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Bhubaneswar, March 3: Mukteswar Cricket Club (MCC) entered the semifinals of the Pushpalata Garabadu Memorial Masters T20 cricket tournament after registering a thumping 10-wicket win over Cuttack’s Union Sporting here Thursday.
The Cuttack side was bundled out for 88 in 18.1 overs with man of the match Chitta Ranjan Swain (4/11) turning out to be the wrecker-in-chief for MCC. In reply, MCC romped home in just eight overs with Sukant Jena (43) and Prashant Biswal (35) leading the run chase.
Huge win for Keonjhar
Keonjhar scripted a huge victory by an innings and 102 runs over Jagatsinghapur in a Group-B match of the Kalahandi Cup cricket tournament at the Ravenshaw Ground-I in Cuttack, Thursday.
In reply to Keonjhar’s first innings score of 305, Jagatsinghpur were bowled out for a paltry 87 against some disciplined bowling by Md Fahim Akhtar (3/10). After conceding a big first innings lead of 218, Jagatsinghpur again batted poorly in their second essay to be skittled out for 116.
Brief scores
(At Ravenshaw Ground-I): Keonjhar 305/8 decl bt Jagatsinghpur 87 (Md Fahim Akhtar 3/10) and 116 (Laxmidhar Mishra 38) by an innings and 102 runs.
(At Nimpur Ground): Mayurbhanj 152 and 80 (Pratik Das 4/12, Manoj Barik 3/13) lost to Bhubaneswar 191 and 42/5 by five wickets.
(At Barabati Stadium): Koraput 151 and 114 (Ashis Mitra 5/29, Govind Poddar 3/16) lost to Rourkela 257/3 declared by an innings and 10 runs.
(At Ravenshaw Ground II): Angul 288/9 decl and 86/3; Ganjam 280 (Srikant Pradhan 67, Jang Bahadur 61; Milan Sahu 6/96). Match drawn.
(At DRIEMS Ground): Kendrapara 289 and 28/1; Cuttack-B 239 (Abinash Saha 97, Mrityunjay Nayak 4/74). Match drawn.
(At SCB Ground): Bhadrak 254 and 107/4 decl; KIIT 161 (Subhrajeet Sahoo 57; Khitish Mohanty 3/34) and 114/6. Match drawn.
