WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2015 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Batting opens up road for Chinglensana, Sunil score Indian girls falter to Time for Unmukt to deliver finish eighth in New Zealand victory as India beat France by 2-0 World Junior Squash as Tri-series kicks off today HARARE, Aug 4: some aggressive New Zealand LE TOUQUET (FRANCE), out the second quarter. EINDHOVEN, Aug 4: Aug 4: The highly skillful Sunil bowling, losing their top five India finished a disappoint- CHENNAI, Aug 4: over 55 List A matches is cer- Maharaj is a left-arm spinner. Openers Martin Guptill and scored a brilliant field goal as he inside the first 18 overs. Talented Chinglensana ing eighth after a 1-2 loss to tainly not a true reflection of But Quinton de Kock, who is Tom Latham both struck cen- did the spadework dribbling past Having flattered to deceive While Grant Elliott used the Singh and seasoned SV Sunil Hong Kong in the position Unmukt's capabilities as he can expected to play the series as a turies as New Zealand crushed swing on offer to dismiss Craig a host of French defenders on most occasions after his tran- struck a goal apiece as Indian match on the final day of the be destructive on his day and dress rehearsal for the big one Zimbabwe by 10 wickets in the Ervine and Chigumbura, before slotting the ball home in sition from U-19 to senior crick- men's hockey team started their girls' team event of the World singlehandedly win matches for after that will be joining the second one-day international legspinner Ish Sodhi picked up the 26th minute (11th minute of et, Delhi boy Unmukt Chand today to set up a series decider. tour of Europe on a bright note Junior Squash Championship his team. squad in a couple of days, as per his first wickets in ODI cricket second quarter). would like to make amends as The weak link of this A team information reaching here. Chasing 236 to level the with a 2-0 win over hosts here today. he leads India A in the tri-nation on his way to figures of 3 for 38. Indian team held onto their Nikita Joshi had held a brief is the pace attack which is filled India ‘A’: Unmukt Chand three-match series at Harare "I thought it was a good wick- France. 'A' series, which is considered to lead till the end of the game. hope of India retaining the sev- with military medium trundlers (C), Mayank Agarwal, Manish Sports Club, Guptill finished et to bat on, it's just that we didn't The Sardar Singh-led team be a launchpad for getting into unbeaten on 116 while Latham dominated the proceedings France upped the ante in the enth place they had finished in like Sandeep Sharma, Rush Pandey, Karun Nair (V-Capt), execute well," said Chigumbura. third quarter but the India the senior team. Kalaria, Rishi Dhawan and Kedar Jadhav, Sanju Samson, was 110 not out as New Zealand throughout in their opening the last edition when she squared Zimbabwe were grateful to defence foiled their goal-scoring the tie at 1-1 after Adya Advani While India A will play their would be spearheaded by Axar Patel, Parveez Rasool, achieved the target with almost game which was held yesterday. Sikandar Raza Butt for hauling bid. lost her first match despite show- first match on Friday, the tour- Dhawal Kulkarni, who barely Karn Sharma, Dhawal Kulkarni, eight overs to spare. The Indians drew first blood them to a vaguely respectable In the last few minutes of the ing fight. nament starts with South Africa touches 135 kmph mark. Sandeep Sharma, Rush Kalaria, The pair set a new record for in the 18th minute (3rd minute score, with his 100 not out rescu- third quarter, France earned a But Nikita's classy show did A pitted against Australia A in With the Chepauk wickets Mandeep Singh, Gurkeerat the highest successful chase in an of second quarter) when the ing the home side from 68 for five penalty corner, which was suc- not pay dividends because the lung opener tomorrow. playing truant and being on the Singh Mann, Rishi Dhawan. ODI without losing a wicket, bet- and then 146 for eight. opportunistic Chinglensana cap- tering the 231 that Sri Lanka cessfully thwarted by India Harshit Jawanda could not The tournament will be an slower side,the captains too Australia ‘A’: Usman He rebuilt the innings with a italised on the defensive lapse to managed in a 10-wicket win over goal-keeper PR Sreejesh. match up to her superior oppo- acid test for 22-year-old have a bigger role to play in Khawaja (capt), Matthew Wade 60-run stand for the sixth wicket enter the D and the powerfully England in the 2011 World Cup The fourth quarter was a nent. Unmukt, whom the Sandeep assessing the conditions rightly (wk), Sean Abbott, Ashton Agar, with Sean Williams, and an 89- struck hit found the back of the quarter-final, as they ensured that closely-fought battle as both the The tough luck for India Patil chaired selection commit- and then plan their respective Cameron Boyce, Joe Burns, run stand for the ninth wicket net. New Zealand bounced back from started for India on Monday tee thinks as one for the future. strategies as white kookaburra Nathan Coulter-Nile, Callum with Tinashe Panyangara, who The favourites increased the teams pushed each others to Sunday's shock seven-wicket night itself when a golden With India playing a lot of in early morning can be a factor. Ferguson, Peter Handscomb, made a career-best 33. pressure on the French side with score more goals. French play- defeat, in convincing fashion. chance of a win over New cricket in the next two years, the The Australians have more Travis Head, Chris Lynn, James Raza enjoyed some fortune repeated raids in the opposition ers played with more aggression "It's great to have a perform- Zealand slipped away at the tri-series will also be a chance or less mastered the conditions Pattinson, Gurinder Sandhu, when he was dropped on 67, and attacking third, which resulted and they managed to earn back- ance like this in contrast to the doorstep of victory. A win there for the likes of Manish Pandey well which was evident from Andrew Fekete in the second goal by SV Sunil. to-back penalty corners. one that we had in the last game. reached his third ODI hundred off would have ensured India a fifth and Kedar Jadhav to consolidate their victory in unofficial 'Test' South Africa ‘A’: Dean the penultimate delivery of the Sardar, SK Uthappa, Danish But both were brilliantly or sixth place. their position in the senior team You can see a lot of learning Mujtaba and Devinder Walmiki saved by Sreejesh before series. Elgar (captain), Theunis De there," captain Kane Williamson innings. As it happened, with just one after a fruitful series against were instrumental in India Indians went on the counter but South Africa A have solid Bruyn, Reeza Hendricks, Wayne said. Zimbabwe needed early point from reaching the goal, it Zimbabwe. enjoying the better of exchanges could not increase the tally. batsmen---opener Reeza Parnell, Beuran Hendricks, Zimbabwe were left to won- wickets if they were going to all collapsed like a pack of cards. But the centre of attention and ball possession. Sunil, India will play their second Hendricks and Cody Chetty at Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Eddie Leie, der whether they had made the challenge, but the seamers The tie score was 1-1 against Ramandeep Singh and and last match against France on will be Unmukt, who would like No 3 -- who are experienced and Mthokozisi Shezi, Khayan right call at the toss, when Elton lacked control up front and New Zealand after Harshit Akashdeep Singh kept French to prove his detractors wrong had played in the last two tri- zondo, Cameron Delport, Chigumbura went against con- Guptill and Latham were Wednesday at the Wattigies Jawanda had won a great match defence on tenterhooks through- and assert that he belongs to this series events like their new ball Omphile Ramela, Dane Vilas, ventional wisdom and elected to allowed to settle. (Agencies) Sports Centre. (PTI) and Adya Advani failing. (PTI) level. bowlers Beuran Hendricks and Hardus Viljoen, Cody Chetty, bat first. An average of shade below Hardus Viljoen. Another player Keshav Maharaj, Quinton de The decision backfired when JKFA Executive Committee meets 35 and a strike rate of 68 plus in of Indian origin, Keshav Kock. (PTI) the hosts crumbled in the face of Crossed Swords Division organizes for good health of Association Excelsior Sports Correspondent Under-17 World Cup in which India Team will take part in the vivid glimpse of military equipment SRINAGAR, Aug 4: For Football Tournament to be held good Health of the Association, in different States of the Excelsior Correspondent Guns, Radars, Infantry a meeting of the Executive Country in 2017. Weapons, Military Vehicles, Committee of J&K Football JAMMU, Aug 4: Crossed Conduct of AFC 'D' & 'C' Communication Systems and Association was held at Lala Swords Division at Akhnoor Coaching Course for the players Surveillance devices. Rukh Hotel, here. Winners posing for a group photograph alongwith DYSSO organized a vivid and colourful will be undertaken by the In another parallel event at President of the Association, Reasi, Dr S S Chib and other dignitaries on Tuesday. glimpse of its military equip- Association, the members Kendriya Vidyalaya No 1, Zamir Ahmad Thakur presided ment and the military band to decided and it was also decided Akhnoor, the Crossed Swords over the meeting, which was more than 3000 children of vari- that JAKFA will host I-League District level inter-school Division organized a Band attended by 25 members across ous schools and the locals, today.