CUTTACK 31-Dec-1968
Wonderful haul of 12 wickets for 67 runs by Arun Patel went in vain Orissa lost to Assam by three wickets on the last day of their three-day Ranji Trophy East Zone match at Nehru Stadium, Guwahati today. This was Orissa’s third loss in 13 Ranji Trophy matches against Assam.
Put into bat by Assam captain Abani Hazarika, Orissa were bundled out for 100 in the first innings. In reply, Assam made 116 to take slender lead of 16 runs. Patel achieved his best bowling success in a first-class innings, bagging seven wickets for 34 runs.
In a low-scoring match, Orissa suffered batting debacle for the second time as they were wiped out for 119 in the second inninngs. Chasing 104 for victory, Assam lost seven wickets before being able to overhaul the target. Patel once again was the most successful Orissa bowler, capturing five wickets for 33 runs.
SCOREBOARD (Match No 42):
ORISSA (1st innings): BK Sikdar lbw Ghatak 8, Mukul Roy Chowdhury b Ghatak 5, Bisuddhananda Jena c Bezbarua b GN Barua 16, D Mahapatra c Qamar b Chowdhury 16, Ashokananda Jena c Qamar b GN Barua 3, *B Sridhar Alva st Qamar b Sabhapandit 28, Sanjay Satpathy c Ghatak b Chowdhury 2, Arun Patel c Bezbarua b Chowdhury 7, +AK Channa not out 1, Aditya P Mohanty run out 0, DS Murthy st Qamar b Sabhapandit 7; Extras (6-b, 1-nb) 7
Total (all out, 37.1 overs) 100
Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-29, 3-39, 4-47, 5-59, 6-63, 7-81, 8-93, 9-93, 10-100
Assam bowling: Ghatak 14-4-36-2, Sabhapandit 7.1-1-20-2, GN Barua 7-2-12-2, Chowdhury 9-1-25-3.
ASSAM (1st innings): P Hazarika c Roy Chowdhury b Satpathy 15, P Bhattacharjee c Murthy b Patel 29, HP Bezbarua c Channa b Mohanty 0, *A Hazarika c Mohanty b Patel 6, MP Barua c Channa b Patel 3, S Deblaskar st Channa b Patel 9, GN Barua st Channa b Patel 3, N Sabhapandit b Patel 9, +SM Qamar run out 0, A Ghatak st Channa b Patel 14, A Chowdhury not out 18; Extras 10
Total (all out, 52.4 overs) 116
Fall of wickets: 1-25, 2-26, 3-38, 4-44, 5-62, 6-72, 7-79, 8-83, 9-83, 10-116
Orissa bowling: Mohanty 9-1-23-1, Satpathy 9-2-16-1, Murthy 9-2-8-0, Alva 10-1-25-0, Patel 15.4-2-34-7.
ORISSA (2nd innings): BK Sikdar c Bezbarua b GN Barua 10, M Roy Chowdhury c Bhattacharjee b Chowdhury 8, +AK Channa run out 8, D Mahapatra lbw Sabhapandit 30, A Jena lbw Deblaskar 10, *BS Alva c Bezbarua b Chowdhury 6, S Satpathy lbw Sabhapandit 12, A Patel b Ghatak 9, B Jena not out 4, AP Mohanty b Ghatak 6, DS Murthy b Ghatak 0; Extras 16
Total (all out, 66.4 overs) 119
Fall of wickets: 1-23, 2-25, 3-65, 4-68, 5-82, 6-82, 7-107, 8-109, 9-119, 10-119
Assam bowling: Ghatak 14.4-3-33-3, Sabhapandit 20-6-31-2, GN Barua 9-5-9-1, Chowdhury 19-10-26-2, Deblaskar 4-1-4-1.
ASSAM (2nd innings): P Hazarika b Patel 12, MP Barua c Murthy b Patel 36, GN Barua b Patel 6, P Bhattacharjee run out 1, *A Hazarika c Murthy b Patel 21, S Deblaskar lbw A Jena 5, HP Bezbarua not out 19, A Chowdhury c Mohanty b Patel 5, N Sabhapandit not out 0, +SM Qamar DNB, A Ghatak DNB; Extras 0
Total (7 wickets, 50 overs) 105
Fall of wickets: 1-28, 2-37, 3-45, 4-68, 5-76, 6-96, 7-102
Orissa bowling: Mohanty 10-1-19-0, Satpathy 6-2-10-0, Murthy 4-1-6-0, Patel 16-5-33-5, Alva 8-1-20-0, A Jena 6-2-17-1.
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