da pinup bet: Last season’s finalists Lahore Blues and Karachi Whites arethe only teams in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Grade-I cricketcompetition to secure maximum points after in the openingtwo round of matches
da 888: 14-Jan-2002Last season’s finalists Lahore Blues and Karachi Whites arethe only teams in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Grade-I cricketcompetition to secure maximum points after in the openingtwo round of matches.Defending champions Lahore Blues and Karachi Whites, therunners-up last year, have claimed 24 points to top theirrespective pools.Both are likely to find little opposition against theiropponents in the third round which begins Monday and shouldchalk up third straight wins.The pick of the new round of four-day matches, undoubtedly,is the clash between evenly-matched Rawalpindi and Peshawar.Third round schedule (Jan 14-17):Karachi Whites v Balochistan at National Stadium, Karachi(Umpires: M. Nazir Junior and Athar Zaidi. Match referee:Fahimuddin Alvi).Karachi Blues v Rest of Sindh at KCCA Stadium, Karachi(Umpires: Asad Rauf and M. Akbar Khan. Match referee:Munawwar Agha).Sargodha v Hyderabad at Sports Stadium, Sargodha (Umpires:Iqbal Butt and Zamir Haider. Match referee: Azhar Hussain).Bahawalpur v Gujranwala at Bahawalpur Stadium. Matchreferee: Shakeel Khan and Riazuddin. Match referee: TaslimArif).Lahore Blues v Rest of Punjab at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore(Umpires: Salim Badar and Z.I. Pasha. Match referee: KhalidNiazi).Rawalpindi v Peshawar at Pindi Cricket Stadium (Umpires:Siddique Khan and Aleem Dar. Match referee: Ehteshamuddin).Islamabad v Rest of NWFP at KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi(Umpires: Iftikhar Malik and Nadeem Ghauri. Match referee:Khateeb Rizwan).Sialkot v Lahore Whites at Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot (Umpires:Feroz Butt and Islam Khan. Match referee: Abdul Sami Khan).






