KARACHI, March 5: Despite posting a modest total, Peshawar Panthers eased to a comfortable 72-run victory over Rawalpindi Rams in the ABN-Amro One-day Gold League Cup at the NBP Sports Complex here on Sunday.
Chasing 212, the Rams were bundled out for 139 with ex-Test pacer Fazle Akbar taking three for 17.
Scoreboard
PESHAWAR PANTHERS:
Yasir Hameed c Usman b Sohail 35
Riffatullah Mohmand c Ali Sarfraz b Rizwan 34
Aftab Khan run out 4
Mohammad Fayyaz c and b Babar 40
Wajahatullah Wasti c Naveed b Babar 26
Zulfiqar Jan c Naveed b Najaf 26
Zohaib Khan c Naveed b Sohail 16
Riaz Afridi c Usman b Babar 4
Arshad Khan b Najaf 1
Waqar Ahmed run out 5
Fazle Akbar not out 3
EXTRAS (LB-2, W-14, NB-1) 17
TOTAL (all out, 50 overs) 211
FALL OF WKTS: 1-77, 2-85, 3-85, 4-149, 5-160, 6-190, 7-201, 8-203, 9-204.
BOWLING: Najaf Shah 7-0-32-2 (1nb, 1w); Akhtar Ayub 6-1-29-0 (2w); Rizwan Akbar 9-0-37-1 (1w); Sohail Tanvir 8-1-34-2 (2w); Yasim Murtaza 10-1-38-0; Naveed Qureshi 2-0-6-0 (1w); Babar Naeem 8-0-33-3 (1w).
RAWALPINDI RAMS:
Najam-ul-Hasan lbw b Waqar 2
Babar Naeem b Fazle 5
Ali Sarfraz b Riaz 24
Naveed Qureshi c Arshad b Zohaib 29
Mohammad Wasim lbw b Aftab 32
Usman Saeed b Zohaib 3
Sohail Tanvir c Riffat b Arshad 1
Yasim Murtaza c Arshad b Zohaib 23
Najaf Shah b Fazle 9
Akhtar Ayub c Zohaib b Fazle 5
Rizwan Akbar not out 0
EXTRAS (LB-4, W-1, NB-1) 6
TOTAL (all out, 45.3 overs) 139
FALL OF WKTS: 1-3, 2-11, 3-45, 4-85, 5-89, 6-92, 7-103, 8-122, 9-138.
BOWLING: Fazle Akbar 7.3-2-17-3; Waqar Ahmed 7-1-29-1; Riaz Afridi 6-0-26-1; Arshad Khan 10-1-23-1 (1w); Zohaib Khan 10-0-25-3; Aftab Khan 5-0-15-1 (1nb).
RESULT: Peshawar Panthers won by 72 runs.
UMPIRES: Riazuddin and Ahsan Raza.
MATCH REFEREE: Naeem Ahmed.
OFFICIAL SCORER: Syed Imran Ali.