LAHORE, Jan 19: A career-best 199 by Kashif Naveed guided Multan to a formidable first-innings total of 422 against Hyderabad in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League match at the Multan Cricket Stadium on Friday.

The visitors, however, were somewhat struggling at 201 for five.Kashif, who resumed at his over score of 114, was unluckily run out after striking 23 fours and facing 286 balls.

Scoreboard

MULTAN (1st Innings, overnight 273-4):

Saeed Anwar c Aqeel b Farhan 53

Usman Tariq c Nasir b Sufyan 28

Azhar Shafiq b Farhan 0

Kashif Naveed run out 199

Bilal Khilji c Hanif b Farhan 58

Kamran Hussain c and b Farhan 3

Naved Ahmed c Hanif b Farhan 0

Abdur Rauf run out 3

Mohammad Irshad c sub b Nauman 0

Azharullah not out 0

EXTRAS (B-5, LB-9, W-6, NB-8) 28

TOTAL (all out, 110 overs) 422

FALL OF WKTS: 1-79, 2-79, 3-112, 4-269, 5-285,6-285, 7-409, 8-418, 9-418.

BOWLING: Naeem-ur-Rehman 6.2-2-20-0 (1nb); Farhan Ayub 34-7-111-5 (2w); Sufyan Ali 23-1-118-1 (2nb, 2w); Faisal Athar 1-0-4-0; Nasir Awais 22-4-66-0 (5nb); Hanif-ur-Rehman 4.4-1-26-0 (2w); Nauman Ali 17-0-56-2; Shahid Qambrani 2-0-7-0.

HYDERABAD (1st Innings):

Hanif-ur-Rehman c Atiq b Rauf 85

Aqeel Anjum b Rauf 6

Faisal Athar lbw b Rauf 69

Rizwan Ahmed lbw b Rauf 4

Shahid Qambrani c Usman b Kamran 6

Hanif Malik not out 6

Nauman Ali not out 20

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-1) 5

TOTAL (for five wkts, 40.3 overs) 201

FALL OF WKTS: 1-15, 2-154, 3-158, 4-171, 5-171.

TO BAT: Nasir Awais, Farhan Ayub, Naeem-ur-Rehman, Sufyan Ali.

BOWLING (to-date): Abdur Rauf 13-2-52-4; Mohammad Irshad 5.3-0-23-0; Kamran Hussain 11-0-64-1; Bilal Khilji 2-0-14-0; Azharullah 3-1-34-0; Saeed Anwar 1-0-9-0.

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