January 28, 2007	Sunday	Muharram 08, 1428

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LAHORE, Jan 27: Bilal Khilji, Kashif Naved and Kamran Hussain hit half-centuries as Multan denied a certain win for Abbottabad in their Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League match which ended in a thrilling draw at Multan Stadium on Saturday.

Multan requring 320 to win, resumed the second innings at a perilous 3-71 but Bilal (73 not out, eight fours), Kashif (65, 12 fours) and Kamran (51, eight fours) brought their team close to victoryand finished the day at 291-9 in 105.3 overs before the umpires called off the match.

Abbotabad, however, got three points on first innings lead.

Scoreboard

ABBOTTABAD (1st innings) 237 (Riaz Kail 82 not out).

MULTAN (1st innings) 139 (Bilal Khilji 50; Sajid Shah 6-48).

ABBOTABAD (2nd innings) 222 (Abdul Rauf 6-66).

MULTAN (2nd innings, overnight 3-71).

Saeed Anwar c Ahmed b Nasir 4

Usman Tariq b Dilawar 26

Atiq Ahmed c Riaz b Sajid 7

Kashif Naveed lbw Junaid 65

Majid Majeed lbw Bilal 20

Abdul Rauf c Said b Junaid 4

Kamran Hussain b Sajid 51

Bilal Khilji not out 73

Mohammad Irshad lbw Sajid 9

Azhar Shafiq lbw Junaid 12

Azharullah not out 0

EXTRAS (LB-6, NB-14) 20

TOTAL (for nine wkts, 105.3 overs) 291

FALL OF WKTS: 1-4, 2-17, 3-64, 4-124, 5-140, 6-142, 7-250, 8-267, 9-288.

BOWLING: Sajid Shah 25.3-6-52-3 (11nb); Nasir Jalil 29-10-79-1; Junaid Khan 24-6-51-3; Dilawar Khan 5-0-39-1; Riaz Kail 5-2-9-0; Adnan Raees 1-1-0-0; Bilal Marwat 16-2-57-1 (3nb).

RESULT: Draw.