LAHORE, Feb 16: Half-centuries by Aamir Bashir and Usman Tariq helped Multan score 232 in their first innings against Sialkot on the first day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy at the Multan Cricket Stadium on Monday.

Aamir, who stood down as captain to allow Pakistan's skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq to lead the side in this match, hit an unbeaten 69 off 156 balls. Left-hander opener Tariq scored 53 off 116 balls.

Scoreboard

MULTAN (1st Innings):

Yasir Arafat Jr c Kamran b Zahid 35

Usman Tariq c Shahid b Naved 53

Saeed Anwar Jr c Shahid b Shoaib 16

Aamir Bashir not out 69

Inzamam-ul-Haq c Imran b Rehman 35

Rehan Rafiq c Khalid b Shoaib 1

Kamran Hussain c Khalid b Rehman 12

EXTRAS (B-3, LB-3, W-2, NB-3) 11

TOTAL (for six wkts, 89.3 overs) 232

FALL OF WKTS: 1-74, 2-97, 3-119, 4-194, 5-200, 6-232.

BOWLING (to-date): Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan 18-7-36-1; Zahid Saeed 15-5-36-1; Faisal Naveed 7-2-13-0; Tahir Mughal 10-3-37-0; Shoaib Malik 27-5-73-2; Abdul Rehman 12.3-4-51-2.

UMPIRES: M. Nazir Jr and Asad Rauf.

MATCH REFEREE: Azhar Khan.