East on brink of innings win

East Zone medium pacer S S Paul claimed six for 45 to wreck a fragile Bangladesh Cricket Board XI and skittle them out for 142 on the second day of the Duleep Trophy cricket league match at the VCA Ground in Nagpur on Wednesday.

Following on with a 312-run deficit after East Zone declared their first innings at 454 for six, Bangladesh were once again in trouble losing eight wickets for a paltry 123 runs at the draw of stumps.

Opener Al Shahariar (33) and skipper Mohammad Ashraful (40) were the only batsmen to offer semblence of resistance in an otherwise pathetic batting display by the visitors.

Paul exploited the lively wicket, mixing some short stuff with full length deliveries.

Ashraful played some crisp shots but failed to convert a good start.

Earlier, East Zone, led by Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly's 170 (4x21, 4x6), added 98 runs to the overnight total before declarating their innings an hour before lunch.

Ganguly, who  was associated in the fifth wicket stand of 205 with Laxmi Ratan Shukla (123) yesterday, was involved in another century stand, adding 114 runs for the sixth wicket with S Sanyal (39 no).

Left arm spinner Razzak 3 for 131 toiled hard as East's batsmen went on a rampage.

Scorecard

East Zone 1st innings:
S S Das c G Shahgir b A Hossain 4
Arindam Das c G Shagir b A Razzak 43
M D Dhoni c A Chowdhury b A Razzak  51
R Gavaskar c M Ashraful b A Razzak 13
S Ganguly c A Razzak b M Islam 170
L R Shukla LBW b T Jubair 123
S Sanyal not out 39
S Khan not out 0

Extras: (lb-7, b-1, w-2, nb-1) 11

Total (for 6 wkts decl., 103 overs) 454

Fall of wickets: 1/10, 2-72, 3/100, 4/126, 5/331, 6/445

Bowling: Anwar Hossain 24-5-76-1, Shahjada Hossain 17-2-92-0, Talha Jubai 15-3-58-1, Aftab Ahmad 1-0-7-0, Abdur Razzak 32-3-131-3, Shabbir Khan 5-0-23-0, Mansoor Islam 7-0-38-1, Mohammad Ashraful 2-0-21-0.

BCB XI 1st innings:
A Shahariar c Dhoni b Bose 33
G Hossain c sub b Paul 4
A Chowdhury LBW b Sanyal 24
M Ashrafu c Das b Mangaraj 40
A Kapali c Das b Paul 13
M Islam c Shukla b Paul 0
S Khan c Dhoni c Paul 8
A Razzak c Dhoni b Paul 9
S Hossain c Dhoni b Paul 0
A Hossain LBW b Mangaraj 2
T Jubair not out 0

Extras: (lb-6, nb-3) 9

Total: (all out, 41.1 overs) 142

Fall of wickets: 1/23, 2/65, 3/65, 4/100, 5/100, 6/125, 7/135, 8/136, 9/141.

Bowling: S S Paul 15-2-45-6, R Bose 13-5-47-1, D Mangaraj 7.1-2-24-2, S Sanyal 6-2-20-1.

BCB XI 2nd innings (following on)
Al Sahariar  lbw b Paul  0
Shabbir Khan lbw b Sanyal 0
Aftab Ahmed b Pau 8
Mohammad Ashraful c Das b Bose 1
Alok Kapali lbw b Sanyal 13
Manjural Islam Rana lbw b Sanyal 26
Saghir Hossain c Das b Shahid Khan 34
Abdur Razzak not out  32
Mohammad Shahzada lbw b Bose 0
Anwar Hossain Monir not out 0

Extras: (b 1, lb 2, nb 6) 9

Total (8 wickets, 33 overs) 123

Fall of Wickets: 1-0, 2-9, 3-10, 4-14, 5-44, 6-65, 7-122, 8-123.

Bowling: Paul 8-2-21-2, Bose 10-6-25-2, Sanyal 7-0-34-3, Mangaraj 6-0-35-0, Shahid Khan 2-1-5-1.