Raul slams ton

ANGUL, JANUARY 3: Riding on the brilliance of a magnificent 120 332m, 231b, 12215;4, 1215;6 by all-rounder Sanjay Raul, his fifth ton in Ranji Trophy, hosts Orissa piled up 262 for 5 at close on the opening day of their four-day East Zone league match against Assam on Monday. P Jaychandra on 40 and Robin Morris on 2 were batting.

Brief scores: Orissa 262-5 Pravanjan Mallick 40, Sanjay Raul 120, P Jaychandra batting 40; Gautam Dutta 2-40, Sukhvinder Singh 2-75Rajiv, Sunil rescue Bihar
JAMSHEDPUR: A 72-run fourth-wicket partnership between Rajiv Kumar 65: 96b, 106m, 11215;4 and skipper Sunil Kumar 35 helped hosts Bihar post a respectable 223 for five in their first innings on the opening day of the Ranji league match against Bengal here today.

At close, Sandeep Roy was batting on 36 and Satish Singh on five.

Brief Scores: Bihar 223-5 Rajiv Kumar 65, Sandeep Roy batting 36; Utpal Chatterjee 2-60 vs Bengal.