BHUBANESWAR 30-Nov-2010 204
The four-day Plate-A Cooch Behar Trophy (u-19) cricket match between Orissa and Vidarbha ended in a draw at Nagpur today. Chasing a victory target of 354 runs, Orissa reached 268 for six wickets before both the captains agreed for the draw. Host Vidarbha, however, secured three points by virtue of taking a 23-run first innings lead, while Orissa contended themselves with one point.
Among notable Orissa performers, skipper Abhilash Mallick scored a half century in both the innings, opener Subhrajyoti Mishra slammed 93 in the first innings, all-rounder Ankit Yadav bagged three wickets in the first innings and scored a half-century in the second and Soumendra Das scalped five wickets in the match.
This was the second Plate Group-A match for Orissa and they now have six points, out of which five points came from their dramatic three-wicket win over Goa. Orissa would next meet Kerala at Ravenshaw University ground in Cuttack from December 4 to 7.
BRIEF SCORE:
Vidarbha (1st innings): 275/10 in 93.3 overs (A Wankhade 80, D Mishra 64, S Subedar 41; Ankit Yadav 3/64, Soumendra Das 2/41).
Orissa (1st innings): 252/10 in 82.2 overs (Subhrajyoti Mishra 93, Abhilash Mallick 75; A Hatekar 5/73).
Vidarbha (2nd innings): 330/10 in 91.1 overs (A Dani 99, A Karnewar 61, D Mishra 51, A Wankhade 48; Amit Das 3/79, Soumendra Das 3/111).
Orissa (2nd innings): 268/6 in 93 overs (Ankit Yadav 73, Abhilash Mallick 55, P Mishra 35, Sujit Lenka 29; A Hatekar 2/65).
