October 22, 2007	Monday	Shawwal 9, 1428

KARACHI, Oct 21: Slow left-armer Azam Hussain grabbed six for 70 to help Karachi Blues dismiss Rawalpindi for 234 in their first innings of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship match at the UBL Sports Complex here on Sunday.

The visitors, who were asked to bat first, lost initiative after Mohammad Ibrahim (51) and Babar Naeem (44) added 98 for the opening stand. Among later batsmen, only former international Naveed Qureshi (76) shone.

An unbeaten 100 by Rizwan Ahmed guided Hyderabad to 227 for three against Karachi Whites at the Niaz Stadium in Hyderabad.

Habib Bank made 289 against Pakistan Customs at the NBP Sports Complex in the third game that began on Sunday.

Meanwhile, the ‘dangerous’ nature of the Jinnah Stadium pitch in Sialkot led to the fixture between Sialkot and National Bank being abandoned on Saturday.

Scores on Sunday (Second day of four):At Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad:

ABBOTTABAD 212 in 65 overs (Khalid Usman 50, Iftikhar Mahmood 36; Saad Altaf 6-73) and 66-2 in 23 overs; ISLAMABAD 254 in 75.3 overs (Rauf Akbar 80, Raheel Majeed 54, Umair Khan 41; Noor-ul-Amin 5-81).At Sports Stadium, Sargodha:

FAISALABAD 402 in 133.1 overs (Asif Hussain 109, Ahmed Hayat 71, Abdul Mannan 51, Ijaz Ahmed Jr 47, Asad Zarar 40; Imranullah Aslam 5-82); MULTAN 46-3 in 32 overs.

At LCCA Ground, Lahore:

LAHORE RAVI 251 in 71.2 overs (Kashif Siddique 53, Junaid Zia 50, Waqas Ahmed 45; Aqeel Ahmed 4-80, Shabbir Ahmed 3-60); WAPDA 276-4 in 92 overs (Aamir Sajjad 86 not out, Tariq Aziz 53, Bilal Khilji 47 not out).At KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi:

KRL 305 in 99.5 overs (Bazid Khan 122, Mohammad Wasim 92; Mohammad Khalil 6-62, Imran Sabir 3-71); ZTBL 155-4 in 59 overs (Adnan Raza 44 not out, Afaq Raheem 43).At Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar:

LAHORE SHALIMAR 246 in 88.5 overs (Ali Raza 56 not out, Mohammad Saeed 55; Nauman Habib 5-46); PESHAWAR 228-3 in 81 overs (Mohammad Fayyaz 71, Nawaz Ahmed 58 not out, Naved Khan 40).At Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot: Match abandoned.

SIALKOT 106-5 in 30 overs (Bilal Hussain 48) v NATIONAL BANK.At Sheikhupura Stadium:SNGPL 152 in 54.4 overs (Najaf Shah 4-42, Tahir Khan 3-20, Fazle Akbar 3-31) and 43-3 in 11 overs; PIA 214 in 80 overs (Sarfraz Ahmed 59, Agha Sabir 42; Adil Raza 5-42).At Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad (first day of four):

HYDERABAD 227-3 in 83 overs (Rizwan Ahmed 100 not out, Akram Khan 72) v KARACHI WHITES. At NBP Sports Complex, Karachi (first day of four):

HABIB BANK 289 in 74.5 overs (Humayun Farhat 75, Aftab Khan 65, Imran Farhat 60); PAKISTAN CUSTOMS 9-0 in 6 overs.At UBL Sports Complex, Karachi (first day of four):

RAWALPINDI 234 in 82.2 overs (Naveed Qureshi 76, Mohammad Ibrahim 51, Babar Naeem 44; Azam Hussain 6-70).