LAHORE, Feb 28 Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) moved into the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship final on Saturday on net run rate after Group 'A' contenders National Bank were unable to force victory against SNGPL at the Sports Stadium in Sargodha.

KRL and National Bank finished with 51 points each in Group 'A', but the former won the right to play Group 'B' winners Sialkot in the final by a marginal difference of +0.027 on net run rate.

The five-day final will be played at the Jinnah Stadium in Sialkot from Tuesday.

Starting the fourth and final day of the preliminary round, National Bank, who took three first-innings points, were dismissed for 242 in the second innings. Mohammad Hafeez, the SNGPL skipper, claimed five for 77.

Hafeez then stroked an unbeaten 100 as last season's champions batted out the remaining time to finish at 162-2 after they were set a target of 277.

Multan and Lahore Ravi were the only winners on Saturday. Multan trounced Abbottabad by nine wickets at the Gymkhana Club Ground in Okara with skipper Abdur Rauf setting up the victory. The out-of-favour Pakistan paceman grabbed five for 44 as Abbottabad made 248 in their second innings.

Lahore Ravi's hero was their off-spinner Usman Malik who returned a match haul of 10 for 147 as hosts Islamabad suffered a demoralizing 220-run defeat at the Diamond Club Ground.

Usman followed his four for 63 in the first innings with figures of six for 84 as Islamabad capitulated for 217 in the second innings while chasing a daunting target of 438.

Scores on Saturday (final day of four)

At Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad Lahore Ravi beat Islamabad by 220 runs.

LAHORE RAVI 387 (Sohail Ahmed 102, Ashraf Ali 113; Saad Altaf 5-93) and 314 (Kashif Siddique 117); ISLAMABAD 264 (Ali Sarfraz 72; Waqas Ahmed 4-53, Usman Malik 4-63) and 217 (Usman Malik 6-84).

At Sports Stadium, Sargodha Match drawn.

NATIONAL BANK 326 (Umar Amin 84, Naumanullah 55, Nasir Jamshed 51; Samiullah Niazi 4-60) and 242 (Naumanullah 60, Qaiser Abbas 55; Mohammad Hafeez 5-77); SNGPL 292 (Umar Akmal 130; Wahab Riaz 4-74) and 162-2 (Mohammad Hafeez 100 not out).

At Gymkhana Club Ground, Okara Multan beat Abbottabad by nine wickets.

ABBOTTABAD 333 (Fawad Khan 111, Ghulam Mohammad 64; Ansar Javed 5-50) and 248 (Adnan Raees 142; Abdur Rauf 5-44); MULTAN 550-6 declared (Kashif Naved 193, Naved Yasin 80, Rizwan Haider 73, Mohammad Yasir 71, Gulraiz Sadaf 50 not out) and 32-1.

At Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Match drawn.

PIA 459-9 declared (Fahad Iqbal 200 not out, Ali Imran Pasha 69, Sarfraz Ahmed 65) and 269-3 (Shoaib Khan 114 not out, Sarfraz Ahmed 62 not out); ZTBL 345 (Inam-ul-Haq 145, Afaq Rahim 61).

At Sports Stadium, Nawabshah Match drawn.

HYDERABAD 278 (Nasrullah Memon 70; Tabish Khan 4-64) and 302-9 declared (Aqeel Anjum 78, Azeem Ghumman 51; Adnan Kaleem 4-90); KARACHI BLUES 206 (Lal Kumar 5-77) and 219-6 (Shadab Kabir 64).

At LCCA Ground, Lahore Match drawn.

LAHORE SHALIMAR 456 (Abid Ali 114, Shiraz Butt 96, Zulqarnain Haider 72; Adnan Malik 4-105) and 120-3 (Ahmed Dar 52); SSGC 459 (Wajid Ali 119, Saeed bin Nasir 119, Ahmed Zeeshan Malik 91; Shiraz Butt 5-65).

At Sheikhupura Stadium Match drawn.

HABIB BANK 202 (Imran Farhat 100) and 317 (Rehan Rafiq 94, Hasan Raza 63); WAPDA 264 (Aamir Sajjad 61, Nawaz Sardar 52; Abdul Rehman 4-72) and 83-4.