The three-day East Zone Vijay Merchant Trophy (under-16) cricket match between Orissa and Tripura ended in a draw at Nimpur ground in Cuttack today. Host Orissa collected three points by virtue of taking first innings lead, while Tripura got one point. Orissa batsman Ankur Das scored half-century in both the innings. Brief scores: Orissa 227 and 202/7 decl (Ankur Das 57, P Roshan Kumar 43: Krishna Acharjee 3/25, D Bhatta 2/49) drew with Tripura 187 and 102/4 (N Devnath 37 n.o).