KARACHI, Jan 11: Centuries from opener Khurram Manzoor and skipper Shoaib Malik guided PIA into an impregnable position on the penultimate day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship match against Habib Bank at the UBL Sports Complex here on Sunday.

Khurram slammed 21 fours and one six in scoring 151 — his ninth first-class hundred — and Malik an unbeaten 100 (12 fours and four sixes in his seventh first-class ton) as PIA, who had taken a slender lead of 29 runs on the first innings, declared their second innings at 355-5.Chasing a daunting target of 385, the bankers closed at 35-1.

SSGC obtained a lead of 186 over leaders National Bank who were bowled for 204 in their first innings at the NBP Sports Complex. Lanky paceman Sohail Khan captured five for 90.

Saeed bin Nasir continued his prolific form by striking an unbeaten 61 as SSGC reached 144-5 in their second innings to enjoy an overall advantage of 330 runs.

Our Sports Reporter adds from Lahore: Fine centuries by Raza Ali and Abid Ali helped Lahore Shalimar to earn a first-innings lead of 131 runs against Wapda.

Raza hit an excellent 183, while opener Abid struck 141

as Lahore Shalimar finished

the day at 461-6 in reply to Wapda’s 330.

Raza slammed 24 fours and five sixes while Abid struck 23 boundaries.

Opener Naeemuddin stroked 173 (17 fours, three sixes) and medium-pacer Nadeem Javed claimed five for 23 to put Sialkot in sight of victory against Hyderabad at the Jinnah Stadium in Sialkot.

After Sialkot declared their first innings at 540-9, which gave them a huge first-innings lead of 288 runs, Hyderabad found themselves reeling at 59-8 in the second innings.

Faisalabad, meanwhile, completed an innings and 167-run win over Quetta at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad.

The hosts, who posted 447-8 declared, bundled out Quetta for 173 in the first innings. The visitors folded up fir 107 in their second turn.

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

Pool ‘A’:

At UBL Sports Complex, Karachi: PIA 200 in 69.4 overs (Shoaib Malik 63) and 355-5 declared in 100 overs (Khurram Manzoor 151, Shoaib Malik 100 not out, Faisal Iqbal 50); HABIB BANK 171 in 61.4 overs (Shahid Afridi 73; Aizaz Cheema 6-52) and 35-1 in 9 overs.

At NBP Sports Complex, Karachi: SSGC 390 in 133 overs (Wajid Ali 101, Saeed bin Nasir 70, Haris Ayaz 57) and 144-5 in 41 overs (Saeed bin Nasir 61 not out; NATIONAL BANK 204 in 69.4 overs (Umar Amin 63, Fawad Alam 53; Sohail Khan 5-90).

At Quaid-i-Azam Park, Karachi: PAKISTAN CUSTOMS 186 in 66.3 overs (Misbah Khan 4-72) and 115-3 in 38 overs; KARACHI

WHITES 368 in 149.5 overs (Asad Shafiq 73, Khalid Latif 73, Ali Asad 70,; Fawad Ahmed 6-109).

At KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi: KRL beat SNGPL by two wickets.

SNGPL 145 in 54.1 overs (Misbah-ul-Haq 52; Shoaib Akhtar 4-24, Yasir Arafat 4-54) and 114 in 42.2 overs (Yasir Arafat 7-45); KRL 133 in 47.4 overs (Asad Ali 5-51) and 127-8 in 40 overs (Asad Ali 4-49).

At Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore: WAPDA 330 in 94.4 overs (Nawaz Sardar 147, Aamir Sajjad 53; Mohammad Naved 8-126); LAHORE SHALIMAR 461-6 in 139 overs (Raza Ali 183, Abid Ali 141).

Pool ‘B’:

At National Stadium, Karachi: LAHORE RAVI 222 in 70.4 overs (Shahnawaz Malik 104 not out; Babar Rehman 4-79) and 184-4 in 53 overs (Kashif Siddique 91); KARACHI BLUES 450 in 122.4 overs (Shazaib Hasan 156, Tabish Khan 57; Azam Khan 5-89).

At Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad: Faisalabad beat Quetta by an innings and 167 runs.

FAISALABAD 447-8 declared in 142 overs (Ijaz Ahmed Jr 229 not out, Mohammad Salman 90; Mohammad Aslam 4-82); QUETTA 173 in 64.2 overs and 107 in 38.1 overs.

At Marghazar Ground, Islamabad: Rawalpindi beat Multan by seven wickets.

MULTAN 187 in 57.3 overs (Rizwan Akbar 5-59) and 93 in 40.5 overs (Rizwan Akbar 7-39); RAWALPINDI 121 in 43.2 overs (Abdur Rauf 5-39) and 160-3 in 34.5 overs.

At Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad: Islamabad beat Abbottabad by eight wickets.

ABBOTTABAD 163 in 48.3 overs (Rauf Akbar 4-35) and 189 in 67.1 overs (Saad Altaf 5-52); ISLAMABAD 243 in 67 overs (Raheel Majeed 57) and 110-2 in 15.2 overs (Umair Khan 51 not out).

At Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot: HYDERABAD 252 in 90.5 overs (Aqeel Anjum 104) and 59-8 in 25 overs (Nadeem Javed 5-23); SIALKOT 540-9 declared in 115.4 overs (Naeemuddin 173, Kamran Younis 89, Nadeem Javed 61, Ayub Dogar 53; Naeem-ur-Rehman 4-120).