KARACHI, Nov 19: Islamabad and Quetta recorded their first victories of the season by handing comprehensive defeats to Lahore Shalimar and Faisalabad, respectively in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship on Tuesday.

Islamabad overwhelmed Lahore Shalimar by 181 runs at the Diamond Club Ground in Islamabad. The visitors who began the day 24-2 while chasing 376 managed just 194 in the second innings despite tailender Mohammad Saeed’s 60. Paceman Shehzad Azam Rana took 4-62.

Quetta cantered to a 121-run triumph by dismissing Faisalabad for 209 in the second innings at the Iqbal Stadium where the home side resumed their chase for 331 runs at 33-2. Quetta captain Gohar Faiz and pace partner Faizullah shared nine wickets in the second with Gohar grabbing five for 81 and Faizullah 4-58.

Rawalpindi consolidated their lead at top of Group-I when they chalked up a four-wicket win over Sialkot at the Jinnah Stadium in Sialkot. Needing 186 after bowling the hosts for 214, Awais set up Rawalpindi’s third success with a solid 79.

The day’s other winners were Multan who lost two wickets in making 60 they had needed to beat Hyderabad at the Multan Cricket Stadium in Multan. It was Multan’s second victory in the championship.

The remaining two fixtures were drawn with Peshawar and Bahawalpur taking first-innings’ points against Abbottabad and Lahore Shalimar, respectively.

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

Group-I:

At LCCA Ground, Lahore: Match drawn.

LAHORE RAVI 281 in 84.4 overs (Jahangir Mirza 116, Zeeshan Ali 46; Abdul Rehman 3-55, Afraseem Hussain 3-63) and 391 in 112.3 overs (Muntazir Mehdi 130, Ikhlaq Butt 119, Zeeshan Ali 39; Abdul Rehman 3-91, Imranullah Aslam 2-46, Afraseem Hussain 2-85); BAHAWALPUR 374 in 111.2 overs (Imranullah Aslam 175, Faisal Mubashir 90, Jawwad Hussain 50; Bilawal Iqbal 5-100, Tanzeel Altaf 3-78, Ali Manzoor 2-79) and 41-1 in 8 overs.

At Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot: Rawalpindi beat Sialkot by four wickets.

SIALKOT 247 in 91.4 overs (Faisal Khan 84, Naved Sarwar 53, Nabeel Malik 42; Nasir Malik 6-69, Haseeb Azam 4-41) and 214 in 54.1 overs (Salman Ali 68; Babar Naeem 3-21, Haseeb Azam 3-54, Nasir Malik 3-88); RAWALPINDI 276 in 105.3 overs (Zahid Mansoor 70, Awais Zia 57, Shoaib Nasir 48; Waqas Ahmed 3-66, Bilal Asif 2-68, Hasan Ai 2-69) and 186-6 in 70 overs (Awais Zia 79, Muzammil Nizam 43 not out; Bilal Asif 4-54, Salman Ali 2-33).

At Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar: Match drawn.

PESHAWAR 364 in 90.4 overs (Israrullah 101, Sajjad Ahmed Jan 88, Fawad Akbar 80, Iftikhar Ahmed 38; Kamran Ghulam 3-47, Babar Khan 2-67, Umair Khan 2-72) and 203-3 declared in 45 overs (Iftikhar Ahmed 72, Adil Amin 68, Mehran Ibrahim 35 not out); ABBOTTABAD 254 in 91.5 overs (Khalilullah 53, Kamran Ghulam 50, Waqar Orakzai 40, Rehan Afridi 38, Mohammad Ali 34; Iftikhar Ahmed 3-23, Taj Wali 3-70, Afaq Ahmed 2-57) and 217-4 declared in 63 overs (Mohammad Naeem 80, Kamran Ghulam 56 not out, Mohammad Ali 36, Rehan Afridi 35 not out; Azizullah 2-35).

Group-II:

At Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan: Multan beat Hyderabad by eight wickets.

HYDERABAD 227 in 79.4 overs (Haris Khan 59, Zafar Ali 45; Aamir Yamin 4-41, Haziq Habibullah 3-61, Mohammad Rameez 3-64) and 190 in 57.2 overs (Shoaib Leghari 38, Lal Kumar 38, Farhan Ayub 37; Aamir Yamin 5-67, Haziq Habibullah 3-69); MULTAN 360 in 116.4 overs (Abdul Rehman Muzammil 129, Kashif Naved 86, Maqbool Ahmed 39 not out; Farhan Ayub 3-71, Aslam Sattar 3-76, Nasir Awais 2-10) and 60-2 in 15.3 overs (Ahad Raza 31 not out; Lal Kumar 2-29).

At Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad: Quetta beat Faisalabad by 121 runs.

QUETTA 167 in 65.5 overs (Mohibullah 39, Umar Qasim 37, Taimur Khan 35; Naseer Akram 5-58, Adnan Munir 2-36) and 322-9 declared in 104.5 overs (Taimur Ali 87, Mohammad Farhan 46, Gohar Faiz 32; Waqas Maqsood 4-71, Fahim Ashraf 3-61); FAISALABAD 159 in 50.3 overs (Shahid Siddique 53, Fahim Ashraf 45; Gohar Faiz 4-57, Faizullah 3-36, Mohibullah 2-32) and 209 in 65.5 overs (Hamza Zaheer 34; Gohar Faiz 5-81, Faizullah 4-58).

At Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad: Islamabad beat Lahore Shalimar by 181 runs.

ISLAMABAD 318 in 94.2 overs (Imad Wasim 110, Afaq Raheem 38, Moeid Ahmed 34; Mohammad Irfan 3-39, Mohammad Saeed 3-65, Waqar Ahmed 2-89) and 247-6 declared in 66 overs (Imad Wasim 110 not out, Sarmad Bhatti 79; Mohammad Saeed 3-43, Mohammad Bilawal 3-77); LAHORE SHALIMAR 190 in 58.5 overs (Umar Siddique 88; Imad Wasim 4-31, Shehzad Azam Rana 3-45) and 194 in 56.2 overs (Mohammad Saeed 60, Arsalan Arshad 30; Shehzad Azam Rana 4-62, Sajid Ali 2-2, Junaid Nadir 2-55, Hamza Nadeem 2-56).