KARACHI, Jan 13: Last season’s finalists Lahore Blues and Karachi Whites are the only teams in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Grade-I cricket competition to secure maximum points after in the opening two round of matches.

Defending champions Lahore Blues and Karachi Whites, the runners-up last year, have claimed 24 points to top their respective pools.

Both are likely to find little opposition against their opponents in the third round which begins Monday and should chalk up third straight wins.

The pick of the new round of four-day matches, undoubtedly, is the clash between evenly-matched Rawalpindi and Peshawar.

Third round schedule (Jan 14-17):

*Karachi Whites v Balochistan at National Stadium, Karachi (Umpires: M. Nazir Junior and Athar Zaidi. Match referee: Fahimuddin Alvi).

*Karachi Blues v Rest of Sindh at KCCA Stadium, Karachi (Umpires: Asad Rauf and M. Akbar Khan. Match referee: Munawwar Agha).

*Sargodha v Hyderabad at Sports Stadium, Sargodha (Umpires: Iqbal Butt and Zamir Haider. Match referee: Azhar Hussain).

*Bahawalpur v Gujranwala at Bahawalpur Stadium. Match referee: Shakeel Khan and Riazuddin. Match referee: Taslim Arif).

*Lahore Blues v Rest of Punjab at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore (Umpires: Salim Badar and Z.I. Pasha. Match referee: Khalid Niazi).

*Rawalpindi v Peshawar at Pindi Cricket Stadium (Umpires: Siddique Khan and Aleem Dar. Match referee: Ehteshamuddin).

*Islamabad v Rest of NWFP at KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi (Umpires: Iftikhar Malik and Nadeem Ghauri. Match referee: Khateeb Rizwan).

*Sialkot v Lahore Whites at Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot (Umpires: Feroz Butt and Islam Khan. Match referee: Abdul Sami Khan).

Standings

(Tabulate under played, won, lost, drawn, points):

Group-I

Karachi Whites 2 2 0 0 24

Gujranwala 1 1 0 0 12

Faisalabad 2 1 0 1 12

Bahawalpur 1 0 0 1 3

Karachi Blues 2 0 1 1 3

Rest of Sindh 2 0 1 1 3

Balochistan 2 0 0 2 0

Hyderabad 2 0 1 1 0

Sargodha 2 0 1 1 0

Group-II

Lahore Blues 2 2 0 0 24

Sheikhupura 2 1 0 1 15

Peshawar 1 1 0 0 12

Rawalpindi 2 1 0 1 12

Rest of Punjab 2 0 0 2 3

Rest of NWFP 2 0 1 1 3

Islamabad 1 0 1 0 0

Lahore Whites 2 0 2 0 0

Sialkot 2 0 2 0 0