BHUBANESWAR 21-Dec-1964
Assam gained five poinst against three by Orissa in their three-day East Zone Ranji Trophy match, which ended in a draw at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack today. The visitors secured the five points by virtue of taking first-innings lead of 33 runs.
Assam took the lead, compiling 199, in reply to 166 by Orissa, who chose to bat after winning the toss. In the second innings, Orissa declared at 209 for seven, while Assam replied with 173 for eight. Kanak Patel made his first-class debut for Orissa.
Among notable Orissa performers, Bisuddhananda Jena, Madan Mohan Mohanty and captain Lalat Indu Parija hit a half-century each, while N N Swamy and Sabyasachi Mahapatra bagged seven and five wickets respectively in this hard-fought match.
SCOREBOARD (Orissa Ranji Match No 29):
ORISSA (1st innings): Sasanka Sekhar Patnaik b Ahmed 0, KN Patra c Thakur b Ahmed 4, Bisuddhananda Jena c Hazarika b Rajbanshi 54, MM Mohanty b Ahmed 9, Ashokananda Jena c Thakur b Rajbanshi 13, *LI Parija c Goswami b GN Barua 1, NN Swamy b Rajbanshi 1, +SS Misra not out 38, Arun Patel run out 12, Sabyasachi S Mahapatra run out 7, Kanak Patel b Ahmed 5; Extras 22
Total (all out, 64 overs) 166
Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-24, 3-37, 4-83, 5-92, 6-94, 7-96, 8-134, 9-147, 10-166
Assam bowling: Ahmed 18-3-53-4, Ghatak 9-2-13-0, Thakur 9-1-21-0, Rajbanshi 18-2-48-3, GN Barua 10-6-9-1.
ASSAM (1st innings): D Goswami lbw Swamy 22, *MP Barua b Swamy 3, +MV Bharali b A Patel 17, B Thakur c Misra b Mahapatra 69, RP Kapoor c Misra b Swamy 0, GN Barua run out 9, K Barua lbw Mahapatra 46, K Ahmed b Mahapatra 18, A Ghatak c A Jena b Mahapatra 0, P Hazarika not out 0, A Rajbanshi c A Jena b Mahapatra 5; Extras 10
Total (all out, 95.4 overs) 199
Fall of wickets: 1-11, 2-42, 3-44, 4-44, 5-71, 6-173, 7-177, 8-185, 9-194, 10-199
Orissa bowling: Swamy 39.4-19-65-3, Mahapatra 17-7-19-5, K Patel 9-1-27-0, A Patel 15-4-30-1, Parija 8-1-24-0, A Jena 2-0-8-0, Patra 1-0-6-0, B Jena 4-1-10-0.
ORISSA (2nd innings): SS Patnaik c Thakur b Ghatak 12, KN Patra c MP Barua b Ahmed 6, B Jena c Bharali b Rajbanshi 7, MM Mohanty c Hazarika b Rajbanshi 71, A Jena c Hazarika b Ghatak 5, +SS Misra c Kapoor b Rajbanshi 1, *LI Parija not out 52, SS Mahapatra c MP Barua b Ahmed 16, NN Swamy not out 16, A Patel did not bat, K Patel did not bat; Extras 23
Total (7 wickets, declared, 41 overs) 209
Fall of wickets: 1-14, 2-26, 3-47, 4-61, 5-76, 6-139, 7-173
Assam bowling: Ahmed 9-1-45-2, Ghatak 18-5-59-2, Rajbanshi 10-1-53-3, GN Barua 4-0-29-0.
ASSAM (2nd innings): D Goswami c Misra b Swamy 2, *MP Barua b A Patel 25, +MV Bharali c K Patel b Swamy 0, RP Kapoor b Swamy 22, GN Barua run out 0, B Thakur c K Patel b Swamy 96, K Barua run out 13, A Rajbanshi run out 2, K Ahmed not out 5, P Hazarika not out 1, A Ghatak did not bat Extras 7
Total (8 wickets, 61 overs) 173
Fall of wickets: 1-9, 2-15, 3-41, 4-45, 5-87, 6-151, 7-167, 8-168
Orissa bowling: Swamy 25-9-50-4, Mahapatra 18-2-72-0, K Patel 1-0-1-0, A Patel 12-2-30-1, Parija 4-1-9-0, A Jena 1-0-4-0.
