KARACHI, Nov 14: A splendid century by opener Nasir Jamshed enabled National Bank make a strong start against Karachi Whites on the second day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship fixture at the NBP Sports Complex here on Wednesday.

Nasir stroked an unbeaten 100 as the bankers closed at 229-2 in reply to Karachi Whites’ first-innings total of 286 all out. The left-hander hit 14 fours and one six during his 161-ball knock and put on 135 for the second-wicket with Naumanullah, who slammed 14 boundaries in scoring 66.

Skipper Hasan Raza, the discarded Test batsman, was also in brilliant form as he struck 149 – his 31st hundred – to help Habib Bank reach 259-9 against Faisalabad at the Sports Stadium in Sargodha. The 25-year-old right-hander laced his 192-ball innings with 14 fours and one six.

Naseem Khan was the day’s third century-maker. The Quetta skipper converted his overnight tally of 96 to 108 as his side made 351 against KRL at the Bugti Stadium in Quetta.

Despite an undefeated 83 by former Test player Ali Naqvi, KRL were struggling at 265-7 in reply.

In contrast, bowlers were dominant form in other matches.

Abbottabad’s left-arm paceman Junaid Khan claimed 13 for 77 against Peshawar as wickets continued to fall like nine pins at the Arbab Niaz Stadium in Peshawar.

Junaid, who turns 18 next month, bettered his first-innings figures of six for 31 by taking seven for 76 as the hosts were dismissed for 140 in the second innings.

Abbottabad, who are chasing 165, finished the day at 78-5 in the second innings.

Karachi Blues were facing an uphill battle to avert defeat after being shot out for 80 in their first innings against Islamabad at the Diamond Club Ground. Opening bowlers Rauf Akbar (5-35) and Shahzad Azam (5-36) shared the spoils.

Following-on, the visitors were 210-5 in their second knock with ex-Test opener Shadab Kabir contributing 95.

ZTBL gained a first-innings lead of 83 runs after making 255 against Lahore Shalimar at the Gaddafi Stadium. Aamir Bashir was the leading scorer with 89 while paceman Asif Raza captured five for 82.

PIA found the going tough as they made 128-7 in response to Rawalpindi’s 225 at the KRL Stadium in Rawalpindi.

Fine bowling by new-ball pair of Junaid Zia (5-46) and Waqas Ahmed (5-29) saw Lahore Ravi bundled out Hyderabad for only 80 runs at the LCCA Ground. The home team then extended their overall lead to 286 by reaching 179-6 in the second innings.

Scores on Wednesday (second day of four):

At NBP Sports Complex, Karachi:

KARACHI WHITES 286 in 105.1 overs (Afsar Nawaz 68, Asad Shafiq 51, Javed Mansoor 46; Wahab Riaz 4-58, Uzair-ul-Haq 3-41); NATIONAL BANK 229-2 in 60 overs (Nasir Jamshed 100 not out, Naumanullah 66, Shahid Yousuf 44 not out).

At KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi:

RAWALPINDI 225 in 76.4 overs (Umar Amin 89; Aizaz bin Ilyas 4-44); PIA 128-7 in 63 overs (Rizwan Akbar 4-29).

At Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore:

LAHORE SHALIMAR 172 in 60.2 overs (Kashif Ali 41; Mohammad Khalil 5-48) and 8-1 in 1.2 overs; ZTBL 255 in 61.1 overs (Aamir Bashir 89, Adnan Raza 50; Asif Raza 5-82, Shahzad Ali 3-60).

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); KARACHI BLUES 75 in 25.3 overs (Rauf Akbar 5-35, Shahzad Azam 5-36) and 210-5 in 32.5 overs (Shadab Kabir 95, Tariq Haroon 50 not out).

At Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar:

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 78-5 in 23 overs (Nauman Habib 3-43).

At LCCA Ground, Lahore:

LAHORE RAVI 187 in 46.4 overs (Junaid Zia 56 not out; Naeem-ur-Rehman 6-68) and 179-6 in 48 overs (Sohail Ahmed 46); HYDERABAD 80 in 28.3 overs (Waqas Ahmed 5-29, Junaid Zia 5-46).At Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala:

PAKISTAN CUSTOMS 73 in 34.1 overs (Azharullah 6-35, Kashif Raza 3-17) and 71-3 in 33.2 overs; WAPDA 247 in 81 overs (Bilal Khilji 73, Aamir Sajjad 52; Yasir Shah 4-72, Sajjad Hussain 3-40).

At Multan Cricket Stadium:

SSGC 229 in 107.4 overs (Shahzad Butt 77 not out, Mohtashim Ali 59; Abdul Rauf 3-74, Mohammad Tanvir 3-74); MULTAN 169-2 in 49 overs (Gulraiz Sadaf 70, Usman Tariq 63 not out).

At Sports Stadium, Sargodha:

FAISALABAD 144 in 55.5 overs (Fahad Masood 3-47, Shahid Nazir 3-48, Dilawar Khan 3-6); HABIB BANK 259-9 in 69 overs (Hasan Raza 149; Saadat Munir 5-40).

At Bugti Stadium, Quetta:

QUETTA 351 in 98.3 overs (Naseem Khan 108, Shoaib Khan 98; Saeed Ajmal 4-115); KRL 246-7 in 65 overs (Ali Naqvi 83 not out; Jalat Khan 4-77).