LAHORE, Nov 22: Despite a brave knock from Mansoor Amjad, leaders Sialkot were struggling against Multan on the second day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League match at the Multan Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.

Sialkot closed at 177 for six with Mansoor batting on 78 after the hosts rallied to reach 302 in the first innings.

In fact, Mansoor revived Sialkot’s fortunes after they stumbled to 54 for five.

Earlier, medium-pacer Tahir Mughal finished with six for 104 and Mohammad Asif three for 80 as Multan added 71 to their overnight total of 231 for four.

Scoreboard

MULTAN (1st Innings, overnight 231-4):

Saeed Anwar Jr c Imran b Tahir 61

Usman Tariq lbw b Tahir 9

Azhar Shafiq b Tahir 78

Aamir Bashir c Junaid b Mansoor 40

Rehan Rafiq not out 48

Tahir Maqsood b Tahir 7

Asif Iqbal lbw b Asif 1

Kamran Hussain c Shahzad b Tahir 21

Adnan Akmal lbw b Tahir 5

Mohammad Irshad c Tahir b Asif 5

Mohammad Zahid c Aftab b Asif 6

EXTRAS (B-2, LB-7, W-8, NB-8) 25

TOTAL (all out, 101.4 overs) 302

FALL OF WKTS: 1-38, 2-138, 3-165, 4-230, 5-241, 6-244, 7-276, 8-287, 9-293.

BOWLING: Mohammad Asif 37.4-7-80-3 (6w); Tahir Mughal 32-8-104-6 (1nb, 2w); Zahid Saeed 17-4-50-0; Mansoor Amjad 14-3-43-1 (2nb); Faisal Naveed 1-0-3-0 (1nb); Ansar Abbas 6-2-13-0.

SIALKOT (1st Innings):

Faisal Naveed c Adnan b Zahid 5

Atiqur Rahman b Irshad 19

Imran Nazir b Kamran 4

Shahid Yousuf c Yasir b Irshad 8

Ansar Abbas c Adnan b Zahid 15

Shahzad Malik lbw b Tahir 4

Mansoor Amjad not out 78

Tahir Mughal not out 14

EXTRAS (B-2, LB-8, W-6, NB-14) 30

TOTAL (for six wkts, 54 overs) 177

FALL OF WKTS: 1-8, 2-22, 3-40, 4-49, 5-54, 6-128.

BOWLING (to-date): Mohammad Zahid 10-2-32-2 (6nb, 5w); Kamran Hussain 14-4-42-1; Mohammad Irshad 10-3-30-2 (2nb); Tahir Maqsood 4-1-22-1 (2nb); Saeed Anwar Jr 10-2-14-0 (1w); Aamir Bashir 5-0-15-0; Usman Tariq 1-0-8-0.