A big unbeaten century by opener Rizwan Aslam put Lahore Whites in a commanding position against Gujranwala on the second day of the four-day QEA Trophy second round fixture at the LCCA ground on Saturday.

Rizwan, who began the day at 40 in Lahore's 69 for one in response to the visitors 179, was unconquered on 165 as the home team reached 326 for five. Rizwan clobbered 21 boundaries and has been occupying the crease for exactly seven hours during which he has received 354 deliveries.

Rizwan featured in a 150-run second wicket stand with Khurram Siddique who contributed a 162-ball 63 that was laced with just four hits to the fence.

A magnificent century by Nauman Aman helped Rawalpindi post 281, what now looks a decent total, against Karachi Blues who finished the day tottering at 33 for three. Nauman, who walked in on Friday with the home team reeling at eight for three, stroked a masterly 142 that included 19 boundaries and two sixes. He faced 234 deliveries during 295 minutes of batting.

Together with Sheraz Khalid, Nauman added 172 runs for the fourth wicket. Nauman chipped in with an invaluable 73 that came off 186 balls and included 11 boundaries.

The performance of Sheraz and Nauman left Karachi Blues left-arm pacer Imranullah to take back stage despite a marvelous performance. Imran, who had picked up all the three Rawalpindi wickets that fell on the first day, finished up with six for 51.

At the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad, Test opener Saeed Anwar was one of the three half century makers for National Bank who replied with 295 in response to Faisalabad's 172. Faisalabad, trailing by 123 runs on first innings, were 41 for two at stumps.

Saeed hit 58 from 130 balls during 194 minutes of batting. His innings included eight boundaries. However, Qaiser Abbas was the top scorer with a 167-ball 87 that included 11 boundaries and a six. Skipper Mushtaq Ahmed also showed his batting skills by scoring a rapid 41-ball 62 with the aid of 11 boundaries.

Ghulam Ali slammed an attractive century as PIA finished at 359 for six in reply to Peshawar's 144. Ghulam Ali, who started the day at 27 in PIA's 54 for two, hit 138 from 270 balls after occupying the crease for 381 minutes. His innings included 14 boundaries. Together with Asif Mujtaba (61), Ghulam added 126 runs for the third wicket and added another 116 for the fifth wicket with Mahmood Hamid who was batting on 78.

Day 2 scores in brief

Group-I

At Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad: Faisalabad: 172 (Zeeshan Asif 59, Farooq Iqbal 32, Imran Javed 3-23, Shabbir Ahmed 3-50) and 41-2 (Shabbir Ahmad 2-16)
National Bank 295 (Qaiser Abbas 87, Mushtaq Ahmad 62, Saeed Anwar 58, Farooq Iqbal 4-80)

At Sports Stadium, Sargodha: Service Industries 286 (Sufian Munir 64, Bilal Khilji 58, Ahmed Hayat 3-84, Umair Hassan 3-88)
Sargodha 163-6 (Mohammad Hafeez 38, Humaj Mukhtar 34, Mohammad Irshad 3-33)

At Gymkhana Ground, Okara: Wapda 243 (Mohammad Hasan Adnan 100 not out, Tariq Aziz 42, Mohamamd Khalil 4-66, Sajid Ali 3-65) and 55-1 (Adil Nisar 33, Atiq-ur-Rehman 20 not out)
LCCA Blues 180 (Latif Gohar 48, Ali Hussain 30, Naved-ul-Hasan 5-49)

Group-II

At Multan Stadium, Multan: Dadu 149 (Mohammad Salim 61, Rao Waseem Ahmed 31, Naeem Iqbal 4-35, Azhar Abbas 3-38) and 0-0
Multan 324 (Mohammad Ali Niazi 84, Mohammad Ali Rafi 53, Azhar Abbas 44 not out, Akhtar Bungash 3-51, Shahid Qambrani 3-69)

At Bahawalpur Stadium, Bahawalpur: Bahawalpur 81 (Mohammad Rashid 33, Arshad Khan 7-25) and 110-4 (Maqsood Akbar 48, Arshad Khan 3-32)
Allied Bank 324-9 declared (Ijaz Ahmad Junior 75, Aamir Hanif 54, Mohammad Zahid 50, Naved Latif 47, Wajahatullah Wasti 43, Faisal Elahi 4-74)

At National Stadium, Karachi: KCCA Whites 302 (Agha Sabir 52, Asim Kamal 37, Faisal Mirza 34, Irfanuddin 32 not out, Mohammad Masroor 31, Maisam Hasnain 31, Rajesh Ramesh 5-91)
Pak PWD 237-5 (Faisal Athar 79, Saad Wasim 51, Iqbal Imam 35 not out)

Group-III

At LCCA ground, Lahore: Gujranwala 179 (Asim Munir Butt 82, Wasim Khan 4-63)
LCCA Whites 326-5 (Rizwan Aslam 165 not out, Khurram Siddique 63, Aamer Sajjad 42, Naved Arif 3-87)

At Sheikhupura Stadium, Sheikhupura: Habib Bank 155 (Irfan Fazil 53, Farhan Adil 31, Waqas Chughtai 6-65) and 262-8 (Atiq-uz-Zaman 66, Asadullah Butt 63, Ayub Dogar 3-77)
Sheikhupura 167 (Tahir Amin 38, Danish Kaneria 4-36, Sajid Shah 4-37)

At Saga ground, Sialkot: Customs 255 (Aamir Bashir 75, Shadab Kabir 32, Shahid Mahmood 31, Shahid Khan 3-73, Tahir Mughal 3-77)
Sialkot 92-3 (Shahzad Malik 32 not out)

Group-IV

At Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar: Peshawar 144 (Zeeshan Mohsin 64 not out, Shoaib Malik 5-27, Umer Gul 3-65)
PIA 359-6 (Ghulam Ali 138, Mahmood Hamid 78 not out, Asif Mujtaba 61)

At KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi: KRL 307 (Saeed bin Nasir 93 not out, Saeed Anwar Jnr 60, Yasir Arafat 31, Jaffar Nazir 30, Rao Iftikhar 3-83) and 32-1
ADBP 231 (Faisal Naved 47, Zahoor Elahi 41, Hafiz Majid 31, Yasir Arafat 5-78, Ali Naqvi 3-37)

At Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi: Rawalpindi 281 (Nauman Aman 142, Sheraz Khalid 73, Imranullah 6-51)
KCCA Blues 33-3 (Mohammad Fayyaz 2-8)

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