West Indies too good for East Zone at Barabati Stadium

West Indies maul East Zone by an innings and 75 runs on the last day of their three-day First-Class match at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack today. Two players from Orissa _ Arun Patel, Sanjay Satpathy _ represented East Zone in this match. But both failed to put up any notable performance.

East Zone were bowled out for 145 after being put into bat by West Indies captain Deryck Murray. Wicket-keeper Daljit Singh was top scorer for East Zone with 49 runs, while Albert Padmore was most successful West Indies bowler with five wickets for 48 runs.

In reply, West Indies rode on a half-century each by Leonard Baichan, Alvin Kallicharan and Vivian Richards to declare at 347 for seven. Dilip Doshi was most successful East Zone bowler, bagging four wickets for 91 runs.

After conceding a first-innings lead of 202 runs, East Zone folded up for 127 in the second innings to suffer the innings defeat. Gopal Bose hit a half-century for East Zone in the second innings.

SCORECARD:

EAST ZONE (1st innings):
Gopal K Bose c Fredericks b Holder 14, Palash Nandy b Julien 2, Raja Mukherjee c Richards b Padmore 20, Ramesh C Saxena b Padmore 3, *Ambar K Roy b Padmore 6, Rakesh C Shukla c Fredericks b Barrett 9, +Daljit Singh b Barrett 49, Arun Patel b Holder 8, Dilip R Doshi st DA Murray b Padmore 18, Sanjay Satpathy c Greenidge b Padmore 5, Samir Chakrabarti not out 0; Extras (4-b, 3-lb, 4-nb) 11
Total (all out, 49.5 overs) 145
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-30, 3-33, 4-48, 5-51, 6-104, 7-113, 8-131, 9-141, 10-145
West Indians bowling: Holder 13-4-24-2, Julien 11-4-21-1, Padmore 16.5-5-48-5, Barrett 9-0-41-2.

WEST INDIES (1st innings): CG Greenidge retired hurt 21, L Baichan b Doshi 75, RC Fredericks c Daljit Singh b Chakrabarti 3, AI Kallicharran b Doshi 64, BD Julien lbw Shukla 4, +DA Murray c Bose b Doshi 0, IVA Richards c Nandy b Doshi 77, *DL Murray c Saxena b Chakrabarti 26, AG Barrett not out 36, VA Holder not out 25, AL Padmore DNB; Extras (8-b, 7-lb, 1-nb) 16
Total (7 wickets, declared, 105 overs) 347
Fall of wickets:
1-49, 2-174, 3-175, 4-179, 5-179, 6-243, 7-317
East Zone bowling: Chakrabarti 29-7-73-2, Satpathy 12-1-25-0, Doshi 33-7-91-4, Shukla 24-3-111-1, Patel 2-0-16-0, Bose 5-0-15-0.

EAST ZONE (2nd innings): GK Bose b Holder 58, P Nandy b Barrett 9, R Mukherjee b Holder 5, *AK Roy c & b Padmore 8, RC Saxena c DL Murray b Julien 3, RC Shukla c Barrett b Padmore 17, +Daljit Singh not out 8, A Patel st +DL Murray b Barrett 8, DR Doshi c Julien b Barrett 0, S Satpathy lbw Barrett 4, S Chakrabarti c Fredericks b Padmore 0; Extras (1-b, 6-nb) 7
Total (all out, 38.4 overs) 127
Fall of wickets:
1-48, 2-75, 3-76, 4-84, 5-105, 6-106, 7-120, 8-120, 9-126, 10-127
West Indians bowling: Holder 15-4-28-2, Julien 11-0-52-1, Padmore 8.4-1-32-3, Barrett 4-1-8-4.

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