LAHORE, Nov 18: Defiant unbeaten double century by Usman Tariq helped Multan draw against Peshawar in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League at the Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar on Friday.

Usman played the big innings under demanding condition as Multan were forced to follow on. Usman, who resumed the innings at overnight score of 119 was unbeaten 223 when the umpires decided to call off the match with the total being 458 for eight.

Usman struck 35 boundaries and one six off 348 balls. Abdul Rauf was the other undefeated batsman with a fine run-a-ball 51, hitting seven fours and three sixes.

Scoreboard

PESHAWAR (1st innings) 418 (Yasir Hameed 174, Aftab Usman 93; Kamran Hussain 5-72).

MULTAN (1st innings) 206

MULTAN (2nd innings, overnight 212-2):

Saeed Anwar Junior b Umer 42

Usman Tariq not out 223

Azhar Shafique b Wajahat 38

Majid Majeed b Fazle 27

Muhammad Ali lbw Fazle 0

Rehan Rafique b Wajahat 11

Asif Iqbal lbw Wajahat 2

Kamran Hussain c Riaz b Taimur 37

Adnan Akmal lbw Taimur 0

Abdul Rauf not out 51

EXTRAS (B-3, LB-8, W-3, NB-13) 27

TOTAL (for eight wkts, 164 overs) 458

FALL OF WKTS: 1-130, 2-200, 3-235, 4-247, 5-267, 6-273, 7-362, 8- 362.

BOWLING: Fazale Akbar 24-5-85-2; Umer Gul 20-4-69-1; Riaz Afridi 27-7-124- 0; Wajahat Ullah Wasti 22-4-49-3; Janisar Khan 11-0-57-0; Aftab Khan 6-0-18-0; Yasir Hameed .4-0-20-0; Taimur Khan 8-4-25-2.