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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2017 (PAGE 18) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Volleyball Tournament Umesh shines but defiant Starc gets underway takes Australia to 256/9 Excelsior Sports Correspondent district. Earlier, the participating PUNE, Feb 23: away into the stumps. at everything. The second new teams assembled and took oath Umesh Yadav gave a bril- Renshaw, who was batting ball helped his cause as it came KATHUA, Feb 23: CRPF to play with spirit for the glory 121 Battalion, under the Civic liant exhibition of reverse swing confidently till then, suffered a on nicely to the bat as he of sports. bowling before Mitchell Starc's stomach bug, which meant that plonked his front-foot and hit Action Programme started its In the first match, Bobiya three days Volleyball rearguard half-century helped two new batsmen in skipper the spinners through the line. Club defeated Bhayia team, Australia reach a competitive Steve Smith (27) and Shaun The visitors were let down Tournament at Sport Stadium while Gurra Mudian Club won here to encourage the youth 256 for nine against India on a Marsh (16) were at the crease. by the senior batsmen in the the second match. difficult first day track in the Indians took charge from the team including captain Smith, first Test. SCOREBOARD On a pitch that could be Australia 1st innings: termed a rank turner, it was fast Matt Renshaw c Vijay b Ashwin 68 Jubilant Simula Cricket Club Players posing for a group photograph after registering win in bowler Umesh, who showed David Warner b U Yadav 38 Chief Minister’s Cup at Gharota in Jammu. exemplary skills with the old Steven Smith c Kohli b Ashwin 27 ball, returning with figures of Shaun Marsh c Kohli b J Yadav 16 Simula thrashes Zeharan Gladiators 4/32 in 12 overs reducing Peter Handscomb lbw b Jadeja 22 Australia to 205 for nine before Mitchell Marsh lbw b Jadeja 4 Starc staged a recovery with a MS Wade lbw b U Yadav 8 by 8 wkts in Chief Minister’s Cup ferocious counter-attack. MA Starc not out 57 Starc used his long handle to Excelsior Sports Correspondent batting first, Zeharan Gladiators the total. Hilal Rather also S O'Keefe c Saha b U Yadav 0 good effect as he blasted the sec- scored a modest total of 157 scored valuable 25 runs. All NM Lyon lbw b U Yadav 0 ond new ball getting five fours JAMMU, Feb 23: Simula runs in 42 overs. Gowhar top three batsmen played with fluid JR Hazlewood not out 1 and three sixes in his unbeaten Cricket Club thrashed Zeharan scored with 25 runs, while grace and utter brilliance and hit Extras (LB-6, NB-9) 15 57 off 58 balls. Enroute to his Gladiators by 8 wickets in the Mushtaq contributed 20 runs to a series of boundaries. For Total (For 9 wickets in 94 overs) 256 ninth half-century in Tests, Starc ongoing 50-overs Chief the total. For Simula Cricket Zeharan Gladiators, Yasir took 2 Chief guest interacting with players while inaugurating Fall of wickets: 1-82, 1-82, 2-119, 3-149, 4-149, 5-166, 6-190, 7- also completed 1000 runs in the Minister’s Cricket Cup, being Club, Hilal Rather was the pick wickets. Hilal Rather was Volleyball Tournament organised by CRPF 121 Bn in Kathua. 196, 8-205, 9-205. longest format. organized by Country Cricket of the bowlers, who took 4 adjudged as man of the match Bowling: I Sharma 11-0-27-0, R Ashwin 34-10-59-2, J Yadav 13- Along with Josh Hazlewood Academy in collaboration with important wickets, while Vikram for his brilliant all-round dis- towards sports activities. 1-58-1, RA Jadeja 24-4-74-2, UT Yadav 12-3-32-4. While addressing, Mr Zalik (1 batting), he added 55 runs for Jammu and Kashmir State Singh, Shashi Kumar and play. The Deputy Commandant of said that CRPF 121 Bn has the unbroken 10th wicket giving second session as Australians who pottered around for 95 balls Sports Council at Gharota, here. Raman Dutta claimed one wick- The match was officiated by CRPF 121 Battalion, Tashi organized the tournament under the team's total more than a sem- went into a shell and the pitch to make 27 before having a rush The Tournament is being et each. Ashok Singh and Rajinder Zalik was chief guest and inau- the Civic Action Programme, to blance of respectability consid- made matters worse for them of blood, falling to Ashwin who played in the memory of former In reply, Simula Cricket Sharma as umpires, while gurated the Tournament after develop the spirit of sportsman- ering the conditions that they with Ashwin and Ravindra also got the wicket of Renshaw Chief Minister, Late Mufti Club chased the target in 25 Lakshaya was the scorer. formal introduction with the batted on. Jadeja (2/74 in 24 overs) stran- later. Mohammad Sayeed, under the overs, losing 2 wickets in the In tomorrow’s fixture, players of all eight participating ship and channelize the energy Among the top-order, it was gulating the batsmen. Even after losing Warner and supervision of Director Country process, thus won the match by Baramulla Cricket Club will teams drawn from border areas of youth towards building the young left-handed opener Matt There weren't any partner- Renshaw who had to leave the Cricket Academy, Vikrant 8 wickets. Hardeep Singh top take on Krishna Sports Club and other parts of the Kathua nation. Renshaw (68 off 156 balls), who ships with wickets falling at reg- crease due to indisposition, the Sharma. scored with 60 runs, while Atul Khour at 9 am. showed technique as well as ular intervals. visitors crept to 119 for one before Earlier, winning the toss and Sharma contributed 53 runs to Annual Sports meet of CGEWCC temperament despite a stomach Yadav was exceptional with losing wickets at regular intervals. bug that forced him to retire at the old ball as he got it to reverse The Indian spin bowlers Mahesh bags triple title in TT the fall of David Warner's (38) at 140k plus speed, running were shuffled around by captain Excelsior Sports Correspondent counterparts from Indian wicket. through the lower middle order. Virat Kohli, which never Institute of Integrated Medicines Opting to bat, Australian Matthew Wade and Nathan Lyon allowed the batsmen to settle down. JAMMU, Feb 23: Mahesh (IIIM), represented by Chand openers Warner and Renshaw had no answer to the swinging The trio of Indian spinners Sharma of National Sample Raina, Naresh Joshi and Shabir. tackled the spinners well, espe- deliveries while Wriddhiman had Australia on the hop by Survey Organisation (NSSO) In team event semifinals, IIIM cially Ravichandran Ashwin Saha's exceptional catch got rid striking three blows after lunch made a clean sweep winning all got walkover while NSSO and (2/59 in 34 overs), who not only of Steve O'Keefe. they could not recover till Starc's three titles of team, singles and SoI combined beat IIIM-B. got the ball to turn big and but But just as Indians were get- counter-punching knock as hit a doubles in the table tennis com- Meanwhile, in doubles also bowled tight lines. ting ready to bat for around half an hour, Starc was in a mood to six each off Ashwin, Jadeja and petition of the ongoing annual event, Mahesh, pairing with From Sunil Gavaskar to counter attack, throwing his bat Ishant Sharma. (PTI) sports meet of Central Sanjeev of SOI trounced the duo Shane Warne, everyone said that Government Employees Welfare of Chand Raina and Naresh of the first day track was extremely Winners posing alongwith dignitaries and officials at KK Hakhu Astroturf Stadium in Jammu Coordination Committee IIIM. Earlier, in the semifinals, difficult to bat on and Starc's on Wednesday. (CGEWCC) at IIIM Indoor Mahesh and Sanjeev beat Shabir innings ensured that Australia Hall, here today. and Shashi of IIIM 2-0 while reached close to 275-run mark - QFs lineup drawn in 4th Sant Gurbaksh Singh Earlier, in the team event, Chand Raina and Naresh defeat- - considered a par score on this NSSO and Survey of India ed Vikram and R K Bali of IIIM. track which is expected to get (Danna) Memorial Hockey Tournament (SOI) combined side consisting In open singles final, worse by the day. of Mahesh, Shashi Jamwal and Mahesh defeated Chand Raina No praise should be enough Excelsior Sports Correspondent meet Punjabi University Patiala Hockey Club defeated Peaks XI Sanjeev Kumar outplayed their at 12:30 pm, SGPC Amritsar by three goals to one (3-1). of IIIM in straight 3-0 sets. for Umesh, who was introduced JAMMU, Feb 23: Zorawar will face MBS Simbal Camp at Raj Singh of Italy was the as late as 28th over where he Hockey Club, Banda Singh 2 pm and Banda Singh Hockey chief guest on the occasion. J&K Judokas leave for was handed the semi-new ball. Bahadur Hockey Club Poonch Club Poonch will lock horns The matches were officiated Te normally flamboyant Warner Dignitaries releasing School Magazine ‘Aaghaz’ at HSS in and BSF Jammu defeated their with Gurdaspur Hockey Club at by Iqbal Singh, Jagjeet Singh, was cautious and paid the price Poonch. rivals convincingly as the quar- 3:30 pm. Joginder Singh, Karanjit Singh, Senior National C’ship as he dragged a delivery shaping terfinals position has been Earlier, in the first match, Manjeet Singh, Senapati, cleared in the ongoing 4th Sant Excelsior Sports Correspondent February 28, 2017.