Multan facing defeat

Published March 11, 2004

LAHORE, March 10: Multan were forced to follow on after they subsided to 283 all out in reply to Faisalabad's first innings score 445 in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy match at the Iqbal Stadium on Faisalabad on Wednesday.

Multan in their second innings were 147 for three wickets. Only opener Usman Tariq showed defiance in scoring a gritty 60.

Scoreboard

FAISALABAD (1st Innings) 445 (Ijaz Ahmed Jr 115, Mohammad Zaman 107).

MULTAN (1st Innings, overnight 147-3):

Yasir Arafat Jr c Zaman b Aqeel 45

Usman Tariq lbw b Aqeel 54

Azhar Shafiq c Ijaz b Faisal 9

Saeed Anwar Jr st Salman b Umair 21

Rehan Rafiq ct Aqeel b Faisal 53

Mohammad Sarwar b Aqeel 18

Aamir Ata st Salman b Faisal 16

Mohammad Zahid lbw b Shahid 7

Nadeem Iqbal b Umair 18

Mohammad Irshad b Shahid 3

Tahir Maqsood not out 13

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-14, W-3, NB-7) 28

TOTAL (all out, 92.2 overs) 283

FALL OF WKTS: 1-85, 2-111, 3-132, 4-158, 5-200, 6-231, 7-234, 8-247, 9-259.

BOWLING: Shahid Nazir 29-10-39-2; Umair Hasan 16.2-4-53-2; Faisal Afridi 20-3-69-3; Aqeel Ahmed 29-4-90-3; Ijaz Ahmed Jr 4-0-14-0.

MULTAN (2nd Innings):

Yasir Arafat Jr lbw b Umair 8

Usman Tariq b Hafeez 60

Azhar Shafiq lbw b Hafeez 38

Saeed Anwar Jr not out 23

Rehan Rafiq not out 14

EXTRAS (W-1, NB-3) 4

TOTAL (for three wkts, 56 overs) 147

FALL OF WKTS: 1-12, 2-107, 3-108.

BOWLING: Shahid Nazir9-1-22-0; Umair Hasan 6-2-16-1; Faisal Afridi 7-1-20-0; Aqeel Ahmed 12-0-51-0; Ijaz Ahmed Jr 4-2-8-0; MohammadHafeez 25-5-38-2.

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