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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2016 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Ranji Trophy-Group C South Africa hammer hapless Haryana in sight of outright victory over J&K Australia to win Test series HOBART, Nov 15: the final day-night Test against the It brought Adam Voges to the MUMBAI, Nov 15: three points. tourists in Adelaide next week. crease under immense pressure to In the second innings, Kerala South Africa demolished It was Australia's fifth consec- save his faltering Test career after Jammu and Kashmir were scored 154 for 4 with skipper Australia by an innings and 80 utive Test defeat this year, after a highest score of 47 in his last 10 38/0 in their second essay after Rohan Prem batting 60 following runs after yet another batting col- also losing all three Tests in Sri innings. bundling out for paltry 262 runs up on his 130 in the first innings. lapse to claim their third succes- Lanka in August. But Voges' self-doubt showed against Haryana's mammoth total Summarized Scores: sive Test series Down Under "We have to find a way to be a through when he tried to withdraw of 502 runs in Ranji Trophy 1) Kerala 342 and 154/4 today, piling the pressure on coach bit more resilient. It seems at the from at attempted pull shot only to Group C Match at Cuttack in (Rohan Prem 60 batting) Darren Lehmann and captain moment, regardless of what the glide a deflection to JP Duminy in Odisha, today. Goa 286 (Shadab Jakati 85, Steve Smith. ball is doing, we need to find a the gully for two after scoring a Earlier, on day-3, resuming CV Vinod Kumar 4/68) The Proteas bowled out the way to hit it better," said Smith. duck in the first innings. from an overnight total of 84/1, 2) Jammu and Kashmir 262 home side for 161 before lunch on "We need to find a way to be Voges trudged off the field J&K bundled out for 262 despite and 38/0. the fourth day, taking their last successful, because what we are after scores of 0 and 2, fearing his Pranav Mahajan's brilliant 94 Haryana 502 (Rajat Paliwal eight wickets for 32 in 116 balls doing at the moment is not work- Test career was over at the age of runs. 194, Nitin Sharma 90, Sanjay after routing Australia for 85 in the ing." 37. In another Group C Match, Pahal 59). Chief Sports Officer, Abdul Qayoom alongwith other dignitaries inaugurating TT first innings. The Australians fell apart again Callum Ferguson was the vic- Kerala have taken a sizeable lead 3) Tripura 171 and 165/3 Championship in Jammu. — Excelsior/Rakesh The latest overpowering victo- on Tuesday, losing their last eight tim of another ugly dismissal, of 210 runs against Goa in a (Yashpal Singh 46 batting) ry followed a 177-run win against wickets with all the apparent bending to evade Rabada only to Ranji Trophy group C encounter Andhra 524/6 decl (Hanuma Smith's shattered team in the first weaknesses again exposed by glove to Dean Elgar at third slip here today. Vihari 233). 38th Stag J&K State TT Perth Test, with South Africa emu- potent South African pace bowl- for one after scoring three in the Having scored 342 in the first 4) Chattisgarh 238 and 175/4 lating the intimidating West Indies ing. first innings. innings, Kerala restricted Goa to (Abhimanyu Chauhan 69) teams of the 1980-1990s with Kyle Abbott and Kagiso Wicketkeeper Peter Nevill 286 in their first innings thereby Himachal Pradesh 314 (Bipul three straight series wins in Rabada led the rampage with was the next to go, failing to get C’ship 2016 gets underway taking a 56 run lead ensuring Sharma 86). (PTI) Excelsior Sports Correspondent Council was also present on the present on the occasion were Australia. Abbott taking six for 77 and out of the way of a Rabada bounc- occasion. Sanjay Wahi, Satbir Singh, Rajan "This cricket team is a tough young gun Rabada four for 34. er and gloving to Duminy in the JAMMU, Nov 15: The 38th Two hundred and twenty ped- Sharma, I.P Singh, Satish Gupta, team to get a win against them on Once Usman Khawaja was gully for six, while Joe Mennie Stag J&K State Table Tennis dlers drawn from across the State Ajay Sharma, Vasu Dewan, Anil their home soil," said South out just 20 minutes into the fourth lasted just two balls before he was Championship got underway are participating in different age Dutta, Gurvinder Singh Sasan, African captain Faf du Plessis. day, the wickets continued to tum- leg before to Rabada. today at Indoor Hall, MA groups to be held in the next five Sandeep Khadotra, Shorya "So to come here and do it is ble. The Proteas claimed Smith's Stadium, here. days. Sharma, Narinder Singh, Sheetal special for us. To win a series 2-0 Khawaja was twice beaten by prized wicket, caught behind off The championship was Earlier, in Under-12 Cadet Gandotra and Sanjeev Gupta. with one game to play, I am very Abbott's movement off the pitch the rampaging Rabada for 31 after declared open by Abdul Qayoom, boys first round, Vivek beat Ceyl Ashok Singh, Manager MA proud of the way the team is mov- before he went for a cut on the last his unbeaten 48 in the first innings Chief Sports Officer, J&K State by 2-1, Harman drubbed Mohd Stadium and Narinder Singh ing forward." ball of the over and nicked to shambles. Sports Council. Zafar by 2-0, Sarthak trounced from Poonch were also present The second innings destruction wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock Mitchell Starc came to the Mr Qayoom encouraged the Jaskaran by 2-1, Salin outplayed on the occasion. heaped more pressure on Smith for 64. crease but became Abbott's fifth young players of the State to play Pranay Sharma by 2-0, The matches were officiated and Lehmann and increased calls It was a body blow for the victim, caught behind for a duck, in the right spirit of the game. Karmanya Wahi got better of by Sandeep Khadotra (NIS Table for significant team changes for Australian hopes of salvaging the with Nathan Lyon the last man out, Medal winners in Rope Skipping National posing for a group Shiv Kumar Sharma, Joint Shiveen Aggarwal by 2-0. Tennis coach) and Meenu Test so early into the fourth day giving man-of-the-match Abbott photograph. Secretary J&K State Sports Prominent among others Rajesh. Batra's main focus is and ended a 50-run stand with his sixth dismissal of the innings. KCIS students win medals in to make hockey Smith. (Agencies) Indian eves, England men reach finals popular, reachable MEHRAJ (BATHINDA), Nov margin of 41-19. This is the Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Rope Skipping Nationals DPS Jammu wins overall 15: fourth time that the Indian eves Janta Party led Punjab govern- NEW DELHI, Nov 15: The England men team and would be playing the finals of this ment that our traditional sport of Excelsior Sports Correspondent and Janvi Rajput brought laurels Indian eves became the first mega sporting tourney. Kabaddi has become to the School as well as State. The first non-European to head the International Hockey C’ship in Inter-DPS Nationals teams to reach the finals of Dr BR The first semi final of the day International as several countries JAMMU, Nov 15: Among They won bronze medals in Federation, newly-elected FIH Excelsior Sports Correspondent timing of 2:07:47 micro seconds Ambedkar 6th World Cup was played between Iran and such as Kenya, Sierra Leone, Sri the five students of KC Under-14 girls category. President Narinder Batra today and Silver in Time Trial (300 m) Kabaddi 2016. England. It was for the first time Lanka, Tanzania, Iran and others International School, who par- Vice Chairman, Chaitanya said his main focus would be on JAMMU, Nov 15: Dhruv race with a record timing of The two semi finals of each in the history of World Cup are competing in this mega sport- ticipated in the 62nd National Chowdhary and Principal Maya the 10-year Hockey Revolution Gupta of Class 10th and Raghav 47:99 seconds, while Raghav from men and women section Kabaddi that the decision was ing tourney. School Games Rope Skipping Mishra lauded the efforts of stu- strategy starting from 2019, Gupta of Class XIIth of Delhi Gupta qualified for semifinals of were held in the Multipurpose taken with the help of a tie break- He also thanked Chief Nationals at Jabalpur, Madhya dents, coach Tarsem Sharma and which aims at making the sport Public School (DPS) Jammu 750 m race. Sports Stadium of village Mehraj er as the score remained tied at Minister Mr Parkash Singh Badal Pradesh recently, 3 students Activity Coordinator Rajni more popular and reachable. created magical history for the Thus DPS lifted the overall in Bathinda district today. In the the end of finishing time. Cabinet and Deputy CM Mr Sukhbir Arpan Pandita, Jassica Singh Malhotra for this achievement. Batra, who was elected Institution by winning overall Championship for their school first semi final of the day, that was Minister and Chairman of Punjab Singh Badal for choosing Mehraj, President last Saturday, said as Championship trophy in presti- by winning 8 points out of 10. played between Iran and England Kabaddi Association, Mr one of the largest villages of the part of the Hockey Revolution gious Inter-DPS Skating The skaters were guided in their from men section, the European Sikarndar Singh Maluka was the country, as the venue for the programme the world body is team defeated Iran by 41-39, chief guest for today's matches.