LAHORE, Feb 3: Abbottabad are still strongly placed to qualify for the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League final despite Lahore Ravi’s dogged resistance on the third day of the match at the LCCA Ground on Saturday.

Having conceded a lead of 152 on the first innings, Lahore Ravi survived all day to reach 323 for nine after resuming at 72 for one.

The home side now have a lead of 171 going into final day. The weather, which was overcast on Saturday, could disrupt play on Sunday and put Abbottabad’s hopes in disarray since they need all nine points to make next week’s final against Islamabad.

Scoreboard

LAHORE RAVI (1st Innings) 162.

ABBOTTABAD (1st Innings) 314 (Mohammad Naeem 54; Imran Ali 4-64, Wahab Riaz 4-77).

LAHORE RAVI (2nd Innings, overnight 72-1):

Kashif Siddique c Ahmed b Junaid 28

Taufiq Umar c Naeem b Nasir 33

Osama Aftab c Hammad b Sajid 21

Rizwan Aslam b Amjad 55

Rizwan Malik lbw b Amjad 32

Adnan Raza b Sajid 35

Ali Azmat b Bilal 13

Adnan Akmal c Sajid b Junaid 33

Wasim Khan c Naeem b Junaid 35

Wahab Riaz not out 18

Imran Ali not out 7

EXTRAS (B-8, LB-2, NB-3) 13

TOTAL (for nine wkts, 105.1 overs) 323

FALL OF WKTS: 1-56, 2-82, 3-82, 4-169, 5-202, 6-221, 7-226, 8-279, 9-304.

BOWLING (to-date): Nasir Jalil 19-3-68-1; Sajid Shah 20.1-3-63-2 (3nb); Junaid Khan 23-3-74-3; Riaz Kail 10-1-32-0; Amjad Waqas 5-6-22-2; Bilal Marwat 18-5-54-1.