November 07, 2007	Wednesday	Shawwal 25, 1428

KARACHI, Nov 6: Islamabad bid to maintain their winning sequence when the fourth round of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship starts from Wednesday with 10 fixtures spread across the country.

Islamabad, who top Group ‘B’ with an unblemished record, will try to make four wins out of four as they take on bottom-placed ZTBL. PIA, currently lying second in the standings, have a great chance of closing the gap on the leaders since they face a weakened Peshawar side.

National Bank, meanwhile, are poised to increase their tally of points in Group ‘A’ as they meet Multan, who lost to Wapda by innings in the previous round.

Wapda themselves can also move up if they beat Faisalabad. Karachi Whites are capable of increasing Sialkot’s misery in their clash at the National Stadium. Sialkot’s last two games ended in innings defeats.

Schedule (Nov 7-10):

Karachi Whites v Sialkot at National Stadium, Karachi (umpires: Mian Aslam and M. Akbar Khan; match referee: Ilyas Khan).

Faisalabad v Wapda at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad (umpires: Nadeem Ghauri and Kaukab Butt; match referee: Arshad Pervez).

Multan v National Bank at Gymkhana Ground, Okara (umpires: Iftikhar Malik and Ahsan Raza; match referee: Mohammad Javed).

Hyderabad v SSGC at Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad (umpires: Atiq Khan and Khalid Mahmood Sr; match referee: Mahmood Rasheed).

Lahore Ravi v Pakistan Customs at LCCA Ground, Lahore (umpires: Salim Badar and Iqbal Butt; match referee: Mohammad Anis).

Peshawar v PIA at Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar (umpires: Islam Khan and Rasheed Bhatti; Ishtiaq Ahmed).

Islamabad v ZTBL at Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad (umpires: Zameer Haider and Ijaz Ahmed; match referee: Anwar Khan).

Rawalpindi v SNGPL at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium (umpires: Riazuddin and Ahmed Shahab; match referee: Saadat Ali).

Lahore Shalimar v KRL at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore (umpires: Afzaal Ahmed and Zaheer Ahmed; match referee: Khalid Niazi).

Quetta v Abbottabad at Bugti Stadium, Quetta (umpires: Shakeel Khan and Raweed Khan; match referee: Aziz-ur-Rehman).

Standings

(Tabulated under played, won, lost, drawn, points):

Group ‘A’

Habib Bank 3 3 0 0 27

National Bank 3 2 0 1 18

Wapda 2 2 0 0 18

Karachi Whites 3 1 1 1 12

Faisalabad 3 1 1 1 12

Multan 2 1 1 0 9

SSGC 2 1 1 0 9

Lahore Ravi 3 1 2 0 9

Hyderabad 2 0 1 1 0

Sialkot 3 0 2 1 0

Pakistan Customs 3 0 3 0 0

Group ‘B’

Islamabad 3 3 0 0 27

PIA 3 2 0 1 18

SNGPL 3 2 1 0 18

Rawalpindi 3 1 1 1 12

Karachi Blues 3 1 1 1 12

Lahore Shalimar 3 1 1 1 9

KRL 3 0 1 2 6

Peshawar 2 0 1 1 3

Abbottabad 2 0 1 1 0

Quetta 2 0 1 1 0

ZTBL 3 0 2 0 0