LAHORE, Nov 10: Karachi Urban after early setbacks fought back against Multan on the second day of their four-day Quaid-i-Azam Gold League cricket championship at National Stadium on Thursday with hosts wicketkeeper Aminur Rehman snapping victims behind the stumps.

Replying to Multan’s first innings total of 263, Karachi Urban were 181 for five wickets when stumps were drawn for the day, still 83 runs behind with five wickets in hand.

At close of play Wasim Naeem (31) with five boundaries and Aminur Rehman (5) were at the crease.

Opener Maisam Hasnain stroked a fine 46 with seven fours and Farhan Adil hit eight boundaries in his 43. The pair added 60 runs for the fourth wicket.

Earlier Multan resuming at their overnight score of 203 added exactly added 60 runs before being dismissed for 263, half an hour before lunch break.

Left arm paceman Nasir Khan produced another fiery spell to finish with fine figures of five wickets for 59 in 28.2 overs, taking three of the four wickets to fall. Fellow pacer Tabish Khan ended with four wickets for 59 in 25 overs.

After taking four catches on the first day, Aminur Rehman added two more catches to end the innings with six victims.

Scoreboard

MULTAN (Ist innings, overnight 203-6):

S. Anwar Jr. lbw b Tahir 24

Usman Tariq c Amin b Tabish 78

Azhar Shafiq c Amin b Nasir 36

Aamir Bashir c Amin b Tabish 1

M. Ali Niazi c Khurram b Tabish 5

M. Asif c Amin b Nasir 31

Kamran Hussain c Amin b Nasir 9

Adnan Akmal c Amin b Nasir 26

Abdul Rauf b Tabish 13

Majid Majeed not out 0

M. Irshad lbw b Nasir 1

EXTRAS (b-23, lb-3, w-5, nb-8) 39

TOTAL (all out in 102.2 overs) 263

FALL OF WKTS: 1-72, 2-132, 3-137, 4-162, 5-166, 6-176, 7-230, 8-254, 9-262

BOWLING: Tanveer Ahmed 27-6-58-0, Nasir Khan 28.2-10-7-59-5, Tabish Khan 25-2-59-4, Tahir Khan 22-1-61-1

KARACHI URBAN (Ist innings):

Maisam Hasnain b Majid 46

Khurram Manzoor c Azhar b Rauf 19

Naumanullah b Rauf 7

Ahmer Saeed c Majid b Rauf 8

Farhan Adil c Adnan b Kamran 43

Wasim Naeem not out 31

Aminur Rehman not out 5

EXTRAS (lb-4, nb-17) 21

TOTAL (for 5 wkts in 61 overs) 180

FALL OF WKTS: 1-38, 2-62, 3-86, 4-111,

5-171

BOWLING: Abdul Rauf 18-3-54-3, Muhammad Irshad 16-3-57-0, Kamran Hussain 17-8-19-1, Azhar Shafiq 2-0-7-0, Majid Majeed 8-0-39-1.—APP

FIRST INNINGS LEAD FOR KH

Karachi Harbor took a slender four run lead over Quetta and later took upper hand on the match by stumps on the second day in their Quaid-e-Azam Cricket Trophy Silver League Championship match at UBL Sports Complex ground Thursday.

Right arm medium pacer Azhar snapped-up six wickets for 66 runs in 19 overs and Ali Imran grabbed four wickets as Karachi resuming at their overnight of 41 for one, were dismissed for 230 in their first innings in reply to Quetta’s first innings score of 226.

By close of play Quetta were struggling at 86 for four wickets in their second innings. Off-break bowler Irfanuddin produced a tight spell of two wickets for 12 runs in nine overs.

Opener Hameedullah made a fighting 38 with the aid of four boundaries after batting for just under two hours.

Scoreboard

QUETTA (1st innings 226):

KARACHI HARBOUR (1st innings, overnight 45-1)

Agha Sabir b Imran 10

Khalid Latif lbw b Azhar 0

Saeed Bin Nasir c Sana b Azhar 37

Faisal Iqbal c Sana b Azhar 48

Fawad Alam c Sana b Imran 52

Afsar Nawaz c Sana b Imran 05

Moin Khan b Azhar 35

Rajesh Ramesh b Azhar 08

Irfanuddin b Imran 02

Faraz Ahmed Khan b Azhar 0

Malik Aftab 0

EXTRAS (b-4, lb-7, nb-14, w-1) 26

TOTAL (all out in 63.3 overs) 230

FALL OF WKTS: 1-2, 2-61, 3-138, 4-144, 5-194, 6-194, 7-215, 8-223, 9-223

BOWLING: Ali Imran 21.3-7-53-4, Azharullah 19-1-66-6, Arun Lal 9-0-39-0, Naseer Khan 9-0-32-0, Jalat Khan 5-0-21-0

QUETTA (2nd innings):

Sohail Khan lbw b Rajesh 0

Hameedullah not out 38

Sabir Hussain run out 16

Adil Nisar b Irfan 8

Arun Lal c Moin b Irfan 0

Jalat Khan not out 11

EXTRAS (b-8, w-1, nb-4) 13

TOTAL (for 4 wkts, 27 overs) 86

FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-36, 3-59, 4-59 Bowling: Rajesh Ramesh 10-2-39-1, Malik Aftab 3-17-0, Faraz Ahmed Khan 5-0-20-0, Irfanuddin 9-3-12-2

UMPIRES: Javed Iqbal and Akram Hayat.

MATCH REFEREE: Anwar Khan.—APP