January 17, 2003	Friday	Ziqa'ad 13, 1423

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LAHORE, Jan 16: National Bank were on verge of victory over  Lahore Blues in the Quaid Trophy Group-I match at Gymkhana Ground in Okara.

Lahore Blues were tottering at 41 for four in the second innings after bring set a daunting target of 331 runs.

Only six overs could be bowled at Sports Stadium in Sargodha in the match between Wapda and Sargodha. Wapda, who resumed their first innings at 193 for four, were 224 for five when the umpires called off play for the day.

There was no play at all on Thursday in the game between Faisalabad and Servis Industries at Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad.

Summarised scores of Group-I matches:

*At Gymkhana Ground, Okara:

NATIONAL BANK  224 (Sajid Ali 50, Mushtaq Ahmed 33, Kamran Akmal 26, Imran Javed 20; Khurram Irshad 4-41, Shahzad Butt 3-70, Salman Qadir 2-73) and 231 (Mohammad Javed  48, Imran Javed 41, Naumanullah 34; Shahzad Butt 4-87, Khurram Irshad 4-80);

LAHORE BLUES 125 (Salman Qadir 42, Faisal Mahmood 25; Shabbir Ahmed 7-70, Mushtaq Ahmed 2-9) and 41-4.

*At Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad:

FAISALABAD 361 (Asif Hussain 198 not out, Farooq Iqbal 91; Rizwan Ahmed 4-75, Imran Adil 3-120);

SERVIS INDUSTRIES 71-1 (Masood Asim 44 not out), on play on day three.

*At Sports Stadium, Sargodha:

SARGODHA 100 (Mohammad Sarfraz 35; Kashif Raza 4-39, Faisal Irfan 3-22, Sarfraz Ahmed 3-25);

WAPDA 224-5 (Hasan Adnan 85, Fida Hussain 47, Rizwan Malik 32, Kashif Rasheed 32, Shahid Mansoor 20 not out; Samiullah Niazi 4-57).