Aamir and Rehan rescue Multan

Published March 18, 2004

LAHORE, March 17: Centuries by skipper Aamir Bashir and Rehan Rafiq helped Multan make a good recovery after conceding a first innings lead of 132 runs to Karachi on the third day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy match at Bahawalpur Stadium on Wednesday.

Aamir was batting with 102 (nine fours one six, 178 balls),while the left-handed Rehan scored exactly 100 (16 fours, one six, 130 balls) as Multan reached 327 for four in their second innings to lead by 185 runs. The pair added 182 for the fourth-wicket.

Scoreboard

MULTAN (1st Innings) 220 (Aamir Bashir 69; Nasir Khan 5-74).

KARACHI (1st Innings, overnight 302-6):

Shadab Kabir c Shafiq b Tanvir 70

Asif Zakir run out 9

Naumanullah retired hurt 56

Faisal Iqbal st Shafiq b Zahid 31

Hasan Raza c Rehan b Irshad 35

Farhan Adil c Yasir b Usman 21

Saeed bin Nasir c Asif b A. Rauf 38

Ahmed Zeeshan Malik lbw b A. Rauf 29

Tanvir Ahmed lbw b A. Rauf 28

Arif Mahmood not out 10

Nasir Khan c Zahid b A. Rauf 0

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-5, W-1, NB-15) 25

TOTAL (all out, 103 overs) 352

FALL OF WKTS: 1-44, 2-88, 3-153, 4-206, 5-259, 6-293, 7-325, 8-351, 9-352.

BOWLING: Abdur Rauf 25-3-93-4; Mohammad Irshad 25-3-94-1; Mohammad Zahid 27-3-86-1; MohammadTanvir 14-2-39-1; Aamir Bashir3-0-10-0; Azhar Shafiq 3-1-11-0; Usman Tariq 6-2-10-1.

MULTAN (2nd Innings):

Yasir Arafat Jr c and b Farhan 36

Usman Tariq lbw b Nasir 13

Azhar Shafiq c A. Zeeshan b Tanvir 43

Aamir Bashir not out 102

Rehan Rafiq c sub b Hasan 100

Asif Iqbal not out 10

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-3, W-3, NB-5) 15

TOTAL (four wkts, 80 overs) 327

FALL OF WKTS: 1-21, 2-93, 3-122, 4-304.

BOWLING (to-date): Tanvir Ahmed 15.2-0-64-1; Nasir Khan 21-4-97-1; Arif Mahmood 18-5-55-0; Hasan Raza 9-1-29-1; Saeed bin Nasir 4-0-6-0; Farhan Adil 16-1-70-1.

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