CUTTACK 22-Dec-1959
Eight-wicket haul by Santanu Satpathy and a half-century each by debutant B Sridhar Alva, captain Sasanka Sekhar Patnaik and Bisuddhananda Jena helped Orissa draw their three-day East Zone Ranji Trophy match against Assam at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack today.
Orissa, however, gathered five points for taking a first-innings lead of 45 runs, while Assam settled with three points. Magnificent bowling by Satpathy enabled Orissa restrict Assam to 259 after the latter chose to bat. In reply Odisha compiled 304.
Alva was top scorer for Orissa with 97, while Patnaik and Jena slammed 68 and 50 respectively. NN Swamy also contributed an useful 35 to the Orissa total. Assam were 99 for five in the second innings when the match ended in draw.
Two more Orissa playuers _ SC Mallick and SK Patnaik _ made first-class debut in this match. Meanwhile, former Orissa captain Ram Prakash Kapoor made his debut for Assam in first-class cricket.
SCOREBOARD (Orissa Ranji Match No 17):
ASSAM (1st innings): *TK Barua c Mallick b Satpathy 50, +M Talukdar b Satpathy 28, AN Moitra b Satpathy 58, KK Baishya b Satpathy 0, RP Kapoor c Swamy b Satpathy 8, A Hazarika c Rama Rao b Satpathy 65, GN Barua lbw Satpathy 14, S Barkataki run out 8, P Phukhan st Rama Rao b Swamy 7, A Rajbanshi lbw Satpathy 3, S Bhattacharjee not out 0; Extras 18
Total (all out, 114.3 overs) 259
Fall of wickets: 1-56, 2-97, 3-139, 4-169, 5-169, 6-224, 7-243, 8-253, 9-257, 10-259
Orissa bowling: Satpathy 45-18-78-8, SK Patnaik 13-2-40-0, Adhikari 8-3-25-0, Jena 3-1-7-0, Swamy 27.3-7-48-1, Alva 18-4-43-0.
ORISSA (1st innings): SC Mallick b Bhattacharjee 0, AK Adhikari run out 6, B Jena c Baishya b Phukhan 50, BS Alva c Talukdar b GN Barua 97, *SS Patnaik run out 68, KS Ranganna b Bhattacharjee 0, R Dhawan c TK Barua b GN Barua 5, NN Swamy b Rajbanshi 35, +MV Rama Rao c Barkataki b GN Barua 8, SK Patnaik b GN Barua 3, SK Satpathy not out 13; Extras (7-b, 12-lb) 19
Total (all out, 104.5 overs) 304
Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-6, 3-115, 4-220, 5-223, 6-232, 7-253, 8-269, 9-273, 10-304
Assam bowling: Bhattacharjee 45-10-96-2, Rajbanshi 24.5-4-77-1, Phukhan 12-2-46-1, GN Barua 21-5-54-4, Kapoor 2-0-12-0.
ASSAM (2nd innings): *TK Barua c SK Patnaik b Alva 20, KK Baishya c Rama Rao b Swamy 33, +M Talukdar lbw Alva 0, RP Kapoor b Ranganna 16, A Hazarika not out 7, AN Moitra b Dhawan 2, GN Barua not out 4; Extras (11-b, 4-lb, 2-nb) 17
Total (5 wickets, 42 overs) 99
Fall of wickets: 1-62, 2-63, 3-71, 4-80, 5-96
Orissa bowling: Satpathy 3-0-12-0, SK Patnaik 2-0-4-0, Adhikari 5-3-10-0, Swamy 14-4-19-1, Alva 12-4-23-2, Dhawan 4-1-12-1, Ranganna 2-1-2-1.
