misc39911	Sikkim Under-16s v Bengal Under-16s
	Vijay Merchant Trophy 1997/98 (East Zone)
Venue	Mining Ground, Rangpo on 18th, 19th December 1997 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Bengal Under-16s won the toss and decided to field
Result	Bengal Under-16s won by 9 wickets
Points	Sikkim Under-16s 0; Bengal Under-16s 8
Umpires	S Banerjee, LP Verma
Close of play day 1	Sikkim Under-16s (2) 78/4 (AG Rai 36, Subba 0)

Sikkim Under-16s second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
S Rai	b Paul	1
T Lama	b Dilshad Akhtar	4
S Kotwal	c Chatterjee b Dilshad Akhtar	25
+S Ongchuk	c Ziauddin b Chatterjee	1
AG Rai	lbw b Sabir Ali	37
*L Subba	c SG Das b Lahiri	5
P Sharma	c SG Das b Lahiri	8
DK Gurung	run out	0
U Pradhan	b Paul	4
T Wangdi	c Paul b Lahiri	1
C Lepcha	not out	1
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	7
Total	(all out, 48.4 overs)	103
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-10, 3-30, 4-78, 5-82, 6-96, 7-97, 8-97, 9-101, 10-103 (48.4 ov)

Bengal Under-16s second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
M Ziauddin	c Lama b AG Rai	18
S Das	not out	43
Dilshad Akhtar	not out	13
*AP Chakraborty	did not bat
SG Das	did not bat
D Mondal	did not bat
S Banerjee	did not bat
Sabir Ali	did not bat
AB Chatterjee	did not bat
SS Lahiri	did not bat
SS Paul	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(1 wicket, 28 overs)	84
Fall of wickets:
1-51 (Ziauddin)

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> Sikkim Under-16s second innings batting adds 9 runs under