Multan facing defeat
LAHORE, March 10: Multan were forced to follow on after they subsided to 283 all out in reply to Faisalabad's first innings score 445 in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy match at the Iqbal Stadium on Faisalabad on Wednesday.
Multan in their second innings were 147 for three wickets. Only opener Usman Tariq showed defiance in scoring a gritty 60.
Scoreboard
FAISALABAD (1st Innings) 445 (Ijaz Ahmed Jr 115, Mohammad Zaman 107).
MULTAN (1st Innings, overnight 147-3):
Yasir Arafat Jr c Zaman b Aqeel 45
Usman Tariq lbw b Aqeel 54
Azhar Shafiq c Ijaz b Faisal 9
Saeed Anwar Jr st Salman b Umair 21
Rehan Rafiq ct Aqeel b Faisal 53
Mohammad Sarwar b Aqeel 18
Aamir Ata st Salman b Faisal 16
Mohammad Zahid lbw b Shahid 7
Nadeem Iqbal b Umair 18
Mohammad Irshad b Shahid 3
Tahir Maqsood not out 13
EXTRAS (B-4, LB-14, W-3, NB-7) 28
TOTAL (all out, 92.2 overs) 283
FALL OF WKTS: 1-85, 2-111, 3-132, 4-158, 5-200, 6-231, 7-234, 8-247, 9-259.
BOWLING: Shahid Nazir 29-10-39-2; Umair Hasan 16.2-4-53-2; Faisal Afridi 20-3-69-3; Aqeel Ahmed 29-4-90-3; Ijaz Ahmed Jr 4-0-14-0.
MULTAN (2nd Innings):
Yasir Arafat Jr lbw b Umair 8
Usman Tariq b Hafeez 60
Azhar Shafiq lbw b Hafeez 38
Saeed Anwar Jr not out 23
Rehan Rafiq not out 14
EXTRAS (W-1, NB-3) 4
TOTAL (for three wkts, 56 overs) 147
FALL OF WKTS: 1-12, 2-107, 3-108.
BOWLING: Shahid Nazir9-1-22-0; Umair Hasan 6-2-16-1; Faisal Afridi 7-1-20-0; Aqeel Ahmed 12-0-51-0; Ijaz Ahmed Jr 4-2-8-0; MohammadHafeez 25-5-38-2.