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Karachi, Nov 12: The fifth round of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship gets under way tomorrow (Saturday) with 11 four-day matches at various centres.

Pool 'A' leaders National Bank of Pakistan aim for a third successive victory when they meet Lahore Division at Sheikhupura.

In the same pool, Karachi Whites have a golden chance of chalking up their first win after four straight draws as they play the luckless and winless Hyderabad in the only game of this round here in the city. The two association teams clash at the National Stadium.

The Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA)'s selection committee has named the following Karachi Whites squad for the match:

Suleman Huda (captain), Zafar Jadoon, Iqbal Shaikh, Mohammad Masroor, Asim Kamal, Arif Mahmood, Iqbal Sikander, Sultan Ahmed, Shahid Iqbal, Lal Faraz, Shiraz Hyder, Zahid Ghauri, Haider Ali, Kamran Hussain, Ahmed Hayat, S.M. Babar, Rizwan Qayyum, Zeeshan Siddiqui.

Reserves: Asim Rizvi, Kamil Khan, Zafar Ali and Fahim Zaidi.

Ali Imam (manager) and Usman Ghani (associate manager) are the officials of the team.

KCCA's other string, Karachi Blues, who are currently in sixth spot in Pool 'B', play Rawalpindi at the Army Stadium in Rawalpindi.

Following is the schedule of matches this week:

Pool 'A':

National Bank v Lahore Division at Sheikhupura Stadium (Umpires: Salim Badar and Islam Khan. Match referee: Sultan Rana).

Karachi Whites v Hyderabad at National Stadium, Karachi (Umpires: Athar Zaidi and Siddique Khan. Match referee: Mohinder Kumar).

PNSC v Gujranwala at Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot (Umpires: Shakeel Khan and Afzaal Ahmed. Match referee: Ashraf Ali).

Pakistan Customs v WAPDA at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad (Umpires: Riazuddin and Feroze Butt. Match referee: Mahmood Rasheed).

Lahore City Whites v Bahawalpur at LCCA Ground, Lahore (Umpires: Roohul Hasan and Khalid Mahmood. Match referee: Ghafoor Butt).

Pool 'B':

Habib Bank v Pakistan Reserves at Qadhafi Stadium, Lahore (Umpires: Iftikhar Malik and Z.I. Pasha. Match referee: Shafiq Ahmed).

Allied Bank v Redco at Margalla Ground, Islamabad (Umpires: Said Shah and Rab Nawaz. Match referee: Azmat Rana).

ADBP v Islamabad at KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi (Umpires: Mian Aslam and Tariq Cheema. Match referee: Mohammad Javed).

Rawalpindi v Karachi Blues at Army Stadium, Rawalpindi (Umpires: Waqar A. Mughal and Nadeem Ghauri. Match referee: Shakoor Rana).

Sargodha v KRL at Sports Stadium, Sargodha (Umpires: Ikram Rabbani and Asad Rauf. Match referee: Abdul Sami).

Peshawar v Faisalabad at Shahi Bagh Stadium, Peshawar (Umpires: Mohammad Nazir Junior and Aleem Dar. Match referee: Iqbal Shaikh).

Points Table

Following is the points-table (the tabulate shows, teams, played, won, lost, drawn, points):

Pool "A"

NBP          3     2     0     1     27
LCCA (W)     3     2     1     0     21
PIA          4     1     0     3     18
WAPDA        4     1     1     2     18
Bahawalpur   3     1     0     2     15
Customs      4     1     0     3     15
Gujranwala   4     1     1     2     12
LDCA         3     0     1     2     6
KCCA (W)     4     0     0     4     3
PNSC         4     0     1     3     3
Hyderabad    4     0     4     0     0

Pool "B"

Pak Reserves 4     3     0     1     39
HBL          4     2     0     2     27
ABL          4     1     0     3     21
Faisalabad   4     1     2     1     15
ADBP         4     1     1     2     12
KCCA (B)     3     1     1     1     9
Sargodha     4     0     1     3     9
Islamabad    4     0     1     3     3
KRL          4     0     1     3     3
Peshawar     3     0     0     3     3
Rawalpindi   4     0     1     3     0
Redco        2     0     1     1     0