LAHORE, March 16: An indiscretion on part of PCB's scorer Shahid Gilani created a major confusion in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy match between Multan and Karachi at the Bahawalpur Stadium.

According to details, the scorer had credited Karachi's wicket-keeper Ahmed Zeeshan Malik with eight catches in Multan's first innings in the PCB's official scoresheet faxed to the media on Monday. Two of the leading English dailies, including Dawn, had published the scorecard compiled by the scorer.

But on Tuesday, the scorer, instead of owning up to his lapse, claimed that it was the media that had made the mistake in their reports. Tuesday's score sheet (see below) mentioned that Ahmed Zeeshan had taken five catches.

Scoreboard

MULTAN (1st Innings):

Yasir Arafat Jr c Shadab b Nasir 4

Usman Tariq c A. Zeeshan b Tanvir 6

Azhar Shafiq c A. Zeeshan b Nauman 11

Aamir Bashir c A. Zeeshan b Nasir 69

Rehan Rafiq c Farhan b Nasir 27

Asif Iqbal c A. Zeeshan b Nasir 16

Mohammad Shafiq c A. Zeeshan b Nasir 13

Mohammad Zahid not out 48

Abdur Rauf c Faisal b Arif 4

Mohammad Irshad b Arif 0

Mohammad Tanvir c Faisal b Nauman 7

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-3, W-3, NB-5) 15

TOTAL (all out, 82.1 overs) 220

FALL OF WKTS: 1-11, 2-23, 3-40, 4-118, 5-142, 6-152, 7-169, 8-174, 9-174.

BOWLING: Tanvir Ahmed 23-7-70-1; Nasir Khan 25-6-74-5; Naumanullah 11.1-7-10-2; Hasan Raza 3-0-21-0.

KARACHI (1st Innings, overnight 16-0):

Shadab Kabir c Shafiq b Tanvir 70

Asif Zakir run out 9

Naumanullah retired hurt 56

Faisal Iqbal st Shafiq b Zahid 31

Hasan Raza c Rehan b Irshad 35

Farhan Adil c Yasir b Usman 21

Saeed bin Nasir c Asif b Rauf 38

Ahmed Zeeshan Malik not out 20

Tanvir Ahmed not out 3

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-3, W-1, NB-11) 19

TOTAL (for six wkts, 95 overs) 302

FALL OF WKTS: 1-44, 2-88, 3-153, 4-206, 5-259, 6-293.

BOWLING (to-date): Abdur Rauf 21-2-69-1; Mohammad Irshad 21-3-70-1; Mohammad Zahid 29-2-86-1; Mohammad Tanvir 14-2-39-1; Aamir Bashir 3-0-10-0; Azhar Shafiq 3-1-11-0; Usman Tariq 6-2-10-1.