RAWALPINDI, Jan 5: Rawalpindi mopped up Islamabad’s tail in just eight overs Saturday for a 115-run victory in their Quaid Trophy Grade-I match at the KRL Stadium.

Islamabad, who were a precarious 140 for seven overnight, succumbed to the pace of Mohammad Zahid and Naeem Akhtar who earned their side 12 points with figures of five for 61 and four for 34 respectively.

Rao Iftikhar, not out on 15 Friday, made a respectable 43.

RAWALPINDI (1st Innings) 176 (Babar Naeem 72; Saad Janjua 4-47).

ISLAMABAD (1st Innings) 104 (Yasir Arafat 4-24).

RAWALPINDI (2nd Innings) 221 (Azhar Mahmood 4-87).

ISLAMABAD (2nd Innings, overnight 140-7):

Ali Naqvi c Nadeem b Zahid 6

Raheel Majeed b Zahid 3

Bilal Asad c Pervez b Zahid 43

Atif Ashraf c Nadeem b Naeem Akhtar 18

Azhar Mahmood c Nadeem b Naeem Akhtar 34

Mohammad Altaf c Asif b Zahid 9

Saeed Ajmal b Zahid 0

Rashid Amin c Nadeem b Babar Naeem 0

Rao Iftikhar c Shahid b Naeem Akhtar 43

Saad Janjua b Naeem Akhtar 5

Raja Kashif not out 3

EXTRAS (B-3, LB-2, W-1, NB-8) 14

TOTAL (all out, 60 overs) 178

FALL OF WKTS: 1-3, 2-20, 3-76, 4-94, 5-118, 6-119, 7-119, 8-140, 9-148.

BOWLING: Mohammad Zahid 21-7-61-5; Naeem Akhtar 16-4-34-4; Azhar Bhatti 12-2-34-0; Yasir Arafat 4-1-17-0; Babar Naeem 4-0-13-1; Pervez Aziz 3-0-14-0.

RESULT: Rawalpindi won by 115 runs.

UMPIRES: Iftikhar Malik and Rasheed Bhatti.

MATCH REFEREE: Rizwan Khateeb.