LAHORE, March 17: Centuries by skipper Aamir Bashir and Rehan Rafiq helped Multan make a good recovery after conceding a first innings lead of 132 runs to Karachi on the third day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy match at Bahawalpur Stadium on Wednesday.
Aamir was batting with 102 (nine fours one six, 178 balls),while the left-handed Rehan scored exactly 100 (16 fours, one six, 130 balls) as Multan reached 327 for four in their second innings to lead by 185 runs. The pair added 182 for the fourth-wicket.
Scoreboard
MULTAN (1st Innings) 220 (Aamir Bashir 69; Nasir Khan 5-74).
KARACHI (1st Innings, overnight 302-6):
Shadab Kabir c Shafiq b Tanvir 70
Asif Zakir run out 9
Naumanullah retired hurt 56
Faisal Iqbal st Shafiq b Zahid 31
Hasan Raza c Rehan b Irshad 35
Farhan Adil c Yasir b Usman 21
Saeed bin Nasir c Asif b A. Rauf 38
Ahmed Zeeshan Malik lbw b A. Rauf 29
Tanvir Ahmed lbw b A. Rauf 28
Arif Mahmood not out 10
Nasir Khan c Zahid b A. Rauf 0
EXTRAS (B-4, LB-5, W-1, NB-15) 25
TOTAL (all out, 103 overs) 352
FALL OF WKTS: 1-44, 2-88, 3-153, 4-206, 5-259, 6-293, 7-325, 8-351, 9-352.
BOWLING: Abdur Rauf 25-3-93-4; Mohammad Irshad 25-3-94-1; Mohammad Zahid 27-3-86-1; MohammadTanvir 14-2-39-1; Aamir Bashir3-0-10-0; Azhar Shafiq 3-1-11-0; Usman Tariq 6-2-10-1.
MULTAN (2nd Innings):
Yasir Arafat Jr c and b Farhan 36
Usman Tariq lbw b Nasir 13
Azhar Shafiq c A. Zeeshan b Tanvir 43
Aamir Bashir not out 102
Rehan Rafiq c sub b Hasan 100
Asif Iqbal not out 10
EXTRAS (B-4, LB-3, W-3, NB-5) 15
TOTAL (four wkts, 80 overs) 327
FALL OF WKTS: 1-21, 2-93, 3-122, 4-304.
BOWLING (to-date): Tanvir Ahmed 15.2-0-64-1; Nasir Khan 21-4-97-1; Arif Mahmood 18-5-55-0; Hasan Raza 9-1-29-1; Saeed bin Nasir 4-0-6-0; Farhan Adil 16-1-70-1.
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