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National Sports Council Of Assam Ground
The National Sports Council of Assam Ground, also known as the National Sports Council of Assam Stadium, is a former first-class cricket ground in Jorhat, Assam. First-class matches Ten first-class matches were played at the ground between 1953 and 1974, eight of them by Assam in the Ranji Trophy. In all ten matches the home team lost. There were many low innings totals and some notable bowling figures. 1953–54 * Commonwealth XI 393 for 7 declared defeated Assam Governor's XI 121 and 151. Paul Gibb made 154, which remained the highest score on the ground. He and Ken Meuleman (79) put on 211 for the first wicket. 1954–55 *Bihar 81 and 107 defeated Assam 53 and 89. S.K. Girdhari took six wickets in each innings for Assam and Bimal Bose took six in each innings for Bihar. Bose's 12 for 47 remained the best match figures on the ground; Girdhari took 12 for 66. Girdhari also top-scored for Assam in each innings, with 14 and 46. 1956–57 *Bengal 505 defeated Assam 54 and 245. Pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorhat
Jorhat ( ) is one of the important cities and a growing urban centre in the state of Assam in India. Etymology Jorhat ("jor" means twin and "hat" means market) means two hats or mandis - "Masorhaat" and "Sowkihat" which existed on the opposite banks of the Bhugdoi river. History Jorhat was the last capital of the Ahom Kingdom, as a planned town under royal patronage. It is often spelt as "Jorehaut" during the British reign. In 1794, the Ahom King Gaurinath Singha shifted the capital from Sivasagar, erstwhile Rangpur, Assam, Rangpur to Jorhat. Many tanks were built around the capital city by the Ahom royalty such as Rajmao Pukhuri or Borpukhuri, Buragohain Pukhuri, Bolia Gohain Pukhuri, Kotoki Pukhuri and Mitha Pukhuri. This town was a flourishing and commercial metropolis but was destroyed by a series of Burmese invasion of Assam between 1817 and the arrival of the British force in 1824 under the stewardship of David Scott (Assam), David Scott and Captain Richard. From the v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Atkinson
Eric St Eval Atkinson (6 November 1927 – 29 May 1998) played eight Test matches for the West Indies. He was the younger brother of Denis Atkinson, and the two were the third pair of brothers to turn out together for the West Indies. His first Test, against Pakistan at Bridgetown in 1957–58, was Denis's last. Atkinson was primarily a seam bowler, taking 25 wickets in his one-year Test career. His best Test bowling figures came in against Pakistan in 1957–58, where he took 5 for 42 in the first innings of the Third Test – before Garry Sobers hit a Test record 365 not out and Pakistan went down by an innings and 174 runs. He made his first-class debut for Barbados in 1949-50 and up to the end of the 1956–57 season he had played 11 matches for Barbados, scoring 411 runs at 29.37 and taking 5 wickets at 96.00. He struck form with the ball in first match of the 1957–58 season, taking 4 for 70 for Barbados against the touring Pakistanis. He made his Test debut a few d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football Venues In Assam
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly called ''football'' include association football (known as ''soccer'' in North America and Australia); gridiron football (specifically American football or Canadian football); Australian rules football; rugby union and rugby league; and Gaelic football. These various forms of football share to varying extent common origins and are known as "football codes". There are a number of references to traditional, ancient, or prehistoric ball games played in many different parts of the world. Contemporary codes of football can be traced back to the codification of these games at English public schools during the 19th century. The expansion and cultural influence of the British Empire allowed these rules of football to spread to areas of British infl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cricket Grounds In Assam
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striking the ball bowled at one of the wickets with the bat and then running between the wickets, while the bowling and fielding side tries to prevent this (by preventing the ball from leaving the field, and getting the ball to either wicket) and dismiss each batter (so they are "out"). Means of dismissal include being bowled, when the ball hits the stumps and dislodges the bails, and by the fielding side either catching the ball after it is hit by the bat, but before it hits the ground, or hitting a wicket with the ball before a batter can cross the crease in front of the wicket. When ten batters have been dismissed, the innings ends and the teams swap roles. The game is adjudicated by two umpires, aided by a third umpire and match referee in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guwahati
Guwahati (, ; formerly rendered Gauhati, ) is the biggest city of the Indian state of Assam and also the largest metropolis in northeastern India. Dispur, the capital of Assam, is in the circuit city region located within Guwahati and is the seat of the Government of Assam. A major riverine port city along with hills, and one of the fastest growing cities in India, Guwahati is situated on the south bank of the Brahmaputra. It is called the ''Gateway to North East India''. The ancient cities of Pragjyotishpura and Durjaya (North Guwahati) were the capitals of the ancient state of Kamarupa. Many ancient Hindu temples like the Kamakhya Temple, Ugratara Devalaya, Ugratara Temple, Basistha Temple, Doul Govinda Temple, Umananda Temple, Navagraha temples#Navagraha Temple in Assam, Navagraha Temple, Sukreswar Temple, Rudreswar Temple, Manikarneswar Temple, Aswaklanta Temple, Dirgheshwari temple, Dirgheshwari Temple, Asvakranta Temple, Lankeshwar Temple, Bhubaneswari Temple, Shree Gane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sujit Mukherjee
Sujit Mukherjee (21 August 1930 – 14 January 2003) was an Indian writer, translator, literary critic, publisher, teacher and cricketer. Career Sujit Mukherjee was born in the village of Ariadaha, south of Calcutta, and educated at St. Xavier's High School, Patna, Patna College ( MA) and the University of Pennsylvania (PhD). He taught at Patna College, at the National Defence Academy in Khadakwasla, and at the University of Poona before joining Orient Longman in 1970, where he served as Chief Publisher until 1986. He was a prolific writer on a range of literary topics, as well as a translator from Bangla into English. Cricket Despite having to wear thick glasses to compensate for his myopia, Mukherjee had a long career as a batsman in university, club and first-class cricket. He played five first-class matches as a middle-order batsman for Bihar between 1951 and 1960. He made his highest score, 33, in his first innings in 1951–52. Returning to the side for Bihar's last R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carry The Bat
In cricket, the term carry the bat (or carry one's bat) refers to an Batting order (cricket)#Opening batsmen, opening batsman (no. 1 and 2) who is not dismissal (cricket), dismissed ("not out") when the team Innings#Cricket, innings is closed. The term is mainly used when the innings closes after all 10 Wicket#Dismissing a batsman, wickets have fallen; that is, the other 10 players in the team have all been dismissed ("out"). It may also be used in situations where one or more of these players Substitute (cricket), retire out or are unable to bat through injury or illness, and the remaining players are all dismissed normally. It is not used, however, in any other situation where the innings closes before all 10 wickets have fallen, such as when it is Declaration and forfeiture, declared closed, or when the team successfully chases a set run target to win the match. Origin of the phrase The term "carrying one's bat" dates back to the very early days of cricket. Initially it refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nandan Bezbarua
Nandan Bezbarua is a former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Assam from 1967 to 1979. A middle-order and opening batsman, Bezbarua played four matches for Assam from 1966–67 to 1970–71 with little success, then returned to the team in 1974–75. In his third match that season he opened the batting and top-scored in each innings, although he made only 11 and 8 not out, and Assam totalled only 35 and 33 and lost to Bengal by an innings and 282 runs. In the second innings he carried his bat. He had his most successful season in 1977–78, scoring 121 runs at an average of 24.20, including his highest score of 59 (equal top score) against Bihar. He captained Assam in his last season, 1979–80. He top-scored in the first innings of the first match with 29, and finished the season with 84 runs at 14.00 in Assam's three matches; Assam's highest scorer that season made 85 runs. He later served as honorary secretary of the Assam Cricket Association Assam Cricket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aloke Bhattacharjee
Aloke Bhattacharjee (24 August 1953 – 24 December 2016) was an Indian cricketer and umpire. Besides officiating at the first-class level, he stood in three One Day International (ODI) matches from 1998 to 2002. He played first-class cricket as a spin bowler for Bengal from 1971 to 1987, and represented East Zone The East Zone cricket team is a first-class cricket team that represents eastern India in the Duleep Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Inter Zonal. It is a composite team of five first-class Indian teams from eastern India competing in the Ran ... several times. His best bowling figures of 7 for 7 came in the second innings against Assam in 1974–75, for match figures of 12.2–6–11–10. See also * List of One Day International cricket umpires References External links * 1953 births 2016 deaths Indian One Day International cricket umpires People from Howrah Cricketers from West Bengal Indian cricketers Bengal cricketers East Zone crick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dilip Doshi
Dilip Rasiklal Doshi (born 22 December 1947) is a former Indian cricketer of Gujarati origin who played in 33 Test matches and 15 One Day Internationals from 1979 to 1983. Doshi is one of only four Test bowlers that played their first Test after the age of thirty, yet went on to take more than 100 wickets, the other three being Clarrie Grimmett, Saeed Ajmal and Ryan Harris. In Test Cricket Doshi was already in his 30s when he made his Test debut at Chennai, against Australia in September 1979). Having waited for so long, he wasted no time making his presence felt: with figures of 6/103 and 2/64 he was India's best bowler in the match. He continued to perform well in the series and in the final test match at Bombay, he was one of the heroes of an India victory with figures of 5/43 and 3/60. But perhaps, his greatest joy came, when he took 4/92 at Eden Garden, Calcutta, his (adopted) home town, in front of a70,000 strong crowd. After this series, Doshi's place in the Indian T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambar Roy
Ambar Khirid Roy (5 June 1945 – 19 September 1997) was an Indian cricketer who played in four Test matches Test match in some sports refers to a sporting contest between national representative teams and may refer to: * Test cricket * Test match (indoor cricket) * Test match (rugby union) * Test match (rugby league) * Test match (association football) ... in 1969. In his first Test innings Roy scored 48 against New Zealand at Nagpur. He did not score well in subsequent matches, and after poor scores against Australia at Delhi and Kolkata later in the season, he was dropped. In his final Test match, at his home ground Kolkata, he scored 18 and 19. Cricinfo Scorecards:India Vs Australia 12–16 December 1969 (Retrieved on 2009-06-27) References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orissa Cricket Team
The Odisha cricket team (known as Orissa until 2011) is a domestic cricket team based in the Indian state of Odisha. It is in the elite group of the Ranji Trophy. Its main home ground is Barabati Stadium in Cuttack. Home matches are also played at DRIEMS Ground in Cuttack, East Coast Railway Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Veer Surendra Sai Stadium in Sambalpur, KIIT Cricket Stadium in Bhubaneswar and other grounds. The team's recent best performance in the Ranji Trophy came in the 2016–17 season and 2019-20 season, when they advanced to the quarter-final stage. They lost there to the eventual champions Gujarat and Bengal respectively.Under the captaincy of Govinda Poddar 2016-17 and Subhranshu Senapati 2019-20. The Odisha cricket team is selected by the Odisha Cricket Association (OCA). The OCA organises the Odisha Premier League every year to promote cricket and search for local talent throughout the state. History Odisha first competed at first-class level in the 1949–50 Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
