KARACHI, Jan 5: National Bank made it two victories on the trot in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship after defeating PIA by a convincing margin of 112 runs at the NBP Sports Complex here on Monday.

Having outclassed Habib Bank in the first round at the same venue, National Bank bowled PIA for 208 in the second innings on the final day after the national carrier were set a tough target of 321.

Barring fighting knocks by skipper Faisal Iqbal (52) and Shoaib Khan (40), no other PIA batsman managed to play a long innings.

Left-arm paceman Wahab Riaz dismissed tailender Aamir Ali to finish with four for 42.

National Bank now top Group ‘A’ with 15 points from two matches after collecting six from this game.

Sui Southern Gas Corporation (SSGC) settled for three first-innings points after their game against Karachi Whites ended in a tame draw at the Quaid-i-Azam Park in Steel Township.

Meanwhile, in Group ‘B’, Sialkot cantered to an easy seven-wicket win over Karachi Blues at the National Stadium thanks to an unbroken partnership of 132 between Haris Sohail (63) and skipper Ayub Dogar (69).

Our Sports Reporter adds from Lahore: Despite sparkling centuries by openers Afaq Rahim and Inam-ul-Haq, Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) were held to a draw by Lahore Shalimar in the weather-hit match at the LCCA Ground.

After Lahore Shalimar declared first innings at 376 for seven, the bankers made a wonderful start with Afaq (151 off 198 balls, 14 fours) and Inam (109 off 136 balls, nine fours) putting 257.

ZTBL were 344-7 in 74.1 overs when the umpires called off the match.

Fine bowling by Saadat Munir (4-20) and Ahmed Hayat (3-43) helped Faisalabad crush Hyderabad by an innings and 69 runs at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad.

Hyderabad, who had conceded a big first innings lead of 175, were all out in the second knock for 106 after resuming at 19-2.

Multan were in sight of victory against Quetta at the Multan Cricket Stadium with the hosts needing 154 on Tuesday’s last day. Left-arm pace bowler Nazar Hussain grabbed six for 54 as Multan were all out for 193 in reply to Quetta’s first-innings total of 210.

But Quetta failed to cash in on that advantage when they were bowled out for 137 in the second innings despite Naseem Khan’s 71.

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

Pool ‘A’:

At NBP Sports Complex, Karachi: National Bank beat PIA by 112 runs.

NATIONAL BANK 213 in 65.1 overs (Nasir Jamshed 83; Anwar Ali 4-81) and 322 in 93.1 overs (Nasir Jamshed 115, Fawad Alam 86 not out; Tahir Khan 5-62); PIA 215 in 64 overs (Khurram Manzoor 86 not out; Mohammad Aamir 6-48) and 208 in 70.4 overs (Faisal Iqbal 52; Wahab Riaz 4-42).

At Quaid-i-Azam Park, Karachi: Match drawn.

KARACHI WHITES 278 in 94.5 overs (Asim Kamal 71, Javed Mansoor 51; Mohammad Kashif Rana 4-96) and 292 in 108 overs (Asim Kamal 76, Afsar Nawaz 62; Haris Ayaz 4-63); SSGC 311 in 104.2 overs (Saeed bin Nasir 94, Wajid Ali 81; Tanvir Ahmed 5-61, Azam Hussain 4-92) and 64-2 in 18 overs.

At KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi: Match drawn.

WAPDA 302 in 96 overs (Bilal Khilji 100, Aamir Sajjad 78, Atiq-ur-Rehman 51; Yasir Ali 4-84); KRL 18-1 in 5 overs.

At LCCA Ground, Lahore: Match drawn.

LAHORE SHALIMAR 376-7 declared in 144 overs (Junaid Malik 85, Suleman Khan 83); ZTBL 344-7 in 74.1 overs (Afaq Raheem 151, Inam-ul-Haq 104; Ghulam Mustafa 4-91).

Pool ‘B’:

At National Stadium, Karachi: Sialkot beat Karachi Blues by seven wickets.

KARACHI BLUES 226 in 67 overs (Mohammad Hasan 62, Shadab Kabir 52; Nayyar Abbas 4-41) and 219 in 56.4 overs (Babar Rehman 59, Shahzaib Hasan 51); SIALKOT 238 in 81.5 overs (Haris Sohail 74 not out; Babar Rehman 5-73) and 211-3 in 52.3 overs (Kamran Younis 55, Ayub Dogar 69 not out, Haris Sohail 63 not out).

At Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad: Faisalabad beat Hyderabad by an innings and 69 runs.

HYDERABAD 179 in 50.2 overs (Zulqarnain 4-66) and 105 in 40.2 overs (Saadat Munir 4-20); FAISALABAD 354-3 declared in 87 overs (Zeeshan Asif 133 not out, Imran Ali 103, Usman Arshad 52 not out). At Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad: Match drawn.

RAWALPINDI 325 in 93 overs (Awais Zia 81, Rashid Latif 62, Jamal Anwar 52; Noor-ul-Amin 4-71) v ABBOTTABAD.

At Marghazar Ground, Islamabad (no play on day three): ISLAMABAD 47-2 in 13 overs v PESHAWAR.

At Multan Cricket Stadium (day three): QUETTA 210 in 79 overs (Naseem Khan 54; Abdur Rauf 5-50) and 137 in 48.1 (Naseem Khan 71; Zulfiqar Babar 4-24);

MULTAN 193 in 60.1 overs (Rameez Alam 82 not out; Nazar Hussain 6-54).