KARACHI, Feb 16: Khalid Latif struck a career-best 123 as the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League match between Karachi Harbour and Sialkot petered out into a listless draw at the National Stadium here on Friday.

Karachi Harbour, who were in a position to force victory at the start of the final day of the four-day fixture, preferred to delay their declaration until they had accumulated a lead of 369 runs.

Sialkot, who have already qualified for next week’s final against Karachi Urban, batted out the remaining time to reach 174 for four when the match ended with opener Atiq-ur-Rehman scoring 62.

Earlier, Khalid and Fawwad Alam, the overnight pair, extended their fourth-wicket partnership to 180 in 259 minutes after the home side resumed at 145 for three.

Khalid, who batted for 312 minutes and faced 184 balls, stroked 13 boundaries in his third first-class century.

The left-handed Fawwad was desperately unlucky to miss out on a well-deserved hundred by just three runs when he was run out. His 180-ball 97 included 11 hits to the fence.

Scoreboard

KARACHI HARBOUR (1st Innings) 293 (Sarfraz Ahmed 70, Anwar Ali Khan 59).

SIALKOT (1st Innings) 222 (Anwar Ali Khan 4-43).

KARACHI HARBOUR (2nd Innings, overnight 145-3):

Khalid Latif not out 123

Wajihuddin b Tahir 0

Ariz Kamal c sub (K. Dawood) b Tahir 32

Naumanullah lbw b Mansoor 4

Fawwad Alam run out 97

Sarfraz Ahmed c Atiq b Tahir 0

Ijaz Ahmed not out 22

EXTRAS (B-8, LB-0, NB-3) 20

TOTAL (for five decl, 102 overs) 298

FALL OF WKTS: 1-10, 2-28, 3-64, 4-244, 5-248.

BOWLING: Kashif Raza 13-2-30-0 (2nb); Tahir Mughal 29-2-91-3; Sarfraz Ahmed 17-10-15-0; Mansoor Amjad 31-3-105-1; Tariq Mahmood 11-1-39-0; Hafiz Majid 1-0-1-0 (1nb).

SIALKOT (2nd Innings):

Hafiz Majid c Ariz b Faraz 14

Atiq-ur-Rehman b Atif 62

Mansoor Amjad lbw b Uzair 16

Ayub Dogar c sub (Fahad) b Atif 17

Tahir Mughal not out 37

Tariq Mahmood not out 21

EXTRAS (B-3, LB-1, NB-3) 7

TOTAL (for four wkts, 40 overs) 174

FALL OF WKTS: 1-21, 2-62, 3-103, 4-129.

BOWLING: Anwar Ali Khan 5-0-36-0; Faraz Ahmed 5-1-16-1 (1nb); Atif Maqbool 15-2-49-2; Uzair-ul-Haq 5-1-22-1; Ijaz Ahmed 10-2-47-0 (2nb).

RESULT: Match drawn.

UMPIRES: Zameer Haider and Ahsan Raza.

MATCH REFEREE: Taslim Arif.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Syed Imran Ali.