November 10, 2007	Saturday	Shawwal 28, 1428

KARACHI, Nov 9: PIA surged to the top of Group ‘B’ standings in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship after scoring an easy 262-run victory over Peshawar inside three days at the Arbab Niaz Stadium in Peshawar on Friday.

PIA’s third win took their tally of points to 27 — the same as Islamabad, who suffered first defeat on Friday by six wickets against ZTBL, but the national carrier moved up on a better net run-rate.

Peshawar collapsed to 139 in the second innings after PIA skipper Faisal Iqbal declared his team’s innings at 283 for eight. Khurram Manzoor hit 142 while Faisal’s younger brother Fahad made 69 in what was his fourth successive half-century in the current championship.

ZTBL, meanwhile, successfully chased 138 to record their first victory after Islamabad were dismissed for 257 in the second innings. Left-arm paceman Mohammad Khalil claimed four for 81 to finish with match figures of 10 for 126.

Lahore Ravi also emerged early winners as they handed Pakistan Customs their fourth defeat in as many matches at the LCCA Ground in Lahore, romping to a nine-wicket success.

Scores on Friday (third day of four):

At UBL Sports Complex, Karachi:

KARACHI WHITES 272 in 101 overs (Javed Mansoor 77 not out, Asim Kamal 62, Misbah Khan 47; Mohammad Wasim 5-82, Mohammad Bhutta 3-76) and 245-8 declared in 62 overs (Khalid Latif 104; Imran Malik 3-36); SIALKOT 166 in 72.4 overs (Hafiz Khalid 51; Tanvir Ahmed 6-43) and 9-3 in 6 overs.

At Gymkhana Ground, Okara:

NATIONAL BANK 514-9 declared in 122.1 overs (Naumanullah 161, Rashid Riaz 128, Shahid Yousuf 73, Wasim Khan 61; Abdul Rauf 3-123); MULTAN 246 in 72.5 overs (Hammad Tariq 121; Wahab Riaz 3-51, Irfanuddin 3-54) and 113-2 in 48 overs (Mohammad Hafeez 48 not out).

At Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar: PIA beat Peshawar by 262 runs.

PIA 229 in 73.5 overs (Shoaib Khan 68, Fahad Iqbal 54, Khurram Manzoor 44; Inamullah 4-31, Nauman Habib 3-67) and 283-8 declared in 55 overs (Khurram Manzoor 142, Fahad Iqbal 69; Riaz Afridi 3-63, Nauman Habib 3-83); PESHAWAR 111 in 31.4 overs (Riaz Afridi 40 not out; Aizaz bin Ilyas 6-38, Fazle Akbar 3-20) and 139 in 37.5 overs (Riaz Afridi 40; Tahir Khan 3-24, Aizaz bin Ilyas 3-53, Fazle Akbar 3-56).

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

ISLAMABAD 95 in 28.3 overs (Mohammad Khalil 6-45, Abdul Razzaq 4-38) and 257 in 73.5 overs (Fayyaz Ahmed 73, Raheel Majeed 44; Mohammad Khalil 4-81, Azhar Attari 3-82); ZTBL 217 in 66.1 overs (Abdul Razzaq 52; Rauf Akbar 5-55) and 138-4 in 28.5 overs.

At Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore:

LAHORE SHALIMAR 227 in 88.2 overs (Ali Raza 67, Mohammad Hussain 62; Jaffar Nazir 4-25, Yasir Arafat Sr 4-56) and 73-3 in 24 overs; KRL 491-6 declared in 118 overs (Mohammad Wasim 125, Azhar Ali 110, Saeed Anwar Jr 106, Shahzad Malik 48 not out, Bilal Asad 48).

At KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi:

SNGPL 306 in 101.5 overs (Saleem Mughal 73, Umar Akmal 61, Khurram Shahzad 60; Yasir Ali 5-81, Mohammad Ayaz 3-56) and 214-7 declared in 38 overs (Umar Akmal 69, Mohammad Hafeez 47; Yasir Ali 3-60); RAWALPINDI 206 in 77.3 overs (Samiullah Niazi 3-57, Imran Ali 3-63) and 7-0 in 6 overs.

At Bugti Stadium, Quetta:

QUETTA 461 in 119.4 overs (Shoaib Khan 185, Naseem Khan 151; Amjad Waqas 6-92); ABBOTTABAD 282 in 107 overs (Wajid Ali 114; Gohar Faiz 3-67) and 78-2 in 20 overs (Fawad Khan 54 not out).

At Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad:

FAISALABAD 268 in 92.1 overs (Ammar Mahmood 87, Mohammad Imran 42; Kashif Raza 4-61) and 75-2 in 32 overs; WAPDA 447 in 121.3 overs (Tariq Aziz 167, Aamir Sajjad 99, Bilal Khilji 84 not out; Ali Raza 4-83, Ijaz Ahmed Jr 3-59).

At LCCA Ground, Lahore: Lahore Ravi beat Pakistan Customs by nine wickets.

PAKISTAN CUSTOMS 112 in 42.1 overs (Junaid Zia 6-34) and 133 in 40.3 overs (Zahoor Elahi 59 not out; Waqas Ahmed 4-51, Salman Rahat 3-28); LAHORE RAVI 212 in 84.5 overs (Arsalan Mir 66, Sohail Ahmed 42; Raees Amjad 4-55, Sajjad Hussain 3-63) and 36-1 in 8 overs.

At Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad:

HYDERABAD 227 in 70.5 overs (Pir Zulfiqar 49; Sohail Khan 4-68) and 214-4 in 63 overs (Rizwan Ahmed 103 not out, Faisal Athar 53; Sohail Khan 4-55); SSGC 416 in 110.4 overs (Saeed bin Nasir 163, Mohtashim Ali 50, Shahzad Butt 50, Ashraf Ali 44; Pir Zulfiqar 4-72).