CUTTACK 14-Dec-1965
Assam garnered five points by virtue of taking first-innings lead, while Orissa settled with three points in their three-day East Zone Ranji Trophy match, which ended in a draw at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack today. Orissa wicket-keeper Bisuddhananda Jena cornered glory in this match, scoring his maiden first-class century.
Opting to bat, Assam rode on a century by Anwar Hussain and a half-century by Tapan Kumar Barua to pile up a total of 278. In reply, host Orissa were bowled out for 191 and condeded a lead of 87 runs. Among successful Orissa batsman, NN Swamy remained unbeaten on 66, while debutant BJ Godbole scored 48.
In the second innings, a seven-wicket haul by Arun Patel helped Orissa bowl out Assam for 151. Hussain once again batted well for Assam, scoring a half-century. Chasing 239 for victory, Orissa were 201 for five at the close of the final day.
The highlight of the second innings was an unbeaten 110 by Bisuddhananda Jena. He, in the process, passed his previous highest score of 79. Another Orissa player who made his first-class debut in this match was Sanjay Satpathy.
SCOREBOARD (Orissa Ranji Match No 32):
ASSAM (1st innings): *MP Barua run out 46, Tapan Kumar Barua c Mohanty b A Jena 58, Anwar Hussain st B Jena b A Jena 120, HP Bezbarua b Satpathy 2, K Barua b Alva 8, K Ahmed b Swamy 7, P Bhattacharjee b Swamy 0, P Chowdhury lbw Satpathy 4, +SM Qamar c B Jena b Alva 18, D Barua not out 3, A Ghatak c Swamy b Alva 2; Extras 10
Total (all out, 100.1 overs) 278
Fall of wickets: 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-278
Orissa bowling: Satpathy 15-2-85-2, Alva 15.1-5-34-3, Swamy 35-12-47-2, A Jena 6-1-41-2, Patel 5-1-20-0, Murthy 18-9-25-0, Parija 6-3-16-0.
ORISSA (1st innings): DS Murthy c Bhattacharjee b Ghatak 5, *LI Parija c Qamar b Ahmed 0, Sasanka S Patnaik c Bezbarua b Ghatak 0, Madan M Mohanty b Ahmed 8, B Sridhar Alva c Qamar b Chowdhury 28, Ashokananda Jena b Ahmed 1, +B Jena c Bhattacharjee b Ahmed 19, NN Swamy not out 66, Sanjay Satpathy b Ahmed 5, BJ Godbole c Qamar b Chowdhury 48, Arun Patel b Ghatak 0; Extras 11
Total (all out, 60.5 overs) 191
Fall of wickets: 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-32, 6-?, 7-?, 8-85, 9-186, 10-191
Assam bowling: Ahmed 22-4-68-5, Ghatak 24.5 -9-63-3, Chowdhury 11-1-34-2, D Barua 3-0-15 -0.
ASSAM (2nd innings): *MP Barua c B Jena b Patel 10, TK Barua c Mohanty b Patel 5, A Hussain c B Jena b Satpathy 58, HP Bezbarua b Patel 0, K Barua not out 44, K Ahmed b Patel 4, P Bhattacharjee b Swamy 0, P Chowdhury b Patel 0, +SM Qamar c Parija b Patel 5, D Barua b Patel 0, A Ghatak st B Jena b Swamy 9; Extras 16
Total (all out, 55 overs) 151
Fall of wickets: 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-151
Orissa bowling: Swamy 14-4-26-2, Satpathy 13-3-44-1, Patel 15-2-48-7, Alva 6-4-5-0, Murthy 1-0-4-0, Parija 6-0-8-0.
ORISSA (2nd innings): *LI Parija lbw b Ghatak 16, SS Patnaik lbw Chowdhury 26, MM Mohanty b Chowdhury 0, A Jena c Qamar b Ghatak 22, +B Jena not out 110, NN Swamy c & b Ghatak 8, BJ Godbole not out 0, DS Murthy DNB, BS Alva DNB, S Satpathy DNB, A Patel DNB; Extras 19
Total (5 wickets, 46 overs) 201
Fall of wickets: 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?
Assam bowling: Ahmed 6-0-35-0, Ghatak 23-2-83-3, Chowdhury 17-0-64-2.
