KARACHI: Despite a fighting knock of 105 by Rameez Raja, Karachi Blues were heading for defeat against Sialkot in the Division One Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship fixture at the National Stadium here on Monday.

Having been bowled for 160 in the first-innings, Karachi Blues reached 250-4 after Sialkot skipper Mansoor Amjad enforced the follow on. Rameez, who hit 17 fours in his 96-ball knock, added 119 for the second wicket with Murtaza Majeed, who is batting on 71. The Blues now have a lead of just 31 runs heading into Tuesday's fourth and final day.

Earlier in the morning, medium-pacer Imran Malik claimed two more wickets to finish with career-best figures of 6-38 in 19.3 overs.

Meanwhile, the third day's action was marred by an off-field incident. Just after the lunch interval, a couple of outsiders, who had come to the stadium, started abusing the Karachi Blues team management over selection matters. One of them was an unknown club cricketer who threatened the officials of dire consequences if he was not selected in the Karachi team.

The police, who was summoned following the incident, failed to take any action against the intruders despite complaints lodged by the top KCCA hierarchy.

Table leaders Wapda, who were set a target of 326 by PIA were 6-0 at the Marghazar Cricket Ground in Islamabad. PIA closed their second innings at 312-8 with Fahad Iqbal, younger brother of Test discard Faisal, contributing an unbeaten 102 off 152 balls with 13 fours.

Habib Bank's Danish Kaneria, the Test leg-spinner who of late has been mysteriously overlooked for Pakistan selection by the PCB in recent times, grabbed 8-99 in ZTBL's second-innings total of 361 at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. ZTBL opener Yasir Hameed carried his bat for 171 (237 balls, 24 boundaries). Habib Bank, chasing a modest 181 for victory, reached stumps at 80-1.

Play was curtailed to just 17.1 overs on Monday at Faisalabad's Iqbal Stadium where National Bank progressed from 73-0 to 110-4 in the second innings against SNGPL.

Faisalabad finally recorded their first win of the season when they beat Multan by five wickets at the Bahawalpur Cricket Stadium. Multan have lost all seven matches they played thus far.

Hosts Islamabad were 230-9 after conceding a first-innings lead of 187 to Rawalpindi who totalled 4-5 at the Diamond Club Ground.

Karachi Whites require only 121 on Tuesday to beat Lahore Ravi in the Division Two tie at the Gaddafi Stadium. The Ravians were dismissed for 251 in the second innings.

KRL scored a crucial nine-wicket win over Division Two leaders State Bank on their home territory at the KRL Stadium in Rawalpindi. KRL are lying third with 30 points. sport

Scores and results on Monday (day three of four):Division One:At National Stadium, Karachi: SIALKOT 379-9 declared in 113.4 overs (Mansoor Amjad 157, M. Ayub Dogar 134; Akbar-ur-Rehman 3-43, Babar Rehman 3-80); KARACHI BLUES 160 in 60.3 overs (Imran Malik 6-38) and 250-4 in 70 overs (Rameez Raja 105, Murtaza Majeed 71 not out; Nabeel Malik 3-94).At Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad: NATIONAL BANK 165 in 48.3 overs (Nasir Jamshed 40; Zulqarnain 3-40, Asad Ali 3-46) and 110-4 in 43 overs (Nasir Jamshed 44); SNGPL 135 in 45.2 overs (Naeemuddin 48; Mohammad Imran 3-12, Uzair-ul-Haq 3-36).At Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium: ZTBL 118 in 35.5 overs (Azhar Mahmood 5-41, Younis Khan 3-20) and 361 in 84.3 overs (Yasir Hameed 171 not out, Imran Nazir 51; Danish Kaneria 8-99); HABIB BANK 299 in 71.1 overs (Hasan Raza 60, Aftab Khan 44, Kamran Hussain 42, Younis Khan 32; Mohammad Khalil 5-64) and 80-1 in 14 overs (Ahmed Shahzad 45 not out).At Marghazar Cricket Ground, Islamabad: PIA 214 in 67 overs (Tahir Khan 69 not out; Azhar Attari 3-21) and 312-8 declared in 93.4 overs (Fahad Iqbal 102 not out, Shaharyar Ghani 89, Agha Sabir 65); WAPDA 201 in 63.1 overs (Riffatullah Mohmand 57l Aizaz Cheema 4-57, Kamran Sajid 3-31, Anwar Ali 3-55) and 6-0 in 4.2 overs.At Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad: ISLAMABAD 218 in 65.1 overs (Ameer Khan 79, Imad Wasim 46; Rashid Latif 5-77, Sadaf Hussain 3-45) and 230-9 in 53 overs (Nauman Masood 84, Zeeshan Mushtaq 66; Sadaf Hussain 4-56); RAWALPINDI 405 in 97.4 overs (Shoaib Nasir 110, Zahid Mansoor 64, Babar Naeem 58; Fakhar Hussain 5-60, Shahzad Azam 3-117).At Bahawalpur Cricket Stadium: Faisalabad beat Multan by five wickets.MULTAN 81 in 33.1 overs (Rauf Nazir 4-23, Zeeshan Asif 3-14) and 214 in 78.2 overs (Kashif Naveed 97, Zaka-ur-Rasheed 54; Hasan Mahmood 3-24, Ahmed Hayat 3-57, Zeeshan Asif 3-60); FAISALABAD 170 in 46.3 overs (Ahmed Hayat 52; Abdur Rauf 8-85) and 131-5 in 28.4 overs (Ijaz Ahmed Jr 56 not out; Mudassar Rai 3-34).Division Two:At Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore: LAHORE RAVI 208 in 62 overs (Zeeshan Ali 66 not out, Mohammad Saad 41; Sohail Khan 6-44) and 251 in 81.5 overs (Junaid Jan 87, Mohammad Saad 52; Atif Maqbool 4-59, Tanvir Ahmed 3-63); KARACHI WHITES 339 in 84.1 overs (Wajihuddin 109 not out, Khalid Latif 108, Shahzaib Hasan 66; Tanzeel Altaf 6-98).At LCCA Ground, Lahore: PTV 369 in 118.3 overs (Awais Zia 75, Usman Saeed 70, Ammar Mahmood 48; Aamir Hayat 4-141, Emmad Ali 3-125) and 189-6 in 36.3 overs (Umair Khan 56, Awais Zia 42, Zohaib Ahmed 41 not out; Asif Ghafoor 3-31); LAHORE SHALIMAR 227 in 69.5 overs (Hamza Mobin 80; Zahoor Khan 4-79, Yasim Murtaza 3-34, Mohammad Ali Bhutta 3-73).At KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi: KRL beat State Bank by nine wickets.STATE BANK 148 in 44.3 overs (Yasir Arafat 5-53, Rahat Ali 3-36) and 134 in 66.5 overs (Mohammad Irfan 3-27, Yasir Arafat 3-50); KRL 188 in 70 overs (Bilawal Bhatti 5-69) and 98-1 in 14.5 overs (Ali Naqvi 58 not out).At National Cricket Ground, Islamabad: HYDERABAD 405 in 100.5 overs (Aqeel Anjum 172 not out, Sharjeel Khan 61, Kashif Bhatti 45; Sajjad Ahmed Jr 6-119) and 102-5 in 37.5 overs (Hanif-ur-Rehman 53); PESHAWAR 277 in 92.2 overs (Akbar Badshah 75, Mohammad Fayyaz 57, Sajjad Ahmed Sr 44; Kashif Pervez 5-75, Kashif Bhatti 4-56).At Abbottabad Cricket Stadium: QUETTA 215 in 77 overs (Arun Lal 52, Mohammad Aslam 49; Armaghan Elahi 3-60) and 167-5 in 56 overs (Taimur Ali 54 not out); ABBOTTABAD 469-9 declared in 105 overs (Wajid Ali 201 not out, Junaid Khan 70, Ghulam Mohammad 64, Khalid Usman 47; Kashif Sattar 3-109, Asghar Ali 3-128).