Orissa got two points after drawn match against J

Cuttack, Dec 28 (UNI) The Orissa-Jammu Kashmir Ranji trophy match ended in a tame draw today with Orissa batting throughout the day and scoring 281 for four on the concluding day at the Barbati Stadium here.

Orissa bagged two points by virtue of their first innings lead of 354 runs.

With no intention of going for an outright victory,the match turned dull and Orissa batsmen continued to pile up runs. Niranjan Behera and Subit Biswal failed short of their centuries when they were out for 97 and 95 runs respectively.

For Jammu and Kshmir Abid Nabi claimed two wicket while Sameer Khajuria and Hardeep Singh took one wicket each.

Orissa, wanted to remain second in the league table rather than topping the points and facing Railways.

Brief Score: Orissa 1st Innings: 552 for seven declared (Shib Sundar Das 300 not out, Rashmi Ranjan Das 101, Raman Dutta 3 for 133, Sameer Khajuria 3 for170) Jammu and Kashmir 1st Innings: 198 all out (Vivek Singh 37, Dhurva Mahajan 35, Sanjaya Satpathy 5 for72) Orissa 2nd Innings: Over night score 18 for no loss 281 for four (Niranjan Behera 97,Subit Biswal 95, abid Nabi 2 for58 ) UNI DP BA RD AY RK1831