LAHORE, Nov 12: Saeed Anwar Junior scored an attractive century and Muhammad Irshad performed a hat trick for Multan but Karachi Urban (KU) ended in a draw on Saturday.

Saeed cracked 150 in 394 minutes with 18 fours that allowed Multan to declare their second innings at 310 for six wicket.

Muhammad Irshad, produced a fiery spell in the second innings finishing with five wickets for 79 runs including a hat trick.

Scoreboard

Multan (Ist innings) 263

Karachi Urban (Ist innings) 281

Multan (2nd innings) (overnight 165-3)

Saeed Anwar Jr. not out 150

Usman Tariq c (sub) Ariz b Nasir 16

Azhar Shafiq c Ahmer b Tahir 42

Aamir Bashir lbw b Tahir 5

Muhammad Ali Naizi c Amin b Nasir 22

Muhammad Asif c & b Tahir 58

Kamran Hussain st Amin b Nauman 1

Extras (B-6, LB-6, NB-4) 16

Total (for six wkts dec in 91.5 overs) 310

Fall of wkts: 1-35, 2-113, 3-123, 4-170, 5-301, 6-310

Bowling: Tanveer Ahmed 14-5-50-0, Nasir Khan 267-2-73-2, Tabish Khan 20-3-85-0, Tahir Khan 28-7-76-3, Wasim Naeem 1-0-1-0, Naumanullah 2.5-0-13-1

Karachi Urban (2nd innings)

Maisam Hasnain c Adnan b Irshad 14

Khurram Maznoor c Adnan b Irshad 27

Wasim Naeemc Adnan b Irshad 46

Naumanullah b Irshad 0

Ahmer Saeed lbw b Irshad 0

Aminur Rehman st Adnan b Majid 36

Farhan Adil c Azhar b Majid 0

Tahir Khan not out 22

Tanveer Ahmed not out 49

Extras (B-4, LB-1, W-1, NB-9) 15

Total (for seven wkts in 45 overs) 209

Fall of wkts: 1-39, 2-52, 3-52, 4-64, 5-112, 6-116, 7-144

Bowling: Abdul Rauf 10-4-47-0, Muhammad Irshad 12-0-79-5, Kamran Hussain 9-2-47-0, Saeed Anwar Jr. 3-2-4-0, Majid Majeed 10-0-52-1, Usman Tariq 1-0-4-0

Asif destroys Peshawar

Medium-pacer Muhammad Asif grabbed six wickets for 73 to help Sialkot beat defending champions Peshawer by 53 runs in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League in Sialkot on Saturday.

Set to score 193 for victory, Peshawer were skittled out for 139 in 45 overs with Asif having a match-haul of 10 wickets for 171.

Scoreboard

SIALKOT (1st innings): 276 (Faisal Naved 76; Umar Gul 4-85).

PESHAWER (1st innings): 237 (Akhtar Sarfraz 53; Muhammad Asif 4-98).

SIALKOT (2nd innings, overnight 148-8).

Faisal Naved c Wajahatullah b Fazle 30

Faisal Khan run out 9

Shahid Yousuf lbw b Umar 22

Imran Nazir c Sajjad b Fazle 0

Shehzad Malik c Rafatullah b Umar 23

Qaiser Abbas lbw b Riaz 26

Mansoor Amjad c Wajahatullah b Umar 0

Sarfraz Ahmed c Zulfiqar b Umar 0

Khalid Mahmood c Jannisar b Fazle 28

Zahid Saeed b Fazle 0

Muhammad Asif not out 1

EXTRAS (LB-4, NB-5, W-5) 14

TOTAL (all out, 49.5 overs) 153

FALL OF WKTS: 1-26, 2-67, 3-67, 4-67, 5-118, 6-119, 7-119, 8-143, 9-150.

BOWLING: Umar Gul 19-3-61-4; Fazl-e-Akbar 13.5-4-39-4; Riaz Afridi 13-5- 34-1; Jannisar Khan 4-1-15-0.

PESHAWAR (2nd innings):

Rafat Ullah c Faisal b Sarfraz 20

Yasir Hameed c Faisal b Asif 5

Sajjad Ahmed lbw Asif 26

Akhtar Sarfraz c Faisal b Sarfraz 5

Wajahatullah lbw Zahid 26

Nawaz Ahmed c Khalid b Asif 1

Jan Nisar c Khalid b Asif 5

Zulifqar Jan lbw Asif 19

Umar Gul not out 14

Riaz Afridi c Imran b Sarfraz 2

Fazle Akbar b Asif 7

EXTRAS (LB-7, NB-12) 19

TOTAL (all out, 43 overs) 139

FALL OF WKTS: 1-9, 2-39, 3-54, 4-81, 5-87, 6-88, 7-90, 8- 124, 9- 129. BOWLING. Muhammad Asif 19-3-73-6; Zahid Saeed 15-4-34-3; Faisal Naved 9-3- 25-1.

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