KARACHI, Nov 6: Farhan Adil hit a superb unbeaten 127 to help Karachi Blues restrict Sialkot's first innings lead to just 19 runs on the third day of their Quaid-i-Azam Trophy match against Sialkot at the National Stadium on Saturday.

When play ended for the day Sialkot were 223 for five in their second innings, enjoying an overall lead of 242.

Opener Sufyan Munir hammered a century in Sialkot's second innings after surviving a dropped catch on 38. He hit 15 boundaries during his 260-minute innings.

Responding to Sialkot's first innings total of 300, Karachi Blues were dismissed for 281 after resuming at their overnight score of 208 for seven.

Farhan hit 18 boundaries in his 241-ball knock in a stay of 344 minutes.

Test speedster Mohammad Sami used the long handle to score 48 while helping Farhan add 130 for the eighth-wicket. Sami hit seven fours before being bowled by left-arm paceman Zahid Saeed.

Pace bowler Mohammad Asif ended up with figures of five for 90 in 31.1 overs.

Scoreboard

SIALKOT (1st Innings) 300 (Faisal Khan 68, Faisal Naveed 56, Zahid Saeed 51; Mohammad Sami 4-77).

KARACHI BLUES (1st Innings, overnight 208-7):

Khalid Latif c Shahzad b Asif 3

Shadab Kabir c Khalid b Sarfraz 8

Naumanullah b Sarfraz 6

Hasan Raza c Shahid b Sarfraz 25

Farhan Adil not out 127

Saeed bin Nasir c Khalid b Asif 32

Rashid Latif c Mansoor b Asif 0

Azam Hussain lbw b Asif 8

Mohammad Sami b Zahid 48

Tanvir Ahmed c Khalid b Sarfraz 8

Nasir Khan c Khalid b Asif 1

Extras (B-5, LB-5, NB-5) 15

TOTAL (all out, 85.1 overs) 281

FALL OF WKTS: 1-8, 2-12, 3-31, 4-61, 5-113, 6-113, 7-129, 8-259, 9-280.

BOWLING: Mohammad Asif 31.1-11-90-5 (4nb); Sarfraz Ahmed 26-1-75-4; Zahid Saeed 13-2-55-1; Faisal Naveed 7-1-25-0; Mansoor Amjad 6-0-20-1 (1nb); Qaiser Abbas 2-0-6-0.

SIALKOT (2nd Innings):

Faisal Naveed b Sami 0

Sufyan Munir c Rashid b Khalid 100

Faisal Khan b Nasir 23

Shahid Yousuf c Rashid b Nasir 15

Qasier Abbas c Rashid b Sami 27

Shahzad Malik not out 14

Mansoor Amjad not out 6

EXTRAS (B-9, LB-2, W-3) 14

TOTAL (for five wkts, 61 overs) 223

FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-54, 3-84, 4-141, 5-217.

BOWLING: Mohammad Sami 17-2-68-2; Tanvir Ahmed 19-6-50-0 (3w); Nasir Khan 15-0-59-0; Khalid Latif 4-0-20-1; Azam Hussain 6-3-15-0.-APP