BHUBANESWAR 12-Feb-2011 272
Superb all-round performance by Paresh Patel and Biplab Samantaray guided defending champions Orissa to a 55-run win over Assam in their second league match of the East Zone Vijay Hazare Trophy Cricket Tournament at Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium, Agartala (Tripura) today.
Patel hit 82 (124 balls 7x4) and scalped four wickets for 31 runs with his left-arm spin, while Samantaray slammed an unbeaten 97 (96 balls 5-x4, 2x6) and followed it with two wickets for 27 runs. The duo stitched together 111 runs for the fourth wicket to enable Orissa overcome a vulnerable start on their way to a healthy total of 256 for six in the stipulated 50 overs. In reply, Assam were dismissed for 201 in 48.4 overs.
This was Orissa’s first win in two matches and they would next meet host Tripura on February 14. Earlier, Orissa lost their opening match against Bengal by one run.
SCOREBOARD
ORISSA: Alok Sahoo c Sinha b A Ahmed 6, Natraj Behera c Saikia b Tarafdar 2, Paresh Patel c T Singh b P Das 82, Haladhar Das c Saikia b Konwar 22, Biplab Samantaray (not out) 97, Rashmi Ranjan Das b P Das 7, Sumitosh Praharaj (run out) 17, Bibhudutta Panda (not out) 0; Extras (b-2, lb-7, nb-1, w-13) 23
Total (6 wkts, 50 overs) 256
Fall of wickets: 1-12, 2-12, 3-63, 4-174, 5-196, 6-250
Bowling: Abunechim Ahmed 9-1-63-1, S Tarafdar 9-1-28-1, Pritam Das 10-0-52-2, A Konwar 10-0-55-1, Pallav Das 4-0-11-0, T Singh 5-0-25-0, Gokul Sharma 3-0-13-0
ASSAM: Pallav Das (run out) 58, P Aziz c Samantaray b A Sahoo 0, K Saikia (run out) 27, A Sinha c H Das b Samantaray 4, S Roy lbw L Samal 9, T Singh c RR Das b P Patel 43, Gokul Sharma b P Patel 5, A Ahmed b P Patel 1, S Tarafdar b Samantaray 1, A Konwar c D Behera b P Patel 21, Pritam Das (not out) 20; Extras (lb-5, nb-3, w-4) 12
Total (all out, 48.4 overs) 201
Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-87, 3-93, 4-96, 5-125, 6-140, 7-142, 8-157, 9-165, 10-201
Bowling: Alok Sahoo 7-0-37-1, Alok Mangaraj 9-0-40-0, Deepak Behera 4-0-21-0, Bibhudutta Panda 3-0-12-0, Lagnajit Samal 10-1-28-1, Patesh Patel 8.4-0-31-4, Biplab Samantaray 7-0-27-2.
