SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 2015 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU New Zealand beat Australia in India overpower UAE for third win in a row PERTH, Feb 28: with the help of 10 fours and a anyone’s current form, but some India today virtually assured six to notch up a significant score of Rohit’s silken strokes would thriller, enter WC quarters themselves of a quarterfinal Today’s Fixture AUCKLAND, Feb 28: career-best five- haul had the World Cup with a haul of berth in the World Cup Pakistan VS Zimbabwe (Brisbane) 9:00 IST helped bowl out the Aussies for 6/28 in nine overs. But that was after spanking minnows UAE England VS Sri Lanka (Wellington) 3:30 IST New Zealand today became 151 in 32.2 overs at a packed not enough as New Zealand by nine , recording their the first team to enter the Eden Park. eventually crossed the finishing third successive win with yet SCOREBOARD Cricket World Cup quarterfi- Chasing the modest target, line in 23.1 overs. another flawless display, here United Arab Emirates innings (50 overs maximum) nals, clinching a nerve-wrecking New Zealand skipper Brendon The Black Caps made things today. c †Dhoni b Kumar 4 one-wicket triumph over four- McCullum, playing through a difficult for themselves owing to After the bowlers led by off- Andri Berenger c Dhoni b Yadav 4 time champions Australia after swollen arm after being hit by a a mid-innings collapse but Kane Triumphant RCC players posing for a group photograph spinner c Raina b Ashwin 4 Williamson (45 ; 42b, after clinching big win over SCC at Mandal in Jammu on (4/25) bundled out UAE for a c Raina b Ashwin 14 5X4, 1X6) kept his cool amid Saturday. paltry 102 in only 31.3 overs, † c Dhawan b Ashwin 7 chaos to complete the win with a the batsmen made short work of b Yadav 35 six off Pat Cummins. Holi Cup T20 Cricket Tournament the target knocking off the lbw b Mohit Sharma 2 c Raina b Jadeja 2 This was New Zealand's required runs in only 18.5 overs b Ashwin 6 fourth successive win in the Parveen, Ahmer, Sourav in a completely lop-sided Pool B * b Jadeja 1 event and ensured them a place contest. Manjula Guruge 10 not out in the last-eight by consolidating India thus maintained their Extras (lb 4, w 9) 13 their position at the top of the guide RCC to big win grip on the top spot in the league Total (10 wickets; 31.3 overs) 102 (3.23 runs per over) points table. The team is chasing Excelsior Sports Correspondent Sourav Chopra was the pick of table with three wins from as : 5-0-19-1, 6.3-2-15- its first World Cup title. the bowlers, who scalped 3 many matches which took their 2, Ravichandran Ashwin 10-1-25-4, Mohit Sharma 5-1-16-1, Australia, who chose to bat JAMMU, Feb 28: Gutsy wickets by conceding 19 runs in points tally to six. With three 5-0-23-2 after winning the toss, lost eight middle-order batsman and off- his 4 overs, while left-arm spin- matches against West Indies, India innings: wickets for mere 26 runs, their spinner, Parveen Singh’s all- ner Dilbagh Singh and right-arm Zimbabwe and Ireland left, round show, coupled with not out 57 worst mid-innings collapse ever, off-spinner Parveen Singh Dhoni and his boys, are well on c Rohan Mustafa b Naveed 14 before a last-wicket stand of 45 Ahmer’s gritty fifty and Sourav bagged 2 wickets each by giving course of topping the group. Members of the New Zealand team celebrating victory against Chopra’s superb bowling dis- not out 33 between Brad Haddin (43) and Pat away 16 and 29 runs to the total Shikhar Dhawan (14) started Extras: 0 Australia in a World Cup Match at Auckland on Saturday. (UNI) Cummins (7 not out) lent some play, helped Rainawari Cricket respectively. off well with three sweetly- Club (RCC) to register a big win Total: (for one wicket in 18.5 overs) 04 respectability to the scorecard. In reply, RCC chased the tar- timed boundaries before Rohan Fall of wickets: 1-29 dismissing them for their second Mitchell Johnson bouncer, Nine down for 108 at one over Singh Cricket Club (SCC) get easily in 17 overs by losing 2 Mustafa at gully pulled off a lowest tournament total in a by 8 wickets in the ongoing Holi Bowling: Naveed 5-0-35-1, Guruge 6-1-19-0, Javed 2-0-12-0, whacked a 24-ball 50 to lay the stage, the Aussies were in dan- wickets, thus won the match by one-handed stunner to send him Chandran 3-0-17-0, Tauqir 2.5-0-21-0. pool A thriller here today. foundation of the victory. ger of being bowled out for their Cup T20 Cricket Tournament at 8 wickets. Ahmer scored bril- back. The pacer was In a low-scoring match that However, what seemed like lowest World Cup total, which Mandal ground, here today. liant 57 runs off 47 balls, stud- Mohammed Naveed. before the West Indies game. certainly keep the Caribbean went right down to the wire, the an easy chase was almost turned currently stands at 129 (against Winning the toss and elect- ded with 8 fours and one six, Rohit Sharma hit a fluent While runs against UAE bowlers worried before the duel nervous Kiwis huffed and on its head by Aussie pacer India in 1983), before the 37- ing to bat first, SCC scored a while Parveen Singh contributed unbeaten 57 off 55 deliveries may not be the best indicator of on March 6. (PTI) puffed to victory after man of Mitchell Starc, who scalped the year-old Haddin saved them a paltry total of 11 runs in the stip- unbeaten 32 runs off 34 balls, the match pacer Trent Boult's second best bowling figures in few blushes. (PTI) ulated 20 overs by losing all the with the help of 5 delectable wickets. Gagan Singh was the boundaries. Manish Dogra con- top scorer with 25 runs off 29 tributed with 7 runs off 7 balls. balls, while Sunny and Sukhvir Wasim took 2 wickets for SCC. Singh contributed 19 and 14 The match was officiated by runs to the total respectively. For Vikram Kumar, Rakesh Bawa RCC Srinagar, medium pacer, and Sachin Singh. KC Sports Club Cricket Cup Rommy Sports, Udhampur Club log wins Excelsior Sports Correspondent Sameer contributed with 31 runs JAMMU, Feb 28: off 40 balls. Narinder Singh was Cyclists sweating-it-out during a rally organized by Indian Air Force (IAF) in Jammu. Outplaying their rivals convinc- declared as man of the match. ingly, Rommy Sports Club and The second match was IAF reaches to people Sunderbani Club, JCC State Kabaddi teams posing for a group photograph along with the dignitaries before leaving Udhampur Cricket Club played between OCC and for Bilaspur in HP on Saturday. advanced into the next round of Udhampur Cricket Club, in script victories the ongoing KC Sports Club which latter emerged winner. through cycle rally Excelsior Sports Correspondent Cricket Tournament, being Batting first, OCC scored SHC faces Excelsior Sports Correspondent Bimber Gali, Rajouri, Kalakot, J&K Kabaddi teams organized and sponsored by 195 runs in 18 overs. Raju top JAMMU, Feb 28: Sunderbani Shylarchetta, Sunderbani and Glamorous Club KCSC at KC School ground, scored with 50 runs off 31 balls, Cricket Club and Jammu Cricket JAMMU, Feb 28: To spread Akhnoor covering a distance of Club registered wins in the ongo- here. while Vineet Raina contributed the awareness of the Yeoman’s around 300 kilometers in three ing Jammu and Kashmir Premier leave for Bilaspur in T20 final Earlier, in the first match, 83 runs off 36 balls. For service provided by the Indian Excelsior Sports Correspondent days. League T20 Cricket Tournament Excelsior Sports Correspondent Officer Central, Satish Gupta, batting first, Rommy Sports Udhampur Club, Naresh and Air Force to the people of J&K JAMMU, Feb 28: Defeating The rally team successfully at GGM Science College Hostel Manager Mini Stadium Jammu , Club scored a modest total of Sumit took 1 wicket each. during massive floods, a cycle their rivals convincingly in the encountered and handled the ground, here today. JAMMU, Feb 27: Jammu S Jasbir Singh, chairman 127 runs in the allotted 20 overs. In reply, Udhampur Cricket rally was organized by the Indian semifinals, Surankote Habib steep climbs and slopes of the Pir Sunderbani Club defeated and Kashmir State Kabaddi Unique Public Hr Secondary Mickey top scored with 32 runs Club chased the huge target eas- Air Force (IAF), which culmi- Club (SHC) and Glamorous Panjal and Kalidhar mountain Shinning Star Club by 12 runs teams for Senior Boys and Girls School, Khazar Mohd, Kabaddi off 25 balls, while Narinder con- ily and won the match. Binny nated at Air Force Station, here Cricket Club have qualified for ranges and other challenging in a close contest, while JCC left for Bilaspur today for partic- Instructor and Kabaddi coaches tributed with 26 runs off 24 scored 50 runs off 29 balls and today. the finals and will lock horns hurdles. drubbed Aircel XI by 5 wickets ipation in the 62nd North Zone Ankush Gupta and Anil Sharma balls. For Friends Club, Bakshi Shubu Kapoor contributed with The rally led by Air Cmde with each other in T20 summit The mission of the rally is to in a low scoring affair. Kabaddi Championship, being The Teams: Boys; Mohinder took 3 wickets, while Arvind 50 runs off 26 balls. Vineet Ashutosh Lal Air Officer clash, being organized by reach out to the people of Jammu Batting first, Sunderbani organized under the aegis of Singh, Manmeet Singh, Aman claimed 2 wickets. Raina Singh was declared as Commanding (AOC), Air Force & Kashmir. During the rally the Poonch Police under CAP at scored 120 runs, with Rohit top Kabaddi Federation of Indian Singh, Harpreet Singh, In reply, Friends Cricket man of the match. Station Jammu with his team of team had conducted education Sports Stadium, here. scoring with 35 runs and Mikki from February 28, 2015 to Amandeep Singh, Sunny Club failed to chase the target The matches were officiated 25 members had started from and motivation lectures, aware- The first semifinal match and Sumit contributing 17 and March 2, 2015 at Bilaspur in Kumar, Shamhoon-Ul-Haq, and lost the match. Mohd Asif by Ranjeet Singh, Dilawar Shashsitar (Poonch) on February ness programmes and interaction was played between YCC and 16 runs respectively. For Himachal Pradesh. Mohd Ishaq Pala, Ajay Kumar, scored 40 runs off 33 balls and Singh, Shanker and Suresh. 26, 2015 and finally reached sessions with students of Army Surankote Habib Club. Shinning Star, Sunny took 2 Before the departure of the Jamil Ahmed Butt , Zafeer Iqbal Jammu today. Good will public school Rajouri, YCC won the toss and chose wickets, while Sahil and Bali teams, president, J&K Amateur and Jag Mohan, coach and The team also consisted Government Higher Secondary to bat first to score 166 for 6 in 20 claimed 1 wicket wach. Kabaddi Association, Anil Ankush Gupta, coach, J&K Deepanjali Bhakshi president School Kalakot. over’s, while chasing the target In reply, Shinning Star bun- Gupta and Abdul Qayoom, State Sports Council. AFFWA (Local), Chief During the rally, special Surankote Habib Club scored Administrative Officer Group dled out for 108 runs. Sahil and Chief Sports Officer, J&K Girls: Sheetal Sharma, Pooja emphasis was given to highlight 167 for 7 in 19.3 overs. Surankote JB Rane, few officers Bunty scored 24 and 20 runs, Sports Council distributed Rani, Ishu Bakshi, Rigzin the outstanding services lend by Habib Club won the match by 3 and air warriors accompanied while for Sunderbani Club, Mikki sports kits among the selected Angmo, Barkha Devi, Anjana the Air Force during the recent wickets. Pervaiz Malik of YCC the AOC during the rally. and Arif took 2 wickets each, players in presence of other Devi, Kanchan Devi, Nahida flood relief in “Operation Megh team scored 76 runs and was The rally was routed through while Shanker and Sudershan office bearers including Nabi, Neha Badyal, Shabina Rahat”. declared man of the match. shared one wicket each. Kuldeep Kumar Gupta, general Akhter, Samreen Kour, In the second semifinal Jammu City T20 Cricket Cup In another match, Aircel col- secretary, Anil Modi, press sec- Mandeep Kour and Sukhmeet match played between lapsed at 65 runs in 17 overs as retary, Rajan Sharma, Divisional Kour, coach and Khazar Mohd, Glamorous Club and Amjad Students presenting beautiful dance item during Annual Deepak Dogra and Guru Partap Sports Officer, Ashok Singh, Kabaddi Instructor of J&K State JTC Club registers Club, Amjad Club won the toss Prize Distribution Function at Rich Harvest School at Bari claimed 3 and 2 wickets rre- Manager Indoor Stadium, Sports Council. Nuzqhat Ara Incharge Sports and chose to bat first to score Brahmana. spectively. Rohit Sharma, paltry 95 runs. 5-wkt victory over CSO Vishwajeet Singh, Paras Glamorous Club, in reply Rich Harvest organizes Annual Excelsior Sports Correspondent by Sanju, Sahil and Vinod. Sharma and Jatinder claimed scored 96 runs for the loss of 5 In tomorrow’s fixture, one wicket each. JAMMU, Feb 28: Jammu wickets in 17.4 overs. Skipper Jammu Tawi Cricket Club will JCC, in reply, chased the tar- Tawi Cricket Club registered Pawan top scored with 21 runs, Prize Distribution function take on JKP XI at 9 am, while get in 12.4 overs, WITH emphatic win by 5 wickets over while Gurvinder scored 15 runs Excelsior Sports Correspondent twinkle on the grounds of the Khalsa Cricket Club will lock Sandeep Singh and Deepak Christian Sports Organisation and took 3 wickets to be School. horns with KC Sports Club at Dogra contributing 18 and 14 (CSO) to stay alive in the Jammu declared man of the match. BARI BRAHMANA, Feb 28: Gulchain Singh Charak, 11.30 am and Jammu Police will runs respectively. For Aircel, City T20 Cricket Cup, being Nadeem Hussain, DFO Rich Harvest School, Bari Former Minister and Chairman, face Jammu Eleven Star at 3 pm. Nasir Kaleem took 3 wickets. organized by Jammu Police Poonch was the chief guest on Brahmana organized its Annual Dogra Educational Trust was the under the supervision of SDPO the occasion. Prize Distribution Ceremony chief guest on the occasion, while, Perbeet Singh Parihar at Parade today, which saw the little stars Samar Dev Singh Secretary, Ground, here. State Power Lifting team posing along with officials in Dogra Educational Trust and Bela The tournament is being Jammu. Thakur, Coordinator Rich Harvest Director Tourism inaugurates organized under Civic Action Kindergarten, Shastri Nagar were Programme (CAP) of JK Police the guests of honour. Power Lifting teams selected Department with the objective to The event opened with the Excelsior Sports Correspondent players included Megha Jain, Winter Carnival at Patnitop provide platform for the youths lighting of ceremonial lamp by Nidhi Sharma, Roohi Sharma, Excelsior Sports Correspondent events would be included in such of the Jammu City to exhibit their JAMMU, Feb 28: J&K Sports the chief guest and the guests of Monika, Preeti, Harmeet Kour festivals for the benefit of sports- sports talent and channelize their Power Lifting Association organ- UDHAMPUR, Feb 28: To honour followed by the mesmer- State veteran shuttlers posing for a group photograph before and Irvinder Kour, while in men’s men and charm of tourists and energy in a right direction. ized selection trials and selected promote adventure tourism in the izing Indian Fusion Dance per- leaving for National Championship on Saturday. category, the selected players spectators and thus helping in the Earlier, batting first, Christian State Federation Cup and picturesque winter resort of formed by the Primary and included Deepak, Aditya Pandoh, growth of tourism in the State. Sports Organization scored 131 Deadlift Power Lifting Men and Patnitop, Director Tourism Middle School girls of the School, Vishal Kohli, Sourav, Deshant He said that along with runs in the stipulated 20 overs. State team leaves for Veteran Women teams for their participa- Jammu, R K Varma inaugurated which covered major classical khajuria, Firoz Khan ,Akansh Tourism fraternity there is also a Puneet top scored with 50 runs, tion in the National Deadlift and the carnival in presence Joint dance and semi classical dance Dadwal, Pankaj Verma, Rohit special contributions from while Anchal contributed 33 runs Federation Cup Powerlifting Director Tourism, Dr Nirupa Rai across the country. Singh Jamwal, Rajiv, Faisal Paul, Patnitop Development Authority to the total. Aaryan and Prince National Badminton C’ship Championship, being held at here today. The two days Winter Administrator of the School, Vijay Choudhary, Manjeet Singh, and Hotel Association Patnitop took 3 wickets each for JTC Kapurthala in Punjab from March Carnival is being organised by the Ruchi Charak presented the wel- Excelsior Sports Correspondent 45+ men’s doubles event, while Dhanuj, Charanjeev Singh, who actively partici- Club, while Parkash and Rahul 27, 2015 to March 31, 2015. come address, WHILE in 50 + men’s singles, Ramesh Satinder pal Singh, Rakesh pated in the pro- shared 1 wicket each. JAMMU, Feb 28: To partici- The team has been selected by Sukhvarsha Mehta, School Sharma and Indu Bushan Kumar, Feroz Khan, Deepak, gramme. In reply, Jammu Tawi Club pate in the Veteran National the Association on merit basis in Principal, read out the School’s Choudhary will be the partici- Pawan Kumar, Bhaskar Sharma, During the carni- achieved the target in 15 overs by Badminton Championship, the presence of Rajan Jain, gener- annual report highlighting the pants. Jaspreet, Raza, Rahul Sharma and val various winter losing 5 wickets to win the match being held at Dharamshala in al secretary and other officials prominent achievements of the In 50+ men’s doubles, Vijay Chaudhary. sports activities like by 5 wickets. Rahul was the main Himachal Pradesh, the Jammu Narinder Khajuria and Ravinder including Narinder Singh, Vinay school during this academic year Rajan Jain will accompany fun skiing, sledging scorer with 62 runs, while and Kashmir State team left for Kumar are the entrants from the Sharma, Rakesh Pandoh and in scholastic and co-scholastic the team alongwith the other offi- and tug of war were Amarjeet contributed 30 runs to the venue today. State, while in 55 + men’s sin- Inderpal Singh. areas and reiterated the impor- cials. organized at the total. For CSO, Ambroose The State contingent gles, Harjeet Sethi and Anil In women’s team, the selected tance of parental engagement in Nathatop. took 3 wickets, while Nitu includes a galaxy of veteran ath- Gurkha will vie for the top hon- partnership with the School. For the entertain- Khokher and Anchal shared 1 letes, who will be vying for the ours, while in 55+ men’s dou- During the course of Prize ment of the visitors wicket each. Rahul was declared top honours in various events bles, the duo of Anil Gurkha Distribution there were also a few during the Carnival as man of the match. and weight categories. and Sunil Gurkha will be taking dance performances which various activities were The matches were officiated In 35 + men’s singles, part. designed like Cultural included Salsa and Bhangra that Puran Chand and Gurvinder In 60+ men’s singles, Balbir left the guests spellbound. Director Tourism R K Varma inaugu- programmes, fun Dalmiya consensus Singh will be taking part, while Singh Jamwal is the lone Former Minister and rating Winter Carnival at Patnitop. games, winter games, 35+ men’s doubles, the partici- entrant, while in 60+ men’s Fun Skiing, Tug of Chairman Dogra Educational candidate from Srini pating shuttlers include Rahul doubles, the pair of Balbir Singh Department of Tourism Jammu. War, Snow-man Building Trust presented recognition cer- camp: Sources Sharma -and Pawanjeet Singh. Jamwal and Narinder Sharma While speaking on the occa- Competitions etc. tificates to young achievers and Rahul Sharma and will be taking part and in sion, Director Tourism Jammu Later, Department of Tourism honoured the position and distinc- CHENNAI, Feb 28: Pawanjeet Singh will display 65 + men’s singles, Som Raj said that Patnitop is one of the also gave mementoes to the par- tion holders and winners of vari- Veteran administrator their skill in 40+ men’s singles, Gupta and Vijay Dewan will be famous hill and health resort of ticipants of different sports activ- ous District and State Level Jagmohan Dalmiya has emerged while in 40+ men’s doubles, the aiming for the top spot, while in the country and there is a need ities. Competitions. as a consensus candidate in the participating players will be 65+ men’s doubles, Som Raj to divert more and more tourists Chief Executive Officer, Upasana and Ujwal, students N Srinivasan camp for the post Somasundaram Sarvanan and Gupta and Vijay Dewan will dis- in this place during all seasons PDA, Dr. Raman Kesar, Deputy of class 3rd conducted proceed- of president in the BCCI elec- Vivek Mehta. play their skill in the so that they enjoy nature’s Director Tourism, Veenakshi ings of the programme, who were tions to be held here on Monday. In 45+ women’s singles, Championship. charm. Koul, District Information appreciated by one and all for their Dalmiya, the president of Basanti Bhat is the lone entrant, In mixed doubles, the partic- He said that such programme Officer, Udhampur, Dr. Ashwani confidence level at a tender age. Cricket Association of Bengal, while in 45+ men’s singles, ipating pairs included Munish would go a long way to attract Hansa, Officers of Tourism and The event concluded with the controls two votes from East Zone 1. Sukhdev Singh and Vivek Mahindru and Kirti Sharma more and more tourists and win- Patnitop Development Authority, vote of thanks presented by Head and has emerged as a candidate for Singh Slathia will be vying for (40+), Sukhdev Singh and ter sports lovers to the pictur- visitors and sports adventure Girl of the School and National the top post since no other name the top honours. Basanti Bhat (45+) and Anil esque destination of Patnitop. lovers were present on the occa- Song presented by the School was unanimously acceptable to all Punkaj Mohan Sharma and Gurkha and Reeta Kakroo Mr. Varma said that variety of sion. Choir. the units loyal to Srinivasan.(PTI) Daljeet Singh will take part in (55+).