KARACHI, Feb 6: Sparkling match-winning centuries by Irfan Ali and Hasan Naqvi were the highlights of matches played in the Abdul Quddoos Sheikh Multinational Cricket Tournament here on Wednesday.

Irfan scored 135 off 78 balls with 16 fours and seven sixes in a an opening stand of 189 with Mohammad Javed (60) as Dawn Group easily defeated Bolan Bank by 78 runs.

Hasan Naqvi lashed nine sixes and six boundaries in making 117 to help Shell Pakistan beat State Bank in a high-scoring tie by seven wickets. Zohaib Khan contributed 113 (nine fours and five sixes) for the losers.

Summarised scores:

*At UBL Sports Complex Ground ‘B’:

Dawn Group beat Bolan Bank by 78 runs.

DAWN GROUP 237-5 in 25 overs (Irfan Ali 135, Mohammad Javed 60; Syed Imran 2-34);

BOLAN BANK 159 in 24.4 overs (Mumtaz Ghazali 57, Mohammad Naeem 25; Imtiaz Iqbal 3-29, Sajid Khan 2-12, Zafar Iqbal 2-33).

*At Aga Khan University Ground:

Nissan Motors beat International Power by eight wickets.

INTERNATIONAL POWER 147 in 24.1 overs (Irfan Dalvi 63, Rehan Ahmed 43; Saud 3-32, Ijaz 2-22, Azhar Shah 2-28);

NISSAN MOTORS 148-2 in 15.2 overs (Ayaz Ali 59, Rehan 32, Azmat 23 not out, Saeed 21 not out).

Cougars beat ABN AMRO Bank by eight wickets.

ABN AMRO BANK 171-5 in 25 overs (Moiz Wali Khan 57, Clifford Lucase 48, Salman Butt 22, Zulfiqar Lehri 22);

COUGARS 173-2 in 23.4 overs (Omer Hatmi 84 not out, Aamir Khan 81).

*At UBL Sports Complex Ground ‘A’:

Shell Pakistan beat State Bank of Pakistan by seven wickets.

STATE BANK 241-2 in 25 overs (Zohaib Khan 113, Abid Khan 71; Shahab Kabir 2-28);

SHELL PAKISTAN 242-3 in 23 overs (Hasan Naqvi 117, Asif Hasan 63, Fawwad 20 not out).

*At NBP Sports Complex:

National Bank Head Office beat Faisal Textile by 136 runs.

NATIONAL BANK HEAD OFFICE 230-4 in 25 overs (Mumtaz-ul-Hasan 55, Saeed Azad 50 not out, Umair-ul-Haq 47, Anwar Khan 20; Farooq 2-35);

FAISAL TEXTILE 94 in 20.3 overs (Junaid Shaikh 22 not out, Sajjad 20; Aamir Rizwan 4-7, Umair-ul-Haq 2-12, Farooq 2-20, Mukhtar 2-21).