KARACHI, Jan 14: A maiden century by Adnan Raees almost earned Abbottabad an unlikely first-innings lead against Hyderabad in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League fixture against Hyderabad at the Niaz Stadium on Sunday.

Adnan scored 137 off 279 balls in 378 minutes and struck 14 furs and one six as the visitors made 399 in reply to Hyderabad’s 400 on day three.

Resuming at 168 for four with the left-handed Adnan on 52, Abbottabad fought back into contention via a sixth-wicket stand worth 119 between Adnan and Riaz Kail (56, seven fours).

Off-spinner Nasir Awais captured five for 59, the 22-year-old’s best figures in first-class cricket.

Hyderabad reached 45 for one in their second innings at stumps.

Scoreboard

HYDERABAD (1st Innings) 400 (Rizwan Ahmed 119, Shahid Qambrani 87; Dilawar Khan 4-121).

ABBOTTABAD (1st Innings, overnight 168-4):

Ahmed Said lbw b Naeem 7

Mohammad Naeem c Shahid b Nasir 27

Sajid Rasheed lbw b Nasir 21

Adnan Raees c Nauman b Nasir 137

Bilal Marwat b Naeem 26

Zafar Jadoon c Hanif-ur-Rehman b Nasir 39

Riaz Kail c Hanif Malik b Nasir 56

Sajid Shah lbw b Rizwan 25

Nasir Jalil lbw b Rizwan 20

Amjad Waqas c Shahid b Rizwan 4

Dilawar Khan not out 5

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-3, W-8, NB-17) 32

TOTAL (all out, 125 overs) 399

FALL OF WKTS: 1-17, 2-55, 3-62, 4-139, 5-200, 6-319, 7-367, 8-371, 9-388.

BOWLING: Naeem-ur-Rehman 23-2-82-2 (3nb, 3w); Sufyan Ali 19-0-73-0 (1nb, 1w); Nasir Awais 34-7-59-5 (2nb); Nauman Ali 15-1-65-0 (2nb); Faisal Athar 5-0-20-0; Rizwan Ahmed 26-3-78-3 (9nb); Hanif-ur-Rehman 2-0-7-0; Taj Wassan 1-0-8-0.

HYDERABAD (2nd Innings):

Aqeel Anjum not out 22

Taj Wassan c Ahmed Said b Sajid 7

Hanif-ur-Rehman not out 12

EXTRAS (W-2, NB-2) 4

TOTAL (for one wkt, 13 overs) 45

FALL OF WKT: 1-18.

BOWLING (to-date): Nasir Jalil 6-0-22-0 (1w); Sajid Shah 6-0-18-1 (2nb, 1w); Dilawar Khan 1-0-5-0.