SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2014 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Smith century puts Australia in command MELBOURNE, Dec 27: Ashwin's (3-134) entry brought match series 0-2, India sure have a some respite to India's condition mountain to climb on the third Captain Steve Smith cracked as the visitors managed to check day's play in a must-win game. his third successive century with a the flow of runs and get the dan- Vijay and Dhawan (28 runs, heroic 192 as Indian bowlers put gerous Johnson back in the pavil- 51 balls, 3 fours) opened the up a poor show to allow Australia ion. innings after an early tea-break post a mammoth first innings total In the second session, Smith given that the Australian innings of 530 and gain control of the changed gears and found the per- had finished just close to the end A colourful cultural item being presented by the students at KC International School while third cricket Test here today. DIG Jammu Shakeel Ahmed Beig and other dignitaries celebrating 8th Annual Day. Resuming the day on 259 for SCOREBOARD releasing fixture while inaugurating Christmas Cup in Jammu. five, Smith led from the front to Australia 1st innings notch up his seventh Test ton and Chris Rogers c Dhoni b Mohammed Shami 57 KC International School David Warner c Dhawan b Yadav 0 DIG Jammu inaugurates of 3rd put on a 110-run sixth wicket part- Shane Watson lbw b Ashwin 52 nership with Brad Haddin (55) to Steven Smith b Yadav 192 demoralise the Indians on the sec- Shaun Marsh c Dhoni b Mohammed Shami 32 celebrates its 8th Annual Day Joe Burns c Dhoni b Yadav 13 Christmas T-20 tournament ond day. Brad Haddin c Dhoni b Mohammed Shami 55 Excelsior Correspondent Tandav and five elements of earth. International School. Excelsior Sports Correspondent ties are organized to promote Like in the previous matches, Mitchell Johnson st Dhoni b Ashwin 28 The major civilizations like During the award giving cere- the Australian tailenders added Ryan Harris lbw Ashwin 74 JAMMU, Dec 27: The 8th talent among youth and to keep Nathan Lyon b Mohammed Shami 11 Egyptian, Roman, The Cholas and mony not only academic achievers JAMMU, Dec 27: Range them physically and mentally fit valuable runs to expose the Indian Josh Hazlewood 0 not out Annual Day of KC International The Indus Valley was depicted were felicitated for their academic Police Jammu in order to pro- and to keep them away from anti bowling attack which has found it Extras (b 1, lb 9, w 1, nb 5) 16 School, namely 'Spark 2014', was through dance, drama and tableau. and co curricular activity but even mote brotherhood and commu- difficult to clean up the tail. Total (all out; 142.3 overs) 530 (3.71 runs per over) organized by the institution at Gen social evils. Fall of wickets 1-0, 2-115, 3-115, 4-184, 5-216, 6-326, 7-376, 8-482, 9530, 10-530. The highlight of the event was the staff were given recognition for nal harmony organized opening In this tournament the 24 India responded well to Bowling: I Sharma 32-7-104-0, Umesh Yadav 32.3-3-130-3, Mohammed Shami Zorawar Singh Auditorium, here the drama "Julius Caesar" and the teaching and dedicated service ceremony of 3rd Christmas T-20 cricket teams are participating Australia's huge first innings total 29-4-138-4, Ravichandran Ashwin 44-9-134-3, Murali Vijay 5-0-14-0. today. "Akbar the Great". to the elite institute. Cricket Cup for college Students by reaching 108 for one at close India 1st innings The programme, which began and the final match will be Murali Vijay not out 55 Prize distribution ceremony The annual school report was and JK Cricketers in Parade played on 19th of January 2015. on the second day with Murali Shikhar Dhawan c Smith bHarris 28 on December 26 and concluded was also organized in which the presented by the Principal, Dr Ravi Ground Jammu today in associ- Shakeel Ahmed Beig was Vijay (55) and Cheteshwar Pujara Cheteshwar Pujara not out 25 today, was a showcase of talents of meritorious students were given Bhusan. He summed up the ation with Christian Sports (25) at the crease. India are still Extras 0 the students and hard work of staff. prizes. achievements of past one during accompanied by Fr. Koriakose, Total (1 wicket; 37 overs) 108 (2.91 runs per over) organization. Chairman, Christian Sports trailing by 422 runs. Fall of wickets 1-55. Both wings of the School-Junior Neelam Dadwal and Sangeeta his annual report and also gave a DIG Jammu Shakeel Ahmed Organization, Rajnish Pran, If Smith mixed the right dose Bowling: Mitchell Johnson 9-3-24-0, Ryan Harris 7-3-19-1, Josh Hazlewood 9-4- and Senior participated in the pro- Gupta were given the best teacher preview to next year road map. Beig was the chief guest on the SSP, Staff Officer to DIG JSK of caution and aggression in his 19-0, Shane Watson 4-0-14-0, Nathan Lyon 8-0-32-0. PTI gramme. award, while Neelam Jasrotia, The Vice Chairman, occasion. Range Jammu, Sanjeev 305-ball stay, hitting 15 fours and fect partner in Harris as the duo of the second session. Shantmanu, Divisional Priyanka Choudhary, Reena Chaitanaya Chowdhary presented He interacted with partici- Khajuria, SSP Principal PTS 2 sixes in his career-best knock, stitched together a 106-run eight- They had 37 overs to fend off Commissioner, Jammu, while Sharma, Rajni Malhotra and the vote of thanks and threw light pating teams and witnessed Kathua, Shiv Kumar Chauhan, then Haddin, his innings laced wicket partnership to double-up then and they started in solid fash- Padamshree Balwant Thakur, Shiffali Bhakhri were awarded on the future ventures which the inaugural match played between SP City North Jammu, with 7 fours and a six, made sure the scoring rate. ion with the pitch optimum to bat Basant Kumar Rath, DIG Home prizes for the cleanest class. The School would be taking up in com- P.G Law Sciences and M.A.M Parshotam Sharma DDP RPHQ that the hosts score at a quick rate Harris, who notched up his on. But the bowling attack did Guard Jammu and Danish Rana, programme was conceptualized by ing years. College Jammu. Jammu, Parbeet Singh SDPO in the morning session. third test fifty was finally trapped what the Indian bowlers did not Director SKPAU were the guests Kesar Patel, Neetu Singh, The gathering also paid rich DIG while speaking on the City North Jammu, Rajesh Gill, New-ball bowlers Ishant lbw off Ashwin but Smith coon- do earlier and that is stick to a of honour. Coordinators and Madhu Abrol, tribute to Late Shubra Kapoor, ex occasion said that Christmas T- CPO Kathua and Vijay Sharma (0-104) and Umesh tinued to smack the bowlers all proper line and length and not The theme for junior wing was Activity Coordinator of K C faculty member, KCIS. 20 Cup has become the annual Sabarwal, President Parade Yadav (3-130) made no impres- around the park as the hosts man- bowl too short. "Learning Right Future Bright", feature and these sports activi- Sports Association. sion in the first hour of play as the aged a scoring-rate of over five Runs were not easy to come wherein the tiny tots showcased all Sittu Club, Guru Nanak HC, Australians made merry on a throughout the day's play. by even though Vijay got a quick good things they learn in School. good Melbourne wicket much to Medium-pacer Harris took the start with two fours off Johnson Apart from array of skits and the delight of the home crowd. only wicket of the Indian innings (0-24) in the fifth over. Dhawan dances, the little kids also con- Zorawar Club register wins in hockey Mohammed Shami (4-138), so far when he got Shikhar waited around a bit before he too veyed the message of "Save Excelsior Sports Correspondent Singh, Simranjeet Singh and who had been bleeding runs till Dhawan (28) to induce an outside opened up and struck two fours in Earth". Gurdeep Singh pelted 2 goals JAMMU, Dec 27: Sittu now, finally got Haddin caught which was well taken by Smith at the 14th over off Shane Watson The Seniors today took the each. Club, Simbal Camp, Guru behind but India's troubles were second slip. (0-14). Those boundaries brought audience on a journey in past and In another match, Zorawar Nanak Hockey Club, Jammu and far from over as the ever-resilient The Murali-Pujara duo rebuilt up the 50-run partnership for the told the "Saga of Civilization". Club defeated Young Star Zorawar Hockey Club, Satwari Mitchell Johnson (28) also did his the innings with an unbeaten 53- opening wicket, the duo's only The programme portrayed the Simbal Camp by four goals to registered resounding victories bit with the bat. run stand but trailing the four- second-such stand.(PTI) origin of earth through Shiv one (4-1). Harish Vaid of Off-spinner Ravichandran over their rivals to advance in the Zorawar Club scored a magnifi- ongoing Junior Hockey cent hat-trick, the first hat-trick State basketball teams posing along with officials and office State Level Youth Festival concludes Tournament, being organized by of the tournament. bearers of Association before leaving for Rajasthan. Hockey J&K at KK Hakhu The matches were officiated Dogri, Kashmiri folk dance Hockey Stadium, here.