LAHORE, Nov 29: Multan were facing a certain defeat after a fiery burst by medium-pacer Samiullah Niazi put Faisalabad in a commanding position in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League match at Multan Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.

Sami took four for 42 as Multan collapsed to 171 for eight in the second innings having already conceded a 95-run lead on the first innings.

Earlier, former Test opener Mohammad Hafeez made 166 after resuming at his overnight score of 126.

Scoreboard

MULTAN (1st Innings) 269 (Kamran Hussain 66, Aamir Bashir 65, Saeed Anwar Jr 50).

FAISALABAD (1st Innings, overnight 273-6):

Mohammad Hafeez c Usman b Rauf 166

Imran Ali c Azhar b Rauf 5

Mohammad Zahid c Aamir b Rauf 2

Misbahul Haq c Asif b Rauf 0

Naved Latif c Azhar b Irshad 28

Ijaz Ahmed Jr c Zahid b Rauf 0

Mohammad Salman c Adnan b Zahid 6

Ahmed Hayat c Aamir b Irshad 72

Imran Khalid not out 12

Faisal Afridi lbw b Zahid 30

Samiullah Niazi c Adnan b Kamran 0

EXTRAS (B-3, LB-10, NB-30) 43

TOTAL (all out 91.3 overs) 364

FALL OF WKTS: 1-15, 2-21, 3-21, 4-58, 5-59, 6-98, 7-268, 8-324, 9-363.

BOWLING: Abdul Rauf 21-0-99-5 (10nb); Kamran Hussain 14.3-1-71-1; Mohammad Irshad 18-1-74-2 (8nb); Mohammad Zahid 14-1-49-2 (12nb); Saeed Anwar Jr 14-1-49-2; Usman Tariq 1-0-9-0; Aamir Bashir 7-1-15-0.

MULTAN (2nd Innings):

Saeed Anwar lbw b Sami 0

Usman Tariq b Faisal 9

Azhar Shafiq c Salman b Sami 67

Aamir Bashir c Salman b Ahmed 11

Asif Iqbal b Ahmed 4

Rehan Rafiq c Hafeez b Ahmed 35

Kamran Hussain not out 23

Adnan Akmal b Sami 0

Abdur Rauf lbw b Sami 3

Mohammad Zahid not out 0

EXTRAS (B-9, LB-7, NB-3) 19

TOTAL (for eight wkts, 48 overs) 171

FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-15, 3-105, 4-123, 5-127, 6-161, 7-161, 8-169.

BOWLING (to-date): Samiullah Niazi 13.4-5-42-4 (1nb); Ahmed Hayat 8-1-37-3; Mohammad Hafeez 2-0-9-0; Faisal Afridi 11.2-1-39-1 (2nb); Imran Khalid 13-1-28-0.