KARACHI, April 17: Punjab ended their Pentangular Cup campaign on winning note when they outclassed NWFP-Balochistan by an innings and 134 runs at the National Stadium here on Tuesday.
Starting their second innings after trailing by 294 runs on the first, the NWFP-Balochistan side was all out for 160 inside 57 overs on the third day of the four-day match.
Pacemen Imran Ali (3-24) and Wahab Riaz (4-48) shared the bowling honours while slow left-armer Imran Khalid took two for 49 to finish with a match bag of seven for 81.
Earlier, Punjab added 98 to their overnight score of 387 for four. Skipper Misbah-ul-Haq, who resumed at 86, was finally dismissed for 120.
Scoreboard
NWFP-BALOCHISTAN (1st Innings) 191 (Imran Khalid 5-32).
PUNJAB (1st Innings, overnight 387-4):
Imran Nazir c Umar b Nasir 9
Mohammad Hafeez c Nasir b Janisar 100
Imran Khalid lbw b Riaz 66
Nasir Jamshed c Ahmed Said b Arun 11
Misbah-ul-Haq b Arun 120
Naved Latif c Adnan b Janisar 85
Mohammad Salman lbw b Nasir 3
Shoaib Malik c Adnan b Nasir 4
Wahab Riaz c Umar b Nasir 47
Zohaib Ahmed c Ahmed Said b Janisar 7
Imran Ali not out 1
EXTRAS (B-5, LB-3, W-12, NB-12) 32
TOTAL (all out, 119.3 overs) 485
FALL OF WKTS: 1-25, 2-162, 3-182, 4-230, 5-390, 6-395, 7-401, 8-437, 9-480.
BOWLING: Shakeel-ur-Rehman 9.1-2-35-0 (5w); Nasir Jalil 28.2-6-105-4 (2nb); Janisar Khan 22-1-92-3 (6nb, 1w); Arun Lal 25-6-65-2 (2nb, 2w); Yasir Hameed 1-0-13-0; Riaz Kail 22-1-100-1; Umar Javed 5-0-37-0 (2nb); Adnan Raees 4-0-19-0; Wajid Ali 3-0-11-0.
NWFP-BALOCHISTAN (2nd Innings):
Shoaib Khan Jr c Hafeez b Wahab 10
Wajid Ali b Imran Ali 11
Umar Javed b Wahab 39
Arun Lal c Salman b Imran Khalid 17
Adnan Raees c Shoaib b Imran Ali 1
Riaz Kail c Salman b Imran Ali 1
Janisar Khan not out 28
Ahmed Said b Wahab 32
Nasir Jalil c Salman b Wahab 7
Shakeel-ur-Rehman c Misbah b Imran Khalid 0
Yasir Hameed absent hurt -
EXTRAS (LB-12, NB-2) 14
TOTAL (all out, 56.3 overs) 160
FALL OF WKTS: 1-15, 2-29, 3-79, 4-82, 5-84, 6-100, 7-139, 8-159, 9-160.
BOWLING: Imran Ali 15-8-24-3; Wahab Riaz 15-2-48-4; Imran Khalid 17.3-2-49-2; Naved Latif 4-3-3-0; Zohaib Ahmed 5-1-24-0.
RESULT: Punjab won by an innings and 134 runs.
UMPIRES: Afzaal Ahmed and Zaheer Ahmed.
MATCH REFEREE: Ishtiaq Ahmed.
OFFICIAL SCORER: Muhammad Ahsan.