25 February 2004	Wednesday	04 Muharram 1425

MULTAN, Feb 24: Experienced left-hander Naseem Khan scored an unbeaten 114 to dig Quetta out of trouble on the second day of their Quaid-i-Azam Trophy tie at the Multan Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.

At one stage, Quetta were reeling at 109 for six, but Naseem helped by got good support from tailenders Faisal Irfan (35) and Stephen John (40 not out) lifted the total to 268 for seven at close of play.

Earlier, Rehan Rafiq, another left-hander, finished undefeated on 78 to lift Multan's first innings total to 297 from the overnight 235 for six.

Scoreboard

MULTAN (1st Innings, overnight 235-6):

Nazir Ahmed c Usman b Irfan 44

Yasir Arafat Jr c Kamran b Irfan 50

Usman Tariq lbw b John 7

Saeed Anwar Jr c Atif b Zahid 44

Aamir Bashir b Irfan 22

Rehan Rafiq not out 78

Aqeel Arshad b Irfan 17

Aamir Ata c Usman b Asif 8

Sohaib Maqsood c Kamran b Asif 11

Abdul Rauf c and b Faisal 0

Mohammad Irshad b John 0

EXTRAS (B-5, LB-6, W-1, NB-4) 16

TOTAL (all out, 103.1 overs) 297

FALL OF WKTS: 1-84, 2-93, 3-121, 4-171, 5-185, 6-219, 7-243, 8-269, 9-272.

BOWLING: Faisal Irfan 18-7-46-1; Mohammad Asif 22-5-69-2 (4nb); Stephen John 12.1-4-34-2 (1w); Irfanuddin 34-9-94-4; Zahid Naseer 17-2-43-1.

QUETTA (1st Innings):

Samiullah Agha c Aamir Ata b A. Rauf 0

Kamran Niazi c Aamir Ata b A. Rauf 0

Atif Ali Zaidi c Sohaib b Aqeel 24

Naseem Khan not out 114

Usman Khalid c Aamir Bashir b Aqeel 0

Javed Iqbal c Aamir Ata b Aqeel 0

Irfanuddin c Aamir Ata b Sohaib 4

Faisal Irfan b Sohaib 35

Stephen John not out 40

EXTRAS (B-22, LB-8, W-2, NB-19) 51

TOTAL (for seven wkts, 77 overs) 268

FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-12, 3-54, 4-90, 5-90, 6-109, 7-183.

TO BAT: Mohammad Asif, Zahid Naseer.

BOWLING (to-date): Abdul Rauf 16-4-41-2 (9nb); Mohammad Irshad 13-1-65-0 (7nb); Aqeel Arshad 19-3-59-3; Sohaib Maqsood 17-3-52-2 (3nb, 2w); Saeed Anwar Jr 9-3-23-0.