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MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2014 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Indian eves beat South Africa Hughes' adopted home town of by 16 runs in one-off T20 Adelaide can now host first Test BENGALURU, Nov 30: Loubser returned with best fig- SYDNEY, Nov 30: our players to be emotionally ing day is out of the question." ures of 2-29 in the Indian ready to start a Test match the "We appreciate the incredi- After losing the one-day innings. The first Test between India series, the Indian women's crick- day after farewelling (sic) one of ble understanding and support In reply, the visitors started and Australia may be shifted their teammates. Their welfare of the Board of Control for et team bounced back in the well but Mithali ran the danger- from Brisbane to Adelaide, the shortest version to outplay is our absolute priority. They are Cricket in India. It has been ous-looking opener Dane van adopted home town of Phillip grieving and to expect that they nothing short of outstanding South Africa by 16 runs in the Niekerk (46) out and the visitors Hughes, providing both teams one-off T20 international, here could play a high-pressured, during these difficult times," he never recovered after that. more time to come to terms with five-day Test match the follow- added. (PTI) today. Leg-spinner Poonam Yadav the tragic death of the cricketer Put into bat at the M. bagged three wickets and never who was to turn 26 today. Chinnaswamy stadium, the allowed the South Africans any The 'Sydney Morning Kohli, Shastri, Fletcher Mithali Raj-led India posted a breathing space as the visitors Herald' has reported that respectable 146 for five in the could only manage 130 for nine. Adelaide, which was scheduled to attend funeral stipulated 20 overs. Left-arm spinner Ekta Bisht to host the second Test from Mithali (40) gave the team a December 12-16, could be the ADELAIDE, Nov 30: over in the city till today holding was also effective with her two- regular practice sessions in prepa- good start after fellow-opener wicket haul. opening match of the four- Stand-in skipper of the Indian Vellaswamy Vanitha (7) depart- ration for the Test series. Winners posing along with chief guest and other dignitaries during District Silambam Only four South African's match series. team Virat Kohli will attend the ed early. Today would have been the Championship in Jammu. reached double figures and The funeral of Hughes, who funeral of Australian cricketer But the veteran batswoman died after being hit by a bouncer late cricketer's 26th birthday and Marizanne Kapp, with her 16- Phillip Hughes on Wednesday. as such the solemn mood contin- failed to capitalise on her own ball 33 that was laced with two during a domestic game, will He will be joined by team District Silambam Championship gets underway start and departed after facing take place in the sports hall of ued to be observed by one and all. fours and three sixes, was the director Ravi Shastri, coach Australian skipper Michael Excelsior Sports Correspondent taries and officials of the Mandir Diagiana bagged sil- 31 deliveries, hitting five fours his old High School in next best after Dane. Duncan Fletcher and team manag- Clarke wrote a special tribute to Association and the institu- ver and Piyush Charak of and two sixes. Macksville, New South Wales India had lost the three- er Arshad Ayub. his former team-mate. JAMMU, Nov 30: Jammu tion. Shishu Mandir School Digiana One-down Smriti Mandhana on Wednesday. match ODI series 1-2. Three or four other Indian Cricket Australia too edited the District Silambam The programme of cultural and Gurjot of the same institu- (52) then took over to manage a The report further suggested Brief Scores: players are expected to join them score-card from that Sheffield Champonship, organized by activities was hosted by the tion shared bronze. 63-run fourth-wicket partner- that the Brisbane Test, supposed India 146/5 in 20 overs and a final decision will be made Shield game between New South Shastri Memorial Higher MD Ravinder Gupta, while Awdesh BSF School was ship with Shikha Pandey (23) to to take place from December 4, (Mithali Raj 40, Smriti once the team reaches Brisbane Wales and South Australia, chang- Secondary School, Jammu, Hari Krishan Dhar, the admin- adjudged as first, Devak of give the team the much-needed could be accommodated Mandhana 52; Sunette Loubser tomorrow. ing Hughes' status from 'retired under the banner of J&K istrator of the institution Shishu Mandir School, fillip in the middle overs. between the Adelaide Test and 2-29) The funeral will be held on hurt' to '63 not out'. Silambam Association in the anchored the programme and Digiana bagged second place The left-handed Mandhana the Boxing Day Test (December South Africa 130/9 in 20 Wednesday, December 3, in The Australian governing premises of SMHSS, Patoli, presented vote of thanks. and the third place went to struck five fours in her 42-ball 26-30). Hosting the match is overs (Dane van Niekerk 46, Hughes' hometown of Macksville. body has been full of praise for the here today. Earlier, in 35 kg, Manik Ishant of Shishu Mandir knock as Shikha also hit a four also possible after the Sydney Marizanne Kapp 33; Poonam The left-handed batsman died understanding and patience the Sat Sharma, president J&K Baloria of BSF School Paloura School Digiana and Harmeet and a six in her 18-ball stay. Test (January 3-7) , which pre- Yadav 3-18, Ekta Bisht 2-20). on Thursday after being hit by a BCCI and the visiting team have Silambam Association was the won gold, while Harshit of the same institution. Proteas off-spinner Sunette cedes the ODI tri-series starting (PTI) bouncer in a Sheffield Shield shown in this sad circumstance. chief guest and Usha Kher was Choudhary of the same School January 16. game two days prior, sparking an Attending the funeral is anoth- guest of honour. bagged silver and the bronze Sindhu defends Cricket Australia yesterday outburst of emotion throughout er step for the Indian contingent to Prominent among others went to Sunil of Shangrila postponed the Brisbane Test to the country. show solidarity to their hosts at present on the occasion were Public School. Macau Open title an unspecified date to give play- India's two-day tour match such tragic time. Rahul Jamwal, Krishan Similarly, in 45-kg catego- ers more breathing space after MACAU, Nov 30: against Cricket Australia They had earlier practised Sambyal, Amrik Singh, Rohit ry, gold was bagged by Pranav Hughes' funeral. Invitational XI at Adelaide Oval away from the Adelaide Oval on Sadhotra, Shakti Kohli, Jasrotia of Shangrila School, Two-time World CA CEO James Sutherland this past weekend was cancelled Friday as a mark of respect, hold- Rajneesh Gupta and silver by Goutam of SMS Championship bronze medallist had said: "These are extraordi- as a result. ing a closed net session, wearing Rameshwar Singh Jamwal. School and bronze by Avneet P V Sindhu lifted her first title nary circumstances and we sim- The team continued to stay black arm-bands.(PTI) Managing Director Singh SMS School. of the season by successfully ply couldn't or wouldn't expect Ravinder Gupta and Principal, In 18-kg, Abishek Sharma defending the USD 120,000 K L Kharu greated the guests SMS School, Devak Shishu Macau Grand Prix Gold trophy on the occasion. Mandir School Digiana and after seeing off Kim Hyo Min The chief guest declared Tarun Kumar of SMS School of Korea in the women's singles the Championship open, who bagged gold, silver and bronze finals, here today. later-on distributed trophies respectively. State Powerlifting team posing along with the office bearers World No. 11 Sindhu pre- among the winners and run- In 20 kg, Yudhvir Singh of of the Association in Jammu on Sunday. vailed over 91st-ranked, Kim ners-up teams, besides pre- BSF School won gold, 21-12 21-17 in the summit clash senting trophies other digni- Mahinder Singh of Shishu State Junior, Master that lasted 45 minutes at the Tap Seac Multisport Pavilion here. The bronze-medallist at the Powerlifting team selected Glasgow Commonwealth Excelsior Sports Correspondent basis in the presence of Rajan Games, Sindhu faced tough Jain, general secretary along competition from Kim, who had JAMMU, Nov 30: J&K with his officials Narinder come into the finals after beat- Sports Powerlifting Association Singh, Vinay Sharma, Vijay ing seventh seed Chinese Yu organized a State (Men Choudhary, Rakesh Kumar and Sun but the experienced Indian &Women) Equipped, Preet Dutta. held her nerves to stave off the Unequipped Powerlifting In the men's team, the select- challenge from the Korean. Participants of ‘IAP National Healthy Life Style Day’ posing for group photograph at JU. Championship and selected men ed players include Gourav Kim started off on an and women teams for their par- Bandral, Manpreet Singh, aggressive note and found the ticipation in the National Abhimanyu Chopra, Rajiv gaps easily to lead 3-0. Sindhu Run marks celebration of 'IAP (M&W) Powerlifting Mohna, Sourav Puri, Feroz slowly started to decode her Championship-2014 to be held Khan, Mohd. Ziaulhaq and rival's game and not only at Jammu from January 5 to Rajan Kumar clawed back at 6-6 with decep- National Healthy Life Style Day' January 10, 2014. tive net play but led 7-6. Rajan Jain will accompany Excelsior Sports Correspondent 2013. hypertension, dyslipidemias, Winner being felicitated during Annual Day-cum-Prize The team has been selected Kim wriggled her way out the team along with other his On the occasion, Dr RD diabetes and cardiovascular dis- Distribution Function at Udhampur.

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