LAHORE, Jan 24: Riaz Kail and Bilal Marwat stroked half-centuries as Abbottabad made 237 against hosts Multan on the first day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League match at the Multan Cricket Stadium on Wednesday.

Riaz scored an undefeated 82 with five boundaries while Bilal contributed 54 (nine fours). The pair put on 77 after Abbottabad had lost the first six wickets for only 89 runs, having been asked to bat first.

Off-spinner Majid Majeed captured three for 14 in 9.5 overs while medium-pacer Azharullah finished with three for 46.

Multan, in reply, lost their captain Saeed Anwar Junior for 4 to close at 24 for one.

Scoreboard

ABBOTABAD (1st Innings):

Ahmed Said b Abdur Rauf 3

Sajid Rasheed b Abdur Rauf 21

Sajid Shah run out 0

Adnan Raees c Atiq b Azharullah 15

Bilal Marwat b Majid 54

Wajid Ali lbw b Azharullah 16

Zafar Jadoon c Atiq b Irshad 4

Riaz Kail not out 82

Nasir Jalil c Atiq b Majeed 0

Dilawar Khan lbw b Azharullah 2

Junaid Khan c Atiq b Majid 25

EXTRAS (B-3, LB-1, NB-11) 15

TOTAL (all out, 74.5 overs) 237

FALL OF WKTS: 1-25, 2-25, 3-25, 4-44, 5-84, 6-89, 7-166, 8-166, 9-182.

BOWLING: Abdur Rauf 17-4-56-2 (5nb); Kamran Hussain 12-3-40-0; Azharullah 13-2-46-3 (6nb); Mohammad Irshad 16-2-66-1; Saeed Anwar Jr 7-2-11-0; Majid Majeed 9.5-1-14-3.

MULTAN (1st Innings):

Saeed Anwar Jr lbw b Sajid 4

Usman Tariq not out 6

Azhar Shafiq not out 9

EXTRAS (B-4, W-1) 5

TOTAL (for one wkt, 5.5 overs) 24

FALL OF WKT: 1-4.

TO BAT: Kashif Naveed, Bilal Khilji, Kamran Hussain, Atiq Ahmed, Majid Majeed, Abdur Rauf, Mohammad Irshad, Azharullah.

BOWLING (to-date): Sajid Shah 3-0-12-1; Nasir Jalil 2.5-0-8-0 (1w).

UMPIRES: Siddique Khan and Raweed Khan.

MATCH REFEREE: Khateeb Rizwan.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Mohammad Akbar.