Six batswomen hit centuries

Six batswomen hit a century each in the Women`s Inter-District Cricket Tournament today. In the bowling department, four players bagged five or more wickets each. Jajpur`s Rupasi Lenka was most successful among them with a haul of eight wickets for nine runs. Brief scores: At Cuttack: Dhenkanal 109/10 in 29.3 overs (Sonia Nayak 3/20, Sneha Chakraborty 3/23) lost to Sambalpur 110/5 in 44.2 overs (K Nayak 2/17) by 5 wkts. Nabarangpur 168/10 in 49.2 overs (Ajita Das 51: Manasi Sahu 3/12, Alokini Sahu 3/52) beat Bargarh 108/10 in 29.2 overs (Swagatika Malik 4/28, Ajita Das 3/24) by 60 runs. At Bhadrak: Bhadrak 89/10 in 24.4 overs (Puspalata Rout 4/36) lost to Kendrapara 90/4 in 13.2 overs (Puspalata Rout 43: Gitanjali Sutar 3/9) by 6 wkts. Khurda 311/6 in 50 overs (Sasmita Sahu 76: Debaki Behera 3/48) beat Angul 23/10 in 11.4 overs (Rinashree Baliarsingh 5/9) by 288 runs. At Jajpur: Malkangiri (30/10 in 9.4 overs) lost to Balasore (34/0 in 3.2 overs) by 10 wkts. Jajpur 403/2 in 50 overs (Jyoti Kamal 165 n.o, Swagatika Rath 109) beat Deogarh 23/10 in 10.3 overs (Rupasi Lenka 8/9) by 380 runs. At Bolangir: Bolangir 444/10 in 48 overs (Sarita Meher 136, Madhuri Mehta 110, RA Pervin 54: Jayant Suna 3/9) beat Sonepur 28/0 in 14.1 overs (Rashan Ara Pervin 5/5, Madhuri Mehta 3/3) by 416 runs. Bhubaneswar 537/2 in 50 overs (Priyanka Sahu 123, Suvashree Dixit 118) beat Rayagada 16/10 in 13.2 overs (Reena Samantray 5/1, Kumudini Sahu 3/6) by 521 runs.