Chatterjee bags five

Assam beat Orissa

CUTTACK: Orissa8217;s poor run in the East Zone one-day league continued as it lost to Assam by eight runs at the Barabati Stadium, here, today.Orissa had earlier lost the one-dayer and the four-day match against Bengal at Balasore.

Brief scores: Assam 211 in 49.3 overs Pabitra Dutta 31, Sangram Samant 31, Gautam Dutta 30; Robin Morris 3-51 bt Orissa 203 in 49.2 overs Sanjay Raul 41; Gautam Dutta 2-32, Sangram Sawant 2-41, Rajesh Bora 4-16

Kerala down Goa

PANAJI: Kerala beat Goa by eight wickets in a South Zone one-day match at the Gymkhana grounds, here, today.

Brief scores: Goa 178-8 in 50 overs S Suresh 57, Sunil Oasis 2-13, Anant Padmanabhan 3-27 lost to Kerala 181-2 in 45.4 overs Ajay Kudwa 77 n. o, Sunil Oasis 54 n. o.

Tie rained off

CHENNAI: Early morning rains prevented any play in the South Zone one-day limited overs cricket match between Hyderabad and Tamil Nadu, here, today. After two inspections, umpires JC Umrigar Mumbai and Adil Bhatia Gujarat called off the match. The teams shared two points.

MP qualify

JAIPUR: Brilliant century by opener Jai Prakash Yadav 112 not out and his 141-run unbroken third wicket stand with Abbas Ali 65 not out led Madhya Pradesh to a resounding eight wicket victory over hosts Rajasthan, here, today.

Madhya Pradesh finished their league engagements with this match and topped the zone with an unbeaten record to qualify for the Wills Trophy.

Medium pacer Harvinder Sing Sodhi 3-35 and leg-spinner Narendra Hirwani 4-42 earlier restricted Rajasthan to 214-9.