KARACHI, Feb 26: Lahore Eagles soared to a comprehensive 79-run victory over Rawalpindi Rams in the ABN-Amro One-day Gold League Cup at the NBP Sports Complex here on Monday.

The Rams never threatened a tough target of 271 after losing half their side for 101 and were eventually bowled out for 191 in the 41st over.

Former Test batsmen Mohammad Wasim (41 off 43 balls, seven fours) and Naveed Qureshi (an unbeaten 64 off 73 balls, four fours and two sixes) offered some fight but the others went cheaply.

Ex-international pacer Junaid Zia bowled impressively to claim three for 36 in his 10-over stint.

Earlier, the Eagles’ total of 270 for nine was based around good contributions from Aamir Sajjad (61 off 82 balls, five fours), Arsalan Mir (60 off 42 balls, five fours and two sixes), Kamran Sajid (44 off 58 balls, two fours) and Nasir Jamshed (36 off 41 balls, three fours).

Skipper Imran Farhat, the Pakistan opener, disappointed as he scored just 16.

Scoreboard

LAHORE EAGLES:

Imran Farhat c Awais b Yasir 16

Nasir Jamshed lbw b Alamgir 36

Aamir Sajjad lbw b Naveed Qureshi 61

Kamran Sajid lbw b Babar 44

Jahangir Mirza c Awais b Yasir 23

Humayun Farhat b Naveed Qureshi 0

Arsalan Mir b Sohail 60

Mohammad Hussain run out 4

Junaid Zia run out 3

Sohail Ahmed not out 4

EXTRAS (B-3, LB-4, W-7, NB-5) 19

TOTAL (for nine wkts, 50 overs) 270

FALL OF WKTS: 1-43, 2-88, 3-134, 4-174, 5-174, 6-238, 7-258, 8-263, 9-270.

DID NOT BAT: Mohammad Khalil.

BOWLING: Yasir Arafat 8-0-48-2 (3w); Najaf Shah 7-1-46-0 (2nb, 1w); Sohail Tanvir 8-0-48-1 (3nb); Alamgir Khan 10-0-54-1 (1w); Babar Naeem 10-1-35-1 (1w); Naveed Qureshi 7-0-32-2.

RAWALPINDI RAMS:

Naveed Malik b Khalil 1

Babar Naeem run out 28

Mohammad Wasim c and Junaid 41

Adnan Mufti c Humayun b Junaid 2

Naveed Qureshi not out 64

Awais Zia b Kamran 5

Sohail Tanvir b Hussain 23

Yasir Arafat c Aamir b Imran 0

Ali Sarfraz run out 4

Alamgir Khan b Junaid 5

Najaf Shah run out 3

EXTRAS (LB-1, W-12, NB-2) 15

TOTAL (all out, 40.4 overs) 191

FALL OF WKTS: 1-2, 2-56, 3-75, 4-76, 5-101, 6-143, 7-144, 8-163, 9-178.

BOWLING: Mohammad Khalil 7-0-44-1 (1nb); Junaid Zia 10-2-36-3 (1w); Kamran Sajid 3-0-16-1 (2w); Sohail Ahmed 8.4-0-37-0 (3w); Mohammad Hussain 7-1-21-1; Imran Farhat 4-0-27-1 (1nb, 2w); Jahangir Mirza 1-0-9-0.

RESULT: Lahore Eagles won by 79 runs.

UMPIRES: Afzaal Ahmed and M. Akbar Khan.

MATCH REFEREE: Taslim Arif.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Syed Imran Ali.