KARACHI, Dec 30: Mahmood Hamid became third PIA batsman to hit a century as PIA were strongly placed against Pakistan Customs on the third day in their Patron’s Trophy Grade-I tie against Pakistan Customs at UBL Sports Complex on Friday.

Chasing 325 for victory in 113 overs, Pakistan Customs finished the day at 122 for two wicket, needing another 213 on the final day to save an innings defeat.

Opener Hasnain Abbas ended the day at 55 not out laced with nine boundaries and Afsar Nawaz was unbeaten on 24 with two boundaries. Opener Kashif Siddique was run out by Umar Gul for 31 which came with five fours.

Earlier, PIA resuming at 310 for five wicket declared their innings at 523. Mahmood Hamid after Kamran Sajid’s 147, and Faisal Iqbal (124) became third batsman to reach three figures.

Mahmood hit 11 fours and a six in his unbeaten 124 and shared 132-runs for the eighth wicket with Tahir Khan, who hit six fours and three sixes in 76-ball knock of 69 not out.

Scoreboard

Pakistan Customs 199

PIA (Ist innings) (overnight 310-5)

Kamran Sajid c Naeem b Imran 147

Yasir Hameed c Afsar b Naeem 9

Agha Sabir c hanif b Azam 6

Umar Gul c Imran b Naeem 10

Bazid Khan b Imran 0

Faisal Iqbal b Azam 122

Mahmood Hamid not out 124

Ahmed Zeeshan run out 10

Tahir Khan not out 69

Extras (B-4, LB-7, W-4, NB-11) 26

Total (for 7 wickets in 158 overs) 523

Fall of wkts: 1-24, 2-38, 3-54, 4-54, 5-283, 6-369, 7-391

Bowling: Imran Ali 41-10-121-2, Naeemur Rehman 28-4-124-2, Azhar Shafique 12-2-52-0, Azam Hussain 29-4-98-2, Murtuza Hussain 40-11-104-0, Kashif Siddique 6-3-10-0, Afsar Nawaz 2-1-3-0

Pakistan Customs (2nd innings)

Kashif Siddique run out 31

Hasnain Abbas not out 55

Aamir Iqbal c Mahmood b Tahir 0

Afsar Nawaz not out 29

Extras (Lb-2, W-5, NB-5) 12

Total (for two wickets in 30 overs) 122

Fall of wkts: 1-77, 2-82

Bowling: Fazle Akber 8-0-40-0, Umar Gul 11-2-42-0, Imran Sajid 2-0-10-0, Tahir Khan 7-1-15-1, Mahmood Hamid 1-0-1-0.—Agencies