RAWALPINDI, Jan 22: Rawalpindi routed Rest of NWFP by 125 runs inside three days in their Quaid Trophy Grade I match at the Rawalpindi Stadium Tuesday.

Chasing a total of 298 runs for victory, the Rest were dismissed for 172 after they had resumed at four for one. The wrecker-in-chief was Test-reject Muhammad Zahid who picked up four for 33 while another pacer Yasir Arafat captured three and so did spinner Munir Ansari.

The Rest were never expected to pose a threat to Rawalpindi and yielded in quick time with only opener Ahmad Said putting up a bit of resistance with a knock of 78.

The victory, Rawalpindi’s second in the competition, earned them 12 points. They now travel to Sialkot for their next match.

RAWALPINDI (1st Innings) 228 (Naeem Akhtar 55, Noman Aman 51; Noorul Amin 6-49).

REST OF NWFP (1st Innings) 98 (Yasir Arafat 4-18).

RAWALPINDI (2nd Innings) 167 (Ibrahim Afridi 4-32).

REST OF NWFP (2nd Innings, overnight 4-1):

Ahmed Said not out 78

Akbar Bashah c Nadeem b Zahid 0

Noorul Amin c Naeem b Munir 14

Imran Hussain b Zahid 0

Ibrahim Afridi lbw b Yasir 13

Asmatullah lbw b Yasir 3

Abdus Salam b Zahid 38

Bilal Marwat c Wasim b Zahid 9

Sajid Shah c and b Munir 3

Shakeel-ur-Rehman lbw b Munir 4

Umar Khan lbw b Yasir 0

EXTRAS (LB-7, NB-3) 10

TOTAL (all out, 62.3 overs) 172

FALL OF WKTS: 1-4, 2-47, 3-47, 4-79, 5-85, 6-138, 7-150, 8-163, 9-171.

BOWLING: Mohammad Zahid 18-5-33-4; Naeem Akhtar 13-4-28-0; Munir Ansari 14-4-47-3; Yasir Arafat 13.3-4-46-3; Mohammad Naveed 1-0-4-0; Babar Naeem 3-0-7-0.