LAHORE, Jan 26: Abbottabad are in sight of victory after reducing hosts Multan to 71 for three in the second innings of their Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League tie at the Multan Cricket Stadium on Friday.

The visitors, who gained 98-run lead on first innings, set Multan a target of 321 after totalling 222 in their second innings despite the efforts of lanky paceman Abdur Rauf (6-66).

Scoreboard

ABBOTTABAD (1st Innings) 237 (Riaz Kail 82 not out, Bilal Marwat 54).

MULTAN (1st Innings) 139 (Bilal Khilji 50; Sajid Shah 6-48).

ABBOTTABAD (2nd Innings, overnight 49-1):

Ahmed Said lbw b Rauf 0

Sajid Rasheed lbw b Rauf 20

Sajid Shah lbw b Majid 22

Adnan Raees b Rauf 15

Bilal Marwat c Kashif b Rauf 35

Wajid Ali lbw b Azharullah 20

Zafar Jadoon b Irshad 27

Riaz Kail b Irshad 18

Nasir Jalil not out 39

Dilawar Khan b Rauf 0

Junaid Khan c Kashif b Rauf 5

EXTRAS (B-12, LB-6, NB-3) 21

TOTAL (all out, 74.5 overs) 222

FALL OF WKTS: 1-4, 2-49, 3-49, 4-72, 5-101,6-133, 7-155, 8-205, 9-206.

BOWLING: Abdur Rauf 22.5-6-66-6 (2nb); Azharullah 17-3-54-1; Mohammad Irshad 12-4-39-2 (1nb); Kamran Hussain 9-1-22-0; Majid Majeed 14-5-23-1.

MULTAN (2nd Innings):

Saeed Anwar c Ahmed b Nasir 4

Usman Tariq b Dilawar 26

Atiq Ahmed c Riaz b Sajid 7

Kashif Naveed not out 31

Majid Majeed not out 1

EXTRAS (LB-1, NB-1) 2

TOTAL (for three wkts, 21 overs) 71

FALL OF WKTS: 1-4, 2-17, 3-64.

BOWLING (to-date): Sajid Shah 8-3-18-1 (1nb); Nasir Jalil 8-1-35-1; Junaid Khan 3-1-5-0; Dilawar Khan 2-0-12-1.

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