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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 2021 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Buttler trumps Kohli, England Aziz William Football Tournament held Excelsior Sports Correspondent Christian FC and Sainik Colony by Dheeraj Menia, Romesh FC. Sethi, Satnam Singh, Aman JAMMU, Mar 16: First Aziz Both the teams failed to Kumar, Mahinder Kalsi, where- beats India by 8 wkts to go 2-1 up William Memorial Football score during match and the as Retd IGP Johnny William was Tournament was organised by match result was also decided the chief guest of the event. AHMEDABAD, Mar 16: sweeps interspersed Peer Panjal Regional between the lofted straight through tie breaker in which Feastus Sotra organising sec- Conference Dioses in collabo- Young Christian FC won the retary, Daniel Bhatti secretary St 's brilliance was- hits into the empty stands. ration with Alexander n't good enough to paper over In all, Buttler hit five fours match by 3-2 goals. Paul Church, David Burat vice Memorial Educational Society, The 3rd match was played president of the tournament, an otherwise inept Indian bat- and four sixes. here today. ting performance as England More than the Buttler's J&K Sabre team showing victory signs along with coaches between JK Bank Academy and Victor Kalyan, Karamat Mattoo, The first match was played Stallion FC. The match was Rattan Lal secretary Jammu humbled the hosts by eight blade, the difference and manager at Rudrapur. between City FC and Param in the third T20 between two sides was the decided through tie breaker Sports-B, Sam Paul, Yousaf FC. The match was drawn with wherein Bank Academy won Don, Moon Stephen, Elijah International to take a 2-1 lead in sheer pace generated by J&K Sabre team wins Gold medal 2-2 goals and the match was the five-match sEoin Morgan England pacers after the by 3-0 goals, whereas in 4th Sotra, Bharat Bushan, Mohan playing a shot Excelsior Sports Correspondent Puducheery by 15-2, Manipur by decided with tie breaker where- match was played between Lal, Saudagar Mattoo, Camres unleashed his fast bowlers Mark Morgan won another good 15-13 and Maharashtra by 45-43 against India in 3rd T-20 match at in City FC won the match by 5- Engineer XI FC and Shaheen FC David, Titus Gill, Rajesh Wood (3/31) and Chris Jordan toss. JAMMU, Mar 16: J&K Junior to reach finals of the champi- Ahmedabad on Tuesday. 3 goals against their opponent, wherein Engineers FC emerged Sumbria, William Mattoo and (2/35) to restrict the hosts for Mark Wood rocked the Women Sabre team brought lau- onship. led 2-1 but Morgan, in his 100th whereas the 2nd match was winner with 3-0 goals. Arun Pal Jasrotia were also pres- 156 for six, which the visitors Indian top order during the rels to J&K UT by winning Gold The J&K team who brought played between Young The matches were officiated ent during the event. surpassed easily in 18.2 overs, T20 International appearance, Powerplay overs and even medal in the 28th Junior National laurels to the UT including Shreya riding on Jos Buttler's unbeaten made sure that opposite hap- Kohli's magnificence wasn't Championship in the final by Gupta, Kritarthi Kotwal, Anant 83 off 52 balls. pened. good enough to save the night defeating Telangana team, being Samakshi and Malvi Arora under Skipper Kohli had mistaken- Buttler showed his mastery for the 'Men In Blue'. organised at Rudrapur the leadership of Shotu Lal Ankita, Sania to lead India in Billie Jean King ly said at the toss that his team in white ball format after Kohli Wood's thunderbolts at 90 Uttarakhand. Sharma, Maninder Pal Singh, SCOREBOARD single-handed- plus miles per hour found the The J&K team trounced Suniya Arora and Anthony Matoo. Cup WG Play-offs against Latvia ly carried the younger Indian batsmen in India NEW DELHI, Mar 16: reserve player of the team, which committee picked Zeel because Rohit Sharma c Archer b Wood 15 team to a rea- considerable discomfort. tournament inaugurated sonable score He didn't do anything extra will be captained by Vishal Uppal. she is in good form and has better KL Rahul b Wood 0 Country's best singles player Unlike the Davis Cup, where results. Also, we are looking at Ishan Kishan c Buttler b Jordan 4 with an but bowled fast and straight, unbeaten 77 mixing the well disguised at Parade Ground and veteran Sania doubles is played as third match future. Zeel plays solid tennis and Virat Kohli 77 Mirza will lead India in the next after the two singles and before the has it in her to put rivals under off 46 balls. short pitched stuff to get them Excelsior Sports Correspondent runs of 25 balls and Pardeep Bali Rishabh Pant run out 25 month's two reverse singles, in the Billie pressure," a source in the commit- Shreyas Iyer c Malan b Wood 9 Buttler in into a tangle. and Raman contributed 10 runs. the Powerplay Save Kohli, other Indian JAMMU, Mar 16: First From side, Raman took World Group Play-offs away tie Jean King Cup format, doubles is tee said. Hardik Pandya c Archer b Jordan 17 Bharat Rattan Late Atal Bihari pounced on youngsters found it difficult to three wickets. against formidable Latvia as the played as the last match. "So in a format where you Extras (b-1, lb-5, w-3) 9 Vajpayee Open Cricket AITA named a five-member team That way, Sania's experience have four singles matches to play, Shardul put bat to ball as pace and In reply, the Brothers CC Total (For 6 wickets, 20 Overs) 156 Tournament was inaugurated by on Tuesday for the tournament. will count only if the other Indian you want your best players to be in Thakur and bounce off the pitch worked failed to chase the target and bun- Fall of Wickets: 1-7, 2-20, 3-24, 4-64, 5-86, 6-156 Mayor Jammu Municipal The five-member team also players can stretch the tie to the last playing side. Karman also has that Yuzvendra wonders for English speed dled out at 119 runs with loss of Bowling: Adil Rashid 4-0-26-0, 4-0- Corporation, Chander Mohan has Karman Kaur Thandi, young match. X factor. She has a big game and Chahal in suc- merchants. eight wickets in stipulated overs, 32-0, Mark Wood 4-0-31-3, Chris Jordan 4-1-35- Gupta at Parade Ground, here , who is making steady Asked why Zeel (ranked 614) can hurt rivals. cessive overs The Indian skipper with his thus lost the match by 27 runs. 2, 2-0-12-0, Sam Curran 2-0-14-0. today. progress, and . was preferred over higher-ranked "Karman missed out the last and England near perfect technique fought From bowling side, Jerry Mathew England The opening match was played bagged three wickets, while Sunil The All India Tennis Riya (359), a selection committee time because of injury. It's her were never in fire with fire, playing pull Jason Roy c Rohit b Chahal 9 between Parade Cricket Club claimed two wickets. Association (AITA) selection com- source said recent results of the chance to do well," the source danger of shots and the lofted hits, shuf- Jos Buttler not out 83 (Parade CC) and Brothers Cricket Rahul Dutt was declared as mittee picked the team after a vir- players were considered before added. st Pant b Washington 18 falling behind fling towards leg stump to Club (Brother CC). the run-rate man of the match. tual meeting on Tuesday. making a decision. The two-day away tie will be Jonny Bairstow not out 40 make room for himself. The Parade CC scored 146 The tournament is being after that. , who was a play- "While Riya Bhatia is ranked played from April 16 on the indoor Extras (b-4, lb-2, w-2) 8 He was lucky when his runs by losing nine wickets in stip- organised by Northern Cricket He played ulated 20 overs. Ashish Thakur ing member last year, will be the second in India behind Ankita, the hard courts at the National Tennis Total (For 2 wkts, 18.2 Overs) 158 mis-timed flick off a short ball Club under the supervision of Centre, Lielupe, Jurmala.(PTI) Fall of Wickets: 1-23, 2-81 the pacers and from Jofra Archer fetched him made highest 37 runs of 29 balls, Ashwani Sharma, chairman of the whereas Rahul Dutt scored 30 Bowling: Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4-0-27-0, Shardul spinners with a six but then the second flick Club. ICC bans UAE players Naveed, Thakur 3.2-0-36-0, Yuzvendra Chahal 4-0-41-1, comforting off Chris Jordan was perfectly Hardik Pandya 3-0-22-0, Washington Sundar 4-0- ease, playing dispatched to the longest cor- Awareness on COVID-19 held by SSB Shaiman for eight years reverse slog ner for a maximum.(PTI) 26-1. Excelsior Correspondent and New Standard Higher DUBAI, Mar 16: Secondary School along with their DODA, Mar 16: 7th Battalion The ICC today slapped schools teachers and locals took eight-year bans on United Arab Women's ICC ODI rankings: Raut of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) part in this programme. organised awareness programme Emirates (UAE) cricketers The resource person delivered and regarding COVID-19 pandemic at speech on the role the paramilitary Khellani, here today. Butt for their forces, especially the SSB to con- attempted role in trying to fix breaks into top 20 among batters The awareness programme trol the pandemic and law and matches in the T20 World Cup order situation during the pan- DUBAI, Mar 16: remains the top ranked Indian advanced five places to 71st qualifier in 2019. batter at the seventh spot, fol- among batters. demic and also guided the par- ticipants regarding social dis- The bans are backdated to Following her brilliant per- lowed by her skipper Mithali , who is up October 16, 2019, when they formance in the ongoing one- Raj, who is placed ninth. three places to 81st among bat- tancing, mask and sanitizer to control the pandemic. were provisionally suspended day series against South Africa, Vice- Harmanpreet ters, and (up five for attempting to corrupt match- India's broke into Kaur moved up two spots to places to 64th among bowlers) Children disseminated Winning team posing for a group photograph at MA Stadium es and found guilty of breaching the top 20 among batters in the occupy the 15th spot among have also gained in the latest awareness among the masses Jammu. global body's Anti-Corruption latest ICC women's ODI rank- batters while also gaining three weekly update. through their drawings and Code. ings, released today. places to reach 49th position in South Africa opener Lizelle slogans on COVID-19 pan- Babu Jagjivan Ram Cricket Tourney The 33-year-old former cap- Raut, who has held a career the bowling list. Lee has shot up seven spots to demic and also took part in tain and right arm pacer Naveed high ranking of 13th, jumped Left-arm spinner become the top-ranked batter essay writing competition. Commandant SSB, Ajay Kumar In speech competition, Tral Hunters, Hiranagar has played 39 ODIs and 31 T20 eight places to 18th after scores gained after a fabulous run in the ongo- awarding to a winner after the event Shavita Manhas, Riya Devi Internationals for his country, of 62 not out, 77 and 104 not four slots to reach 18th among ing five-match series against at Doda. and Bushan Ahmed stood 1st, while 42-year-old middle-order out in her last three matches. bowlers with five wickets in India in which her team has 2nd and 3rd, whereas top three batsman Butt has played 40 Opener Smirit Mandhana three matches. She also taken a winning 3-1 lead.(PTI) team script wins was held under the chairmanship positions were clinched by Excelsior Sports Correspondent The first match was played ODIs and 32 games in the short- Mahima Kalyan, Dheeraj Kotwal of Ajay Kumar Commandant, between Tral Hunters and Tawi- est format. and Palak Manhas in essay writing whereas Neelkant Deputy JAMMU, Mar 16: Tral II wherein former defeated the "Mohammad Naveed and and in drawing, Vivek Kumar, Commandant and Jagdish Ram Hunters beat Tawi-II and latter by six wickets. Shaiman Anwar represented Bhat Assistant Commandant were Tamanna Rana and Deepika Hirangar trounced Maa Infotech their adopted country, the UAE Kalyan clinched top three posi- first, Tawi-II made also present during the pro- with six wickets and 81 runs in 89 runs by losing all wickets, at the highest level in cricket," gramme. tions respectively. the ongoing Babu Jagjivan Ram Alex Marshall, ICC General Ajay Kumar, Commandant whereas opponent team chased About 70 students of Govt T20 Cricket Tournament, being the target by losing only four Manager - Integrity Unit, said in Higher Secondary School, Happy SSB awarded the winning stu- played at MA Stadium, here wickets in 16.4 overs and won an ICC release. Home Higher Secondary School dents. today. the match by six wickets. Asif "Naveed was the captain and was declared as man of the leading taker. Anwar was match who made 49 runs and the opening bat. Both had long clinched two wickets. international careers and were In second match which was well versed in the threat from played between Maa Infotech match fixers. and Hiranagar. Batting first, "That they both chose to Hiranagar made 159 runs on the engage with this corrupt activity loss of seven wickets in stipulat- was a cynical betrayal of their ed 20 overs, whereas the Maa positions, their teammates, and Infotech bundled out at 78 runs all supporters of UAE cricket." in 16 overs and lost the match According to the release, the with 81 runs. Shivam was two cricketers were found guilty declared as man of the match of: Article 2.1.1 - for being party who made unbeaten 70 runs for to an agreement or effort to fix Hirangar. or contrive or otherwise influ- Surinder Bhagat, BJP former ence improperly the result, State president SC Morcha was progress, conduct or other Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha presenting Runner-up trophy to women team of Jammu the chief guest who distributed aspect(s) of a match or matches Zone during concluding ceremony of Inter-Zone Police Sports Meet-2021 at Gulshan Ground man of the match prizes to play- at the ICC Men's T20 World Jammu. ers. Cup Qualifier 2019.(PTI) Indian women to play for pride in 5th ODI against SA LUCKNOW, Mar 16: has played so far. It remains to be seen if she keeps her place in The series already out of the playing eleven on their grasp, the Indian women Wednesday. cricketers, who are struggling to Veteran pacer Jhulan put together a cohesive team Goswami continued to be the show, will have pride at stake pick of Indian bowlers as she when they clash with South topped the bowling charts with Africa women in the fifth and eight wickets from the three final One-Day International, matches she has played but she here tomorrow. did not get much support from Barring the convincingly her colleagues except for spin- nine-wicket win in the second ner Gayakwad. Goswami did match, the Indian women have not play in the fourth match. barely fired in unison while the Top-order batter Punam Raut South Africans, who have has been in sensational form already clinched the series 3-1, with scores of 10, 62 not out, 77 have excelled as a team. and 104 not out in the four To be fair to the home side games. players, they were a bit rusty as The 31-year-old top run get- they are playing their first inter- ter among the Indians would like national series after more than a to continue from where she left year due to the COVID-19 pan- in the fourth match where she hit demic while South Africa an unbeaten , though, in recently beat 3-0 at a losing cause. home. Captain and her The Indian team also missed deputy Harmapreet Kaur were the flair of young the other two consistent batters at the top of the order and the while star opener Smriti experience of in Mandhana shone only in the sec- bowling department. ond match. Indian spinners, save Opener Rajeshwari Gayakwad (5 wick- was also disappointing and she ets from 4 matches), were a big was left out of the fourth match let down on the slow tracks and after scores of 1, 9 and 0. that has played a big part in Raj, who became the first India's series loss when the Indian woman cricketer and sec- South Africans chased down 249 ond internationally to reach and 267 in the third and fourth 10,000 runs during the series, matches. had scores of 50, 36 and 45 in Senior leg-spiner Poonam the three innings she has played Yadav could not get a single bat- so far. She did not bat in the sec- ter out in the four matches she ond match. (PTI)