CUTTACK 29-Nov-1983
The three-day Ranji Trophy East Zone match between Orissa and Bengal ended in a draw on the last day at Ispat Stadium in Rourkela today. However, Bengal collected 12 points by taking huge first-innings lead, while Orissa got eight points.
Opting to bat after winning the toss, host Orissa declared their first innings at 262 for nine. Though six batsmen got into thirties or fourties, none could stay long for a century or a half-century. In reply, Bengal, rode on a century eachy by Arun Lal and Arup Bhattacharya compile a mammoth total of 623.
Among Orissa bowlers, new captain Somnath Sahoo and Asjit Jayaprakasham claimed three wickets each, while Harmohan Praharaj and Pawan Agarwal picked up a brace each. After conceding a first-innings lead of 361 runs, Orissa were 151 for eight in the second innings when the match culminated as a draw.
SCORECARD (Orissa Match No 89):
ORISSA (1st innings): Karun Dubey c Pandey b Doshi 34, BKR Patnaik c Mitra b Mukherjee 47, Asjit Jaiprakasham lbw Doshi 32, Rabi Narayan Panda lbw Doshi 17, Harmohan Praharaj st Banerjee b Doshi 35, Surjit Mahalik lbw Doshi 16, Chiranjib Biswal run out 34, *Somnath Sahoo b Mukherjee 31, +Gautam Nag b Doshi 1, Manojit Bhatt not out 6, P Agarwal not out 4; Extras (3-lb, 2-nb) 5
Total (9 wickets, declared, 85 overs) 262
Fall of wickets: 1-52, 2-115, 3-115, 4-149, 5-171, 6-202, 7-250, 8-252, 9-258
Bengal bowling: Ghosh 7-2-17-0, Sen 8-2-26-0, Doshi 31-5-84-6, Bhattacharya 20-2-69-0, Mukherjee 19-2-63-2.
BENGAL (1st innings): P Roy lbw Agarwal 50, P Nandy c Nag b Sahoo 20, J Arun Lal b Praharaj 135, AK Mitra lbw Agarwal 59, P Pandey lbw Sahoo 53, A Bhattacharya c Sahoo b Praharaj 123, +S Banerjee lbw Jaiprakasham 40, S Mukherjee c Bhatt b Jaiprakasham 1, P Sen b Sahoo 46, *DR Doshi b Jaiprakasham 26, M Ghosh not out 6; Extras (4-b, 12-lb, 10-nb, 2-w) 28, Penalties 36
Total (all out, 154.2 overs) 623
Fall of wickets: 1-45, 2-110, 3-218, 4-324, 5-354, 6-465, 7-469, 8-530, 9-578, 10-587
Orissa bowling: Sahoo 33.2-4-158-3, Praharaj 28-4-114-2, Agarwal 38-5-133-2, Bhatt 24-5-73-0, Jaiprakasham 30-2-90-3, Mahalik 1-0-3-0.
ORISSA (2nd innings): K Dubey c Roy b Bhattacharya 55, BKR Patnaik not out 0, A Jaiprakasham run out 6, RN Panda not out 19, H Praharaj c Roy b Doshi 14, S Mahalik c Roy b Nandy 7, C Biswal b Doshi 0, *S Sahoo c Roy b Doshi 15, +G Nag c Roy b Doshi 22, M Bhatt b Doshi 0, P Agarwal DNB; Extras (11-lb, 2-nb) 13
Total (8 wickets, 30 overs) 151
Fall of wickets: 1-53, 2-89, 3-96, 4-122, 5-122, 6-132, 7-151, 8-151
Bengal bowling: Ghosh 2-0-21-0, Sen 2-0-19-0, Doshi 13-1-61-5, Bhattacharya 12-1-39-1, Nandy 1-1-0-1.
