RAWALPINDI, Oct 30: Rawalpindi tightened their grip on their Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League match against Multan on Sunday, the third day of four at the KRL Stadium.

Paceman Rizwan Akbar winged in to take 5-81 as Multan resuming their first innings at 108-5 were bowled out for 169 to concede a lead of 180 runs.

Kamran Hussain, not out 4 overnight, went on to score a half century but his effort was just not enough.

Besides the five-wicket Rizwan, Sohail Tanvir and Babar Naeem picked up two wickets each.

A Mohammad Waseem century (110) then saw Rawalpindi extend their lead as they finished the day at 224-6. Saeed Anwar Jr bowled well to take 3-59.

Scoreboard

RAWALPINDI (1st Innings) 349 (Usman Saeed 122; Abdur Rauf 5-77).

MULTAN (1st Innings, overnight 108-5):

Saeed Anwar Jr b Tanvir 60

Usman Tariq lbw b Rizwan 13

Yasir Arafat b Babar 21

Aamir Bashir c Sajid b Babar 0

M. Ali Niazi run out 1

Bilal Khilji c Pervez b Tanvir 0

Kamran Hussain c Naveed b Rizwan 55

Abdul Rauf lbw b Rizwan 0

Aamir Ata c Wasim b Rizwan 6

Mohammad Zahid b Rizwan 0

Tahir Maqsood not out 2

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-1, W-1, NB-5) 11

TOTAL (all out, 54.2 overs) 169

FALL OF WKTS: 1-21, 2-79, 3-85, 4-86, 5-86, 6-109, 7-109, 8-114, 9-120.

BOWLING: Sohail Tanvir 23-4-62-2 (3nb, 1w); Rizwan Akbar 22.2-4-81-5 (2nb); Munir Ansari 1.1-0-12-0; Babar Naeem 7.5-2-9-2.

RAWALPINDI (2nd Innings):

Mohammad Wasim c Ata b Rauf 110

Babar Naeem c Bilal b Saeed 8

Sohail Nasir c Usman b Kamran 15

Pervez Aziz b Saeed 35

Naveed Qureshi lbw b Aamir 6

Sohail Tanvir c Ata b Saeed 13

Usman Saeed not out 8

Tahir Rauf not out 10

EXTRAS (B-3, LB-4, W-4, NB-8) 19

TOTAL (for six wkts, 66 overs) 224

FALL OF WKTS: 1-49, 2-138, 3-153, 4-176, 5-184, 6-213.

BOWLING: Abdul Rauf 12-1-60-1 (2nb); Kamran Hussain 8-2-35-1; Tahir Maqsood 2-0-7-0; Bilal Khilji 2-0-11-0; Mohammad Zahid 6-1-15-0 (5nb); Saeed Anwar Jr 24-3-59-3; Aamir Bashir 14-0-30-1.