12 February 2004	Thursday	20 Zilhaj 1424

LAHORE, Feb 11: Fine unbeaten batting by Saleem Elahi and Adil Nisar enabled Lahore earn a 43-run first innings lead over Multan in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy match at the Gaddafi Stadium on Wednesday.

Saleem, overlooked by national selectors for the camp, and the left-handed Adil shared an unbroken partnership of 145 for the third wicket as Lahore made 229 for two in response to Multan's 186.

Saleem slammed 10 boundaries in his 199-ball knock of 70 in a stay of 257 minutes. Adil, on the other hand, also hit 10 fours on his way to 75 off 160 balls in 162 minutes.

Test opener Imran Farhat failed once again when he was caught by Mohammad Shafiq off pacer Mohammad Irshad for only seven. Taufiq Umar, the other Test opener, however, scored a solid 46, hitting seven fours and faced 81 balls.

Earlier, Multan added just 35 runs to their overnight score of 151 for seven. Pacemen Mohammad Khalil,Abdul Razzaq and off-spinner Zeeshan Safeer claimed three wickets each.

Scoreboard

MULTAN (1st innings, overnight 151-7):

Yasir Arafat Junior lbw b Khalil 1

Usman Tariq c Kamran b Khalil 9

Saeed Anwar Jr b Khalil 17

Aamir Bashir lbw Razzaq 36

Rehan Rafiq lbw b Imran 54

Aqeel Arshad c Imran b Razzaq 2

Kamran Hussain st Kamran b Zeeshan 31

Mohammad Shafiq c Saleem b Zeeshan 1

Abdul Rauf lbw b Razzaq 11

Mohammad Irshad not out 1

Sohaib Maqsood c Kamran b Zeeshan 0

EXTRAS (B-7, LB-9, NB-7) 23

TOTAL (all out, 67.2 overs) 186

FALL OF WKTS: 1-2, 2-27, 3-32, 4-122, 5-128, 6-147, 7-151, 8-182, 9-186.

BOWLING: Mohammad Khalil 16-3-55-3; Imran Sabir 11-3-25-0; Irfan Fazil 9-2-29-0; Abdul Razzaq 13-3-29-3; Zeeshan Safeer 15.2-2-31-3; Imran Farhat 3-2-1-1.

LAHORE (1st Innings):

Farhat c Shafiq b Irshad 7

Taufiq Umar b Adeel 46

Saleem Elahi not out 70

Adil Nisar not out 75

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-11, W-1, NB-15) 31

TOTAL (for two wkts, 69 overs) 229

FALL OF WKTS: 1-22, 2-84.

BOWLING (to-date): Abdul Rauf 13-1-37-0; Mohammad Irshad 14-3-46-1; Kamran Hussain 4-1-12-0; Sohaib Maqsood 6-2-54-0; Aqeel Arshad 4-0-25-1; Saeed Anwar Jr 18-4-34-0.