October 24, 2007	Wednesday	Shawwal 11, 1428

KARACHI, Oct 23: Spinner Azam Hussain claimed a 10-wicket match haul, but despite his heroics Karachi Blues were heading for defeat against Rawalpindi in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship match at the UBL Sports Complex here on Tuesday.

Karachi Blues were reeling at 22 for three in their second innings after being set a target of 230 on the penultimate day of the four-day fixture.

Earlier, Azam picked up four for 40 as the visiting side made 176 in the second innings. The slow left-armer, who claimed six for 70 in the first innings, finished with match figures of 10 for 110.

Wapda off-spinner Aqeel Ahmed also bagged 10 wickets (for 155 runs, including six for 75 in the second innings, as his team completed an easy nine-wicket victory against Lahore Ravi at the LCCA Ground in Lahore on the fourth and final day.

PIA and Islamabad also emerged first-round winners.

Meanwhile, Asad Shafiq hit 113 on first-class debut as Karachi Whites reached 386 for seven in reply to Hyderabad’s first-innings total of 409 at the Niaz Stadium in Hyderabad.

Scores on Tuesday (final day of four):

At Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad: Islamabad beat Abbottabad by six wickets.

ABBOTTABAD 212 in 65 overs (Khalid Usman 50, Iftikhar Mahmood 36; Saad Altaf 6-73) and 299 in 103.3 overs (Riaz Kail 94, Adnan Raees 52, Usman Khan 50; Saad Altaf 4-94, Atif Maqbool 3-77); ISLAMABAD 254 in 75.3 overs (Rauf Akbar 80, Raheel Majeed 54, Umair Khan 41; Noor-ul-Amin 5-81) and 259-6 in 73 overs (Umair Khan 51, Rauf Akbar 48 not out, Ashar Zaidi 47; Noor-ul-Amin 3-97).

At Sports Stadium, Sargodha: Match drawn.

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) and 161-3 in 58 overs (Mohammad Salman 53 not out, Usman Arshad 50 not out); MULTAN 308 in 133.5 overs (Mohammad Hafeez 70, Mohammad Sarwar 66, Abdul Rauf 56, Gulraiz Sadaf 50; Ahmed Hayat 6-48).

At LCCA Ground, Lahore: Wapda beat Lahore Ravi by nine wickets.

LAHORE RAVI 251 in 71.2 overs (Kashif Siddique 53, Junaid Zia 50, Waqas Ahmed 45; Aqeel Ahmed 4-80, Shabbir Ahmed 3-60) and 215 in 65.3 overs (Arsalan Mir 56, Kashif Siddique 52 not out; Aqeel Ahmed 6-75); WAPDA 446 in 133 overs (Bilal Khilji 127 not out, Aamir Sajjad 88, Tariq Aziz 53, Junaid Zia 3-107, Salman Rahat 3-112) and 21-1 in 2.4 overs.

At KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi: Match drawn.

KRL 305 in 99.5 overs (Bazid Khan 122, Mohammad Wasim 92; Mohammad Khalil 6-62, Imran Sabir 3-71) and 219-7 declared in 78.3 overs (Azhar Ali 100 not out; Junaid Nadir 4-59); ZTBL 275 in 106.5 overs (Wajahatullah Wasti 76, Adnan Raza 44, Afaq Raheem 43; Jaffar Nazir 4-51, Yasir Arafat 4-69) and 40-2 in 22 overs.

At Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar: Match drawn.

LAHORE SHALIMAR 246 in 88.5 overs (Ali Raza 56 not out, Mohammad Saeed 55; Nauman Habib 5-46) and 301-4 in 95 overs (Suleman Khan 84, Salman Akbar 79, Junaid Malik 59, Shahnawaz Malik 51 not out); PESHAWAR 411-7 declared in 132 overs (Nawaz Ahmed 109, Mohammad Fayyaz 71, Mahfooz Sabri 58 not out, Shahzad Khan 57, Naved Khan 40; Asif Raza 3-110, Mohammad Saeed 3-117).

At Sheikhupura Stadium: Match drawn.

SNGPL 152 in 54.4 overs (Najaf Shah 4-42, Tahir Khan 3-20, Fazle Akbar 3-31) and 195 in 76 overs (Yasir Arafat Jr 74, Azhar Shafiq 55; Fazle Akbar 4-41); PIA 214 in 80 overs (Sarfraz Ahmed 59, Agha Sabir 42; Adil Raza 5-42) and 134-4 in 46.5 overs (Khurram Manzoor 47).

At Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad (third day of four):

HYDERABAD 409 in 141.1 overs (Rizwan Ahmed 101, Shahid Qambrani 98, Akram Khan 72; Tabish Nawab 5-124, Mohammad Sami 3-82); KARACHI WHITES 386-7 in 107 overs (Asad Shafiq 113, Afsar Nawaz 64 not out, Shan Masood 54; Rizwan Ahmed 3-128).

At NBP Sports Complex, Karachi (third day of four):

HABIB BANK 289 in 74.5 overs (Humayun Farhat 75, Aftab Khan 65, Imran Farhat 60) and 291-9 declared in 71.3 overs (Taufiq Umar 73, Imran Farhat 61, Hasan Raza 47; Yasir Hussain 3-67, Yasir Shah 3-74); PAKISTAN CUSTOMS 196 in 70.1 overs (Rawait Khan 46; Kamran Hussain 5-30) and 77-5 in 27 overs.

At UBL Sports Complex, Karachi (third day of four):

RAWALPINDI 234 in 82.2 overs (Naveed Qureshi 76, Mohammad Ibrahim 51, Babar Naeem 44; Azam Hussain 6-70) and 176 in 63.2 overs (Yasim Murtaza 54, Naveed Qureshi 47; Azam Hussain 4-40, Tariq Haroon 3-17); KARACHI BLUES 181 in 86 overs (Faraz Patel 63, Shadab Kabir 47; Rizwan Akbar 5-47) and 22-3 in 11.4 overs.