Punjab score facile win

Published April 18, 2007

KARACHI, April 17: Punjab ended their Pentangular Cup campaign on winning note when they outclassed NWFP-Balochistan by an innings and 134 runs at the National Stadium here on Tuesday.

Starting their second innings after trailing by 294 runs on the first, the NWFP-Balochistan side was all out for 160 inside 57 overs on the third day of the four-day match.

Pacemen Imran Ali (3-24) and Wahab Riaz (4-48) shared the bowling honours while slow left-armer Imran Khalid took two for 49 to finish with a match bag of seven for 81.

Earlier, Punjab added 98 to their overnight score of 387 for four. Skipper Misbah-ul-Haq, who resumed at 86, was finally dismissed for 120.

Scoreboard

NWFP-BALOCHISTAN (1st Innings) 191 (Imran Khalid 5-32).

PUNJAB (1st Innings, overnight 387-4):

Imran Nazir c Umar b Nasir 9

Mohammad Hafeez c Nasir b Janisar 100

Imran Khalid lbw b Riaz 66

Nasir Jamshed c Ahmed Said b Arun 11

Misbah-ul-Haq b Arun 120

Naved Latif c Adnan b Janisar 85

Mohammad Salman lbw b Nasir 3

Shoaib Malik c Adnan b Nasir 4

Wahab Riaz c Umar b Nasir 47

Zohaib Ahmed c Ahmed Said b Janisar 7

Imran Ali not out 1

EXTRAS (B-5, LB-3, W-12, NB-12) 32

TOTAL (all out, 119.3 overs) 485

FALL OF WKTS: 1-25, 2-162, 3-182, 4-230, 5-390, 6-395, 7-401, 8-437, 9-480.

BOWLING: Shakeel-ur-Rehman 9.1-2-35-0 (5w); Nasir Jalil 28.2-6-105-4 (2nb); Janisar Khan 22-1-92-3 (6nb, 1w); Arun Lal 25-6-65-2 (2nb, 2w); Yasir Hameed 1-0-13-0; Riaz Kail 22-1-100-1; Umar Javed 5-0-37-0 (2nb); Adnan Raees 4-0-19-0; Wajid Ali 3-0-11-0.

NWFP-BALOCHISTAN (2nd Innings):

Shoaib Khan Jr c Hafeez b Wahab 10

Wajid Ali b Imran Ali 11

Umar Javed b Wahab 39

Arun Lal c Salman b Imran Khalid 17

Adnan Raees c Shoaib b Imran Ali 1

Riaz Kail c Salman b Imran Ali 1

Janisar Khan not out 28

Ahmed Said b Wahab 32

Nasir Jalil c Salman b Wahab 7

Shakeel-ur-Rehman c Misbah b Imran Khalid 0

Yasir Hameed absent hurt -

EXTRAS (LB-12, NB-2) 14

TOTAL (all out, 56.3 overs) 160

FALL OF WKTS: 1-15, 2-29, 3-79, 4-82, 5-84, 6-100, 7-139, 8-159, 9-160.

BOWLING: Imran Ali 15-8-24-3; Wahab Riaz 15-2-48-4; Imran Khalid 17.3-2-49-2; Naved Latif 4-3-3-0; Zohaib Ahmed 5-1-24-0.

RESULT: Punjab won by an innings and 134 runs.

UMPIRES: Afzaal Ahmed and Zaheer Ahmed.

MATCH REFEREE: Ishtiaq Ahmed.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Muhammad Ahsan.

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