April 24, 2007	Tuesday	Rabi-us-Sani 06, 1428

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KARACHI, April 23: Centuries by skipper Hasan Raza and Suleman Qadir helped Habib Bank pile up 498 for eight in their second innings against NWFP-Balochistan on the third day of the Pentangular Cup match at the NBP Sports Complex here on Monday.

Hasan celebrated his call-up for the national camp with a punishing 188 – his 30th first-class century in 145 matches – while Suleman, son of leg-spin legend Abdul Qadir, brought up his first hundred at this level by making 125.

Hasan, who blasted 17 fours and two sixes in his 236-ball knock, and Suleman (10 fours and two sixes) added 237 for the fifth-wicket after Habib Bank resumed at 117 for two.

The bankers, who have already secured the title, batted all day to extend their overall lead to 577 runs.

Scoreboard

HABIB BANK (1st Innings) 315 (Asim Kamal 95, Humayun Farhat 56).

NWFP-BALOCHISTAN (1st Innings) 236 (Wajid Ali 131 not out; Abdur Rehman 5-78).

HABIB BANK (2nd Innings, overnight 117-2):

Imran Farhat c Jalat b Nasir 66

Riffatullah Mohmand b Nasir 0

Aftab Khan b Arun Lal 18

Suleman Qadir lbw b Nasir 125

Asim Kamal lbw b Arun Lal 6

Hasan Raza c Jalat b Fayyaz 188

Humayun Farhat c sub b Riaz 41

Abdur Rehman st Ahmed Said b Fayyaz 11

Sajid Shah not out 7

Irfan Fazil not out 2

EXTRAS (B-6, LB-10, W-8, NB-10) 34

TOTAL (for eight wkts, 119 overs) 498

FALL OF WKTS: 1-3, 2-26, 3-127, 4-135, 5-372, 6-458, 7-487, 8-490.

BOWLING (to-date): Nasir Jalil 21-1-122-2 (1w); Arun Lal 27-4-98-1 (3nb, 2w); Dilawar Khan 20-0-78-0 (1w); Jalat Khan 27-2-93-0 (5nb); Mohammad Fayyaz 9-1-31-2; Riaz Kail 11-2-33-1; Umar Javed 4-0-27-0 (2nb).