LAHORE, Nov 17: A fighting unbeaten century by opener Usman Tariq gave Multan hope of saving the match against defending champions Peshawar after forced to follow-on in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League at the Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar on Thursday.

Replying to Peshawar’s formidable first innings total of 418, Multan were all out for 206 after resuming at 137 for six wickets.

But in the second innings, Multan appeared a different side as Usman dominated the proceedings scoring 119 and helping his team to wipe out the lead scoring 212 for two wickets. Usman hit 19 boundaries off 175 balls.

He received good support from Saeed Anwar Junior (42) and Azhar Shafique (38).

Scoreboard

PESHAWAR (1st innings) 418 overs(Yasir Hameed 174, Aftab Usman 93; Kamran Hussain 5-72).

MULTAN (1st innings, overnight 137-6):

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 c Riffat b Riaz 24

Adnan Akmal c Fazle b Riaz 36

Abdul Rauf c n b Janisar 7

Majid Majeed c Zulifqar b Riaz 16

Muhammad Irshad not out 0

EXTRAS (LB-4, W-2, NB-18) 24

TOTAL (all out, 68.4 overs) 206

FALL OF WKTS: 1-14, 2-18, 3-20, 4-44, 5-108, 6-114, 7-175, 8-182, 9-206.

BOWLING: Fazle Akbar 14-6-30-2; Umer Gul 25-6-92-3; Riaz Afridi 14.5-4-32- 3; Taimur Khan 2-0-3-0; Wajahat Ullah Wasti 2.1-1-10-0; Janisar Khan 11-2-36-2.

MULTAN (2nd innings)

Saeed Anwar Junior b Umer 42

Usman Tariq batting 119

Azhar Shafique b Wajahat 38

Majid Majeed batting 5

EXTRAS (B-3, LB-1, W-1, NB-3) 8

TOTAL (for two wkts, 58 overs) 212

FALL OF WKTS: 1-130, 2-200.

BOWLING: Fazale Akbar 8-1-23-0; Umer Gul 14-2-55-1; Riaz Afridi 11-4-40-0; Wajahat Ullah Wasti 10-3-26-1; Janisar Khan 9-0-46-0; Aftab Khan 6-0-18-0.