KARACHI, Nov 3: Rawalpindi recorded their second win on the trot in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship when they beat Abbottabad by eight wickets at the Pindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi on Sunday.

Wicket-keeper Rehan Afridi’s second hundred in as many matches (104 not out off 137 balls, 16 boundaries) delayed the inevitable as Abbottabad extended their overnight score of 140-6 to 274 all out on the last day of the four-day fixture.

Needing just 62, the home team — which thrashed Bahawalpur in Multan in the opening round by innings — lost two wickets before achieving victory.

Multan proved too tough for Quetta as they annihilated the visitors by an innings and six runs at the Multan Cricket Stadium. Quetta lost their remaining three wickets in 10 overs after being hopelessly placed at 157-7 at stumps on Saturday.

Lahore Shalimar celebrated their first victory of the season while getting the better of Faisalabad by seven wickets at the LCCA Ground in Lahore.

After claiming the last two Faisalabad wickets for the addition of 34 runs, Lahore Shalimar made light work of their small 125-run target. Opener Imran Butt hit 10 fours in making 74 from 107 deliveries.

Sialkot opted for batting practice by reaching 276 in their second innings of the drawn game against Peshawar at the Jinnah Stadium in Sialkot. Naved Sarwar fell six short of a century while veteran Hafiz Majid Jahangir contributed 86.

Saad Ali, a 20-year-old left-hander, scored a maiden first-class hundred when he converted his overnight score of 53 into an undefeated 118 (285 balls, 15 fours) as Karachi Whites totalled 251 in their second innings against Islamabad at the Diamond Club Ground.

In the remaining time, the hosts mustered 131-5 in pursuit of a meaningless 287-run chase.

Both Sialkot and Karachi Whites earned three points for leading their rivals on the first innings.

Champions Karachi Blues, meanwhile, had completed a five-wicket triumph against Bahawalpur inside three days at the National Stadium in Karachi on Saturday.

All teams who competed in the second-round of matches would now prepare to play in the round two of the National One-Day Cup on Tuesday.

Scores and results on Sunday (final day of four):

Group-I:

At Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot: Match drawn.

SIALKOT 313 in 103.4 overs (Mansoor Amjad 113 not out, Adnan Zaheer 51, Faisal Khan 50; Afaq Ahmed 3-58, Azizullah 3-74) and 276 in 105.1 overs (Naved Sarwar 94, Hafiz Majid Jahangir 86, Mansoor Amjad 32; Sajjad Ahmed 6-84, Afaq Ahmed 3-52); PESHAWAR 270 in 96.1 overs (Sajjad Ahmed Jan 59, Adil Amin 49, Jamaluddin 48; Hasan Ali 4-85).

At Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi: Rawalpindi beat Abbottabad by eight wickets.

ABBOTTABAD 192 in 48.1 overs (Mohammad Naeem 39; Haseeb Azam 3-36, Akhtar Ayub 3-42) and 274 in 75.5 overs (Rehan Afridi 104 not out Kamran Ghulam 45; Haseeb Azam 4-76, Nasir Malik 3-82); RAWALPINDI 405 in 93.3 overs (Awais Zia 78, Naved Malik 57, Muzammil Nizam 57, Akhtar Ayub 44 not out, Nasir Malik 40, Haseeb Azam 37; Aziz-ur-Rehman 6-85) and 62-2 in 18.1 overs (Naved Malik 32 not out).

Group-II:

At Multan Cricket Ground, Multan: Multan beat Quetta by an innings and six runs.

QUETTA 244 in 93 overs (Ata-ur-Rehman 54, Naushad Irshad 52, Gohar Faiz 49; Haziq Habibullah 5-81, Mohammad Rameez 4-78) and 173 in 74.4 overs (Badar Ali 45, Taimur Ali 38; Mohammad Rameez 4-76, Haziq Habibullah 3-53, Aamir Yamin 2-21); MULTAN 423 in 112.2 overs (Aamir Yamin 225, Habibullah 68, Maqbool Ahmed 50; Gohar Faiz 4-78, Hamal Wahab 3-78).

At LCCA Ground, Lahore: Lahore Shalimar beat Faisalabad by seven wickets.

FAISALABAD 220 in 93.4 overs (Shahid Siddique 83; Mohammad Bilawal 4-34, Waqar Ahmed 3-47) and 130 in 48.4 overs (Ammar Mahmood 34; Mohammad Irfan 5-30, Mohammad Bilawal 2-28, Waqar Ahmed 2-42); LAHORE SHALIMAR 226 in 92.4 overs (Arsalan Bajwa 64, Mohammad Irfan 48, Salman Ali 35; Naseer Akram 6-72, Adnan Munir 3-38) and 127-3 in 33 overs (Imran Butt 74 not out, Arsalan Arshad 32).

At Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad: Match drawn.

KARACHI WHITES 335 in 95.4 overs (Fazal Subhan 133, Saad Ali 75; Shahzad Rana 5-72) and 251 in 90.1 overs (Saad Ali 118 not out; Imad Wasim 3-12, Shehzad Azam Rana 3-100, Nasrullah Khan 2-56); ISLAMABAD 300 in 85.1 overs (Afaq Raheem 89, Faizan Riaz 54; Mir Hamza 6-98) and 131-5 in 36 overs (Faizan Riaz 84 not out; Mir Hamza 2-40).