CUTTACK 13-Dec-1980
Orissa secured five points by virtue of taking first-innings lead against Assam in their three-day Ranji Trophy East Zone match, which ended in a draw on the last day at Eden Gardens in Calcutta today. With this match, Orissa extended their unbeaten run to six.
As Assam Cricket Association could not host the match due to political disturbances in the state, it was played by mutual consent at the Eden Gardens. From Orissa points of view, four players _ Anil Bhardwaj, Somnath Sahoo, Paramjit Singh and Asjit Jayaprakasham _ put up impressive performance in this match.
Half-century each by Bhardwaj and Sahoo helped Orissa make a healthy total of 264 after they were put into bat by Assam captain Bimal Bharali. Orissa captain Paramjit Singh scalped five-wickets to enable his team bowl out Assam for 245 and take a first-innings lead of 19 runs. For Assam, captain Bharali scored a century.
In the second innings, Orissa declared at 187 for eight with Jayaprakasham as the top scorer with a knock of 60. Chasing 207 for victory, Assam were struggling at 60 for five at stumps on the final day. Assam settled with three points.
SCORECARD (Orissa Match No 79):
ORISSA (1st innings): Karun Dubey lbw Konwar 0, Harmohan B Praharaj c Amal Das sen b Konwar 5, Asjit Jaiprakasham st N Goswami b Nagesh Singh 33, Anil Bhardwaj c N Goswami b Nagesh Singh 75, Rabi Narayan Panda lbw Uzir 0, Jeemuta Mohanty c N Goswami b Nagesh Singh 6, Goutam Patnaik st N Goswami b Nagesh Singh 0, +Gautam Nag c & b Uzir 28, Somnath Sahoo b Konwar 79, *Paramjit Singh lbw Uzir 10, Sabir Hussain not out 17; Extras 11
Total (all out, 99 overs) 264
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-12, 3-95, 4-96, 5-122, 6-126, 7-139, 8-170, 9-218, 10-264
Assam bowling: Konwar 14-4-44-3, Kakoti 16-4-42-0, Amal Das sen 4-1-10-0, Sabhapandit 16-5-34-0, Uzir 22-4-68-3, Nagesh Singh 19-4-36-4, Amal Das jun 8-2-19-0.
ASSAM (1st innings): A Goswami run out 22, N Sabhapandit lbw Patnaik 4, S Uzir b Paramjit Singh 41, Amal Das sen b Paramjit Singh 3, *Bimal Bharali c & b Sahoo 119, +N Goswami lbw Paramjit Singh 4, K Das c & b Jaiprakasham 11, N Konwar lbw Paramjit Singh 0, M Kakoti not out 18, Amal Das jun b Paramjit Singh 9, Nagesh Singh lbw Praharaj 0; Extras 14
Total (all out, 104.1 overs) 245
Fall of wickets: 1-25, 2-33, 3-40, 4-133, 5-147, 6-181, 7-182, 8-225, 9-242, 10-245
Orissa bowling: Sahoo 6-0-32-1, Praharaj 9.1-2-15-1, Patnaik 9-1-21-1, Paramjit Singh 43-16-67-5, Hussain 12-5-32-0, Jaiprakasham 25-8-64-1.
ORISSA (2nd innings): K Dubey lbw Konwar 11, HB Praharaj b Sabhapandit 33, A Jaiprakasham lbw Uzir 60, A Bhardwaj b Uzir 1, RN Panda b Sabhapandit 13, J Mohanty run out 16, G Patnaik lbw Sabhapandit 7, +G Nag b Sabhapandit 16, S Sahoo not out 1, S Hussain DNB, *Paramjit Singh DNB; Extras 13, Penalties 16
Total (8 wickets, declared, 43.3 overs) 187
Fall of wickets: 1-23, 2-67, 3-70, 4-109, 5-129, 6-146, 7-169, 8-171
Assam bowling: Konwar 5-0-32-1, Kakoti 3-0-20-0, Amal Das sen 1-0-6-0, Sabhapandit 17-2-36-4, Uzir 11-0-35-2, Nagesh Singh 6-0-27-0, Amal Das jun 0.3-0-2-0.
ASSAM (2nd innings): A Goswami b Sahoo 1, N Sabhapandit b Praharaj 2, S Uzir c & b Praharaj 8, Amal Das sen lbw Praharaj 21, *B Bharali not out 10, +N Goswami b Jaiprakasham 6, K Das not out 0; Extras 12
Total (5 wickets, 37 overs) 60
Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-11, 3-28, 4-40, 5-54
Orissa bowling: Sahoo 7-4-17-1, Praharaj 9-5-16-3, Patnaik 5-3-5-0, Paramjit Singh 6-4-2-0, Hussain 2-2-0-0, Jaiprakasham 5-3-3-1, Dubey 1-0-5-0, Panda 1-1-0-0, Bhardwaj 1-1-0-0.
