KARACHI, Oct 24: Medium-pacer Rizwan Akbar led Rawalpindi’s rout of Karachi Blues in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship match at the UBL Sports Complex here on Wednesday.

Rizwan bowled with hostility to claim four for 37 as the home side collapsed to 77 all out in the second innings to lose by 152 runs on the last day of the four-day fixture.

Resuming at 22 for three in pursuit of a target of 230, Karachi Blues lost the remaining wickets for the addition of just 55 runs. Faraz Patel was top-scorer for the second time in the game; making 19 to follow his 63 in the first innings.

Rizwan finished with match figures of nine for 84 in 43 overs.

Habib Bank were the day’s other winners, outclassing Pakistan Customs by 262 runs at the NBP Sports Complex.

Customs, who were on the ropes at 77 for five on Tuesday evening after being set 385 for victory, never got going and were bundled out for 122 in the second innings.

Test leg-spinner Danish Kaneria and pacer Fahad Masood captured six wickets between them.

Karachi Whites, meanwhile, managed to secure three points after taking a first-innings lead of 50 over Hyderabad in the drawn match at the Niaz Stadium in Hyderabad.

Afsar Nawaz became the second century-maker for the visitors by converting his overnight score of 64 into 108 as Karachi Whites added a further 73 runs to their Tuesday’s total of 386 for seven.

Afsar’s knock contained 12 boundaries. Tanvir Ahmed hit 50.

Afsar then capped a fine day with three for 19 as Hyderabad batted out the remaining overs to reach 229 for six in their second innings with Zahid Khan (80) and Hanif Malik (64) the chief run-getters.

Scores on Wednesday (final day of four):

At Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad: match drawn.

HYDERABAD 409 in 141.1 overs (Rizwan Ahmed 101, Shahid Qambrani 98, Akram Khan 72; Tabish Nawab 5-124, Mohammad Sami 3-82) and 229-6 in 48 overs (Zahid Khan 80, Hanif Malik 64; Afsar Nawaz 3-19); KARACHI WHITES 459 in 132.3 overs (Asad Shafiq 113, Afsar Nawaz 108, Shan Masood 54, Tanvir Ahmed 50; Rizwan Ahmed 4-147).

At NBP Sports Complex, Karachi: Habib Bank beat Pakistan Customs by 262 runs.

HABIB BANK 289 in 74.5 overs (Humayun Farhat 75, Aftab Khan 65, Imran Farhat 60) and 291-9 declared in 71.3 overs (Taufiq Umar 73, Imran Farhat 61, Hasan Raza 47; Yasir Hussain 3-67, Yasir Shah 3-74); PAKISTAN CUSTOMS 196 in 70.1 overs (Rawait Khan 46; Kamran Hussain 5-30) and 122 in 45.3 overs (Rehan Rafique 45 not out; Danish Kaneria 3-21, Fahad Masood 3-30).

At UBL Sports Complex, Karachi: Rawalpindi beat Karachi Blues by 152 runs.

RAWALPINDI 234 in 82.2 overs (Naveed Qureshi 76, Mohammad Ibrahim 51, Babar Naeem 44; Azam Hussain 6-70) and 176 in 63.2 overs (Yasim Murtaza 54, Naveed Qureshi 47; Azam Hussain 4-40, Tariq Haroon 3-17); KARACHI BLUES 181 in 86 overs (Faraz Patel 63, Shadab Kabir 47; Rizwan Akbar 5-47) and 77 in 38.4 overs (Rizwan Akbar 4-37).