LAHORE, Nov 16: Medium-pacer Umar Gul and Fazle Akbar put defending champions Peshawar in sight of a big first innings lead against Multan in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy at the Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar on Wednesday.

Peshawar, who propelled by Yasir Hameed’s 174 piled up 418 after resuming the first innings at 307-4, had reduced Multan to 137 for six wickets in the first innings by the close of play.

Umar (3-67) and Fazle (2-11) shared the bowling honours. Only Asif Iqbal (42) batted with any degree of confidence for Multan.

Scoreboard

PESHAWAR (1st innings, overnight 307-4):

Riffat Ullah c Rauf b Kamran 12

Yasir Hameed c Azhar b Kamran 174

Aftab Khan c n b Rauf b Kamran 93

Akhtar Sarfraz b A Rauf 45

Wajahat Ullah c Adnan b Rauf 0

Taimur Khan c Adnan b Kamran 1

Janisar Khan c Azhar b Irshad 12

Zulifqar Jan c Usman b Kamran 0

Umer Gul b Saeed 46

Riaz Afridi c Niazi b Rauf 1

Fazle Akbar not out 0

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-5, W-6, NB-22) 34

TOTAL (all out, 108.1overs) 448

FALL OF WKTS: 1-22, 2-200, 3-296, 4-302, 5-307, 6-350, 7-356, 8- 371, 9-388.

BOWLING: Abdul Rauf 30-1-135-3; Kamran Hussain 30-6-72-5; Muhammad Irshad 27-3-131-1; Majid Majeed 10-0-47-0; Saeed Anwar Jnr 11.1-0-27-1.

MULTAN (1st innings):

Saeed Anwar Jnr c Zulifqar b Umar 7

Usman Tariq b Fazle 4

Azhar Shafique c Zulifqar b Umar 10

Muhammad Ali lbw Fazle 1

Rehan Rafique lbw Umar 35

Asif Iqbal lbw Janisar 42

Kamran Hussain batting 15

Adnan Akmal batting 7

EXTRAS (LB-3, W-2, NB-12) 17

TOTAL (for six wkts, 41 overs) 137

FALL OF WKTS: 1-14, 2-18, 3-20, 4-44, 5-108, 6-114.

BOWLING. Fazle Akbar 8-4-11-2; Umer Gul 18-4-67-3; Riaz Afridi 7.5-2-22-0; Taimur Khan 2-0-3-0; Wajahat Ullah Wasti 2.1-1-10-0; Janisar Khan 6-1-22-1.