November 03, 2007	Saturday	Shawwal 21, 1428

KARACHI, Nov 2: Sialkot were heading for another defeat after Test leg-spinner Danish Kaneria claimed four wickets to put Habib Bank in sight of third straight victory in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship fixture at the Lahore Country Club in Muridke on Friday.

Sialkot, who won the championship the season before last, reached 30 for one in the second innings after being forced to follow-on on the second day of the four-day match. Replying to the bankers’ total of 369, Sialkot were bowled out for 165 in their first innings.

Kaneria, who will join the national side in India for the Tests at the end of the one-day series, took four for 82 in 17.2 overs. Slow left-armer Aslam Qureshi provided good support with three for 32.

Earlier paceman Mohammad Wasim finished with five for 110 as Habib Bank added 29 runs to their overnight score of 340-8.

Sialkot suffered an innings defeat against Multan in the previous round.

Abdul Razzaq’s first match since rescinding his decision to quit international cricket last week has been somewhat disappointing for the Pakistan all-rounder at the Sheikhupura Stadium.

After making only 30 in ZTBL’s first-innings total of 275, Razzaq bowled 16 wicketless overs for 28 runs as PIA closed at 193 for three with skipper Faisal Iqbal still batting on 44. Upcoming opener Khurram Manzoor hit 74.

Karachi Whites skipper Mohammad Sami’s prospects of being recalled to the national squad for the Indian tour as a replacement for the fellow injured paceman Mohammad Asif brightened up on Friday as he finished with three for 49 as SSGC were dismissed for 221 at the National Stadium.

The home side had already taken the first-innings lead by reaching 280 for eight despite SSGC’s medium-pacer Sohail Khan’s third five-wicket haul in as many innings after making an impressive first-class debut against Pakistan Customs in the last game.

Ariz Kamal converted his overnight score of 49 into 76 as Karachi Blues declared at 404 for nine before having Peshawar reeling at 59 for five at the NBP Sports Complex. Left-arm paceman Malik Aftab has so far captured three for 39.

Scores on Friday (second day of four):

At NBP Sports Complex, Karachi:

KARACHI BLUES 404-9 declared in 140 overs (Ali Asad 117, Ariz Kamal 76, Shadab Kabir 70, Sharjeel Ashraf 48; Bilal Khan 4-63. Jibran Khan 3-67); PESHAWAR 59-5 in 24 overs (Malik Aftab 3-39).

At National Stadium, Karachi: SSGC 221 in 91.1 overs (Mohtashim Ali 69l Mohammad Sami 3-49, Tanvir Ahmed 3-57); KARACHI WHITES 280-8 in 80 overs (Asad Shafiq 69, Afsar Nawaz 50 not out; Sohail Khan 5-58, Rajesh Ramesh 3-104).

At Multan Cricket Stadium:

MULTAN 238 in 73.5 overs (Kashif Naved 89, Abdul Rauf 47; Azharullah 5-64); WAPDA 223-5 in 90 overs (Bilal Khilji 68 not out, Aamir Sajjad 41).

At Sheikhupura Stadium:

ZTBL 275 in 102.3 overs (Wajahatullah Wasti 93, Afaq Raheem 79; Aizaz bin Ilyas 4-56, Ali Imran Pasha 4-56); PIA 193-3 in 61 overs (Khurram Manzoor 74, Agha Sabir 53, Faisal Iqbal 44 not out).

At Bugti Stadium, Quetta:

QUETTA 130 in 47.5 overs (Naseem Khan 42 not out; Mohammad Shahzad 5-47, Mohammad Saeed 3-10) and 170-7 in 49 overs (Sabir Khosa 49; Asif Raza 3-38); LAHORE SHALIMAR 261 in 64.4 overs (Mohammad Shahzad 67, Mohammad Saeed 59; Nazar Hussain 6-83).

At KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi:

SNGPL 254 in 81.1 overs (Azhar Shafiq 75, Saleem Mughal 54; Akhtar Ayub 4-72, Yasir Arafat 3-49) and 36-0 in 10.2 overs; KRL 190 in 61.3 overs (Ali Naqvi 66; Asad Ali 5-57).

At Lahore Country Club, Muridke:

HABIB BANK 369 in 90.5 overs (Taufiq Umar 131, Riffatullah Mohmand 85, Kamran Hussain 44 not out, Imran Farhat 41; Mohammad Wasim 5-110, Mohammad Ali 3-123); SIALKOT 165 in 54.3 overs (Hafiz Khalid 49; Danish Kaneria 4-82, Aslam Qureshi 3-3-32) and 30-1 in 13 overs.

At Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore:

LAHORE RAVI 283 in 83.2 overs (Kashif Siddique 62, Ashraf Ali 53; Wahab Riaz 4-75, Tahir Mughal 3-44); NATIONAL BANK 275-6 in 69 overs (Naved Latif 97 not out, Naumanullah 44).

At Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad:

PAKISTAN CUSTOMS 182 in 56.1 overs (Zahoor Elahi 60; Ahmed Hayat 5-48, Mohammad Talha 4-56); FAISALABAD 278-5 in 97.3 overs (Asif Hussain 95, Ijaz Ahmed Jr 54 not out, Ammar Mahmood 52, Usman Arshad 52).

At Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad:

RAWALPINDI 246 in 65.3 overs (Adnan Mufti 83, Usman Saeed 42; Shahzad Azam 4-94, Saad Altaf 3-55); ISLAMABAD 267-7 in 85 overs (Rauf Akbar 54, Umair Khan 53, Asadullah Sumairi 47 not out).