LAHORE, Oct 17: A patient century by Aamir Sajjad guided Lahore Shalimar into a strong position against Multan in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League match at the Multan Cricket Stadium on Monday.

Aamir scored an unbeaten 100 as Lahore Shalimar reached 368 after starting the day at 286 for four.

Multan then lost five wickets in reaching 113 by close of play.

SCOREBOARD

LAHORE SHALIMAR (1st Innings, overnight 286-4):

Ashfaq Ahmed c Ata b Zahid 33

Sohail Ahmed c Saeed Jr b Tahir 8

Khaqan Arsal st Ata b Majid 87

Kamran Sajid b Tahir 62

Aamir Sajjad not out 100

Arsalan Mir c Ata b Zahid 36

Junaid Zia lbw b Zahid 0

Bilal Hai c Ata b Rauf 6

Fahad Masood b Majid 2

Kashif Shafi c Bilal b Majid 2

Aizaz Cheema c Ata b Rauf 0

EXTRAS (B-7, LB-2, W-2, NB-21) 32

TOTAL (all out, 114.3 overs) 368

FALL OF WKTS: 1-35, 2-51, 3-205, 4-229, 5-315, 6-316, 7-338, 8-343, 9-368.

BOWLING: Abdul Rauf 24.3-3-83-2; Tahir Maqsood 24-3-80-2; Mohammad Zahid 18-4-50-3; Majid Majeed 30-2-90-3; Azhar Shafiq 6-4-14-0; Saeed Anwar Jr 8-2-23-0; Usman Tariq 4-0-12-0.

MULTAN (1st Innings):

Saeed Anwar c Bilal b Fahad 31

Usman Tariq c Arsalan b Junaid 9

Yasir Arafat c Khaqan b Kashif 21

Aamir Bashir lbw b Aizaz 6

Azhar Shafiq c and b Kashif 0

Bilal Khilji not out 27

Abdul Rauf not out 8

EXTRAS (LB-1, W-6, NB-4) 11

TOTAL (for five wkts, 23 overs) 113

FALL OF WKTS: 1-13, 2-60, 3-71, 4-72, 5-75.

BOWLING (to-date): Fahad Masood 12-2-20-1; Junaid Zia 7-4-15-1; Kamran Sajid 4-0-15-0; Aizaz Cheema 3-1-13-1; Kashif Shafi 14-5-21-2; Sohail Ahmed 3-0-13-0.