KARACHI, Oct 11: Agriculture Development Bank of Pakistan (ADBP) were on verge of an emphatic victory in the Patron’s Trophy Grade-I match after claiming four Wapda wickets in the second innings at Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad Thursday, according to details available here.

The luckless Wapda, yet to taste victory this season, were rocked by pacer Rao Iftikhar Anjum who produced a burst of three for 12.

Wapda limped to 31 for four after being set a target of 312 on the penultimate day of the four-day tie.

Earlier, 37-year-old left-handed all-rounder Javed Hayat made 53 while sharing a fifth wicket partnership of 75 with skipper Zahoor Elahi as ADBP took their overnight score from 42 for one to 254 all out.

Zahoor, the former Test opener, top-scored with 55 off 80 deliveries.

Opener Inam-ul-Haq followed his first innings knock of 70 by making 48 in the second.

Faisal Irfan bowled best for Wapda to finish with four for 44 in 23.1 overs. Off-spinner Aqeel Ahmed claimed three for 58.

ADBP (1st Innings) 244 (Inam-ul-Haq 70, Ijaz Mahmood 62; Kashif Raza 4-80).

WAPDA (1st Innings) 187

ADBP (2nd Innings, overnight 42-1):

Inam-ul-Haq c Zahid b Sarfraz 48

Faisal Naveed c Zahid b Faisal 5

Imran Abbas c Obaid b Faisal 23

Zahoor Elahi c Zahid b Kashif 55

Ijaz Mahmood b Aqeel 1

Javed Hayat b Aqeel 53

Nadeem Hussain b Aqeel 2

Ghaffar Kazmi c Shiraz b Faisal 29

Faisal Afridi b Faisal 15

Fahad Masood c Zahid b Kashif 5

Rao Iftikhar Anjum not out 0

EXTRAS (B-8, LB-2, NB-8) 18

TOTAL (all out, 83.1 overs) 254

FALL OF WKTS: 1-12, 2-69, 3-101, 4-102, 5-177, 6-194, 7-213, 8-249, 9-254.

BOWLING: Kashif Raza 21-1-77-2; Faisal Irfan 23.1-8-44-4; Sarfraz Ahmed 15-0-43-1; Aqeel Ahmed 18-1-58-3; Adil Nisar 6-0-22-0.

WAPDA (2nd Innings):

Bilal Khilji c Nadeem b Faisal Afridi 0

Shiraz Butt lbw b Iftikhar 16

Tariq Aziz c Ijaz b Iftikhar 4

Adil Nisar not out 0

Aqeel Ahmed lbw b Iftikhar 0

Obaidullah not out 6

EXTRAS (B-4, W-1) 5

TOTAL (for four wkts, 9 overs) 31

FALL OF WKTS: 1-5, 2-18, 3-25, 4-25.

BOWLING (to-date): Faisal Afridi 5-1-15-1; Rao Iftikhar Anjum 4-1-12-3