October 29, 2007	Monday	Shawwal 16, 1428

KARACHI, Oct 28: Habib Bank continued their winning spree in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship after handing Hyderabad an innings defeat at the Niaz Stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday.

The bankers, who thrashed Pakistan Customs by 262 runs in the opening round, whipped Hyderabad by an innings and 122 runs with a day to spare in the four-day match. Slow left-armer Aslam Qureshi finished with a match bag of nine for 63 in 38 overs.

Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited (SNGPL) also recorded a three-day win when they trounced ZTBL by nine wickets in Peshawar with paceman Samiullah Niazi claming a match of eight for 109.

Sialkot were on verge of defeat after Multan gained a massive first-innings lead of 382 runs at the Sheikhupura Stadium. Sialkot still require 144 runs to make Multan bat again after closing at 238 for eight in the second innings.

First-class debutants Southern Sui Gas Company (SSGC) continued to impress in their first game of the championship. After obtaining a first-innings lead of 110 against Pakistan Customs at the NBP Sports Complex, Asif Zakir (136) and Mohtashim Ali (121) carried SSGC to 262 without loss in the second innings.

Scores on Sunday (third 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) and 74-4 in 25 overs; LAHORE RAVI 481 in 143.4 overs (Arsalan Mir 112, Waqas Ahmed 98, Hafiz Saad Nasim 95, Junaid Zia 81, Rizwan Ahmed 54; Adnan Kalim 3-133).

At NBP Sports Complex, Karachi:

SSGC 328 in 113.1 overs (Ali Hussain 83, Ahmed Zeeshan Malik 67, Ashraf Ali 49, Asif Zakir 41; Raees Amjad 4-68, Yasir Shah 3-89) and 262-0 in 58 overs (Asif Zakir 136 not out, Mohtashim Ali 121 not out); PAKISTAN CUSTOMS 218 in 75 overs (Hasnain Abbas 53; Sohail Khan 5-59).

At Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad: Habib Bank beat Hyderabad by an innings and 122 runs.

HYDERABAD 197 in 84 overs (Akbar Khan 97, Shahid Qambrani 41; Danish Kaneria 4-64, Aslam Qureshi 4-32) and 114 in 42.4 overs (Aslam Qureshi 5-28); HABIB BANK 433 in 112.5 overs (Aftab Khan 102, Taufiq Umar 72, Hasan Raza 69, Riffatullah Mohmand 51, Danish Kaneria 42; Farhan Ayub 3-84).

At KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi:

PIA 211 in 68.4 over (Kamran Sajid 64 not out; Bilal Asad 4-37); KRL 232-4 in 81 overs (Ali Naqvi 108 not out, Bazid Khan 97).

At Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad:

FAISALABAD 245 in 83.5 overs (Usman Arshad 62, Mohammad Salman 61; Uzair-ul-Haq 3-31) and 164 in 63.3 overs (Ahmed Hayat 41; Wahab Riaz 3-32, Tahir Mughal 3-35); NATIONAL BANK 291 in 86.4 overs (Nasir Jamshed 126, Rashid Riaz 51; Ahmed Hayat 3-67).

At Bugti Stadium, Quetta:

KARACHI BLUES 444 in 120.5 overs (Shadab Kabir 136, Ali Asad 66, Faraz Patel 48; Naseer Khan 5-101, Arun Lal 4-84); QUETTA 252 in 87 overs (Taimur Ali 110, Faisal Irfan 60 not out; Malik Aftab 5-70, Azam Hussain 3-57) and 152-1 in 43 overs (Shoaib Khan 77 not out, Faisal Irfan 43).

At Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad:

LAHORE SHALIMAR 219 in 58.1 overs (Suleman Khan 88; Saad Altaf 4-81, Rauf Akbar 3-49) and 215 in 62 overs (Mohammad Hussain 59; Saad Altaf 5-65); ISLAMABAD 255 in 57.5 overs (Rauf Akbar 98, Fayyaz Ahmed 58; Asif Raza 5-104, Shahzad Ali 3-63) and 140-6 in 44.5 overs (Umair Khan 44; Mohammad Saeed 4-44).

At Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar: SNGPL beat ZTBL by nine wickets.

SNGPL 303 in 85.2 overs (Azhar Shafiq 95, Khurram Shahzad 75; Junaid Nadir 4-54, Zohaib Khan 3-80) and 70-1 in 10.1 overs; ZTBL 85 in 30.4 overs (Samiullah Niazi 4-28, Imran Ali 3-22, Adil Raza 3-34) and 285 in 85.5 overs (Junaid Nadir 90, Adnan Raza 67; Samiullah Niazi 4-81).

At Sheikhupura Stadium:

SIALKOT 100 in 36.4 overs (Mohammad Kashif 4-30, Imranullah 3-18) and 238-8 in 77 overs (M. Ayub Dogar 82 not out, Bilal Hussain 46, Hafiz Khalid 40; Mohammad Kashif 4-50); MULTAN 482-9 declared in 130.3 overs (Hammad Tariq 116, Imranullah 115, Usman Tariq 91, Mohammad Sarwar 51; M. Ali Bhutta 5-102).

At Abbottabad Cricket Stadium (second day of four):

ABBOTTABAD 316 in 120.4 overs (Wajid Ali 75, Fawad Khan 73, M. Junaid Khan 71; Mohammad Ayaz 4-99) v RAWALPINDI 106-4 in 45 overs (Mohammad Ibrahim 45).