CUTTACK 19-Dec-1989
Orissa bagged 15 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 Barabati Stadium in Cuttack today. Assam contended themselves with eight points.
Put into bat, Assam rode on a century by Zahir Alam to muster a healthy total of 380. Harmohan Praharaj and Sourajit Mohapatra bowled well for Orissa, bagging five and four wickets respectively. In reply, Orissa rode on a half-century each by Biswajit Mohanty, Devashish Mahanti, Ranjib Biswal and captain Asjit Jayaprakasham to declare their first-innings at 404 for eight.
After conceding a lead of 24 runs, Assam were 171 for six in the second innings when the match culminated as a draw. Mohapatra captured another four wickets in the second innings to finish with a match haul of eight for 175.
SCORECARD (Orissa Match No 115):
ASSAM (1st innings): R Das b Mohapatra 9, D Das lbw Praharaj 0, S Neogi c Mahanti b Kumar Prasad 46, Zahir Alam b Mohapatra 140, *RK Borah c Jaiprakasham b Praharaj 37, Rajinder Singh c Bose b Praharaj 0, +Pritam Hazarika b Mohapatra 2, B Majumdar lbw Praharaj 43, Partha Hazarika c Kumar Prasad b Praharaj 8, H Baruah b Mohapatra 43, GD Dutta not out 27; Extras (b-13, lb-6, nb-2, w-4) 25
Total (all out, 120.4 overs) 380
Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-47, 3-84, 4-141, 5-143, 6-159, 7-217, 8-235, 9-327, 10-380
Orissa bowling: Praharaj 30-5-97-5, Mohapatra 36.4-10-116-4, Biswal 8-1-27-0, Kumar Prasad 36-9-85-1, Ray 7-1-26-0, Jaiprakasham 3-0-10-0.
ORISSA (1st innings): Biswajit Mohanty b Borah 55, Sushil Kumar Prasad c Borah b Baruah 13, Devashish Mahanti c & b Borah 51, Sritam Das c Rajinder Singh b Zahir Alam 13, Amiya Ray c Baruah b Zahir Alam 10, Ranjib Biswal c Partha Hazarika b Rajinder Singh 70, *Asjit Jaiprakasham b Majumdar 78, Abinasha Khatua lbw Majumdar 45, Harmohan Praharaj not out 10, +Pannalal Bose not out 5, Sourajit Mohapatra did not bat; Extras (b-14, lb-17, nb-2, w-1) 34, Penalties 20
Total (8 wickets, declared, 106.5 overs) 404
Fall of wickets: 1-27, 2-115, 3-136, 4-148, 5-158, 6-266, 7-366, 8-374
Assam bowling: Baruah 17.5-4-68-1, Dutta 31-1-103-0, Borah 16-4-41-2, Majumdar 14-0-43-2, Zahir Alam 17-1-57-2, Rajinder Singh 9-1-32-1, D Das 2-0-9-0.
ASSAM (2nd innings): R Das c Bose b Mohapatra 14, D Das lbw Mohapatra 27, S Neogi b Kumar Prasad 4, Zahir Alam not out 58, *RK Borah c Bose b Mohapatra 29, Rajinder Singh b Biswal 18, B Majumdar b Mohapatra 2, Partha Hazarika not out 0; Extras (b-4, nb-1, w-2) 7, Penalties 12
Total (6 wickets, 33.4 overs) 171
Fall of wickets: 1-43, 2-50, 3-50, 4-93, 5-154, 6-156
Orissa bowling: Praharaj 7-0-37-0, Mohapatra 14-2-59-4, Biswal 3-0-18-1, Kumar Prasad 8.4-1-37-1, Ray 1-0-4-0.
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