LAHORE, Feb 18: Test medium-pacer Umar Gul claimed a five-wicket haul as Peshawar inflicted a nine-wicket defeat on Lahore in theQuaid-i-Azam Trophy tie at the Sheikhupura Stadium on Wednesday.

After wicket-keeper Ahmed Said had completed a century that helped Peshawar take a 127-run first innings, Umar picked up five for 69 as Lahore collapsed to 163 in their second innings. Requiring 37 runs, Peshawar achieved their first victory inside three days.

Scoreboard

LAHORE (1st Innings) 236 (Salman Butt 122; Arshad Khan 6-57).

PESHAWAR (1st Innings, overnight 293-7):

Wajahatullah Wasti lbw b Wasim 1

Aftab Khan b Khalil 9

Yasir Hameed c Adnan b Khalil 22

Akhtar Sarfraz c Khaqan b Wasim 21

Arshad Khan c Adnan b Khalil 0

Ahmed Said c Kamran b Khalil 106

Shoaib Khan lbw b Wasim 116

Taimur Khan lbw b Khalil 4

Sajid Shah lbw b Khalil 0

Umar Gul c Kamran b Wasim 41

Kabir Khan not out 4

EXTRAS (B-15, LB-10, W-3, NB-11) 39

TOTAL (all out, 110.4 overs) 363

FALL OF WKTS: 1-6, 2-18, 3-50, 4-50, 5-76, 6-283, 7-293, 8-297, 9-328.

BOWLING: Wasim Khan 27.4-9-67-4; Mohammad Khalil 39-10-106-6; Imran Sabir 17-4-50-0; Zeeshan Safeer 10-0-58-0; Kamran Sajid 11-4-34-0; Adil Nisar 2-1-10-0; Salman Butt 4-1-13-0.

LAHORE (2nd Innings):

Salman Butt c Aftab b Kabir 9

Kamran Sajid lbw b Sajid 35

Khaqan Arsal c Ahmed b Kabir 27

Ashraf Ali c Ahmed b Umar 20

Adil Nisar c Wajahat b Umar 11

Hasan Adnan lbw b Sajid 15

Adnan Akmal b Umar 0

Wasim Khan run out 8

Imran Sabir lbw b Umar 8

Mohammad Khalil b Umar 25

Zeeshan Safeer not out 0

EXTRAS (W-1, NB-14) 15

TOTAL (all out, 40.2 overs) 163

FALL OF WKTS: 1-10, 2-55, 3-72, 4-96, 5-96, 6-96, 7-96, 8-111, 9-121.

BOWLING: Kabir Khan 9-1-47-2; Umar Gul 15.2-2-69-5; SajidShah 12-0-38-2; Arshad Khan 4-1-9-0.

PESHAWAR (2nd Innings):

Aftab Khan not out 30

Taimur Khan c Khalil b Wasim 0

Yasir Hameed not out 6

EXTRAS (NB-1) 1

TOTAL (for one wkt, 5.5 overs) 37

FALL OF WKT: 1-13.

BOWLING: Mohammad Khalil 3-0-25-0; Wasim Khan 2.5-0-12-1;

UMPIRES: Afzaal Ahmed and Islam Khan.

MATCH REFEREE: Shafiq Ahmed.

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