LAHORE, Oct 18: Off-spinner Kashif Shafi snapped up five for 36 to help Lahore Shalimar force Multan to follow-on in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League match at the Multan Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.

Multan were all out for 168 before reaching 162 fore two in the second innings.

SCOREBOARD

LAHORE SHALIMAR (1st Innings) 368 (Aamir Sajjad 100 not out, Khaqan Arsal 87).

MULTAN (1st Innings, overnight 113-5):

Saeed Anwar c Bilal b Fahad 81 Usman Tariq c Arsalan b Junaid 9

Yasir Arafat c Khaqan b Kashif 21

Aamir Bashir lbw b Aizaz 6

Azhar Shafiq c and b Kashif 0

Bilal Khilji c Bilal b Aizaz 33

Abdul Rauf c Bilal b Junaid 8

Aamir Ata c Sohail b Kashif 4

Majid Majeed b Kashif 25

Mohammad Zahid not out 4

Tahir Maqsood c Kamran b Kashif 14

EXTRAS (LB-1, W-7, NB-5) 13

TOTAL (all out, 69 overs) 168

FALL OF WKTS: 1-13, 2-60, 3-71, 4-72, 5-75, 6-113, 7-119, 8-148, 9-152.

BOWLING: Fahad Masood 17-2-41-1; Junaid Zia 12-6-25-2; Kamran Sajid 4-0-15-0; Aizaz Cheema 14-1-39-2; Kashif Shafi 19-5-36-5; Sohail Ahmed 3-0-13-0.

MULTAN (2nd Innings, follow-on):

Saeed Anwar Jr not out 68

Usman Tariq c Ashfaq b Junaid 41

Yasir Arafat c Bilal b Fahad 16

Aamir Bashir not out 12

EXTRAS (B-9, LB-3, NB-8, PR-5) 25

TOTAL (for two wkts, 58.3 overs) 162

FALL OF WKTS: 1-71, 2-104.

BOWLING: Fahad Masood 14-5-36-1; Junaid Zia 14-4-27-1; Kamran Sajid 3.3-2-1-0; Aizaz Cheema 11-1-39-0; Kashif Shafi 0.1-0-1-0; Sohail Ahmed 3.5-2-5-0; Aamir Sajjad 12-3-36-0.

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