LAHORE, March 18: A brilliant century by Saeed bin Nasir guided Karachi to a three-wicket win over Multan in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy match at the Bahawalpur Stadium on Thursday.

Saeed struck 118 as Karachi achieved a challenging target of 310 in just 59.2 overs, for the loss of seven wickets. The promising right-hander hit 12 fours in his 178-ball knock.

Faisal Iqbal, the Test right-hander, was also in fine nick with 81 off 102 deliveries while putting on 160 for the third wicket Saeed. He slammed nine fours.

Earlier, Multan made a sporting declaration at 441 for six after resuming their second innings at 327 for four. Skipper Aamir Bashir added 49 runs to his overnight 102 before he was out for 151.

Scoreboard

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

KARACHI (1st Innings) 352 (Shadab Kabir 70, Naumanullah 56 retired hurt; Abdur Rauf 4-93).

MULTAN (2nd Innings, overnight 327-4):

Yasir Arafat Jr c and b Farhan 36

Usman Tariq lbw b Nasir 13

Azhar Shafiq c A. Zeeshan b Tanvir 43

Aamir Bashir c Hasan b Tanvir 151

Rehan Rafiq c sub b Hasan 100

Asif Iqbal not out 71

Abdur Rauf c Hasan b Tanvir 0

Mohammad Zahid not out 3

EXTRAS (B-5, LB-2, NB-12) 19

TOTAL (for six decl, 110 overs) 441

FALL OF WKTS: 1-21, 2-93, 3-122, 4-304, 5-417, 6-417.

BOWLING: Tanvir Ahmed 19.2-0-86-3; Nasir Khan 33-6-126-1; Arif Mahmood 32-7-117-0; Hasan Raza 9-1-29-1; Saeed bin Nasir 0.4-0-6-0; Farhan Adil 16-0-70-1.

KARACHI (2nd Innings):

Shadab Kabir c Shafiq b Irshad 5

Asif Zakir lbw b Irshad 16

Saeed bin Nasir c Yasir b Irshad 118

Faisal Iqbal c Shafiq b Usman 81

Hasan Raza c Shafiq b Usman 0

Farhan Adil c Yasir b Zahid 18

Ahmed Zeeshan Malik b Zahid 0

Tanvir Ahmed not out 10

Arif Mahmood not out 28

EXTRAS (B-8, LB-4, W-3, NB-1) 34

TOTAL (for seven wkts, 59.2 overs) 310

FALL OF WKTS: 1-10, 2-53, 3-213, 4-213, 5-255, 6-288, 7-288.

BOWLING: Abdur Rauf 10-0-42-0; Mohammad Irshad 7-0-60-3; Mohammad Zahid 24.2-1-100-2; Mohammad Tanvir 7-0-32-0; Aamir Bashir4-0-14-0; Usman Tariq 7-0-50-2.

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