26 February 2004	Thursday	05 Muharram 1425

MULTAN, Feb 25: The Quaid-i-Azam Trophy fixture between Multan and Quetta was heading for a pulsating finish after an intriguing third day's play at the Multan Cricket Stadium on Wednesday.

Quetta, who are chasing 266 for victory, lost two wickets in the second innings for only eight runs at stumps. Earlier, the visitors took a slim seven-run lead on the first innings after scoring 304 in reply to Multan's 297. Multan then made 272 in the second innings.

Scoreboard

MULTAN (1st Innings) 297 (Rehan Rafiq 78 not out, Yasir Arafat Jr 50; Irfanuddin 4-94).

QUETTA (1st Innings, overnight 268-7):

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 b Irshad 125

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 c Aamir Ata b A. Rauf 50

Mohammad Asif b A. Rauf 1

Zahid Naseer not out 11

EXTRAS (B-20, LB-12, W-2, NB-20) 54

TOTAL (all out, 83.2 overs) 304

FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-12, 3-54, 4-90, 5-90, 6-109, 7-185, 8-281, 9-285.

BOWLING: Abdul Rauf 21-6-56-4 (10nb); Mohammad Irshad 17.2-1-82-1 (7nb); Aqeel Arshad 19-3-59-3; Sohaib Maqsood 17-3-52-2 (3nb, 2w); Saeed Anwar Jr 9-3-23-0.

MULTAN (2nd Innings):

Nazir Ahmed b Faisal 19

Yasir Arafat Jr c Atif b Faisal 16

Usman Tariq c Faisal b Zahid 54

Saeed Anwar Jr c Kamran b Asif 11

Aamir Bashir lbw b John 12

Rehan Rafiq lbw b John 19

Aqeel Arshad c Kamran b John 25

Aamir Ata c and b John 36

Sohaib Maqsood not out 28

Abdul Rauf b Irfan 18

Mohammad Irshad c Asif b Irfan 5

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-11, W-3, NB-11) 29

TOTAL (all out, 69 overs) 272

FALL OF WKTS: 1-41, 2-63, 3-93, 4-127, 5-127, 6-172, 7-216, 8-223, 9-254.

BOWLING: Faisal Irfan 13-2-41-2 (1w); Mohammad Asif 15-1-72-1 (9nb, 2w); Stephen John 17-4-61-4 (2nb); Irfanuddin 20-6-73-2; Zahid Naseer 4-1-10-1.

QUETTA (2nd Innings):

Kamran Niazi c Aamir Ata b A. Rauf 1

Usman Khalid not out 7

Irfanuddin b A. Rauf 0

Samiullah Niazi not out 1

EXTRAS 0

TOTAL (for two wkts, 7 overs) 8

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

BOWLING (to-date): Abdul Rauf 3-2-3-2; Mohammad Irshad 2-1-1-0; Aqeel Arshad 1-0-4-0; Sohaib Maqsood 1-1-0-0.