FULL NAME: Alokananda Jena
GENDER: Male
BORN: ? January, 1948 (cricketarchive.com), 31 December, 1947 (Source: data4sports.com)
SON OF: Muralidhar Jena (Father), Basant Kumari Jena (Mother)
HOME ADDRESS: Cuttack, Odisha, India
EDUCATION: Not known
PROFESSION: Not known
TYPE OF PLAYER: Right-hand batsman and right-arm off-break bowler
TEAMS PLAYED FOR: Orissa Schools, East Zone Schools and Orissa Seniors

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:
*     Played two first-class and five miscellaneous matches in a career spanning from 1962-63 to 1970-71.
*     Played both the first-class matches in Ranji Trophy.
*     Played all five miscellaneous matches for Orissa and East Zone Schools in Cooch Behar Trophy Tournament between 1962 and 1963.

OVERALL FIRST-CLASS PERFORMANCE:
Batting & fielding: 2 matches, 4 innings, 2 not outs, total runs 9, highest 3, Average 4.50, catches 0.
Bowling: 3 balls, 0 maidens, 1 run, 1 wkt, best bowling 1/1, average 1.00, strike rate 3.00, economy 2.00

DETAILS OF FIRST-CLASS PERFORMANCE:
3, 1*: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Nowgong Sports Club Ground, Nowgong, 24-26 Nov, 1970.
3, 1/1, 2*: Orissa vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 25-27 December, 1965.

DETAILS OF COOCH BEHAR TROPHY PERFORMANCE:
4/37, 9, 0/11, DNB: East Zone Schools vs West Zone Schools, Cooch Behar Trophy, Final match, SVP Stadium, Ahmedabad, 30 Jan-1 Feb, 1963.
0, 1/6, 0, 1/11: East Zone Schools vs North Zone Schools, Cooch Behar Trophy, Semifinal match, SVP Stadium, Ahmedabad, 26-28 Jan, 1963.
3/12, 3, 3/45, DNB: East Zone Schools vs West Zone Schools, Cooch Behar Trophy, Final match, LB Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad, 26-28 Jan, 1962.
5/54, 1, 4/59, 3: East Zone Schools vs South Zone Schools, Cooch Behar Trophy, Semifinal match, LB Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad, 22-24 Jan, 1962.
12, 0/20, 21, 0/1: East Zone Schools vs North Zone Schools, Cooch Behar Trophy, QF match, LB Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad, 19-20 Jan, 1962.

OTHER NOTABLE INFORMATION:
*     He was part of the East Zone Schools team that emerged Cooch Behar Trophy champions twice, beating West Zone in both the finals in 1962 and 1963.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 31 July, 2016
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 19 June, 2020