LAHORE, Jan 21: A defiant 76 by opener Aqeel Anjum helped Hyderabad draw their Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League tie against Multan at Multan Cricket Stadium on Sunday.

Set 351 to win, Hyderabad reached 197 for seven when the match was called off. Medium-pacer Mohammad Irshad finished with four for 60.

Earlier, Multan, who earned 83-run lead on the first innings, scored 267 in the second innings after resuming at 140-5.

Scoreboard

MULTAN (1st Innings) 422 (Kashif Naveed 199; Farhan Ayub 5-111).

HYDERABAD (1st Innings) 339 (Hanif-ur-Rehman 85; Abdur Rauf 5-90).

MULTAN (2nd Innings, overnight 140-5):

Saeed Anwar c Hanif Malik b Sufyan 5

Usman Tariq run out 54

Azhar Shafiq c Faisal b Farhan 15

Kashif Naveed c Hanif b Nauman 70

Bilal Khilji b Sufyan 0

Kamran Hussain c Hanif b Sufyan 6

Naveed Ahmed lbw Farhan 25

Atiq Ahmed not out 44

Abdul Rauf c Nauman b Nasir 11

Mohammad Irshad c sub b Nauman 14

Azharullah c Nauman b Farhan 3

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-5, W-14) 20

TOTAL (all out, 56.1 overs) 267

FALL OF WKTS: 1-34, 2-73, 3-111, 4-112, 5-122, 6-159, 7-231, 8-248, 9-263.

BOWLING: Farhan Ayub 17.1-1-61-3 (8w); Sufyan Ali 17-1-90-3 (6w); Faisal Athar 9-1-35-0; Hanif-ur-Rehman 2-1-6-0; Nauman Ali 5-0-42-2; Nasir Awais 6-0-27-1.

Hyderabad (2nd Innings):

Hanif-ur-Rehman c Atiq b Irshad 21

Aqeel Anjum c Atiq b Irshad 76

Faisal Athar c Azhar b Irshad 21

Rizwan Ahmed c Usman b Irshad 25

Shahid Qambrani run out 0

Hanif Malik c Atiq b Azharullah 6

Nauman Ali not out 28

Nasir Awais b Kamran 5

Farhan Ayub not out 0

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-3, NB-7) 14

TOTAL (for seven wkts, 52 overs) 197

FALL OF WKTS: 1-56, 2-96, 3-148, 4-148, 5-162, 6-183, 7-188.

BOWLING: Abdur Rauf 14-2-48-0; Mohammad Irshad 13-1-60-4 (7nb); Kamran Hussain 8-1-27-1; Azharullah 12-2-43-1; Saeed Anwar 1-1-0-0; Azhar Shafiq 4-1-12-0.

RESULT: Match drawn.

UMPIRES: Siddique Khan and Ahmed Shahab.

MATCH REFEREE: Khalid Niazi.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Zulfiqar Ali Zulfi.