LAHORE, Nov 23: Speedster Mohammad Zahid claimed five for 49 to give Multan a substantial first-innings lead of 125 against Sialkot in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League tie at the Multan Cricket Stadium on Wednesday.
By the close of play, the bottom-placed Multan side had extended their advantage to 298 with skipper Aamir Bashir making an unbeaten 84.
Scoreboard
MULTAN (1st Innings) 302.
SIALKOT (1st Innings, overnight 177-6):
Faisal Naveed c Adnan b Zahid 5
Atiqur Rahman b Irshad 19
Imran Nazir b Kamran 4
Shahid Yousuf c Yasir b Irshad 8
Ansar Abbas c Adnan b Zahid 15
Shahzad Malik lbw b Tahir 4
Mansoor Amjad c Azhar b Zahid 78
Tahir Mughal run out 22
Hafiz Khalid c Adnan b Zahid 12
Zahid Saeed b Zahid 3
Mohammad Asif not out 0
EXTRAS (B-2, LB-8, W-6, NB-18) 34
TOTAL (for six wkts, 54 overs) 177
FALL OF WKTS: 1-8, 2-22, 3-40, 4-49, 5-54, 6-128, 7-177, 8-198, 9-203.
BOWLING: Mohammad Zahid 16-4-43-5 (12nb, 5w); Kamran Hussain 16.3-4-44-2; Mohammad Irshad 13-1-42-2 (4nb); Tahir Maqsood 4-1-22-1 (2nb); Saeed Anwar Jr 10-2-14-0 (1w); Aamir Bashir 5-0-15-0; Usman Tariq 1-0-8-0.