULT: NWFP-Balochistan won by nine wickets.

UMPIRES: Zameer Haider and Raweed Khan.

MATCH REFEREE: Khalid Niazi.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Muhammad Ahsan.