KARACHI, Nov 3: Habib Bank made it three wins out of three when outclassed Sialkot by an inning 75 runs with a day to spare in the Quad-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship at the Lahore Country Club in Muridke on Saturday.

Also chalking up early wins were first-time winners Karachi Whites and Karachi Blues as well as Lahore Shalimar.

Scores on Saturday (third day of four):

At NBP Sports Complex, Karachi: Karachi Blues beat Peshawar by an innings and 188 runs.

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 118 in 46.5 overs (Nawaz Ahmed 60 not out; Malik Aftab 5-58, Azam Hussain 3-30) and 98 in 33.4 overs (Azam Hussain 4-24, Tariq Haroon 4-32).

At National Stadium, Karachi: Karachi Whites beat SSGC by seven wickets.

SSGC 221 in 91.1 overs (Mohtashim Ali 69l Mohammad Sami 3-49, Tanvir Ahmed 3-57) and 155 in 56 overs (Tanvir Ahmed 5-80, Fahad Khan 4-37); KARACHI WHITES 297 in 78 overs (Asad Shafiq 69, Afsar Nawaz 65 not out; Sohail Khan 5-68, Rajesh Ramesh 3-104) and 80-3 in 14.5 overs.

At Multan Cricket Stadium:

MULTAN 238 in 73.5 overs (Kashif Naved 89, Abdul Rauf 47; Azharullah 5-64) and 71-6 in 28.1 overs (Azharullah 3-35); WAPDA 480 in 140.2 overs (Bilal Khilji 147, Aqeel Ahmed 61, Sarfraz Ahmed 55, Aamir Sajjad 41; Ahmed Raza 5-111).

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) and 24-2 in 10.3 overs; PIA 407 in 130.3 overs (Faisal Iqbal 95, Khurram Manzoor 74, Sarfraz Ahmed 73, Agha Sabir 53; Junaid Nadir 5-89).

At Bugti Stadium, Quetta: Lahore

Shalimar beat Quetta by five wickets.

QUETTA 130 in 47.5 overs (Naseem Khan 42 not out; Mohammad Shahzad 5-47, Mohammad Saeed 3-10) and 247 in 75.5 overs (Sabir Khosa 49; Asif Raza 4-36); LAHORE SHALIMAR 261 in 64.4 overs (Mohammad Shahzad 67, Mohammad Saeed 59; Nazar Hussain 6-83) and 117-5 in 19.1 overs.

At KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi:

SNGPL 254 in 81.1 overs (Azhar Shafiq 75, Saleem Mughal 54; Akhtar Ayub 4-72, Yasir Arafat Sr 3-49) and 175 in 75.4 overs (Umar Akmal 43; Yasir Arafat Sr 4-43, Jaffar Nazir 3-37); KRL 190 in 61.3 overs (Ali Naqvi 66; Asad Ali 5-57).

At Lahore Country Club, Muridke: Habib Bank beat Sialkot by an innings and 75 runs.

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 129 in 56.2 overs (Aslam Qureshi 5-31).

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) and 108-5 in 34.3 overs; NATIONAL BANK 418 in 102.3 overs (Naved Latif 176, Amin-ur-Rehman 69, Naumanullah 44; Arsalan Mir 4-65).

At Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad:

PAKISTAN CUSTOMS 182 in 56.1 overs (Zahoor Elahi 60; Ahmed Hayat 5-48, Mohammad Talha 4-56) and 178-1 in 48.2 overs (Hasnain Abbas 81 not out, Asif Iqbal 40 not out); FAISALABAD 420 in 127 overs (Asif Hussain 95, Ijaz Ahmed Jr 93, Ammar Mahmood 52, Usman Arshad 52, Ahmed Hayat 46; Yasir Shah 6-89).

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) and 190-8 in 60 overs (Zahid Mansoor 48, Naveed Qureshi 40; Saad Altaf 5-60); ISLAMABAD 306 in 91.5 overs (Rauf Akbar 54, Umair Khan 53, Asadullah Sumairi 48; Rizwan Akbar 4-112).

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