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LAHORE, Jan 7: Multan were in sight of an innings victory after Quetta were forced to follow-on in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League fixture at the Multan Cricket Stadium on Sunday.
Replying to Multan’s mammoth first-innings tally of 524 for seven declared, Quetta were shot for 132 with pacer Azharullah picking up four for 36.
The visitors, however, made a better start in their second knock to end the day at 31 without loss. But they still need 361 to avoid the impending innings defeat.
Earlier, Multan resumed at 372 for three but quickly lost the overnight pair of Usman Tariq and Kamran Hussain. Usman added just one to his score of 154 while Kamran went for 156 after adding 10 runs. Both fell to Quetta skipper Faisal Irfan who finished with six for 103 with his right-arm medium-pacers.
But useful knocks from Kashif Naved (57 not out) and Mohammad Irshad (44 not out) further demoralized Quetta.
Scoreboard
MULTAN (1st Innings, overnight 372-3):
Saeed Anwar c Hameed b Faisal 6
Usman Tariq lbw b Faisal 154
Azhar Shafiq c Shaukat b Faisal 4
Bilal Khilji run out 35
Kamran Hussain lbw b Faisal 156
Kashif Naved not out 57
Abdul Rauf b Faisal 9
Imranullah c Arun b Faisal 29
Mohammad Irshad not out 44
EXTRAS (B-13, LB-8, W-2, NB-7) 30
TOTAL (for seven decl, 118 overs) 524
FALL OF WKTS: 1-15, 2-19, 3-94, 4-374, 5-381, 6-401, 7-469.
DID NOT BAT: Abdur Rauf, Azharullah.
BOWLING: Faisal Irfan 29-10-103-6; Faiz Gohar 27-7-91-0 (2w); Arun Lal 15-4-50-0; Naseer Khan 22-2-98-0; Jalat Khan 19-0-125-0 (7nb); Shoaib Khan 6-0-36-0.
QUETTA (1st Innings):
Shoaib Khan c Azhar b Rauf 8
Hameedullah b Irshad 8
Shaukat Ali c Bilal b Azharullah 10
Naseem Khan c Usman b Azharullah 10
Sabir Hussain b Rauf 1
Manzoor Ahmed b Azharullah 24
Arun Lal c Atiq b Irshad 17
Jalat Khan c Atiq b Kamran 11
Naseer Khan b Azharullah 5
Faisal Irfan b Imranullah 19
Faiz Gohar not out 0
EXTRAS (B-5, LB-5, NB-9) 19
TOTAL (all out, 36.5 overs) 132
FALL OF WKTS: 1-16, 2-20, 3-44, 4-45, 5-51, 6-93, 7-93, 8-100, 9-130.
BOWLING: Abdur Rauf 10-2-35-2; Mohammad Irshad 11-1-37-2 (9nb); Azharullah 12-1-36-4; Imranullah 2.5-0-10-1; Kamran Hussain 1-0-4-1.
QUETTA (2nd Innings, following-on):
Shoaib Khan not out 9
Hameedullah not out 20
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-1) 2
TOTAL (for no wkt, 6 overs) 31
BOWLING (to-date): Abdur Rauf 3-0-15-0; Kamran Hussain 3-0-14-0.
