Rauf puts Multan in command

Published January 15, 2007

LAHORE, Jan 14: Paceman Abdur Rauf took Multan in sight of a certain victory over Lahore Shalimar after an eventful third day’s play in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver fixture at the LCCA Ground on Sunday.

Rauf finished with five for 42 as the home side were skittled out 120 in the second innings after conceding one-run first-innings lead and left the visitors needing a target of 120.At draw of stumps Multan were 35 for one.

Lahore Ravi, who lost the first match to Hyderabad, saw their batting crumble under pressure. Opener Rizwan Aslam failed to open his account. Nasir Jamshed, who hit 61 in the first innings, was sent back by paceman Kamran Hussain for 16, while skipper Kashif Siddique (12) and Rashid Riaz (1) both fell to Rauf.

Kamran Hussain took three wickets for 36.

Earlier, Multan were all out for 298 after resuming the day at 269-8. Left-hander Bilal Khilji (110 overnight) finished undefeated on a 204-ball 128 with 12 boundaries.

Scoreboard

LAHORE RAVI (1st Innings) 297 (Ali Azmat 84; Azharullah 5-46).

MULTAN (1st Innings, overnight 269-8):

Saeed Anwar Jr c Adnan b Wasim 9

Usman Tariq lbw b Wasim 0

Azhar Shafiq lbw b Wasim 74

Bilal Khilji not out 128

Kamran Hussain c Adnan b Wahab 0

Kashif Naved c Adnan b Wasim 0

Abdul Rauf c Nasir b Wasim 0

Imranullah b Ali Azmat 38

Mohammad Irshad c Adnan b Wahab 12

Atiq Ahmed c Adnan b Waqas 12

Azharullah b Waqas 0

EXTRAS (B-8, LB-12, NB-5) 25

TOTAL (all out, 77 overs) 298

FALL OF WKTS: 1-1, 2-12, 3-145, 4-146, 5-159, 6-164, 7-241, 8-262, 9-298.

BOWLING: Wasim Khan 26-3-93-5; Shahzad Butt 8.4-2-28-0; Wahab Riaz 21.2-2-69-2; Waqas Ahmed 11-1-49-2; Ali Azmat 10-1-39-1.

LAHORE RAVI (2nd Innings):

Nasir Jamshed c Atiq b Kamran 16

Rizwan Aslam c Atiq b Rauf 0

Kashif Siddique c Atiq b Rauf 12

Rashid Riaz b Rauf 1

Adnan Raza not out 28

Adnan Akmal c Kashif b Irshad 4

Ali Azmat c Usman b Azharullah 26

Waqas Ahmed b Rauf 13

Shahzad Butt c Saeed b Rauf 4

Wasim Khan c Atiq b Kamran 2

Wahab Riaz c Atiq b Kamran 6

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-2, NB-4) 10

TOTAL (all out, 46.2 overs) 122

FALL OF WKTS: 1-4, 2-34, 3-34, 4-39, 5-76, 6-81, 7-103, 8-106, 9-116.

BOWLING: Abdur Rauf 17.2-3-42-5; Kamran Hussain 16-4-36-3; Azharullah 7-1-27-1; Mohammad Irshad 6-1-11-1.

MULTAN (2nd Innings):

Usman Tariq lbw b Waqas 18

Azhar Shafiq not out 6

Atiq Ahmed not out 3

EXTRAS (B-8) 8

TOTAL (for one wkt, 7 overs) 35

FALL OF WKT: 1-31.

BOWLING (to-date): Wasim Khan 4-0-21-0; Waqas Ahmed 3-1-6-1.

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