FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2015 (PAGE 18) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU National School Games U-14 Boys Cricket C’ship KC Sports Club registers Shenwari leads Afghanistan to Praful demolishes Karnataka, but Delhi 6-wkt win over VRCC Excelsior Sports Correspondent Ramandeep and Arjun shared 2 historic World Cup win tames mighty J&K to enter semis wickets each. DUNEDIN (NEW ZEALAND), chase and then shared vital 60 runs ary while going for another big hit. JAMMU, Feb 26: KC Sports In reply, KCSC chased the Feb 26: off 71 balls with Hassan to take his Shenwari’s dismissal brought Excelsior Sports Correspondent mark, scoring 14 runs off 16 balls, Bharadwaj and Akash contributed Club registered 6-wicket win target in 10 overs by losing 4 side near the finishing line before Afghanistan’s last pair at the while five of the Karnataka bats- 22 runs each to the total. For J&K, over VRCC in a low scoring wickets, thus won the match by Top-order batsman Samiullah perishing in the 47th over. crease and from there on a win JAMMU, Feb 26: Jammu and men got out for naught. Praful was Praful Dhar was the only success- match to advance in the ongoing 6 wickets. Abhishant (25) and Shenwari struck a gritty 96 to pave Shenwari though made the looked improbable for the Asian Kashmir the wrecker-in-chief, who captured ful and most economical bowler, Jammu and Kashmir Premier thrashed formi- Amrit (12) were the main scor- the way for Afghanistan’s historic 6 important wickets by conceding who claimed one wicket by con- League T20 Cricket Today's Fixture dable Karnataka just 8 runs in his 3 overs, while ceding 8 runs in 2 overs, while the ers. For VRCC, Narinder Paul one-wicket win against Scotland Tournament, being organized by South Africa VS West Indies (Sydney) 9:00 IST by 10 wickets to Danish, Musaif Ajaz and Rayees other two Delhi batsmen ran them- Singh took 3 wickets and Asif in a nail-biting Pool A match of the Jammu Tawi Sports Club at register fourth Hamid claimed one wicket each. selves out. claimed one. Aman of KCSC cricket World Cup, here today. SCOREBOARD GGM Science College Hostel consecutive win In reply, J&K chased the target This 5-day cricketing extrava- was declared man of the match. Chasing 211 for a win at the Scotland innings: ground, here. as right-arm off- in just 7 overs, without losing a ganza, in which 23 teams drawn The match was officiated by University Oval, Afghanistan Kyle Coetzer b Dawlat Zadran 25 Batting first, VRCC col- spinner, Praful wicket, thus won the match by 10 from various States and Union Sohail Yusuf, Anil Kumar and were in dire straits at 97 for seven, Calum MacLeod c Najibullah b Dawlat Zadran 0 lapsed at 52 runs in 16 overs, Dhar wreaked havoc, scalping 6 wickets. Amir Shafi Shah top Territories of the Country are tak- Rahul Bhat. before Shenwari played the Hamish Gardiner lbw Hassan 5 important wickets, but mighty with Sonu scoring 11 runs and scored with unbeaten 25 runs off ing part, is being organized by the In tomorrow’s fixture, CCC innings of his life to help the Matt Machan b Nabi 31 J&K team was tamed by strong 19 balls, studded with 3 fours and Government of Telangana, under Yatin contributing 9 runs to the will take on New Challengers, Mohammad Nabi-led side post Preston Mommsen c Zazai b Naib 23 Delhi by 7 wickets to be knocked one six, while Dikshant Kundal the auspices of School Games total. For KC Sports Club, while Arun XI will lock horns their first World Cup victory in Richie Berrington c Zazai b Dawlat Zadran 25 out of the Tournament before mak- contributed 18 runs off 22 balls Federation of India (SGFI). Aman took 5 wickets, while with Krishna CC. their maiden appearance with Matthew Cross c Zazai b Shapoor Zadran 15 ing it to the semifinals stage in the with 2 fours. The Jammu and Kashmir team three balls to spare. ongoing National School Games Late-on, in the quarterfinals, is being accompanied by BCCI Josh Davey c Hassan b Shapoor Zadran 1 Shenwari stitched crucial part- Majid Haq c Naib b Shapoor Zadran 31 in the discipline of cricket under- Delhi defeated J&K in a close con- Level-1 coach Suresh Singh and Competition on low cost nerships with tailenders and the 14 boys at Mehboob Nagar in Alasdair Evans c Nabi b Shapoor Zadran 28 test by 7 wickets. former Ranji Trophy player, team got much-needed help from Telangana. Batting first, J&K scored a Imtiyaz Baba as manager and Iain Wardlaw not out 1 No.10 Hamid Hassan (15 not out) After thrashing Gujarat, fighting total of 93 runs in the stip- coach respectively and the team is teaching aids held Extras: (LB-12, W-12, NB-1) 25 Chhattisgarh and Goa in the pool ulated 15 overs. Dikshant Kundal participating in the Tournament and last-man Shapoor Zadran (12 Total: (all out in 50 overs) 210 matches, the Jammu and Kashmir was the top scorer with 45 runs off under the banner of the Excelsior Correspondent very constructive role in shaping not out), who stood unbeaten for Bowling: Shapoor Zadran 10-1-38-4, Dawlat Zadran 10-1-29-3, team demolished Karnataka in the 48 balls with the help of 4 crispy Department of Youth Services and the destiny of younger genera- the final 19 runs of the win. Hassan 10-1-32-1, Naib 9-0-53-1 (2w), Nabi 10-0-38-1, Ahmadi knockout stage today, before los- boundaries, while skipper Rayees Sports, Government of Jammu and JAMMU, Feb 26: An inter- tion and should not underesti- Opener Javed Ahmadi also 1-0-8-0. ing to Delhi in the quarterfinals, Sidiq contributed 24 runs off 24 Kashmir. college competition on ‘Low mate them as compare to other made a useful contribution up the Afghanistan innings (target: 211 runs from 50 overs) closing all its doors for making it to balls. For Delhi, Nitin Chaudhary J&K team: Rayees Sidiq, cost teaching aids’ was organ- profession. order for the Afghans with a run-a- Javed Ahmadi c Machan b Berrington 51 the last four stage. took 2 wickets, while Vivek Yadav Musaif Ajaz, Praful Dhar, Amir ized by NSS Unit of Chenab Ajit Angral, Principal, Govt ball 51, a knock which was deco- Nawroz Mangal b Evans 7 Earlier, winning the toss and claimed one. Shafi Shah, Aditya Sharma, College of Education in the col- BEd College of Education and a rated with eight boundaries. Asghar Stanikzai c †Cross b Evans 4 batting first, Karnataka bundled In reply, Delhi chased the tar- Dishant Kundal, Nikhil Partap, lege premises today. chief guest of this occasion But the star of the day was Samiullah Shenwari c Davey b Haq 96 out for a paltry total of 59 runs in get in 12 overs by losing 3 wickets Mohd Wasid Khan, Sayed Ayoob, The students from 11 expressed a great satisfaction Shenwari. He first joined hands Mohammad Nabi* lbw b Davey 1 the stipulated 15 overs as Praful to win the match by 7 wickets and Gowhar Imtiyaz, Umar Farooq, Colleges participated in the over the preparation of the mod- with Dawlat Zadran (9) and then Afsar Zazai† lbw b Berrington 0 plotted collapse of the team. storm into semifinals. Sumit Danish Hussain, Rayees Hamid competition by Hassan to raise the hopes of an Najibullah Zadran c Haq b Berrington 4 Yeshwanth Gowda was the only Chikala was the top scorer with Bhatt, Mujtaba, Marutuvan and displaying their Afghan win before Hassan and batsman to cross double figure unbeaten 27 runs, while Shivam Ayush Andotra. Gulbadin Naib c Haq b Davey 0 teaching aids, Shapoor finished off the chase Dawlat Zadran c Mommsen b Berrington 9 prepared by with three balls to spare. Hamid Hassan not out 15 themselves. Shenwari played 147 balls and Shapoor Zadran not out 12 The idea of struck seven boundaries and five Extras (lb 1, w 10, nb 1) 12 the competition huge hits over the fence during his Total (9 wickets; 49.3 overs; 231 mins) 211 (4.26 runs per over) was to create career-best knock. Bowling: Iain Wardlaw 9.3-0-61-0, Josh Davey 10-1-34-2, awareness and Earlier, Majid Haq (31) and Alasdair Evans 10-1-30-2, Majid Haq 10-0-45-1, Richie develop a sense Alasdair Evans (28) shared valu- Berrington 10-0-40-4. of understanding able 62 runs for the ninth wicket to among the stu- lift Scotland to 210, their highest match after he clobbered off-spin- minnows. dents (would be Dignitaries and students during the compe- cricket World Cup score in three ner Haq for three huge sixes on the But Hassan and Shapoor had teachers) to cre- tition on low cost teaching aids at Chenab appearances. leg side to bring the equation other plans as they batted sensibly ate teaching aids College of Education. In pursuit of the target, down but he fell in fifth ball of the and picked up singles and twos themselves out of waste materi- els by the students. He said that Shenwari added 35 runs with same over. He was caught by Josh without taking any risks to take al or spending a minimum the competitors have really Dawlat (9) to first stabilise the Davey at deep midwicket bound- Afghanistan home. (PTI) amount.