November 16, 2007	Friday	Ziqa’ad 05, 1428

KARACHI, Nov 15: Habib Bank cantered to their fourth straight victory in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship with a three-day rout of Faisalabad by 10 wickets at the Sports Stadium in Sargodha on Thursday.

Spinner Dilawar Khan was the architect of the bankers’ latest triumph. The slow left-armer, who ended up remarkable match figures of 10 for 29, grabbed a career-best 7-23 as Faisalabad were dismissed for 124 in the second innings.

Peshawar’s Nauman Habib also claimed his best analysis (7-63) as his side pulled off a 43-run win over Abbottabad at the Arbab Niaz Stadium in Peshawar. Nauman finished with match bag of 11 for 101 as the visitors were all out for 121 in their second knock.

ZTBL also emerged early victors as eased past Lahore Shalimar by 10 wickets at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.

Pakistan Customs’ woeful season continued as they succumbed to an innings and 45-run thrashing at the hands of Wapda at the Jinnah Stadium in Gujranwala. Lanky left-arm speedster Sarfraz Ahmed (5-46) and Kashif Raza (4-32) compounded Customs’ problems in the second innings that ended at 129.

Another lanky paceman was the star for Lahore Ravi, who easily defeated Hyderabad by 173 runs at Lahore’ LCCA Ground. Waqas Ahmed, who is one of the tallest cricketers on the current domestic circuit, returned match haul of 10 for 71, including five for 42 in Hyderabad’s second-innings of 199.

Scores on Thursday (third day of four):

At NBP Sports Complex, Karachi:

KARACHI WHITES 288 in 105.1 overs (Afsar Nawaz 68, Asad Shafiq 51, Javed Mansoor 46; Wahab Riaz 4-58, Uzair-ul-Haq 3-41) and 97-3 in 27.3 overs; NATIONAL BANK 412 in 118.5 overs (Nasir Jamshed 127, Naumanullah 66, Mansoor Amjad 47, Shahid Yousuf 46; Misbah Khan 4-51, Tanvir Ahmed 4-121).

At KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi:

RAWALPINDI 225 in 76.4 overs (Umar Amin 89; Aizaz bin Ilyas 4-44) and 152-2 in 58 overs (Babar Naeem 59, Umar Amin 56); PIA 182 in 78.4 overs (Rizwan Akbar 5-52).

At Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore: ZTBL beat Lahore Shalimar by 10 wickets.

LAHORE SHALIMAR 172 in 60.2 overs (Kashif Ali 41; Mohammad Khalil 5-48) and 128 in 35.5 overs (Junaid Nadir 4-16, Azhar Attari 4-64); ZTBL 255 in 61.1 overs (Aamir Bashir 89, Adnan Raza 50; Asif Raza 5-82, Shahzad Ali 3-60) and 47-0 in 5 overs.

At Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad:

ISLAMABAD 302 in 85.2 overs (Raheel Majeed 75, Umair Khan 45, Ameer Ali 41; Tariq Haroon 4-111, Azam Hussain 3-33) and 87-1 in 23 overs; KARACHI BLUES 75 in 25.3 overs (Rauf Akbar 5-35, Shahzad Azam 5-36) and 372 in 78 overs (Tariq Haroon 142 not out, Shadab Kabir 95; Rauf Akbar 4-107, Shahzad Azam 3-128).

At Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar: Peshawar beat Abbottabad by 43 runs.

PESHAWAR 117 in 33.1 overs (Mahfooz Sabri 47 not out; Junaid Khan 6-31) and 140 in 47.1 overs (Junaid Khan 7-46); ABBOTTABAD 93 in 30.2 overs (Riaz Afridi 5-49, Nauman Habib 4-38) and 121 in 37.2 overs (Nauman Habib 7-63).

At LCCA Ground, Lahore: Lahore Ravi beat Hyderabad by 173 runs.

LAHORE RAVI 187 in 46.4 overs (Junaid Zia 56 not out; Naeem-ur-Rehman 6-68) and 265 in 67.1 overs (Junaid Zia 58, Sohail Ahmed 46; Naeem-ur-Rehman 5-80); HYDERABAD 80 in 28.3 overs (Waqas Ahmed 5-29, Junaid Zia 5-46) and 199 in 50 overs (Akram Khan 55; Waqas Ahmed 5-42).

At Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala: Wapda beat Pakistan Customs by an innings and 45 runs.

PAKISTAN CUSTOMS 73 in 34.1 overs (Azharullah 6-35, Kashif Raza 3-17) and 129 in 51.2 overs (Zahoor Elahi 49; Sarfraz Ahmed 5-46, Kashif Raza 4-32); WAPDA 247 in 81 overs (Bilal Khilji 73, Aamir Sajjad 52; Yasir Shah 4-72, Sajjad Hussain 3-40).

At Multan Cricket Stadium:

SSGC 299 in 107.4 overs (Shahzad Butt 77 not out, Mohtashim Ali 59; Abdul Rauf 3-74, Mohammad Tanvir 3-74) and 103-3 in 34 overs (Mohtashim Ali 51 not out); MULTAN 336 in 92.5 overs (Gulraiz Sadaf 70, Usman Tariq 63, Naved Yasin 59; Shakeel-ur-Rehman 5-98, Sohail Khan 4-108).

At Sports Stadium, Sargodha: Habib Bank beat Faisalabad by 10 wickets.

FAISALABAD 144 in 55.5 overs (Fahad Masood 3-47, Shahid Nazir 3-48, Dilawar Khan 3-6) and 124 in 51.2 overs (Dilawar Khan 7-23); HABIB BANK 259 in 70 overs (Hasan Raza 149; Saadat Munir 5-49) and 10-0 in 2 overs.

At Bugti Stadium, Quetta:

QUETTA 351 in 98.3 overs (Naseem Khan 108, Shoaib Khan 98; Saeed Ajmal 4-115) and 134 in 38.4 overs (Taimur Ali 42; Mohammad Irshad 5-44); KRL 342 in 93.4 overs (Ali Naqvi 110, Mohammad Irshad 54; Jalat Khan 5-101, Faisal Irfan 4-40).