Multan in dire straits

Published April 1, 2004

KARACHI, March 31: Multan were reeling at 146 for four after Peshawar set them a daunting victory target of 472 on the penultimate day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy fixture at the Arbab Niaz Stadium in Peshawar on Wednesday.

Scoreboard

PESHAWAR (1st Innings) 260 (Riaz Afridi 61 not out, Janisar Khan 56).

MULTAN (1st Innings) 172 (Fazle Akbar 4-67).

PESHAWAR (2nd Innings, overnight 194-2):

Ahmed Said b Irshad 105

Zeeshan Mohsin c sub b Irshad 7

Aftab Khan c Zeeshan b Irshad 17

Shoaib Khan not out 166

Wajahatullah Wasti c Shafiq b Tahir 24

Janisar Khan c Shafiq b Zahid 5

Riaz Afridi c Asif b Zeeshan 3

Adnan Raees not out 15

EXTRAS (B-13, LB-6, W-2, NB-15, PR-5) 41

TOTAL (for six decl, 105 overs) 383

FALL OF WKTS: 1-46, 2-72, 3-230, 4-281, 5-319, 6-333.

BOWLING: Abdur Rauf 16-0-87-0; Mohammad Irshad 21-3-73-3; Tahir Maqsood 15-4-61-1; Azhar Shafiq 5-2-10-0; Mohammad Zahid 34-5-84-1; Usman Tariq 2-0-11-0; Zeeshan Khan 12-2-30-1.

MULTAN (2nd Innings):

Zeeshan Khan c Aftab b Fazle 0

Usman Tariq not out 73

Rehan Rafiq b Fazle 8

Aamir Bashir b Siddique 0

Asif Iqbal c Aftab b Fazle 1

Azhar Shafiq not out 48

EXTRAS (B-5, LB-2, W-4, NB-5) 16

TOTAL (for four wkts, 35 overs) 146

FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-25, 3-28, 4-29.

BOWLING (to-date): Fazle Akbar 8-4-19-3; Mohammad Siddique 10-1-43-1; Riaz Afridi 4-0-31-0; Arshad Khan 8-2-23-0; Janisar Khan 5-2-23-0.

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