da bet7: Uttar Pradesh coasted to a 10 wicket victory over Orissa on the lastday of their Super League match at the Green Park in Kanpur today
19-Feb-2000Uttar Pradesh coasted to a 10 wicket victory over Orissa on the lastday of their Super League match at the Green Park in Kanpur today. UPnow lead the Group C points table with 11 points from 2 matches whileOrissa are yet to get off the mark.Resuming at 129/3, Sanjay Raul and Rashmi Parida extended their standto 132 before Parida fell for 69 (141 balls, 10 fours) with the scoreat 152. P Jai Chandra joined Raul and the two went in to lunch at208/4. It was after lunch that Orissa’s resistance finally broke downas Musi Raza took 5 of the last 6 wickets to fall with his off breaksincluding 3 in the space of 8 balls. Raza finished with 5/49 in 15.2overs. Raul top scored with 82 (202 balls, 10 fours) while Jai Chandraremained unbeaten on 65 (117 balls, 9 fours).The innings terminated at 257 and with 12 runs needed UP openers ManojMudgal and Mohammed Saif took just ten balls to put an end to thematch. Both Orissa and UP play Saurashtra at Rajkot in their nextmatches, from February 24-27 and March 4-7 respectively.