ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: Islamabad, after being forced to follow on, were holding on in the second innings against Karachi Harbour in their Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League match at the Diamond Cricket Ground on Monday.

Dismissed for 217 after resuming their first innings at the overnight score of 156-8, Islamabad batted through the third day to be 244-3 at close to take a slender lead of 54 runs.

A patient batting display by Bilal Asad (86) and Sufyan Munir (61), the pair having added 148 for the unbroken fourth-wicket stand, was the highlight of the day as Islamabad made amends for a poor first innings.

SCOREBOARD

KARACHI HARBOUR (1st Innings) 407 (Agha Sabir 108, Fawad Alam 74).

ISLAMABAD (1st Innings, overnight 156-8):

Raheel Majeed c Agha Sabir b Aftab 0

Ashar Zaidi c Khalid b Irfan 23

Afaq Rahim c Afsar b Aftab 36

Bilal Asad lbw b Irfan 11

Sufyan Munir c Adnan b Irfan 36

Fayyaz Ahmed b Irfan 2

Rauf Akbar c Afsar b Irfan 29

Nauman Sadiq c Faraz b Irfan 0

Stephen John c Fahad b Fawad 38

Zohaib Ahmed c Fawad b Aftab 26

Saad Altaf not out 1

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-6, W-4, NB-4) 15

TOTAL (all out, 68 overs) 217

FALL OF WKTS: 1-3, 2-48, 3-79, 4-110, 5-115, 6-116, 7-120, 8-156, 9-201.

BOWLING: Malik Aftab 20-3-58-3; Faraz Ahmed Khan 14-3-31-0; Khalid Latif 4-1-18-0; Irfanuddin 19-2-76-6; Adnan Malik 6-1-19-0; Fawad Alam 5-1-8-1.

ISLAMABAD (2nd Innings, following-on):

Raheel Majeed c Faraz b Khalid 14

Ashar Zaidi c Agha b Faraz 33

Afaq Rahim lbw b Faraz 33

Bilal Asad not out 86

Sufyan Munir not out 61

EXTRAS (LB-6, W-2, NB-9) 17

TOTAL (for three wkts, 50.1 overs) 244

FALL OF WKTS: 1-28, 2-79, 3-96.

BOWLING (to-date): Malik Aftab 15.1-2-71-0; Faraz Ahmed 11-2-60-2; Khalid Latif 3-0-13-1; Irfanuddin 9-0-45-0; Adnan Malik 8-1-28-0; Fawad Alam 4-0-21-0.