LAHORE, Dec 12: Stubborn batting by tail enders helped Multan hold Lahore Whites to a draw in Quaid-i-Azam Trophy at Multan Stadium, Multan on Sunday.
An unbeaten knock by Shahid Hameed (50, four fours, two sixes, 29 balls), Kamran Hussain (37) and Abdul Rauf (38) enabled Multan, who had conceded 31 runs lead on the first innings, to earn a respectable total of 264 in the second innings after resuming from an alarming position of 87-4 in the morning to set a winning target of 234 for Lahore to win.
Lahore Whites could collect a total of 80 for one in the second innings in 31 overs, before the regulation time ended. After the draw, both the teams are joint at the point-table with 15 points from eight matches, each.
SCOREBOARD
MULTAN (1st innings) 300 all out, 96 overs (Saeed Anwar 142).
LAHORE (1st innings) 331 all out, 111.3 overs (Aamer Sajjad 127, Kamran Sajid 66; Abdul Rauf 5-101).
MULTAN (2nd innings, overnight 87-4).
Saeed Anwar c Aamer b Kamran 36
Hasnain Abbas c Ali b Fahad 0
Muhammad Ali Niazi lbw Fahad 7
Rehan Rafiq b Aqeel 26
Aamer Bashir st Ali b Aqeel 18
Azhar Shafiq b Junaid 12
Shahid Hameed not out 50
Kamran Hussain c Khaqan b Sohail 37
Abdul Rauf c n b Aqeel 38
Khurram Shahzad lbw Sohail 13
Muhammad Irshad not out 6
EXTRAS (B-7, LB-10, W-1, NB-3) 21
TOTAL (for nine wkt,decld. 76 overs) 264
FALL OF WKTS: 1-9, 2-34, 3-58, 4-78, 5-132, 6-139, 7-170, 8-233, 9-251.
BOWLING: Fahad Masood 13-5-19-2; Junaid Zia 24-6-94-1;
Kamran Sajid 11-5-28-1; Sohail Ahmed 15-3-44-2; Aqeel Arshad 13-1-62-3.
LAHORE WHITES (2nd innings):
Khaqan Arsal c Shahid b Rauf 31
Sohail Ahmed not out 20
Mohammad Ashfaq not out 27
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-1) 2
TOTAL (for one wkt, 31 overs) 80
FALL OF WKTS: 1-44.
BOWLING 3
Abdul Rauf 12-4-25-1; Kamran Hussain 9-1-18-0;
Muhammad Irshad 4-0-6-0; Azhar Shafiq 2-1-3-0;
Khurram Shahzad 2-0-13-0; Mohammad Ali Niazi 2-0-13-0.
RESULT: Draw.
UMPIRES: Riazuddin-Islam Khan.
REFEREE: Khateeb Rizwan.
