CUTTACK 20-Dec-1965
Authoritative knock of 197 by Ambar Roy powered Bengal to an innings and three-run win over Orissa in their three-day East Zone Ranji Trophy match at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack today. This was the ninth innings and 12th overall defeat for Orissa in 13 Ranji Trophy matches against Bengal so far.
Put into bat, Bengal amassed an imposing total of 313 and then bowled out Orissa for 129. Following on, Orissa were bowled out for 181 to suffer yet another innings defeat. Pace bowler Sanjay Satpathy salvaged some pride for Orissa, bagging six wickets in the Bengal innings.
Wicket-keeper KV Subramaniam made his first-class debut for Orissa, while NN Swamy led the home team in the absence of Lalat Indu Parija. Orissa batsman Bisuddhananda Jena completed 1000 first-class runs in this match.
SCOREBOARD (Orissa Ranji Match No 33):
BENGAL (1st innings): S Guha Thakurta c Subramaniam b Satpathy 1, D Mukherjee c Murthy b Satpathy 7, *P Roy c Godbole b Satpathy 2, Ambar Roy c B Jena b Satpathy 197, SS Mitra c Patra b Satpathy 36, S Guha c Subramaniam b Murthy 24, TJ Banerjee b Swamy 26, G Bose c A Jena b Patel 2, S Som c & b Patel 0, J Sarkar b Satpathy 4, +MG Dhar not out 2; Extras 12
Total (all out, 107.4 overs) 313
Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-9, 3-16, 4-106, 5-188, 6-276, 7-291, 8-293, 9-306, 10-313
Orissa bowling: Satpathy 29.4-7-89-6, Patel 20-6-47-2, Patra 14-3-23-0, Swamy 23-5-65-1, Murthy 17-0-48-1, Mohanty 2-0-18-0, A Jena 2-0-11-0.
ORISSA (1st innings): KN Patra b S Guha 1, +KV Subramaniam b Banerjee 19, Bisuddhananda Jena b S Guha 23, Madan M Mohanty b S Guha 4, *NN Swamy c Banerjee b S Guha 0, Ashokananda Jena c S Guha b Banerjee 11, BJ Godbole b Som 8, BK Sikdar c Dhar b Som 2, Arun Patel b Sarkar 5, Sanjay Satpathy c Dhar b Som 2, DS Murthy not out 35; Extras 19
Total (all out, 42 overs) 129
Fall of wickets: 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-129
Bengal bowling: Som 9-2-39-3, S Guha 15-6-37-4, Mitra 7-3-4-0, Banerjee 9-3-22-2, Sarkar 2-0-8-1.
ORISSA (2nd innings, following on): BK Sikdar b Banerjee 28, +KV Subramaniam c Bose b Mitra 17, KN Patra c Guha Thakurta b Banerjee 31, B Jena lbw S Guha 21, A Jena c Dhar b Banerjee 10, MM Mohanty c Dhar b Banerjee 18, *NN Swamy b S Guha 0, BJ Godbole lbw b Sarkar 19, DS Murthy b Banerjee 2, A Patel not out 7, S Satpathy lbw Sarkar 6; Extras 22
Total (all out, 59.5 overs) 181
Fall of wickets: 1-43, 2-89, 3-96, 4-123, 5-128, 6-142, 7-146, 8-148, 9-164, 10-181
Bengal bowling: S Guha 18-2-52-2, Som 7-1-22-0, Banerjee 14-3-32-5, Mitra 7-1-23-1, Bose 5-1-12-0, Sarkar 8.5-4-18-2.
