KARACHI, Nov 10: Lahore Shalimar, inspired by a remarkable century from tailender Mohammad Saeed, put themselves in sight of victory against Multan in their Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship fixture in Lahore on Sunday.

Replying to the visitors’ paltry first-innings score of 69 at the LCCA Ground, Lahore Shalimar reached 282 in their first innings after starting the day three of the four-day match at 202-8.

After losing the ninth wicket at 206, Shalimar’s last pair of Saeed and Mohammad Bilawal put on 76 in 41 minutes with No 9 Saeed scoring 113 off 114 balls with the aid of 16 fours and four sixes.

Multan, beginning their second innings 213 runs behind, went to stumps at 223-4 with the fifth-wicket pair of Ahmed Rasheed (78) and Abdul Rehman Muzammil (35) involved in an unbroken stand of 106.

Rawalpindi were 281-7 after Peshawar secured a lead of 63 by making 243 in their first innings at the Pindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi. Iftikhar Ahmed contributed an undefeated 92 (107 balls, 15 fours) for the visitors.

Sialkot made 156-2 after hosts Abbottabad posted 513-7 declared in their first innings at the Abbottabad Cricket Stadium.

Hyderabad totalled 330 to claim a slim 17-run on the first innings against Islamabad at the Diamond Club Ground in Islamabad. The home team then made 25-1 at close of play.In the matches ending on Saturday, both Karachi Blues and Karachi Whites scored innings’ victories, over Lahore Ravi and Quetta respectively, to claim 10 points apiece including one bonus point.

Close of play scores on Sunday (day three of four):

Group-I:

At Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi: RAWALPINDI 180 in 61 overs (Shoaib Nasir 38; Azam Khan 4-39, Afaq Ahmed 3-62) and 281-7 in 95.3 overs (Zahid Mansoor 59 not out, Haseeb Azam 55, Naved Malik 47, Shoaib Nasir 45; Azizullah 4-68, Azam Khan 2-63); PESHAWAR 243 in 62.4 overs (Iftikhar Ahmed 92 not out, Israrullah 36; Nasir Malik 4-98, Akhtar Ayub 3-61, Haseeb Azam 2-71).

At Abbottabad Cricket Stadium, Abbottabad: ABBOTTABAD 513-7 declared in 131 overs (Kamran Ghulam 157 not out, Mohammad Ali 133, Babar Khan 54 not out, Mohammad Naeem 30; Hasan Ali 3-133, Waqas Ahmed 2-124); SIALKOT 156-2 in 66 overs (Hafiz Majid Jahangir 76 not out).

Group-II:

At LCCA Ground, Lahore: MULTAN 69 in 20.5 overs (Mohammad Bilawal 7-33, Mohammad Saeed 3-16) and 223-4 in 70 overs (Ahmed Rasheed 78 not out, Abdul Rehman Muzammil 35 not out, Usman Liaquat 32, Ahad Raza 31; Mohammad Bilawal 2-66); LAHORE SHALIMAR 282 in 82.3 overs (Mohammad Saeed 113 not out, Agha Salman 48; Haziq Habibullah 4-81, Aamir Yamin 2-52, Kumail Abbas 2-71).

At Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad: ISLAMABAD 313 in 92.3 overs (Moeid Shaikh 58, Faizan Riaz 45, Afaq Raheem 37, Sarmad Bhatti 36, Shehzad Azam Rana 30 not out; Farhan Ayub 6-106, Lal Kumar 2-40, Nasir Awais 2-42) and 25-1 in seven overs; HYDERABAD 330 in 51 overs (Mir Darya Talpur 95, Zeeshan Gul 50, Faisal Athar 32; Imad Wasim 4-21, Junaid Nasir 2-57, Shehzad Azam Rana 2-121).