CUTTACK 20-Dec-1965
Orissa achieved a memorable success in cricket by beating Bihar for the first time in Ranji Trophy at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack today. The 51-run victory assumed added significance as Orissa was accomplished it after conceding first-innings lead in the three-day East Zone match. B K Sikdar emerged as the main architect of the victory, hitting a century in the second innings.
This was the 11th Ranji Trophy match between the two states and Bihar suffered the first defeat after winning seven and drawing three. The win was overall second in 34 Ranji Trophy matches for Orissa since 1948. Orissa had registed their first Ranji Trophy win in December 1952, trouncing Assam by an innings and 139 runs at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack.
Opting to bat after captain N N Swamy won the toss, Orissa made 169. Lalat Indu Parija was the top scorer with 43 runs. In reply, Bihar compiled 193 to take lead of 24 runs. Arun Patel was most successful bowler for Orissa, bagging five wickets for 78 runs.
In the second innings, Orissa rode on a sparking knock of 105 by Sikdar and 48 by Ashokananda Jena to muster 269. Chasing 246 for victory, Bihar folded up for 194 on the final day. Arun Patel and DS Murthy also played important roles in the Orissa win.
Patel claimed three wickets in the second innings to finish with a match haul of eight for 127. Murthy was most successful bowler in the second innings, capturing five wickets for 64 runs. Alakananda Jena made his first-class debut for Orissa in this match.
SCOREBOARD (Orissa Ranji Match No 34):
ORISSA (1st innings): BK Sikdar c Amin b Das 2, KN Patra run out 0, LI Parija st Ghosh b Nagaswamy 43, Ashokananda Jena st Ghosh b Nagaswamy 30, *NN Swamy b Nagaswamy 26, BJ Godbole b Amin 1, Kanak Patel st Ghosh b Nagaswamy 13, Alokananda Jena st Ghosh b Nagaswamy 3, +Bisuddhanda Jena st Ghosh b Chauhan 15, DS Murthy c sub b Amin 16, Arun Patel not out 1; Extras 19
Total (all out, 75.1 overs) 169
Fall of wickets: 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-169
Bihar bowling: Das 8-4-7-1, Babu Rao 7-2-7-0, R Sanyal 4-1-6-0, Amin 22.1-5-46-2, Chauhan 9-3-14-1, Mitter 5-0-14-0, Nagaswamy 20-1-56-5.
BIHAR (1st innings): SK Bose b Murthy 18, *S Sanyal lbw A Patel 5, K Mitter c B Jena b Swamy 0, R Sanyal lbw A Patel 51, SH Amin b A Patel 0, S Gopalakrishna run out 17, S Nagaswamy lbw A Patel 12, +G Ghosh c A Patel b Alok Jena 60, G Chauhan run out 11, Babu Rao b A Patel 6, S Das not out 7; Extras 6
Total (all out, 65.3 overs) 193
Fall of wickets: 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-193
Orissa bowling: Swamy 15-3-45-1, A Patel 26-5-78-5, Murthy 17-6-39-1, Parija 3-0-9-0, K Patel 1-0-6-0, Patra 3-1-9-0, Alok Jena 0.3-0-1-1.
ORISSA (2nd innings): BK Sikdar b Das 105, KN Patra c & b Das 2, LI Parija c Ghosh b R Sanyal 1, Ashok Jena b Das 48, *NN Swamy b Das 13, BJ Godbole b Nagaswamy 11, K Patel lbw R Sanyal 32, Alok Jena not out 2, +B Jena st Ghosh b Das 7, DS Murthy run out 3, A Patel b Das 8; Extras 37
Total (all out, 94 overs) 269
Fall of wickets: 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-269
Bihar bowling: Das 27-4-69-6, Babu Rao 6-1-31-0, R Sanyal 12-1-33-2, Nagaswamy 19-5-44-1, Amin 16-3-32-0, Chauhan 9-4-12-0, Mitter 3-2-7-0, Bose 2-0-4-0.
BIHAR (2nd innings): SK Bose c Swamy b Murthy 37, *S Sanyal run out 11, K Mitter b Murthy 13, R Sanyal c B Jena b Murthy 13, SH Amin not out 49, S Gopalakrishna lbw A Patel 19, S Nagaswamy b Murthy 11, +G Ghosh c B Jena b A Patel 11; G Chauhan lbw Murthy 1, Babu Rao c Murthy b A Patel 2, S Das lbw b Parija 17; Extras 10
Total (all out, 59.1 overs) 194
Fall of wickets: 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-194
Orissa bowling: A Patel 13.1-1-49-3, Swamy 6-2-56-0, Murthy 25-1-6-4-5, Ashok Jena 1-0-8-0; Patra 1-0-4 0, Parija 3-1-3-1.
