da dobrowin： Teams in the northern part of the country will be hoping forbetter luck with the weather when the fourth round matchesin the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Grade-I cricket competition startSunday
da betcris： 20-Jan-2002Teams in the northern part of the country will be hoping forbetter luck with the weather when the fourth round matchesin the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Grade-I cricket competition startSunday.The third round clash between Rawalpindi and Peshawar wasabandoned without a ball being bowled at the Pindi CricketStadium after pre-match rains left the square in pools ofwater.The other match in Rawalpindi, saw play starting late onthird afternoon at KRL Ground between Islamabad and Rest ofNWFP.Karachi Blues chalked up their first win of the season whenthey crushed Rest of Sindh by innings. Sargodha were theother side to win in the third round, inflicting inningsdefeat on Hyderabad.Both Karachi Whites and Lahore Blues, who head theirrespective pools, had to contend with draws againstBalochistan and Rest of Punjab respectively in the thirdround.Karachi Whites, led by ex-national skipper Moin Khan, facetheir first major challenge in the shape of Gujranwala hereat the National Stadium.Lahore Blues, the defending champions, take on Islamabad atKRL Stadium in Rawalpindi.Karachi Blues, meanwhile, meet Faisalabad at Iqbal Stadium.Both Faisalabad and Sheikhupura, who play Rest of Punjab atGaddafi Stadium, will be fresh after being not involved inmatches last week.Fourth round schedule (Jan 20-23):*Karachi Whites v Gujranwala at National Stadium, Karachi(Umpires: M. Akbar Khan and Nadeem Ghauri. Match referee:Raees Ahmed).*Faisalabad v Karachi Blues at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad(Umpires: M. Nazir Junior and Iftikhar Malik. Match referee:Ishtiaq Ahmed).*Hyderabad v Rest of Balochistan at Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad(Umpires: Athar Zaidi and Sadiq Mohammad. Match referee:Munawwar Agha).*Bahawalpur v Rest of Sindh at Bahawalpur Stadium. (Umpires:Shakeel Khan and Riazuddin. Match referee: Fahimuddin Alvi).*Lahore Whites v Peshawar at LCCA Ground, Lahore (Umpires:Salim Badar and Feroz Butt. Match referee: Ali Zia).*Rawalpindi v Rest of NWFP at Pindi Cricket Stadium(Umpires: Siddique Khan and Asad Rauf. Match referee: JavedAkhtar).*Islamabad v Lahore Blues at KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi(Umpires: Islam Khan and Afzaal Ahmed. Match referee:Khateeb Rizwan).*Sheikhupura v Rest of Punjab at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore(Umpires: Aleem Dar and Sajjad Asghar. Match referee:Ehteshamuddin).
