CUTTACK 19-Dec-1982
Orissa and host Bihar gathered two points each as first innings of both the sides could not be completed in their three-day Ranji Trophy East Zone match, which ended in a draw on the last day at Moin-ul-Haq Stadium in Patna today.
Opting to bat, Bihar made an imposing total of 334 with the help of a century by Daniel Augustus and half-century by Syed Saba Karim. Somnath Sahoo was most successful Orissa bowler with a career-best haul of six wickets for 121 runs.
Giving a fitting reply, Orissa reached 262 for seven before play on the final day came to an end. Highlight of the Orissa innings was a half-century each by Karun Dubey, Asjit Jayaprakasham and debutant Surjit Mahalik.
SCORECARD (Orissa Match No 84):
BIHAR (1st innings): V Joseph b Sahoo 15, *S Das b Sahoo 21, H Gidwani b Paramjit Singh 49, S Roy b Sahoo 0, D Augustus b Sahoo 110, S Nair c Nag b Sahoo 2, +SS Karim run out 70, V Venkatram not out 21, SK Singh lbw Sahoo 3, Randhir Singh c Panda b Paramjit Singh 8, MR Bhalla c Panda b Praharaj 0; Extras 35
Total (all out, 130.5 overs) 334
Fall of wickets: 1-18, 2-71, 3-71, 4-131, 5-135, 6-285, 7-294, 8-304, 9-333, 10-334
Orissa bowling: Sahoo 43-8-121-6, Praharaj 15.5-4-25-1, Agarwal 6-0-23-0, Paramjit Singh 45 18-57-2, Hussain 3-0-18-0, Jaiprakasham 13-0-49-0, Bhardwaj 5-1-6-0.
ORISSA (1st innings): Karun Dubey lbw Bhalla 54, Harmohan Praharaj lbw Randhir Singh 6, Asjit Jaiprakasham run out 73, Anil Bhardwaj c Karim b Randhir Singh 11, Rabi Narayan Panda lbw Bhalla 18, Surjit Mahalik c Bhalla b Gidwani 58, Somnath Sahoo c & b Bhalla 22, *Paramjit Singh not out 2, +Gautam Nag not out 0, Pawan Agarwal DNB, S Hussain DNB; Extras 18
Total (7 wickets, 146 overs) 262
Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-104, 3-126, 4-129, 5-157, 6-252, 7-262
Bihar bowling: Randhir Singh 38-14-71-2, SK Singh 21-7-37-0, Venkatram 23 7-26-0, Bhalla 40-14-81-3, Gidwani 20-9-21-1, Nair 4-2-8-0.
