Kashif ton puts Multan on top
LAHORE, Jan 18: An unbeaten century by Kashif Naveed helped Multan reach 273 for four against Hyderabad in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League match at the Multan Cricket Stadium on Thursday.
Kashif scored a 165-ball 114 with the aid of 12 boundaries after skipper Saeed Anwar (53, nine fours) and Usman Tariq (28) provided the home side with a fine opening stand of 79.
Multan then lost two quick wickets before Kashif steadied the innings in the unbroken stand of 157 with Bilal Khilji (58, seven fours).
Scoreboard
MULTAN (1st Innings):
Saeed Anwar c Aqeel b Farhan 53
Usman Tariq c Nasir b Sufyan 28
Azhar Shafiq b Farhan 0
Kashif Naveed not out 114
Bilal Khilji c Hanif b Farhan 58
Kamran Hussain not out 1
EXTRAS (B-4, LB-3, W-4, NB-8) 19
TOTAL (for four wkts, 72 overs) 273
FALL OF WKTS: 1-79, 2-79, 3-112, 4-209.
TO BAT: Naved Ahmed, Atiq Ahmed, Abdur Rauf, Mohammad Irshad, Azharullah.
BOWLING (to-date): Naeem-ur-Rehman 6.2-2-20-0 (1nb); Farhan Ayub 23-6-78-3 (2w); Sufyan Ali 16-0-79-1 (2nb); Faisal Athar 1-0-4-0; Nasir Awais 15-4-42-0 (5nb); Hanif-ur-Rehman 2.2-1-12-0 (2w); Nauman Ali 7-0-31-0.
HYDERABAD: Aqeel Anjum, Hanif-ur-Rehman, Faisal Athar, Rizwan Ahmed, Shahid Qambrani, Hanif Malik, Nauman Ali, Nasir Awais, Farhan Ayub, Naeem-ur-Rehman, Sufyan Ali.
UMPIRES: Siddique Khan and Ahmed Shahab.
MATCH REFEREE: Khalid Niazi.
OFFICIAL SCORER: Zulfiqar Ali Zulfi.