ISLAMABAD, Feb 3: Azhar Mahmood, the former Test all-rounder, sent another emphatic reminder to the national selectors by scoring century in each innings against Multan in Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League match at the Diamond Club Ground on Saturday.

The Islamabad skipper stroked his way to 169 in the second innings after making 105 in the first. Azhar’s belligerent 192-ball knock contained 24 fours and five sixes which helped Islamabad declared their innings at 482 for six.

Bilal Asad was in punishing mood as he hammered 146 off 248 balls with the help of 16 boundaries and put on 306 for the fourth-wicket with Azhar.

Multan ended the day on six for no loss in pursuit of an unreachable target of 644 runs.

Scoreboard

ISLAMABAD (1st Innings) 314 (Azhar Mahmood 105).

MULTAN (1st Innings) 153 (Bilal Asad 4-13).

ISLAMABAD (2nd Innings, overnight 163-3):

Raheel Majeed lbw b Majid 71

Afaq Raheem lbw b Qaiser 27

Fayyaz Ahmed c Bilal b Majid 31

Bilal Asad b Rauf 146

Azhar Mahmood c Kashif b Rauf 169

Asadullah Sumari lbw b Rauf 1

Immad Wasim not out 7

EXTRAS (B-5, LB-16, W-2, NB-7) 30

TOTAL (for six decl, 103.4 overs) 482

FALL OF WKTS: 1-60, 2-132, 3-141, 4-447, 5-450, 6-482.

BOWLING: Abdur Rauf 20.4-1-108-3; Mohammad Irshad 9-1-62-0; Kamran Hussain 15-1-54-0; Qaiser Shahzad 19-0-80-1; Bilal Khilji 1-0-18-0; Majid Majeed 22-7-64-2; Saeed Anwar Jr 11-0-46-0; Kashif Naved 6-0-29-0.

MULTAN (2nd Innings):

Saeed Anwar Jr not out 5

Usman Tariq not out 1

EXTRAS 0

TOTAL (for no wkt, 2 overs) 6

BOWLING (to-date): Azhar Mahmood 1-0-2-0; Yasin Bari 1-0-4-0.—Agencies