LAHORE, Mar 2: Fine bowling by pacemen Kamran Hussain and Azharullah helped Multan gain a crucial 31-run lead against Islamabad on the second day of Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League final at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad on Friday.

Left-armer Kamran captured four for 50 while Azharullah took three for 30 as Islamabad were skittled out for 180 in reply to Multan’s 211.

Multan were 125-4 in second innings to hold an overall lead 156. First Innings top-scorer Saeed Anwar Jr made another important contribution of 60 in the second innings. The left-hander’s 74-ball knock included 13 fours.

Earlier, Multan failed to add to their overnight score of 211-9.

Islamabad then made a shaky start as they the first seven wickets for 69. But Naeem Anjum (67, nine fours, one six, 93 balls) and Rauf Akbar (32, four fours, 54 balls) put on 62 for the eight-wicket to retrieve the position.

Scoreboard

MULTAN (1st Innings, overnight 211-9):

Usman Tariq c Naeem b Rauf 36

Saeed Anwar Jr lbw b Rauf 71

Yasir Arafat b Saad 1

Azhar Shafiq lbw b Saad 7

Bilal Khilji b Rauf 3

Kashif Naved c Naeem b Saad 4

Kamran Hussain b Rauf 29

Atiq Ahmed c Naeem b Zohaib 2

Abdur Rauf b Zohaib Ahmed 5

Shabbir Ahmed c sub b Zohaib 8

Azharullah not out 6

EXTRAS (B-6, LB-8, W-6, NB-19) 39

TOTAL (all out, 75.5 overs) 211

FALL OF WKTS: 1-132, 2-133, 3-133, 4-146, 5-150, 6-161, 7-176, 8-188, 9-201.

BOWLING: Rauf Akbar 25.5-7-43-4; Saad Altaf 25-7-58-3; Bilal Asad 4-2-10-0; Zohaib Ahmed 12-1-54-3; Bazid Khan 4-1-11-0; Raheel Majeed 3-0-11-0; Afaq Raheem 2-0-10-0.

ISLAMABAD (1st Innings):

Raheel Majeed c Atiq b Rauf 4

Afaq Rahim c Usman b Kamran 7

Bilal Asad b Kamran 17

Fayyaz Ahmed b Kamran 14

Bazid Khan b Azharullah 10

Ameer Khan lbw b Kamran 11

Ashar Zaidi b Azharullah 4

Naeem Anjum c Bilal b Shabbir 67

Rauf Akbar c Atiq b Shabbir 32

Zohaib Ahmed c Atiq b Azharullah 6

Saad Altaf not out 5

EXTRAS (LB-2, NB-1) 3

TOTAL (all out, 45.1 overs) 180

FALL OF WKTS: 1-8, 2-21, 3-34, 4-45, 5-61, 6-69, 7-69, 8-131, 9-142.

BOWLING: Abdul Rauf 10-2-49-1 (1nb); Kamran Hussain 15-3-50-4; Azharullah 12-2-50-3; Shabbir Ahmed 5.1-0-20-2; Bilal Khilji 3-0-9-0.

MULTAN (2nd Innings):

Usman Tariq lbw b Rauf 19

Saeed Anwar Jr lbw b Bilal 60

Yasir Arafat lbw b Saad 0

Bilal Khilji not out 25

Kashif Naveed lbw b Rauf 14

Atiq Ahmed not out 1

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-2, NB-3) 6

TOTAL (for four wkts, 35.1 overs) 125

FALL OF WKTS: 1-37, 2-42, 3-93, 4-124.

BOWLING (to-date): Rauf Akbar 13-3-45-2 (1nb); Saad Altaf 11.1-3-38-1; Zohaib Ahmed 5-1-22-0 (2nb); Bilal Asad 6-1-17-1.