LAHORE, Nov 30: Multan were relegated to the second tier of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy cricket championship after going down by eight wickets against Faisalabad in the Gold League match at Multan Cricket Stadium on Wednesday.

Multan’s final two wickets fell without any addition to the overnight score of 171, which left Faisalabad chasing a small target of 77.

The visitors lost two wickets in achieving their fourth victory which enabled them to finish on top of the standings.

Faisalabad meet second-placed Sialkot in the five-day final at Qadhafi Stadium in Lahore from Dec 4. Multan, on the other hand, will figure in the Silver League competition next season.

Scoreboard

MULTAN (1st Innings) 269 (Kamran Hussain 66, Aamir Bashir 65, Saeed Anwar Jr 50).

FAISALABAD (1st Innings) 364 (Mohammad Hafeez 166, Ahmed Hayat 72; Abdul Rauf 5-99).

MULTAN (2nd Innings, overnight 171-8):

Saeed Anwar lbw b Sami 0

Usman Tariq b Faisal 9

Azhar Shafiq c Salman b Sami 67

Aamir Bashir c Salman b Ahmed 11

Asif Iqbal b Ahmed 4

Rehan Rafiq c Hafeez b Ahmed 35

Kamran Hussain c Salman b Imran Khalid 23

Adnan Akmal b Sami 0

Abdur Rauf lbw b Sami 3

Mohammad Zahid not out 0

Mohammad Irshad c sub b Imran Khalid 0

EXTRAS (B-9, LB-7, NB-3) 19

TOTAL (all out, 50.4 overs) 171

FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-15, 3-105, 4-123, 5-127, 6-161, 7-161, 8-169, 9-171.

BOWLING: Samiullah Niazi 15.4-5-42-4 (1nb); Ahmed Hayat 8-1-37-3; Mohammad Hafeez 2-0-9-0; Faisal Afridi 11.2-1-39-1 (2nb); Imran Khalid 13.4-1-28-2.

FAISALABAD (2nd Innings):

Mohammad Hafeez lbw b Kamran 35

Ijaz Ahmed Jr lbw b Kamran 0

Imran Ali not out 28

Mohammad Zahid not out 12

EXTRAS (NB-2) 2

TOTAL (for two wkts, 17 overs) 77

FALL OF WKTS: 1-5, 2-55.

BOWLING: Abdur Rauf 5-1-21-0; Kamran Hussain 7-0-33-2; Mohammad Irshad 4-0-19-0; Aamir Bashir 1-0-4-0.

RESULT: Faisalabad won by eight wickets.

UMPIRES: Riazuddin and Siddique Khan.

MATCH REFEREE: Khateeb Rizwan.