LAHORE, Jan 8: Fine batting by Misbah-ul-Haq, Naved Latif and Mohammad Salman gave Faisalabad a great chance of winning their Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League fixture against Lahore Shalimar at the Gaddafi Stadium on Monday.

Misbah scored 97, Naved 67 and Salman an unbeaten 64 as Faisalabad piled up 287 for eight in the second innings by the close of the penultimate day after conceding a slim lead of one run on first innings.

Misbah hit eight boundaries and two fours and with Naved added 123 for the fourth wicket after the visitors were tottering at 30 for three. Naved, who hit 10 fours, was also involved in another productive stand worth 112 with Salman, who has so far hit six fours and two fours.

Scoreboard

FAISALABAD (1st Innings) 257 (Ali Raza 56; Junaid Zia 5-37, Mohammad Khalil 4-48).

LAHORE SHALIMAR (1st Innings, overnight 240-9):

Salman Butt c Hayat b Saeed 98

Sohail Ahmed c Naved b Ahmed Hayat 0

Ashraf Ali c Naved b Ali Raza 34

Aamir Sajjad lbw Ali Raza 0

Jahangir Mirza c Hayat b Saeed 37

Arsalan Mir c Ijaz b Asad 11

Humayun Farhat lbw b Asad 9

Mohammad Hussain not out 38

Junaid Zia c Misbah b Saeed 0

Fahad Masood b Ahmed Hayat 7

Mohammad Khalil b Ahmed Hayat 10

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-6, NB-4) 14

TOTAL (all out, 88.5 overs) 258

FALL OF WKTS: 1-19, 2-119,3-119, 4-152, 5-189, 6-189, 7-198, 8-199, 9-225.

BOWLING: Asad Ali 30-5-91-1; Ahmed Hayat 21.5-6-50-3; Ali Raza 10-0-27-2; Saeed Ajmal 27-5-80-3.

FAISALABAD (2nd Innings):

Imran Ali c Sohail b Khalil 11

Mohammad Zahid c Humayun b Junaid 5

Usman Arshad lbw b Bilal 9

Misbah-ul-Haq lbw b Arsalan 97

Naved Latif c Usman b Hussain 67

Ijaz Ahmed Jr lbw b Hussain 2

Mohammad Salman not out 64

Ahmed Hayat c Humayun b Arsalan 0

Ali Raza c Jahangir b Arsalan 0

Saeed Ajmal not out 11

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-15, NB-2) 21

TOTAL (for eight wkts, 68 overs) 287

FALL OF WKTS: 1-14, 2-29, 3-30, 4-153, 5-157, 6-249,7-269, 8-279.

BOWLING (to-date): Mohammad Khalil 15-4-53-2; Junaid Zia 14-2-59-1; Fahad Masood 7-1-28-0; Salman Butt 6-0-29-0; Arsalan Mir 4-0-9-3; Mohammad Hussain 20-6-2-74-2; Sohail Ahmed 2-0-16-0.