KARACHI, Nov 18: A fighting 95 by Adil Nisar rescued Quetta from defeat against Islamabad in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League match played at Diamond Club Ground in Islamabad on Friday.

Quetta who were set the target of 301 for victory, finished at 235 for eight wickets at the close, still 66 runs to score with only two wickets left.

Earlier, Islamabad who were 191 for seven wickets in their second innings were all out for 216.

Scoreboard

ISLAMABAD (1st innings) 335

ISLAMABAD (2nd innings) 216 (overnight 191 for seven)

Zohaib Ahmed lbw Azharullah 24

Noman Sadiq not out 17

Adnan Suleman run out 0

Fakhir Hussain c&b Aroon Lal 14

EXTRAS (b5, lb13, w1, nb3) 22

TOTAL (all out in 74.2 overs) 216

FALL OF WKTS: 8-158, 9-197, 10-216

BOWLING: Azharullah 23.2-4-81-5; Abdul Rehman 11-3-32-1; Aroon Lal 24-10-60-1; Jalat Khan 16-7-25-2

QUETTA (1st innings) 255

QUETTA (2nd innings)

Shoaib Khan lbw b Bilal Asad 36

Hameedullah c Noman b Zohaib Ahmed 1

Sabir Hussain b Zohaib Ahmed 7

Adil Nisar b Rao Iftikhar 95

Naeem Khan lbw b Bilal 29

Asad Jalat Khan lbw b Asher Zaidi 40

Aroon Lal b Asher Zaidi 0

Naseer Khan c Noman b Zohaib 11

Abdul Rehman not out 2

Umer Jamal not out 6

EXTRAS (b1, lb5, w1, nb1) 8

TOTAL (for eight wickets in 66.2 overs) 235

FALL OF WKTS: 1-14, 2-24, 3-70, 4-131, 5-207, 6-209, 7-211, 8-223

BOWLING: Rao Iftikhar 20-5-39-1; Zohaib Ahmed 19-6-64-3; Adnan Suleman 2-0-15-0; Fakhir Hussain 4-0-20-0; Bilal Asad 12.4-1-60-2; Raheel Majeed 1-0-4-0; Asher Zaidi 18-3-19-2.