KARACHI, Oct 30: Hyderabad were poised for victory after Islamabad set the hosts a modest target of 189 in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League fixture at the Niaz Stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday.

By the stumps on the penultimate day, Hyderabad had 26 for one.

Earlier, Afaq Rahim completed a fighting century to help Islamabad make 241 in the second innings. Afaq, who scored 86 in the first innings, added to his overnight tally of 15. His 230-ball 115 included 12 boundaries.

Off-spinner Shoaib Leghari claimed six for 46.

Scoreboard

ISLAMABAD (1st Innings) 211 (Afaq Rahim 86, Rauf Akbar 54).

HYDERABAD (1st Innings) 264 (Shahid Qambrani 99, Rizwan Ahmed 56; Stephen John 4-78).

ISLAMABAD (2nd Innings, overnight 36-2):

Atif Ashraf lbw b Kashif 0

Afaq Rahim c Akram b Shoaib 115

Raheel Majeed c Hanif Malik b Kashif 21

Bilal Asad lbw b Imran 8

Ameer Khan lbw b Imran 0

Sufyan Munir c Faisal b Shoaib 28

Rauf Akbar c Hanif Malik b Rizwan 13

Stephen John lbw b Shoaib 38

Nauman Sadiq not out 0

Qasim Aqeel c Hanif Malik b Shoaib 0

Zohaib Ahmed c Hanif Malik b Shoaib 0

EXTRAS (B-8, LB-1, W-1, NB-8) 18

TOTAL (all out, 82.4 overs) 241

FALL OF WKTS: 1-4, 2-36, 3-54, 4-54, 5-120, 6-162, 7-240, 8-241, 9-241.

BOWLING: Kashif Raza 19-5-52-2; Imran Ali 19-4-49-2; Naeemur Rahman 11-1-41-0; Pir Zulfiqar 7-2-18-0; Shoaib Leghari 14.4-3-46-5; Rizwan Ahmed 12-2-26-1.

HYDERABAD (2nd Innings):

Faisal Athar lbw b Rauf 8

Akram Khan not out 10

Pir Zulfiqar not out 7

EXTRAS (NB-1) 1

TOTAL (for one wkt, 11 overs) 26

FALL OF WKT: 1-9.

BOWLING (to-date): Stephen John 5-2-10-0; Rauf Akbar 4-1-12-1 (1nb); Zohaib Ahmed 2-0-4-0.