KARACHI : Sialkot turned the tables on the Younis Khan-led Habib Bank side by pulling off a stunning 59-run win over defending champions in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship Division I match at the Jinnah Stadium on Sunday.The bankers, chasing a relatively modest target of 198, were all out for 128 in their second innings on the last day of the four-day game. Slow left-armer Nabeel Malik (4-27) and paceman Prince Abbas (3-41) shared the bowling honours.Habib Bank were at full strength for the first-class season’s opening round with Younis, Taufiq Umar, Imran Farhat, Asad Shafiq, Abdul Rehman and Umar Gul all of whom are due to travel with the Pakistan side to the UAE next week for the Test series against Sri Lanka playing in this fixture.But the star players failed when it mattered with Younis getting a first-ball duck on Sunday. Imran was the top-scorer with 29, while Taufiq scored five, Asad 10, Umar Gul six and Rehman an unbeaten 2.Earlier, Test leg-spinner Danish Kaneria, currently embroiled in a legal battle with the PCB, grabbed 6-24 as Sialkot, who collected full nine points, were bowled out for 83 in their second innings.Wapda completed a resounding 10-wicket victory after bowling out Abbottabad for 125 in the second innings of their game at the Abbottabad Cricket Stadium.Kamran Akmal became the third batsman to score a century in National Bank’s second innings in the drawn tie against Rawalpindi at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. Kamran, the NBP skipper, made a stroke-filled 139 off 157 balls with 18 fours and six in his team’s total of 482-8 declared.Umar Amin and Fawad Alam, the overnight pair, were the other three-figure men for the NBP side. Umar didn’t add to his Saturday’s tally of 131, while fellow left-hander Fawad got just one run before he was out for 142.The rain-hit clash between Islamabad and PIA also ended in a tame draw with the national carrier grabbing three points for taking lead on the first innings.Scores and results on Sunday (final day of four) At Abbottabad Cricket Stadium: Wapda beat Abbottabad by 10 wickets.ABBOTTABAD 259 in 104 overs (Khalid Usman 56 not out, Rameez Ahmed 56, Riaz Kail 42; Zulfiqar Babar 4-71, Sarfraz Ahmed 3-52, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan 3-79) and 125 in 53.3 overs (Zulfiqar Babar 4-30, M. Imran Khan 3-58); WAPDA 325 in 73.4 overs (Ali Azmat 105, Riffatullah Mohmand 70, Sarfraz Ahmed 63; Mohammad Naeem 4-68, Junaid Khan 4-101) and 61-0 in 14.4 overs.At Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot: Sialkot beat Habib Bank by 59 runs.SIALKOT 397 in 140.5 overs (M. Ayub Dogar 186 not out, Mohammad Yasin 89, Mobin Mughal 47; Kamran Hussain 6-105, Danish Kaneria 3-108) and 83 in 39.2 overs (Danish Kaneria 6-24, Abdul Rehman 3-24); HABIB BANK 293 in 75.3 overs (Imran Farhat 105, Younis Khan 52) and 128 in 48.4 overs (Nabeel Malik 4-27, Prince Abbas 3-41).At Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium: Match drawn.NATIONAL BANK 153 in 57.1 overs (Fawad Alam 51; Nasir Malik 7-42) and 482-8 declared in 124 overs (Fawad Alam 142, Kamran Akmal 139, Umar Amin 131; Nasir Malik 3-135); RAWALPINDI 348 in 106.1 overs (Mohammad Rameez 74, Usman Saeed 56, Muzammil Nizam 40; Mohammad Talha 4-91, Umaid Asif 3-53) and 52-1 in 13 overs.At Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad: Match drawn.PIA 423-5 declared in 108.2 overs (Agha Sabir 171, Shoaib Khan 101 not out) and 157-3 declared in 27 overs (Kamran Sajid 47; ISLAMABAD 281 in 81.5 overs (Afaq Raheem 137, Naeem Anjum 58; Anwar Ali 5-65, Aizaz Cheema 3-77) and 99-1 in 31 overs (Umair Khan 50 not out
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