ISLAMABAD, Feb 1: Former Pakistan all-rounder Azhar Mahmood hit 105 to help Islamabad reach 314 against Multan in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League tie at the Diamond Club Ground on Thursday.

Azhar stroked 12 boundaries in his 137-ball innings and put on 112 for the fifth-wicket with debutant Asadullah Sumari (49).

Opener Atif Ashraf was forced to retired hurt early in his innings after being struck a painful blow in the lower abdominal area by fast bowler Abdur Rauf.

Multan, who need at least three points from this game to confirm their place in the final, closed the first day of the four-day fixture at 26 for one.

Scoreboard

ISLAMABAD (1st Innings):

Afaq Raheem c Atiq b Rauf 18

Atif Ashraf not out 20

Raheel Majeed run out 24

Bilal Asad c Kashif b Kamran 49

Fayyaz Ahmed c Bilal b Irshad 10

Azhar Mahmood c Majid b Qaiser 105

Asadullah Sumari c Majid b Irshad 49

Immad Wasim c Kashif b Majid 13

Raja Kashif c Bilal b Rauf 0

Zohaib Ahmed c Yasir b Rauf 0

Yasin Bari c Kashif b Qaiser 0

EXTRAS (B-10, LB-10, NB-6) 26

TOTAL (all out, 73.3 overs) 314

FALL OF WKTS: 1-52, 2-56, 85, 4-140, 5-252, 6-293, 7-301, 8-313, 9-313.

BOWLING: Abdur Rauf 18-2-63-3; Kamran Hussain 11-2-38-1; Mohammad Irshad 13-0-67-2 (3nb); Majid Majeed 14-0-58-1; Saeed Anwar Jr 2-0-14-0; Qaiser Shahzad 15.3-1-54-2 (3nb).

NOTE: Atif Ashraf (8) retired hurt at 15-0 and resumed at 293-6.

MULTAN (1st Innings):

Yasir Arafat Jr not out 24

Usman Tariq retired hurt 0

Majid Majeed lbw b Yasin 0

Bilal Khilji not out 0

EXTRAS (W-2) 2

TOTAL (for one wkt, 8 overs) 26

FALL OF WKT: 1-7.

TO BAT: Saeed Anwar Jr, Kashif Naved, Kamran Hussain, Abdur Rauf, Atiq Ahmed, Mohammad Irshad, Qaiser Shahzad.

BOWLING (to-date): Azhar Mahmood 4-1-11-0; Yasin Bari 4-1-15-1 (2w).

UMPIRES: Nadeem Ghauri and Ahmed Shahab.

MATCH REFEREE: Khateeb Rizwan.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Syed Najam-us-Saeed.—Agencies