RAWALPINDI, Oct 28: Rawalpindi were 256 for seven wickets in their first innings after being put in to bat on the first day of four-day match of Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Inter-region (Gold League) against Multan at KRL Cricket Stadium on Friday.

Usman Saeed hit the top score of 74 from 145 balls with nine fours as Muhammad Waseem, batting as opener, madet 48 off 85 balls with five boundaries.

New-ball bowler Abdur Rauf was pick of the bowlers for Multan taking 5-66.

Scoreboard

Rawalpindi (1st innings)

Muhammad Wasim lbw b Khilji 48

Baber Naeem lbw b Rauf 6

Sohail Nasir c Usman b Rauf 25

Usman Saeed batting 74

M. Naveed Qureshi c Khilji b Rauf 23

Pervez Aziz lbw b Rauf 0

Rahir Rauf c Khilji b Rauf 7

Sohail Tanvir c Kamran b Khilji 34

Munir Ansari batting 11

Extras: (b-4, lb-5, w-5, nb-14) 28

Total: (7wkts,82overs) 256

Fall of wkts: 1-25, 2-88, 3-88, 4-149, 5-149, 6-158, 7-225

Bowling: Abdur Rauf 21-3-66-5, Kamran Hussain 14-1-46-0, Muhammad Zahid 13-2-60-0, Tahir Maqsood 11-1-42-0, Bilal Khilji 13-4-21-2, Saeed Anwar Jr. 10-2-12-0

Umpires: Nazir Jr. and Iftikhar.

Match Referee: Khatib Rizwan.