KARACHI, Oct 31: Hyderabad recorded their first win of the season with a comfortable seven-wicket success over Islamabad in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League fixture at the Niaz Stadium in Hyderabad on Monday.

Hyderabad duly reached their target of 189 after resuming at 26 for one. Opener Akram Khan (60 with six fours) and Rizwan Ahmed, who made unbeaten 69 with nine fours and one six, were the major contributors in a third-wicket partnership of 111.

SCOREBOARD

ISLAMABAD (1st Innings) 211 (Afaq Rahim 86, Rauf Akbar 54).

HYDERABAD (1st Innings) 264 (Shahid Qambrani 99, Rizwan Ahmed 56; Stephen John 4-78).

ISLAMABAD (2nd Innings) 241 (Afaq Rahim 115; Shoaib Leghari 5-46).

HYDERABAD (2nd Innings, overnight 26-1):

Faisal Athar lbw b Rauf 8

Akram Khan c Raheel b Sufyan 60

Pir Zulfiqar lbw b Bilal 21

Rizwan Ahmed not out 69

Hanif Malik not out 6

EXTRAS (B-7, LB-6, W-1, NB-11) 25

TOTAL (for three wkts, 53.5 overs) 189

FALL OF WKTS: 1-9, 2-62, 3-173.

BOWLING: Stephen John 9-2-22-0 (2nb); Rauf Akbar 10-1-33-1 (7nb); Zohaib Ahmed 11-2-28-0 (1nb); Qasim Aqeel 7-1-35-0; Bilal Asad 6-1-19-1; Sufyan Munir 5-0-23-1 (1w); Afaq Rahim 5.5-0-16-0.