November 05, 2007	Monday	Shawwal 23, 1428

Our Sports Reporter

KARACHI, Nov 4: Islamabad continued their winning streak in the Quad-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship when they defeated their neighbours Rawalpindi by six wickets on the fourth and final of the match at the Diamond Club Ground in Islamabad on Sunday.

Opener Raheel Majeed struck an unbeaten 67 to pilot the Group ‘B’ leaders to third win in as many matches. Earlier, paceman Saad Altaf claimed the remaining two wickets to finish with splendid figures of seven for 63 as Rawalpindi were all out for 203 in the second innings. Saad took 10 for 118 in the game.

PIA cantered to an eight-win victory after Pakistan all-rounder Abdul Razzaq top-scored with 51 in ZTBL’s second-innings total of 173.

In other matches Faisalabad condemned Pakistan Customs to their third straight loss with an eight-wicket triumph; National Bank defeated Lahore Ravi by seven wickets; SNGPL beat KRL by 53 runs.

Wapda, meanwhile, walloped Multan by an innings and 34 runs to register second successive win.

Scores on Sunday (final day of four):

At Multan Cricket Stadium: Wapda beat Multan by an innings and 34 runs.

MULTAN 238 in 73.5 overs (Kashif Naved 89, Abdul Rauf 47; Azharullah 5-64) and 208 in 57.3 overs (Mohammad Sarwar 54 not out, Abdul Rauf 43; Sarfraz Ahmed 3-29, Azharullah 3-80); 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: PIA beat ZTBL by eight wickets.

ZTBL 275 in 102.3 overs (Wajahatullah Wasti 93, Afaq Raheem 79; Aizaz bin Ilyas 4-56, Ali Imran Pasha 4-56) and 173 in 51.1 overs (Abdul Razzaq 51; Tahir Khan 4-54, Ali Imran Pasha 3-50); PIA 407 in 130.3 overs (Khurram Manzoor 74, Sarfraz Ahmed 73, Fahad Iqbal 63, Agha Sabir 55, Faisal Iqbal 55; Junaid Nadir 5-89) and 43-2 in 12.1 overs.

At KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi: SNGPL beat KRL by 53 runs.

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) and 186 in 66.1 overs (Mohammad Wasim 54; Asad Ali 5-51, Adil Raza 3-67).

At Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore: National Bank beat Lahore Ravi by seven wickets.

LAHORE RAVI 283 in 83.2 overs (Kashif Siddique 62, Ashraf Ali 53; Wahab Riaz 4-75, Tahir Mughal 3-44) and 289 in 72.3 overs (Saad Nasim 94, Junaid Zia 67); NATIONAL BANK 418 in 102.3 overs (Naved Latif 176, Amin-ur-Rehman 69, Naumanullah 44; Arsalan Mir 4-65) and 157-3 in 32.3 overs (Rashid Riaz 63 not out, Naumanullah 58).

At Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad: Faisalabad beat Pakistan Customs by eight wickets.

PAKISTAN CUSTOMS 182 in 56.1 overs (Zahoor Elahi 60; Ahmed Hayat 5-48, Mohammad Talha 4-56) and 279 in 87.1 overs (Hasnain Abbas 98, Asif Iqbal 51; Mohammad Talha 5-57); 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) and 45-2 in 11.5 overs.

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

RAWALPINDI 246 in 65.3 overs (Adnan Mufti 83, Usman Saeed 42; Shahzad Azam 4-94, Saad Altaf 3-55) and 203 in 68.1 overs (Zahid Mansoor 48, Naveed Qureshi 40; Saad Altaf 7-63); ISLAMABAD 306 in 91.5 overs (Rauf Akbar 54, Umair Khan 53, Asadullah Sumairi 48; Rizwan Akbar 4-112) and 144-4 in 42.3 overs (Raheel Majeed 67 not out).