KARACHI, Nov 25: Wapda had to be satisfied with three points after their RBS Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship fixture against Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) ended in a tame draw at the KRL Stadium in Rawalpindi on Wednesday.

Wapda, who took a lead of 158 runs on the first innings, declared their second innings at 195-4 on the fourth and final day the moment opener Asif Hussain completed his century. Asif scored exactly 100 of 163 balls with the help of 11 boundaries. Aamir Sajjad hit 45 off 70 balls with six hits to the fence. Set a meaningless target of 354, KRL were 39-2 in their second innings when the match finished.

Wapda remained in fifth place in Group ‘A’ with 30 points. But KRL, the runners-up of last season, are languishing in ninth spot with just nine points. They are followed by Pakistan Customs and Lahore Shalimar, the only team yet to secure any points, at the bottom of this pool.

The championship will now take a break until Dec 3 because of Eid-ul-Azha.

Final scores:

WAPDA 432 in 121.5 overs (Riffatullah Mohmand 148, Ali Azmat 87, Jahangir Mirza 39; Mohammad Irfan 5-188, Jaffar Nazir 4-121) and 195-4 declared in 59 over (Asif Hussain 100 not out, Aamir Sajjad 45); KRL 304 in 99.1 overs (Bazid Khan 92, Saeed Anwar Jr 49, Mohammad Wasim 48; Sarfraz Ahmed 3-48, Azharullah 3-81, Kashif Raza 3-94) and 39-2 in 7 overs.