KARACHI, Nov 22: Faisalabad close in on a three-day win after hosts Rawalpindi were left reeling at 97 for five in the second innings of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League match at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.

Having conceded a first-innings lead of 34 runs, Rawalpindi will start Wednesday’s third day with just 63 runs in front.

Earlier, Faisalabad added 115 to overnight score of 70 for two before being all out for 185 in their first innings’ response to 151 made by the hosts.

Scoreboard

RAWALPINDI (1st Innings) 151 (Asad Ali 4-20, Shahid Nazir 4-66).

FAISALABAD (1st Innings, overnight 70-2):

Mohammad Hafeez lbw b Yasir 22

Imran Ali b Sohail Tanvir 37

Asif Hussain c Sajid b Yasir 8

Misbahul Haq lbw b Yasir 20

Mohammad Salman b Sohail Tanvir 1

Naved Latif c Wasim b Najaf 22

Ijaz Ahmed Jr c Sohail Nasir b Yasir 19

Ahmed Hayat c Naveed b Rizwan 20

Shahid Nazir c Usman b Rizwan 13

Samiullah Niazi c Sajid b Najaf 2

Asad Ali not out 2

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-6, NB-9) 19

TOTAL (all out, 47.2 overs) 185

FALL OF WKTS: 1-63, 2-63, 3-82, 4-86, 5-101, 6-129, 7-146, 8-170, 9-182.

BOWLING: Yasir Arafat 21-5-73-4 (1nb); Najaf Shah 8.2-2-33-2 (5nb); Sohail Tanvir 16-6-55-2 (3nb); Rizwan Akbar 2-0-14-2.

RAWALPINDI (2nd Innings):

Mohammad Wasim lbw b Sami 6

Babar Naeem lbw b Ahmed Hayat 13

Sohail Nasir not out 26

Usman Saeed lbw b Sami 9

Naveed Qureshi b Shahid 27

Sohail Tanvir b Shahid 8

Pervez Aziz not out 1

EXTRAS (LB-4, NB-3) 7

TOTAL (for five wkts, 38 overs) 97

FALL OF WKTS: 1-15, 2-25, 3-38, 4-81, 5-91.

BOWLING (to-date): Shahid Nazir 11-0-28-2 (2nb); Samiullah Niazi 14-5-24-2 (1nb); Ahmed Hayat 7-1-18-1; Asad Ali 6-0-23-0.