KARACHI, April 5: Pakistan spinner Abdur Rehman grabbed a five-wicket as Habib Bank crushed Punjab by an innings and 57 runs in the Pentangular Cup match with a day to spare at the National Stadium here on Thursday.
On another scorching day with mercury touching 40 degrees Celsius, Punjab batting fell apart with 14 wickets going down on the third day of the four-day fixture.
Resuming at 185 for six, Punjab added another 74 runs before being dismissed for 259 in reply to Habib Bank’s massive first-innings total of 531.
The regional side lasted only 62.5 overs after being asked to bat again by the bankers’ stand-in skipper Shahid Afridi. They were eventually all out for 215 in the second innings with Rehman, the slow left-armer, picking up five for 72. Afridi took two for 32 with his leg-spinners.
Scoreboard
HABIB BANK (1st Innings) 531 (Imran Farhat 184, Hasan Raza 123, Shahid Afridi 86).
PUNJAB (1st Innings, overnight 185-6):
Salman Butt b Irfan 11
Imran Nazir c and b Afridi 24
Mohammad Hafeez c and b Kaneria 29
Kashif Siddique c Imran b Rehman 21
Kamran Akmal b Irfan 56
Atiq-ur-Rehman c and b Kaneria 3
Naved Latif c Khaqan b Afridi 43
Rao Iftikhar b Irfan 3
Mohammad Khalil c Imran b Kaneria 32
Azharullah not out 15
Kashif Raza absent hurt -
EXTRAS (B-2, LB-10, W-1, NB-9) 22
TOTAL (all out, 61.2 overs) 259
FALL OF WKTS: 1-32, 260, 3-90, 4-92, 5-96, 6-173, 7-186, 8-215, 9-259.
BOWLING: Sajid Shah 9-0-35-0 (3nb); Irfan Fazil 9-1-50-3 (3nb, 1w); Danish Kaneria 18.2-2-90-3 (1nb); Shahid Afridi 10-1-35-2 (2nb); Abdur Rehman 14-3-37-1; Imran Farhat 1-1-0-0.
PUNJAB (2nd Innings, following-on):
Imran Nazir c Hasan b Rehman 33
Salman Butt c Humayun n Irfan 0
Mohammad Hafeez b Rehman 40
Kamran Akmal b Rehman 37
Naved Latif c sub b Sajid 3
Kashif Siddique lbw b Rehman 24
Atiq-ur-Rehman b Afridi 27
Rao Iftikhar c Khaqan b Afridi 19
Mohammad Khalil not out 16
Azharullah c Imran b Rehman 2
Kashif Raza absent hurt -
EXTRAS (B-4, LB-7, NB-3) 14
TOTAL (all out, 62.5 overs) 215
FALL OF WKTS: 1-5, 2-55, 3-108, 4-111, 5-133, 6-154, 7-187, 8-206, 9-215.
BOWLING: Irfan Fazil 7-1-30-1 (3nb); Sajid Shah 8-3-17-1; Shahid Afridi 10-4-32-2; Danish Kaneria 15-2-53-0; Abdur Rehman 22.5-5-72-5.
RESULT: Habib Bank won by an innings and 57 runs.
UMPIRES: Afzaal Ahmed and M. Akbar Khan.
MATCH REFEREE: Taslim Arif.
OFFICIAL SCORER: Salman Hussain.