Cricket: East Zone U-19 girls beat North Zone

Half-century by Odisha opening batsman Poonam Nayak and a four-wicket haul by Jharkhand bowler Mamta Paswan helped East Zone beat North Zone by 84 runs in their opening match of the U-19 Girls Inter-Zonal One-day League at Chennai today.

Batting first, East Zone compiled a competitive total of 208 for eight in 50 overs. In reply, North Zone were bowled out for 124 in 38.1 overs. Among other notable East Zone performers, Kajal Jena (Odisha) and Dhara Gujjar (Bengal) scored 42 and 40 runs respectively, while Shreya Karar (Bengal) picked up two wickets. East Zone will next meet South Zone on July 18.

SCORECARD

EAST ZONE:
Poonam Nayak c&b A Reddy 52, Dhara Gujjar b Shabham 40, Subhra Nirjharini Swain b Shabham 1, Kajal Jena b Shabham 42, Payel Ghosh (run out) 11, Indrani Chhatria lbw S Bahadur 13, Uma Chetri c&b SS Thakur 4, Mamta Paswan (run out) 4, Kalpana Nayak (not out) 6, Salma Khatun (not out) 6; Extras (b-4, lb-6, nb-1, w-18) 29
Total (8 wkts, 50 overs) 208
Fall of wickets:
1-81 (Nayak, 23.6 ov), 2-86 (Swain, 26.1 ov), 3-148 (Gujjar, 38.5 ov), 4-165 (Jena, 40.5 ov), 5-171 (Ghosh, 42.4 ov), 6-186 (Chetri, 45.1 ov), 7-195 (Paswan, 46.4 ov), 8-195 (Chhatria, 46.5 ov)
Bowling: Amanjot Kaur 10-1-40-0, Simran Bahadur 8-2-24-1, Kashvee Gautam 3-0-9-0, Preeti Kahlon 9-0-33-0, Shabham 10-0-38-3, Anjali Reddy 5-0-30-1, Sonal S Thakur 5-0-24-1

NORTH ZONE: Pratika Rawal lbw Chhatria 1, Pooja Negi c P Ghosh b Paswan 22, Anjali Reddy (not out) 1, Shabham c Chetri b Paswan 13, Shivani Singh (run out) K Nayak 5, Sonal Thakur b Karar 3, Simran Bahadur c S Khatun b Paswan 47, Parmila Kumari lbw Karar 0, Amanjot Kaur c K Nayak b Khatun 12, Kashvee Gautam c Khatun b Paswan 8, Preeti Kahlon (run out) 0; Extras (lb-1, w-11) 12
Total (All out; 38.1 overs) 124
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Rawal, 0.5 ov), 2-39 (Negi, 9.4 ov), 3-40 (Shabham, 11.1 ov), 4-45 (Thakur, 15.1 ov), 5-57 (S Singh, 17.4 ov), 6-57 (P Kumari, 17.6 ov), 7-100 (A Kaur, 30.3 ov), 8-118 (Gautam, 35.5 ov), 9-124 (Bahadur, 37.5 ov), 10-124 (Kahlon, 38.1 ov)
Bowling: Indrani Chhatria 7-0-24-1, Salma Khatun 7.1-1-29-1, Subhra Nirjharini Swain 6-1-17-0, Mamta Paswan 8-3-15-4, Shreya Karar 8-0-28-2, Kalpana Nayak 2-0-10-0

Comments