LAHORE, Nov 28: An unbeaten century by opener Mohammad Hafeez and good batting by Ahmed Hayat enabled Faisalabad to gain first-innings lead over Multan in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League match at Multan Cricket Stadium on Monday.

Hafeez (126, 13 fours) and Ahmed (71, six fours and two sixes) rescued their team with an unbroken seventh-wicket partnership of 175 as the visitors closed at 273 for six in reply to Multan’s 269.

Scoreboard

MULTAN (1st Innings, overnight 262-8):

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 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 Khalid 5

Abdul Rauf c Hafeez b Faisal 34

Mohammad Zahid lbw b Sami 0

Mohammad Irshad not out 5

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

TOTAL (all out, 85.1 overs) 269

FALL OF WKTS: 1-20, 2-119, 3-132, 4-132, 5-145, 6-166, 7-171, 8-262; 9-267.

BOWLING: Samiullah Niazi 26-4-76-2; Ahmed Hayat 20-5-64-3; Mohammad Hafeez 17-1-38-0; Faisal Afridi 12.1-2-40-3; Imran Khalid 10-1-39-1.

FAISALABAD (1st Innings):

Mohammad Hafeez not out 126

Imran Ali c Azhar b Rauf 5

Mohammad Zahid c Aamir b Rauf 2

Misbahul Haq c Asif b Rauf 0

Naved Latif c Azhar b Irshad 28

Ijaz Ahmed Jr c Zahid b Rauf 0

Mohammad Salman c Adnan b Zahid 6

Ahmed Hayat not out 71

EXTRAS (B-3, LB-6, NB-26) 35

TOTAL (for six wkts, 69 overs) 273

FALL OF WKTS: 1-15, 2-21, 3-21, 4-58, 5-59, 6-98.

BOWLING (to-date): Abdul Rauf 17-0-67-4 (8nb); Kamran Hussain 13-1-56-0; Mohammad Irshad 13-0-59-1 (6nb); Mohammad Zahid 8-0-39-1 (12nb); Saeed Anwar Jr 11-1-22-0; Usman Tariq 1-0-9-0; Aamir Bashir 6 1-12-0.