Test opener Khurram Manzoor led the way with an unbeaten 156 - the young right-hander's 10th first-class ton - after PIA resumed at 86-1. Khurram's 372-ball knock in a marathon stay of 507 minutes included 20 boundaries. —AP/File Photo

KARACHI Pakistan ace leg-spinner Danish Kaneria finished with a match bag of 11-131 as Habib Bank trounced Karachi Whites by seven wickets on the penultimate day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship Group 'A' match at the NBP Sports Complex here on Monday.

Kaneria, who took 5-72 in the first innings, snared 6-59 in 23 overs to send Karachi Whites tumbling to 172 all out in the second innings. Slow left-armer Abdur Rehman claimed 3-59 to end up with 6-109 in the match.

Needing 57, Habib Bank lost three wickets before claiming 12 points for their well-earned victory.

PIA, meanwhile, made a fitting reply on the placid National Stadium track by amassing 333-3 in response to KRL's first-innings total of 468. Test opener Khurram Manzoor led the way with an unbeaten 156 - the young right-hander's 10th first-class ton - after PIA resumed at 86-1. Khurram's 372-ball knock in a marathon stay of 507 minutes included 20 boundaries.

Kamran Sajid scored a patient 70 (206 balls, seven fours) during the 194-run second-wicket stand with Khurram. Stand-in captain Faisal Iqbal was on batting on 51 when play ended for the day with PIA still needing 136 for first innings lead.

Khalid Latif, meanwhile, slammed his maiden first-class double century to help Karachi Blues reach 458 against Peshawar on the second day of the Group 'B' tie at Rawalpindi's KRL Stadium. Resuming at 159 in a total of 251-4, Khalid carried his bat to make 254 - a knock that featured 34 fours and four sixes.

Peshawar were reeling at 82-5 in reply.

Shahid Qambrani scored a career-best 150 not out as Hyderabad took first innings lead of 28 runs against hosts Islamabad after piling up 466 in the tall-scoring Group 'B' match at the Diamond Club Ground. Islamabad then collected 242-3 in their second turn with opener Umair Khan (103) and Ashar Zaidi (85) adding 153 for the unbroken fourth-wicket partnership.

Our Sports Reporter adds from Lahore Reigning champions Sialkot and Multan also scored comfortable three-day victories to set early pace in Group 'B' of the championship.

Sialkot whipped Faisalabad by an innings and four runs in their own backyard while Multan thrashed Lahore Ravi by innings and 31 runs at the LCCA Ground with slow left-armer Zulfiqar Babar capturing 6-46 to follow his 5-84 in the first innings.

Multan, who resumed at 332-7, made 386 in the first innings with Naved Yasin making an unbeaten 103. Former international Junaid Zia claimed 5-90 for the home side.

National Bank were closing in on an emphatic win after reducing Lahore Shalimar to 131-5 in the second innings at the Gaddafi Stadium.

Helped by Fawad Alam's century, National Bank posted a mammoth 535-6 declared to take a huge first-innings lead of 296 runs. Fawad, the Pakistan left-hander, scored 126 (197 balls, 11 fours) after resuming at 46. Pakistan wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal hit a breezy 52 not out off 44 balls with four fours and one six.

Earlier, Salman Butt added just five more runs before he was dismissed for 177 (263 balls, 21 fours).

Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) staged a great comeback against Wapda in Faisalabad. After conceding a lead of 68 on the first innings, SNGPL hit back through paceman Asad Ali, who claimed 6-38, to bowl out Wapda for 258 in the second innings.SNGPL then completed a fine day by finishing on 149 for no wicket with Mohammad Hafeez (51) and Naeemuddin (74) in hot pursuit of a target of 327.

Scores and results on Monday (day three of four)

Group 'A'

At National Stadium, Karachi KRL 468 in 138 overs (Azhar Ali 108, Mohammad Wasim 105, Zahoor Elahi 86, Bazid Khan 81, Ali Naqvi 36; Tahir Khan 5-150); PIA 333-3 in 109 overs (Khurram Manzoor 156 not out, Kamran Sajid 70, Faisal Iqbal 51 not out).

At NBP Sports Complex, Karachi Habib Bank beat Karachi Whites by seven wickets.

KARACHI WHITES 190 in 66.4 overs (Mohtashim Ali 68, Mohammad Hassan 49 not out; Danish Kaneria 5-72, Abdur Rehman 3-50) and 172 in 57.1 overs (Danish Kaneria 6-59, Abdur Rehman 3-59); HABIB BANK 306 in 92.1 overs (Imran Farhat 141, Kamran Hussain 38; Tabish Khan 7-72) and 57-3 in 15.4 overs.

At UBL Sports Complex, Karachi

PAKISTAN CUSTOMS 85 in 37.3 overs (Mohammad Hussain 36; Sohail Khan 6-34, Dilawar Khan 4-13) and 340 in 115 overs (Rameez Raja 84, Rawaid Khan 67, Hafiz Asad Baig 60; Dilawar Khan 4-75); SSGC 187 in 82 overs (Asif Zakir 91, Haris Ayaz 42; Mohammad Nabi 4-25, Mansoor Ahmed 3-72) and 16-1 in 8 overs.

At Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore LAHORE SHALIMAR 239 in 85.5 overs (Ahmed Dar 63, Sohail Idrees 62, Shiraz Butt 39; Mohammad Asif 4-32) and 131-5 in 41 overs (Abid Ali 46); NATIONAL BANK 535-6 declared in 117.1 overs (Salman Butt 177, Fawad Alam 126, Umar Amin 84, Kamran Akmal 52 not out, Qaiser Abbas 37; Mohammad Naved 4-105).

At Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad WAPDA 215 in 75.3 overs (Bilal Khilji 48, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan 36; Yasir Shah 3-43, Saad Altaf 3-75) and 258 in 79 overs (Rana Naved-ul-Hasan 45, Jahangir Mirza 43; Asad Ali 6-38); SNGPL 147 in 49.2 overs (Rana Naved-ul-Hasan 3-48) and 149-0 in 40 overs (Naeemuddin 74 not out, Mohammad Hafeez 51 not out).

Group 'B'

At LCCA Ground, Lahore Multan beat Lahore Ravi by an innings and 31 runs.

LAHORE RAVI 206 in 73.1 overs (Sohail Ahmed 48, Ashraf Ali 47, Rizwan Malik 38; Zulfiqar Babar 5-84) and 149 in 52.3 overs (Zulfiqar Babar 6-46, Abdur Rauf 3-69); MULTAN 386 in 104.5 overs (Naved Yasin 103 not out, Abdur Rauf 69, Gulraiz Sadaf 40; Junaid Zia 5-90).

At Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot Sialkot beat Faisalabad by an innings and four runs.

FAISALABAD 136 in 54.1 overs (Ammar Mahmood 51; Bilawal Bhatti 5-48) and 220 in 79.4 overs (Zeeshan Asif 63, Mohammad Salman 48, Ahmed Hayat 35; Salman Ali 3-58, Nayyar Abbas 3-66); SIALKOT 360 in 108.4 overs (M. Ayub Dogar 129, Hafiz Majid Jahangir 124; Saadat Munir 4-87, Gul Faraz 3-49).

At Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad ISLAMABAD 438 in 86 overs (Fayyaz Ahmed 78, Rauf Akbar 70, Umair Khan 67, Zohaib Ahmed 63, Raheel Majeed 48, Imad Wasim 35; Aqeel Anjum 3-25, Hanif-ur-Rehman 3-86) and 242-3 in 60 overs (Umair Khan 103 not out, Ashar Zaidi 85 not out); HYDERABAD 466 in 98.4 overs (Shahid Qambrani 150 not out, Aqeel Anjum 92, Faisal Athar 81, Mir Ali Talpur 59; Shahzad Azam 5-142, Ashar Zaidi 4-50).

At Abbottabad Cricket Stadium ABBOTTABAD 251 in 77.1 overs (Ghulam Mohammad 85, Khalid Usman 35, Mir Azam Khan 31; Arun Lal 4-51) and 184-5 in 68 overs (Fawad Khan 48, Hammad Ali Shah 36; Nazar Hussain 3-54); QUETTA 243 in 98.4 overs (Sanaullah Khan 36 not out, Atiq-ur-Rehman 35; Armaghan Elahi 4-43, M. Junaid Khan 4-83).

At KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi (day two of four) KARACHI BLUES 458 in 134.4 overs (Khalid Latif 254 not out, Tariq Haroon 53, Asim Kamal 39; Imran Khan 3-56, Mohammad Fayyaz 3-71); PESHAWAR 82-5 in 31 overs (Adil Amin 36; Atif Maqbool 3-16).