LAHORE, Nov 27: Half-centuries by Azhar Shafiq, Kamran Hussain and Saeed Anwar Jr enabled Multan to reach 262-8 against Faisalabad on the first day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League fixture at Multan Cricket Stadium on Sunday.

Kamran scored 66 with nine boundaries, Azhar hit 65 with the help of seven fours and opener Saeed made 50 with eight fours.

Scoreboard

MULTAN (1st Innings):

Saeed Anwar Jr c Ijaz b Sami 50

Usman Tariq run out 10

Azhar Shafiq c Imran Ali b Ahmed Hayat 65

Aamir Bashir c Imran Ali b Ahmed Hayat 5

Asif Iqbal c Hafiz b Ahmed Hayat 0

Rehan Rafiq c Salman b Faisal 13

Kamran Hussain c Hafeez b Faisal 66

Adnan Akmal c Salman b Imran 5

Abdul Rauf not out 32

Mohammad Zahid not out 0

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-11, NB-4) 16

TOTAL (for eight wkts, 83 overs) 262

FALL OF WKTS: 1-20, 2-119, 3-132, 4-132, 5-145, 6-166, 7-171, 8-262.

BOWLING (to-date): Samiullah Niazi 24-4-69-1 (3nb); Ahmed Hayat 20-5-64-3; Mohammad Hafeez 17-1-38-0; Faisal Afridi 11-1-40-2 (1nb); Imran Khalid 10-1-39-1.