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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2019 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Warner leads Australia to T20 Seven cueists sails into second Kritika brings laurels to country, J&K Excelsior Sports Correspondent round in Senior Snooker JAMMU, Nov 1: Kritika clean-sweep over Sri Lanka Excelsior Sports Correspondent Kashif Ahmed, Mandeep Singh, Khanna daughter of the soil Sohail Khalid and Arjun Singh. becomes the first female Para- MELBOURNE, Nov 1: the clash in Melbourne. wicket. JAMMU, Nov 1: Seven Vishal Abrol defeated Rohit Sri Lanka's batting had been Openers Finch and Warner cueists sailed into the second Rower to bring laurels to the Australia cruised past Sri Singh by 2-0 frames (74-06 and Country and more importantly insipid until now, but they were both dropped early in the round in the Senior Snooker, being 41-15), while Aman Sharma put- Lanka to clean-sweep their to Jammu & Kashmir. finally posted a competitive run chase at the Melbourne organized during the ongoing 27th played Rahul Bhagat by straight 2- In recently contested Asian three-match Twenty20 series score of 142 for six, with Kusal Cricket Ground, and they made 0 frames (54-25 Para-Rowing Championship- today, with an in-form David the visitors pay, putting on 69 and 73-34) and 2019 held at Cheongju, South for the first wicket. Nikhil Kapahi beat Avish Korea, local lass Kritika Khanna Finch hit three big sixes represented India in team event before falling for 37, caught by Anand by 2-1 frames (49-26, designated as PR3Mix4+.Team Shehan Jayasuriya off Lahiru 50-63 and 57- India won bronze medal, the Kumara. thanked her mentor Colonel She also conveyed her high- 33). first for the country in the event. Gaurav Dutta, the only para est thanks to the Rowing That brought Steve Smith to Mandeep An alumna of Presentation the crease, but he only lasted triathlete in the Country. Federation of India which Singh defeated Convent School, Jammu and According to her, Colonel showed faith in the team who nine balls, caught in the deep Tanshi Mehra by currently working as an Gaurav Dutta surfed extensively won Country's first medal in for 13. 2-0 frames (62- Assistant Manager in J&K Warner, who scored an 18 and 68-16), over the internet to short list the para rowing in international Grameen Bank gives the entire team and further invited themto arena. unbeaten 100 and 60 not out in while Sohail credit to her team mates for be part of Team India. She seems to be fully confi- the opening two games, was Khalid out- their collective effort. He had arranged all the train- dent to bring more laurels for the heard on the pitch microphone played Robin Brimming with happiness she ing facilities for the participants State and the Nation in the times saying he was struggling with Kumar by 2-0 conveyed that more than the frames (62-27 at Pune Maharashtra. to come. his rhythm. Cueist Kashif Ahmed aiming at target dur- medal, it was the proud moment David Warner playing a shot during his unbeaten 57 runs and 77-18), But he still produced the ing a match in Senior Snooker at Billiards Hall, when she held the Tricolour knock. Kashif Ahmed goods, bringing up his 50 off 44 MA Stadium, Jammu on Friday. afloat on podium which gave —Excelsior/Rakesh outclasses Dan- SCOREBOARD balls to end the match unbeaten ish Gupta by 2-1 her goose bumps. Sri Lanka on 57, aided by Ashton Turner Sub Junior, Junior and Senior frames (22-56, 51-20 and 54-40) She further shared her expe- K. Mendis c McDermott b Richardson 13 who chipped in with 22 as Billiards and Snooker and Arjun Singh beats Ishan Singh rience about the training ses- N. Dickwella c McDermott b Starc 0 Australia reached 145 for three Championship at Billiards Hall, by 2-0 frames (58-11 and 55-24). sions which were very tough due K. Perera c Turner b Cummins 57 with 14 balls to spare. MA Stadium, here today. It is pertinent to mention here to only two shortened training A. Fernando c McDermott b Cummins 20 Australia have set a target of The cueists, who sailed into that 27th Sub Junior, Junior and camps. She remembers the second round, are Vishal Abrol, Senior Billiards and Snooker extreme climate at the champi- O. Fernando c Carey b Richardson 6 being the number one T20 side Aman Sharma, Nikhil Kapahi, Championship is being organized onship venue where that it was B. Rajapaksa not out 17 by the time the World Cup is played on home soil in a year's by J&K Billiards and Snooker around 1 degree C when the S. Jayasuriya b Starc 12 Arnav wins gold Association under the aegis of time, and their whitewash of Sri final race took place. L. Malinga not out 8 J&K State Sports Council. Lanka is set to propel them in Singapore She had all the praises and Extras (lb8, w1) 9 above South Africa and into Excelsior Sports Correspondent Total (six wickets, 20 overs) 142 third place. Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-33, 3-76, 4-99, 5-110, 6-132 An even bigger test starts on JAMMU, Nov 1: Arnav England claim first blood Indian players celebrating after scoring a goal. Bowling: Starc 4-0-32-2, Richardson 4-0-25-2, Cummins 4-0-23- Sunday, when they face top- Verma, a student of Crescent 2, Zampa 4-0-30-0, Agar 4-0-24-0 ranked Pakistan in the first of Public School Janipur has Olympic Qualifiers Australia three T20s. emerged as the shining star for in New Zealand T20 series A. Finch c Jayasuriya b Kumara 37 Dickwella, elevated to J&K as well for India in “8th CHRISTCHURCH, Nov 1: facing New Zealand fitted in Rampaging Indian women seamlessly, with Sam Curran and D. Warner not out 57 opener after Danushka A maiden half century from S. Smith c Sandakan b Pradeep 13 Gunathilaka was dropped, was Pat Brown both snaring a wicket thrash USA by 5-1 in first leg James Vince powered England to each. B. McDermott lbw Malinga 5 out first ball. a convincing seven-wicket victo- BHUBANESWAR, Nov 1: Dragflicker Gurjit Kaur A. Turner not out 22 Kusal Mendis and Perera ry over New (42nd and 51st) struck brace Extras (lb5, w6) 11 showed some aggression, slap- Zealand in the Indian women's hockey team while Lilima Minz (28th), took a giant leap towards Total (three wickets, 17.4 overs) 145 ping a handful of boundaries, opening Twenty20 Sharmila Devi (40th) and before Kane Richardson tempt- Olympic qualification with a Fall of wickets: 1-69 (Finch), 2-85 (Smith), 3-99 (McDermott) international in Navneet Kaur (46th) were the ed Mendis into another big shot Christchurch near-flawless performance to Bowling: Malinga 4-0-22-1, Kumara 4-0-49-1, Pradeep 3.4-0-20- other scorers. and he was caught at deep today. hammer USA 5-1 in the first-leg USA's consolation goal came 1, Jayasuriya 2-0-24-0, Sandakan 4-0-25-0. square for 13. Vince top- of the two-match FIH Qualifier from a penalty stroke converted Perera and Avishka scored for the here today. by Erin Matson in the 54th Perera hitting 57. It was expected to be a tricky Warner grinding out a third However their bowlers, led Fernando pushed the score to tourists with 59 as minute. successive half-century in the England chased tie for the hosts but the women Ranked ninth in the world, by Lasith Malinga, have been 65 for two at the halfway mark, Arnav Mahajan posing for seven wicket win. down New punched above their weight to India now need to defend their no match for a quality building a 43-run partnership, photograph with Principal The home team have been Zealand's 154-run simply demolish USA's challenge four-goal advantage in Saturday's Australian batting line-up, the team's highest of the series, Crescent Public School in front of a partisan crowd at the dominant throughout, winning target in 18.3 overs second and final-leg to seal their spearheaded by Warner who before Fernando was caught Bhavna Kaushal after winning Kalinga Stadium. by 134 runs in Adelaide and by near the boundary off Pat to take a 1-0 lead Tokyo 2020 ticket. (PTI) has now scored 217 in three Gold Medal in Singapore. in the five-match nine wickets with seven overs Cummins for 20. innings without losing his series. to spare in Brisbane ahead of Oshada Fernando followed Singapore open Pencak Silat Mandeep’s brace saves India Championship”, which was held While Vince's James Vince pulls towards leg side during soon after for six, but the in Singapore. man-of-the-match T20 match against New Zealand on Friday. aggressive Perera kept plug- GD Goenka conducts activity Arnav defeated international performance All-rounder Lewis Gregory blushes against minnows Russia ging away, bringing up his players and snatched first position caught the eye, captain Eoin sixth T20 half-century off 38 was not needed with either bat or BHUBANESWAR, Nov 1: the class and vast gap in world with gold medal. Morgan was also full of praise for ball and will hope to make an with Birla World School balls. his bowlers, who laid the platform rankings between the two teams Principal Crescent Public impression when hostilities Mandeep Singh struck twice but world no.