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THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2015 (PAGE 16) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU 4th All India Poilce Martyrs Memorial Hockey Tournament Inconsistent South Sangakkara make history as Namdhari XI, Gurdaspur Club, Africa seek UAE boost WELLINGTON, Mar 11: "It's a difficult one, you don't Sri Lanka crush Scotland want to mess around too much Corps of Signal enter QFs An inconsistent South Africa with your best possible 11, keep- HOBART, Mar 11: The 195-run partnership for (51) smashed the second-fastest will be looking to pull up a few the second wicket was half-century of this World Cup, Excelsior Sports Correspondent Stadium, here today. in first half of the game, ing in mind that all 15 need to Kumar Sangakkara created loose strings against minnows play somewhere along the line in In the knockout matches Namdhari XI took heavily on UAE in their final Pool B history by notching up a record JAMMU, Mar 11: played today, Namdhari XI to opposition and scored five the World Cup," he said. fourth consecutive ODI century Registering convincing victo- encounter of the ICC Cricket The UAE tie is a must-win defeated J&K XI, while more goals to win by 9-0. World, here tomorrow. that powered Sri Lanka to a ries over their rivals, the formi- Gurdaspur Club got better of Inderpal Singh of Namdhari crushing 148-run win over dable sides of Namdhari XI, Dogra XI and Corps of Signal XI was declared SNTPL man Today’s Fixture Scotland in their final group New Gurdaspur Club and of the match for his brilliant South Africa VS UAE (Wellington) 6:30 IST league match of the ongoing performance. He scored two cricket World Cup here today. In becoming the first man in goals, one in 5th and the other The AB de Villiers-led side, for the Proteas if they want to in 15th minute of the game. which was shocked by Pakistan history of One-Day seal their second spot in the Internationals to score centuries In another match, New in its previous encounter, have group, setting up a likely clash in four successive innings, the Gurdaspur Club outplayed had a mixed run in the tourna- against Sri Lanka. 37-year-old Sri Lankan veteran Dogra XI by six goals to four ment so far and are lying on the UAE, who are playing their second spot behind leaders India. together with opener Tillakaratne (6-4). Both the teams scored second World Cup after the 1996 De Villiers though was in a Dilshan (104) helped the team two goals each in the stipulated edition, have been winless in bullish mood before their final their four outings so far but cap- put up a mammoth 363 for nine time and the fate of the game pool match and insisted that after electing to bat at the was decided by penalty shoot- tain Mohammed Tauqir believes Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara acknowledges his century despite losing to India and that South Africa's 29-run loss to Bellerive Oval. outs during which Dogra XI Pakistan, the Proteas are still the Set a daunting target in the during the Cricket World Cup match against Scotland in Hobart was able to net the ball twice Pakistan gave the minnows a on Wednesday. (UNI) best in this edition. glimmer of hope against the big group A match, Scotland's while Gurdaspur converted "It's all positive from here on guns. innings ended at 215 in 43.1 Sangakkara and Dilshan's 20th off 20 balls. The Islanders though Players displaying dodging skill during a match of 4th All four of the chances to make it in, I still feel very confident. I "We were not expecting overs, and the minnows have century stand in ODIs, leaving lost a series of wickets towards India Police Martyrs Memorial Hockey Tournament at KK 6-4 in their favour and enter the believe 100 percent we're the South Africa to lose against another match to play in the them second only to Indian leg- the end, denying them a 400-plus Hakhu Stadium in Jammu on Wednesday. quarterfinals. Goalkeeper of best team in the tournament," De Pakistan, so it's a funny game. It mega-event where they have ends Sachin Tendulkar and total. Villiers said. Gurdaspur Club Charanjeet gave us a bit of hope," Tauqir failed to win a single game so far. The Scots were off to a disas- outplayed CISF to enter the last Singh was declared SNTPL "Those two losses in the Corps of Signal Jalandhar eight stages. said. SCOREBOARD trous start, losing three wickets man of the match, who was group stages did hurt us a bit and entered into the quarterfinals of The opening clash of the "We have good bowling and Sri Lanka Innings: with just 44 runs on the board in the ongoing All India Police awarded a cash prize of Rs did hurt me a bit, but we're past fielding. If we take some early day was played between that now. We know we're a few Lahiru Thirimanne c Mommsen b Evans 4 the 12th over. The game was as Martyrs Hockey Memorial 3,000 by the chief guest wickets they can be put under Namdhari XI and J&K XI, in games away from taking that Tillakaratne Dilshan c MacLeod b Davey 104 good at that point but Freddie Tournament-2015 at KK Yoginder Koul, IGP IRP pressure. I don't see them scoring which the former emerged win- World Cup home," he added Kumar Sangakkara c Cross b Davey 124 Coleman (70) and skipper Hakhu Astroturf Hockey Jammu. 400 runs against us," he added. ner by 9 goals. Leading by 4-0 with confidence. Mahela Jayawardene c MacLeod b Davey 2 Preston Mommsen (60) shared The third match of the day Lying at the bottom of the 118 runs for the fourth wicket to Even though playing against Angelo Mathews c Coleman b Machan 51 was won by Corps of Signal heap, UAE sure want to make a steady the ship. a minnow nation may lure a top Kusal Perera c MacLeod b Taylor 24 Tanishta to lock horns with KC defeating CISF by 4-1. Joshan point if not for them then for all However, both batsmen got side to test his bench strength, the associate nations, who are in Thissara Perera c Coleman b Berrington 7 Paul of Signals was awarded De Villiers is wary of tinkering out after making fluent half-cen- SNTPL man of the match for danger of losing their World Cup Seekkuge Prasanna c Coleman b Evans 3 turies, each hitting seven bound- with his playing eleven. berths in the next editions. (PTI) Sports Club in summit clash his outstanding display of the Nuwan Kulasekara not out 18 aries while defying the Lankan Excelsior Sports Correspondent Gymkhana, Sahil and Sunny talent during the match. Lasith Malinga c Leask b Berrington 1 bowlers for a while. claimed one wicket each. Ishan Dushmantha Chameera not out 12 JAMMU, Mar 11: Outplaying In tomorrow's fixture, BSF Richie Berrington made 29 was declared man of the match. Extras: (LB-3, W-10) 13 off 22 balls to delay the their rivals convincingly in the In another match, KC Sports will take on Air Force, Punjab semifinal clashes, Tanishta Cricket and Sindh Bank will face Total: (for 9 wkts in 50 overs) 363 inevitable. Club trounced JKP XI by 4 wick- Among the Lankan bowlers, Club and K C Sports Club have ets. Batting first, JKP XI collapsed Namdhari XI, J&K Police will Bowling: Taylor 10-0-46-1, Evans 10-0-72-2, Davey 8-0-63-3, Nuwan Kulasekara returned fig- qualified for the finals of the at 90 runs in 18.2 overs, with lock horns with New Berrington 6.1-31-2, Leask 7-0-63-0, Coetzer 4.5-0-39-0, Machan ures of 3/20 and pace spearhead Jammu City T20 Cricket Shashi contributing maximum 34 Gurdaspur Club and Punjab 4-0-46-1. Tournament at Parade ground and runs. For KCSC, Vivek took 4 Police will clash with Core of Scotland Innings: Lasith Malinga picked up 2/29. Making his debut, 23-year-old will lock horns with each other at wickets, while Abhishek and Signals. K Coetzer c and b Malinga 0 the same venue, here tomorrow. rookie fast bowler Dushmantha Mohit bagged 2 wickets each and C MacLeod b Kulasekara 11 In the first semifinal, Jammu Sushil and Rocky claimed one Sky High Organisation Chameera, too, finished with Gymkhana defeated Tanishta Club M Machan lbw b Dilshan 19 three wickets. wicket each. P Mommsen c Thirimanne b T Perera 60 by 8 wickets. KCSC chased the target easily conducts Chess Earlier, Sri Lanka lost opener F Coleman c T Perera b Kulasekara 70 Earlier, batting first, Jammu in 17.5 overs by losing 6 wickets to Tourney Lahiru Thirimanne (4) early but Gymkhana scored a modest total win the match by 4 wickets. Vivek R Berrington c Kulasekara b Chameera 29 Dilshan, who registered his sec- of 122 runs in the stipulated 20 Singh top scored with 32 runs, Excelsior Sports Correspondent M Leask c Sangakkara b Kulasekara 2 ond century of the tournament, overs. Jagandeep Singh was the while Mohit and Shankar con- M Cross c Sangakkara b Chameera 7 and Sangakkara stitched together top scorer with 61 runs, studded JAMMU, Mar 11: A Chess Players concentrating hand during a carrom match of tributed 17 and 14 runs to the total R Taylor c T Perera b Malinga 3 a massive second- wicket part- with 8 fours and 2 sixes, while Extravaganza was organized at CGEWCC Tournament in Jammu.