CUTTACK 22-Dec-1993
The four-day Ranji Trophy East Zone match between host Odisha and Bihar ended in dull draw at Ispat Stadium in Rourkela today. But Bihar pocketed two points for taking first-innings lead, while Orissa drew blank. Bihar captain Syed Saba Karim ruled the roost, scoring a century and effecting five dismissals behind the stumps.
Opting to bat, Bihar rode on a solid knock of 138 to compile a healthy total of 426. Among Orissa bowlers, Sushil Kumar Prasad captured three wickets, while Sushanta Rath and Manas Ray picked up a brace each.
In reply, Orissa made 293 with the help of a half-century each by Karun Dubey and Amiya Ray. Having taken a first-innings lead of 133 runs, Bihar were 151 for six in the second innings when the match ended. With his half-century, Dubey passed 2000 runs in Ranji Trophy.
SCORECARD (Orissa Match No 129):
BIHAR (1st innings): I Bose c A Ray b Rath 38, Deepak Kumar c Mohanty b Kumar Prasad 23, Sanjeev Kumar c Suresh Kumar b Rath 51, A Hussain lbw Kumar Prasad 26, *+SS Karim c A Ray b M Ray 138, Tarun Kumar lbw Arvind 28, Tariq-ur-Rehman lbw Biswal 10, ST Banerjee run out 77, Avinash Kumar b M Ray 6, KVP Rao c A Ray b Kumar Prasad 0, Dhananjay Singh not out 2; Extras (b-5, lb-5, nb-2, w-15) 27
Total (all out, 156.5 overs) 426
Fall of wickets: 1-42, 2-102, 3-132, 4-164, 5-218, 6-257, 7-409, 8-419, 9-424, 10-426
Orissa bowling: Arvind 38-14-77-1, Rath 21-2-67-2, Kumar Prasad 50.5-10-137-3, Biswal 22-6-57-1, Khatua 17-1-64-0, A Ray 1-0-2-0, M Ray 7-1-12-2.
ORISSA (1st innings): Manas Ray c Karim b Banerjee 0, Suresh Kumar b Rao 35, Prasanta Mohapatra c Karim b Dhananjay Singh 11, Karun Dubey lbw Rao 63, Amiya Ray c Karim b Avinash Kumar 65, *Ranjib Biswal st Karim b Avinash Kumar 37, +Bishnu Deb Mohanty b Rao 10, Abakash Khatua st Karim b Avinash Kumar 30, Sushil Kumar Prasad c Sanjeev Kumar b Rao 22, V Arvind not out 4, Sushanta Rath b Avinash Kumar 4; Extras (b-4, lb-7, w-1) 12
Total (all out, 144.2 overs) 293
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-28, 3-68, 4-175, 5-191, 6-232, 7-232, 8-285, 9-285, 10-293
Bihar bowling: Banerjee 28-9-52-1, Dhananjay Singh 21-5-54-1, Deepak Kumar 12-2-41-0, Avinash Kumar 46.2-20-79-4, Rao 37-17-56-4.
BIHAR (2nd innings): I Bose c Mohanty b M Ray 33, Deepak Kumar c Suresh Kumar b Kumar Prasad 38, Tarun Kumar b M Ray 29, Tariq-ur-Rehman run out 3, Sanjeev Kumar c Suresh Kumar b Roy 26, A Hussain not out 15, ST Banerjee run out 2, *+SS Karim not out 0; Extras (lb-2, nb-3) 5
Total (6 wickets, 61 overs) 151
Fall of wickets: 1-63, 2-93, 3-106, 4-109, 5-143, 6-150
Orissa bowling: Arvind 10-6-23-0, Rath 3-0-15-0, Kumar Prasad 27-8-48-1, M Ray 21-6-63-3.
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PHOTO: File photo of Bihar captain and wicket-keeper Syed Saba Karim.
