RAWALPINDI, Jan 21: Defending champions Sialkot survived some anxious moments to hang on for a draw in their Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League match against at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Sunday.

After set 320 for victory, Sialkot crashed to 108 for nine in their second innings when the game ended. Medium-pacer Yasir Arafat claimed four for 47 to finish with match bag of 10 for 100. Fellow paceman Najaf Shah took four for 45.

Earlier, Rawalpindi, who earned three points for taking first-innings lead, declared their second innings at 219 for six.

Scoreboard

RAWALPINDI (1st Innings) 324 (Sohail Tanvir 124, Usman Saeed 88; Kashif Raza 5-62).

SIALKOT (1st Innings) 224 (Shahzad Malik 60; Yasir Arafat 6-53).

RAWALPINDI (2nd Innings, overnight 26-0):

Sohail Nasir c sub b Kashif 25

Babar Naeem lbw b Sarfraz 16

Tahir Rauf c Atiq b Asim 29

Naveed Qureshi c Kashif b Mansoor 76

Mohammad Wasim c Asim b Rehman 52

Yasir Arafat lbw b Rehman 4

Sohail Tanvir not out 8

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-3, NB-2) 9

TOTAL (for six wkts decl, 65 overs) 219

BOWLING: Sarfraz Ahmed 16-5-47-1; Kashif Raza 18-2-42-1; Mansoor Amjad 15-1-52-1 (2nb); Asim Butt 5-0-29-1; Abdur Rehman 13-0-42-2.

SIALKOT (2nd Innings):

Imran Nazir c Tahir b Yasir 7

Atiq-ur-Rehman c Sajid b Yasir 0

Shahid Yousuf lbw b Najaf 3

Mansoor Amjad lbw b Najaf 0

Abdur Rehman c Sajid b Yasir 6

Asim Butt c Tahir b Yasir 0

Hafiz Khalid lbw b Najaf 4

Ijaz Ahmed lbw b Najaf 25

Shahzad Malik c Sajid b Akhtar 24

Kashif Raza not out 14

Sarfraz Ahmed not out 22

EXTRAS (B-1, NB-2) 3

TOTAL (for nine wkts, 28 overs) 108

FALL OF WKTS: 1-3, 2-10, 3-10, 4-10, 5-14, 6-20, 7-22, 8-58, 9-74.

BOWLING: Yasir Arafat 12-3-47-4 (2nb); Najaf Shah 12-2-45-4; Akhtar Ayub 3-0-13-1; Sohail Tanvir 1-0-2-0.

RESULT: Match drawn.

UMPIRES: Salim Badar and Islam Khan.

MATCH REFEREE: Khateeb Rizwan.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Shakeel Ahmed.

—Agencies