October 27, 2007	Saturday	Shawwal 14, 1428

KARACHI, Oct 26: Lahore Ravi restricted Karachi Whites to a modest first-innings total of 218 on the opening day of the second round Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship fixture at the Asghar Ali Shah Stadium here on Friday.

Former international Junaid Zia grabbed two early wickets after Karachi Whites skipper Mohammad Sami, the discarded Test speedster, won the toss and opted to bat first.

Barring Afsar Nawaz, who scored 52 with five boundaries, and opener Asad Shafiq (45), it was tough going for the home side. Sami batted patiently to make 31 off 90 balls.

Junaid and off-spinner Kashif Shafi claimed three wickets each.

Lahore Ravi negotiated one over without scoring.

Test leg-spinner Danish Kaneria captured four for 64 as Habib Bank reduced Hyderabad to 192 for nine in their first innings at the Niaz Stadium in Hyderabad.

Karachi Blues enjoyed a good day despite questionable team selection. Ex-Test opener Shadab Kabir hammered an unbeaten 136 as the Blues closed at 308 for four against Quetta.

Shadab and Ali Asad shared an opening partnership of 146 after Quetta invited the visitors to have first use of the Bugti Stadium pitch in Quetta.

Karachi Blues badly lost to Rawalpindi by 152 runs in the first round game in Karachi with coach Sagheer Abbas, younger brother of Pakistan great and former skipper Zaheer Abbas, opting to keep out several deserving players on the sidelines.

Multan, meanwhile, put themselves in driving seat after bundling out Sialkot for 100 at the Sheikhupura Stadium.

Tariq brothers, Hammad and Usman, then added 116 without being separated as Multan reached stumps at 116-0.

PIA opener Kamran Sajid carried his bat for an unbeaten 64, but his team were bowled out 211 by KRL in the game at the KRL Stadium in Rawalpindi.

Scores on Friday (first day of four):

At Asghar Ali Shah Stadium, Karachi:

KARACHI WHITES 218 in 79.1 overs (Afsar Nawaz 52, Asad Shafiq 45; Kashif Shafi 3-32, Junaid Zia 3-52); LAHORE RAVI 0-0 in 1 over.

At NBP Sports Complex, Karachi:

SSGC 239-7 in 82.4 overs (Ali Hussain 83, Ashraf Ali 49, Asif Zakir 41; Raees Amjad 4-46) v PAKISTAN CUSTOMS.

At Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad:

HYDERABAD 192-9 in 87 overs (Akbar Khan 97, Shahid Qambrani 41; Danish Kaneria 4-64, Aslam Qureshi 3-29) v HABIB BANK.

At KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi:

PIA 211 in 68.4 over (Kamran Sajid 64 not out; Bilal Asad 4-37); KRL 4-1 in 1.3 overs.

At Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad:

FAI’SALABAD 243-9 in 83 overs (Usman Arshad 63, Mohammad Salman 61) v NATIONAL BANK.

At Bugti Stadium, Quetta:

KARACHI BLUES 308-4 in 83 overs (Shadab Kabir 136 not out, Ali Asad 66, Faraz Patel 48; Naseer Khan 4-89) v QUETTA.

At Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad:

LAHORE SHALIMAR 219 in 58.1 overs (Suleman Khan 88; Saad Altaf 4-81, Rauf Akbar 3-49); ISLAMABAD 34-4 in 11 overs Ali Raza 3-13).

At Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar:

SNGPL 287-7 in 78 overs (Azhar Shafiq 95, Khurram Shahzad 75; Zohaib Khan 3-80) v ZTBL.

At Sheikhupura Stadium:

SIALKOT 100 in 36.4 overs (Mohammad Kashif 4-30, Imranullah 3-18); MULTAN 116-0 in 44 overs (Hammad Tariq 56 not out, Usman Tariq 52 not out).