LAHORE, March 8: A fine century by Ijaz Ahmed Junior and half-centuries by Mohammad Zaman, Asif Hussain and Imran Ali enabled Faisalabad to recover from a poor start to a healthy 344 for six in their first innings against Multan in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy tie at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad on Monday.

Ijaz cracked 15 boundaries to score a 148-ball 115 while Mohammad Zaman scored an unbeaten 73 (eight fours), Asif (63, three fours, one six) and Imran (52, five fours).

Scoreboard

FAISALABAD (1st Innings):

Mohammad Hafeez b Tahir 4

Mohammad Ramzan c Aamir b Irshad 13

Imran Ali c Aamir b Nadeem 52

Asif Hussain c Aamir b Zahid 63

Ijaz Ahmed Jr c Yasir b Irshad 115

Mohammad Zaman not out 73

Mohammad Salman c Usman b Tahir 2

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-5, W-3, NB-13) 22

TOTAL (for six wkts, 89.3 overs) 344

FALL OF WKTS: 1-11, 2-26, 3-131, 4-161, 5-328, 6-344.

BOWLING (to-date): Mohammad Irshad 21-2-20-2; Tahir Maqsood 17.3-0-92-2; Nadeem Iqbal 18-1-56-1; Azhar Shafiq 1-0-4-0; Mohammad Zahid 17-3-55-1; Saeed Anwar Jr 10-0-35-0; Usman Tariq 3-0-16-0.

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