KARACHI, Oct 25 Wapda and Abbottabad recorded three-day victories in the opening round matches of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship on Monday.

Wapda trounced hosts Sialkot by an innings and 151 runs in the Division One fixture at the Jinnah Stadium. Gangling left-arm paceman Sarfraz Ahmed claimed 5-34 to send Sialkot crashing to 151 all out in the second innings.

Earlier, wicket-keeper Ahmed Said scored an unbeaten 104 to help Wapda declare their first innings at 429-8. Ali Azmat, who resumed at 112, was out for 130 after having added 191 for the sixth-wicket with Ahmed.

Abbottabad condemned first-class debutants PTV to a six-wicket defeat in the Division Two match at the Abbottabad Cricket Stadium. PTV had no answer to the pace of left-armer Junaid Khan (5-65) as they were bowled out for 164 in the second innings. Needing 86, Abbottabad lost four wickets in reaching the target.

Islamabad earned an unexpected first-innings lead of 63 runs after dismissing the strong National Bank side for 289 at the Diamond Club Ground with medium-pacers Nasarullah and Shahzad Azam sharing eight wickets between them. The hosts extended their advantage to 230 by closing at 177-5 in the second innings.

Habib Bank were poised for victory after claiming a massive 361-run lead on the first innings against Faisalabad at Sargodha's Sports Stadium. The bankers applied closure at 533-7 following the huge partnership between Ahmed Shahzad (254 off 360 balls, 31 fours and three sixes) and Saleem Elahi (137 off 268 balls, 16 fours and two sixes) who put on 371 for the second wicket.

Faisalabad reached 113-3 in their second innings when play ended for the day.

Sloe left-armer Ahmed Raza produced a sterling performance to put the Division One game between SNGPL and hosts Multan on even keel at the Multan Cricket Stadium. Ahmed bettered his career-best figures of 6-110 in the first innings by grabbing 7-66 as SNGPL were all out for 198. Multan, who are chasing 271, lost one wicket in scoring two runs.

Rawalpindi, meanwhile, staged a great comeback against ZTBL by taking their overnight score of 117-4 in the second innings to 414-4 at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. The regional side who now have a lead of 294, owed their fightback to Zahid Mansoor's undefeated 119 (223 balls, 19 fours and one six).

Hyderabad thwarted Quetta's bid for lead by bowling out their rivals for 343 at the Niaz Stadium in Hyderabad. Bismillah Khan, who resumed at his overnight score of 125, was dismissed for a superb 181 (300 balls, 16 fours and three sixes). Hyderabad ended the day on 99-0 to extend their overall lead to 117.

Centuries by Mohtashim Ali (117 off 283 balls, 12 boundaries) and Rameez Alam (107 off 292 balls, seven fours), who together put on 214 for the fourth wicket, helped State Bank to 418-7 and a first-innings lead of 150 runs over Lahore Ravi.

Lahore Shalimar were sitting pretty after unbeaten centuries from Usman Salahuddin (161 off 352 balls, 23 fours) and Saad Nasim (114 off 190 balls, 14 fours and two sixes) enabled them to declare at 457-6 against Peshawar at the Sports Complex in Mardan. Peshawar, starting their second innings 185 runs in arrears, were 33-1 at stumps.

Scores and results on Monday (day three of four)
Division One

At Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium RAWALPINDI 115 in 46.4 overs (Sohail Tanvir 6-41, Rao Iftikhar 3-17) and 414-9 in 107 overs (Zahid Mansoor 119 not out, Shoaib Nasir 73, Adnan Mufti 65, Babar Naeem 57; Mohammad Khalil 6-86); ZTBL 235 in 73.2 overs (Shahid Yousuf 70, Imran Nazir 56, Haris Sohail 53; Sadaf Hussain 6-69).

At Sports Stadium, Sargodha FAISALABAD 172 in 68.3 overs (Danish Kaneria 5-75, Sarmad Anwar 3-34) and 113-3 in 46 overs (Farrukh Shahzad 46 not out); HABIB BANK 533-7 declared in 133.2 overs (Ahmed Shahzad 254, Saleem Elahi 137, Hasan Raza 69; Hasan Mahmood 3-214).

At Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad ISLAMABAD 352 in 119.2 overs (Imad Wasim 133, Ameer Khan 43; Qaiser Abbas 4-60) and 177-5 in 55 overs (Ali Sarfraz 54, Ameer Khan 42; Mohammad Talha 3-44); NATIONAL BANK 289 in 68.2 overs (Rashid Riaz 66, Hammad Azam 61, Umar Amin 44; Nasarullah 4-83, Shahzad Azam 4-107).

At Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot Wapda beat Sialkot by an innings and 151 runs.

SIALKOT 126 in 52 overs (Hafiz Majid Jahangir 55; Zulfiqar Babar 3-23, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan 2-53) and 152 in 55.2 overs (Sarfraz Ahmed 5-34, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan 2-45); WAPDA 429-8 declared in 128 overs (Ali Azmat 130, Ahmed Said 104 not out, Adil Nisar 93; Mansoor Amjad 3-95).

At Multan Cricket Stadium SNGPL 358 in 101.2 overs(Ali Waqas 105, Adnan Akmal 79, Naeemuddin 56, Raza Ali Dar 40; Ahmed Raza 6-110) and 198 in 57.4 overs (Ahmed Raza 7-66); MULTAN 286 in 80 overs (Babar Ali 114, Kashif Naved 74; Adil Raza 4-56, Yasir Shah 4-96) and 2-1 in 3 overs.

Division Two At Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad HYDERABAD 361 in 105.5 overs (Lal Kumar 124, Kashif Bhatti 69; Abdul Ghaffar 3-78, Arun Lal 3-98) and 99-0 in 21 overs (Sharjeel Khan 66 not out); QUETTA 343 in 119.5 overs (Bismillah Khan 181, Taimur Ali 42; Rizwan Ahmed 5-87, Kashif Bhatti 3-70).

At LCCA Ground, Lahore LAHORE RAVI 268 in 112.5 overs (Ashraf Ali 80); STATE BANK 418-7 in 132.1 overs (Mohtashim Ali 117, Rameez Alam 107, Gulraiz Sadaf 61, Naved Yasin 58).

At Abbottabad Cricket Stadium Abbottabad beat PTV by six wickets.

PTV 150 in 57.4 overs (Armaghan Elahi 4-32) and 154 in 34.5 overs (Awais Zia 40; M. Junaid Khan 5-65, Ahmed Jamal 3-50); ABBOTTABAD 219 in 70.4 overs (Mohammad Kashif 56, Ghulam Mohammad 41; Saad Altaf 5-84) and 86-4 in 21 overs (Zahoor Khan 3-35).

At Sports Complex, Mardan PESHAWAR 272 in 85.5 overs (Sajjad Ahmed 80, Mohammad Fayyaz 50, Naveed Khan 47; Imad Ali 3-73) and 33-1 in 7 overs; LAHORE SHALIMAR 457-6 declared in 151.1 overs (Usman Salahuddin 161 not out, Saad Nasim 114 not out, Arsalan Mir 45, Rana Adnan 42).