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RAWALPINDI, Oct 29: A century by Usman Saeed and good bowling by the Rawalpindi bowlers put them on top against Multan on the second day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League match at the KRL Stadium on Saturday.
The home side extended their overnight first innings score of 256-7 to 349 all out with Usman Saeed cracking a fine 122.
The bowlers then cut the touring side down to 108-5 in 38 overs by the close with Babar Naeem taking two wickets and Sohail Tanvir and Rizwan Akbar snapping up one apiece.
SCOREBOARD
RAWALPINDI (1st Innings, overnight 256-7):
Mohammad Wasim lbw b Bilal Khilji 48
Babar Naeem lbw b Rauf 6
Sohail Nasir c Usman b Rauf 25
Usman Saeed b Zahid 122
Naveed Qureshi c Bilal Khilji b Rauf 23
Pervez Aziz lbw b Rauf 0
Tahir Rauf c Bilal Khilji b Rauf 7
Sohail Tanvir c Kamran b Bilal 34
Munir Ansari c Ata b Zahid 28
Sajid Mahmood c Rauf b Kamran 2
Rizwan Akbar not out 8
EXTRAS (B-9, LB-7, W-6, NB-26) 48
TOTAL (all out, 117 overs) 349
FALL OF WKTS: 1-25, 2-88, 3-88, 4-149, 5-149, 6-158, 7-225, 8-308, 9-318
BOWLING: Abdur Rauf 30-6-77-5 (8nb); Kamran Hussain 24-4-75-1 (1nb, 6w); Mohammad Zahid 23-4-89-2 (13nb); Tahir Maqsood 17-1-59-0 (4nb); Bilal Khilji 13-4-21-2; Saeed Anwar Jr 10-2-12-0.
MULTAN (1st Innings):
Saeed Anwar Jr not out 59
Usman Tariq lbw b Rizwan 13
Yasir Arafat b Babar 21
Aamir Bashir c Sajid b Babar 0
M. Ali Niazi run out 1
Bilal Khilji c Pervez b Tanvir 0
Kamran Hussain not out 4
EXTRAS (B-4, W-1, NB-5) 10
TOTAL (for five wkts, 38 overs) 108
FALL OF WKTS: 1-21, 2-79, 3-85, 4-86, 5-86.
TO BAT: Aamir Ata, Tahir Maqsood, Abdur Rauf, Mohammad Zahid.
BOWLING (to-date): Sohail Tanvir 15-2-43-1 (3nb, 1w); Rizwan Akbar 14-3-40-1 (2nb); Munir Ansari 1.1-0-12-0 (1nb); Babar Naeem 7.5-2-9-2.
