KARACHI, Nov 7: It was time for redemption for Habib Bank on Sunday as they avenged crushing loss in last season's Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship final by thrashing Karachi Blues by nine wickets. In a match reduced to three days after Saturday's enforced rest day because of political reasons, Habib Bank made up for the lost time in the Division One clash at the Southend Club Cricket Stadium with Aslam Qureshi making major impact with a match bag of 11 wickets for 78 in 39.5 overs.The slow left-armer from Peshawar, who took 5-30 in the first innings, grabbed six for 48 as the reigning champions were shot out for 144 in the second innings with only Babar Rehman offering some fight with a knock of 41. Former Test paceman Shahid Nazir claimed 3-30.

Habib Bank, who were earlier dismissed for 311 after resuming from Friday's score of 299-7, knocked off the required 24 runs in 7.1 overs.

The remaining three Division One games were all drawn with Rawalpindi, ZTBL and Sialkot earning three points apiece for taking first-innings lead against PIA, Faisalabad and SNGPL, respectively.

Meanwhile, PTV gained three points after taking a lead of 38 runs on the first innings against Karachi Whites here at the National Stadium. Having resumed from Friday's score of 292-6, PTV were all out for 345 in reply to the Whites' 307. Off-spinner Atif Maqbool finished with 5-99.

Batting a second time, Karachi Whites reached 192-5 on the last day of the truncated fixture.

Lahore Shalimar whipped Quetta by an innings and 20 runs after dismissing the visitors for 210 in the second innings of their match at the LCCA Ground in Lahore. Leg-spinner Saad Nasim captured match haul of nine for 110.

At the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Ravi were humiliated by Abbottabad who romped to an innings and 106 runs victory. Slow left-armer Khalid Usman took 4-33 and pacemen Ahmed Jamal and Mohammad Naeem three wickets each as the hosts slumped to 149 all out after resuming their second innings at 55-2.

State Bank of Pakistan settled for a draw after obtaining a first-innings lead of 59 runs over hosts Hyderabad at the Niaz Stadium. Kashif Pervez shone with six for 87 as the bankers added 108 to their overnight tally of 277-5. sport

Division One:

At Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium: Match drawn. PIA 214 in 78.4 overs (Ali Imran Pasha 45; Nasir Malik 6-66) and 250-6 in 105 overs (Kamran Sajid 60, Shoaib Khan 55; Rizwan Akbar 3-33); RAWALPINDI 323 in 97.3 overs (Naved Malik 76, Adnan Mufti 55, Zahid Mansoor 43; Ali Imran Pasha 4-101).

At Sports Stadium, Sargodha: Match drawn.

ZTBL 345 in 116.5 overs (Junaid Zia 88, Atif Ashraf 83, Inam-ul-Haq 53; Hasan Mahmood 4-95) and 220-5 declared in 63.3 overs (Inam-ul-Haq 67, Haris Sohail 53 not out, Yasir Hameed 41); FAISALABAD 287 in 106.3 overs (Farrukh Shahzad 76, Asif Hussain 56, Naved Latif 41; Raza Hasan 4-92, Mohammad Khalil 3-48) and 141-1 in 31 overs (Asif Hussain 77, Farrukh Shahzad 62 not out).

At Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot: Match drawn.

SIALKOT 465 in 140.3 overs (M. Ayub Dogar 116, Faisal Khan 108, Hafiz Majid Jahangir 92, Tahir Mughal 63; Imran Khalid 4-86) and 278-4 in 53 overs (Kamran Younis 137, M. Ayub Dogar 54 not out; Mohammad Tanvir 3-76); SNGPL 422 in 126.3 overs (Azhar Shafiq 102, Usman Arshad 83, Ali Waqas 52, Adnan Akmal 45; Mansoor Amjad 5-92).

At Southend Club Cricket Stadium, Karachi (final day of three): Habib Bank beat Karachi Blues by nine wickets.

KARACHI BLUES 190 in 60.5 overs (Rameez Raja 47; Aslam Qureshi 5-30) and 144 in 47 overs (Babar Rehman 41; Aslam Qureshi 6-48, Shahid Nazir 3-30); HABIB BANK 311 in 110 overs (Kamran Hussain 87, Khaqan Arsal 80, Azhar Mahmood 54; Adeel Malik 4-59) and 24-1 in 7.1 overs.

Division Two:

At Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad: Match drawn.

HYDERABAD 326 in 148.5 overs (Azeem Ghumman 77, Rizwan Ahmed 48; Bilawal Bhatti 4-46) and 158-4 in 38 overs (Azeem Ghumman 75); STATE BANK 385 in 134.2 overs (Naved Yasin 102, Rameez Alam 99, Gulraiz Sadaf 50, Nayyar Abbas 41; Kashif Pervez 6-87).

At Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore: Abbottabad beat Lahore Ravi by an innings and 106 runs.

ABBOTTABAD 467 in 146.1 overs (Waqar Orakzai 129, Khalid Usman 93, Jahangir Shah 68, Zia-ul-Haq 54, Ghulam Mohammad 49; Tanzeel Altaf 5-128, Mohammad Irshad 4-128); LAHORE RAVI 212 in 66.4 overs

(Saadullah Ghauri 52, Ashraf Ali 50; Mohammad Naeem 3-59) and 149 in 51.3 overs (Mohammad Saad 44; Khalid Usman 4-33, Ahmed Jamal 3-24, Mohammad Naeem 3-62) .

At LCCA Ground, Lahore: Lahore Shalimar beat Quetta by an innings and 20 runs.

LAHORE SHALIMAR 435 in 145.2 overs (Usman Salahuddin 110, Hamza Paracha 85, Kashif Mahmood 73); QUETTA 205 in 61.2 overs (Taimur Ali 77, Bismillah Khan 44; Saad Nasim 5-35, Arsalan Mir 4-35) and 210 in 64.4 overs (Sabir Hussain 53; Saad Nasim 4-75, Asif Ghafoor 3-35).

At National Stadium, Karachi (final day of three): Match drawn.

KARACHI WHITES 307 in 76.2 overs (Khalid Latif 91, Asim Kamal 80, Asif Zakir 65; Yasim Murtaza 5-69, Saad Altaf 4-95) and 192-5 in 52 overs (Asif Zakir 72, Wajihuddin 67; Mohammad Ali Bhutta 4-64); PTV 345 in 110.3 overs (Fayyaz Ahmed 108, Usman Saeed 83, Ammar Mahmood 45; Atif Maqbool 5-99, Khalid Mahmood 3-74).