LAHORE, Nov 23: Speedster Mohammad Zahid claimed five for 49 to give Multan a substantial first-innings lead of 125 against Sialkot in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League tie at the Multan Cricket Stadium on Wednesday.

By the close of play, the bottom-placed Multan side had extended their advantage to 298 with skipper Aamir Bashir making an unbeaten 84.

Scoreboard

MULTAN (1st Innings) 302.

SIALKOT (1st Innings, overnight 177-6):

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 c Azhar b Zahid 78

Tahir Mughal run out 22

Hafiz Khalid c Adnan b Zahid 12

Zahid Saeed b Zahid 3

Mohammad Asif not out 0

EXTRAS (B-2, LB-8, W-6, NB-18) 34

TOTAL (for six wkts, 54 overs) 177

FALL OF WKTS: 1-8, 2-22, 3-40, 4-49, 5-54, 6-128, 7-177, 8-198, 9-203.

BOWLING: Mohammad Zahid 16-4-43-5 (12nb, 5w); Kamran Hussain 16.3-4-44-2; Mohammad Irshad 13-1-42-2 (4nb); 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.

MULTAN (2nd Innings):

Saeed Anwar Jr lbw b Mansoor 54

Usman Tariq b Asif 4

Azhar Shafiq b Asif 4

Aamir Bashir not out 84

Rehan Rafiq c Khalid b Zahid 3

Asif Iqbal not out 17

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-2, NB-2) 5

TOTAL (for four wkts, 60 overs) 171

FALL OF WKTS; 1-13, 2-19, 3-112, 4-140.

BOWLING (to-date): Mohammad Asif 13-4-36-2 (1nb); Tahir Mughal 10-5-24-0; Zahid Saeed 19-3-51-1; Mansoor Amjad 13-3-44-1 (1nb); Faisal Naveed 4-1-10-0; Imran Nazir 1-0-3-0.