FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2015 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU AB De Villiers helps SA Bangladesh example 4th All India Police Martyrs Hockey Tourney-2015 inspires Afghanistan Air Force, P&S Bank, Gurdaspur to thrash UAE by 146 runs SYDNEY, Mar 12: international innings. "They could play that game Club, Punjab Police sail into semis WELLINGTON, Mar 12: Philander and de Villiers shared UAE were never in the chase Afghanistan will look to fol- 10 times and poor Eoin would Excelsior Sports Correspondent In the quarterfinals played goals in 18th and 55th minute of two apiece to bundle out as they lost wickets at regular low the lead of Bangladesh not get out in that position. today, Indian Air Force defeated the game to become the second Skipper AB de Villiers led UAE for 195 in 47.3 overs. intervals with wicketkeeper- when they face England in their "It was a good plan to set JAMMU, Mar 12: Indian BSF, Punjab and Sindh Bank got team to cruise into semifinals of from the front with an all-round World Cup finale in Sydney him up but any other day it goes SCOREBOARD Air Force, Punjab and Sindh better of Namdhari XI, New the tournament. Parvinder show to help thrash South Africa tomorrow. for six. When things don't go minnows UAE by 146 runs and Bank, New Gurdaspur Club and Gurdaspur Club outplayed J&K Singh of P&S bank was c Ali b Naveed 12 put the team's World Cup Today’s Fixture Punjab Police today outplayed Police and Punjab Police declared SNTPL Man of the c Haider b Javed 26 campaign back on track in its New Zealand VS Bangladesh (Hamilton) 6:30 IST match. Mr Javid Mattoo, Staff final pool B ODI encounter, here c & b Tauquir 43 officer to ADGP Armed who today. AB de Villiers c Javed b Shazad 99 Afghanistan VS England (Sydney) 9:00 IST was the chief guest on the David Miller b Naveed 49 occassion presented him a cash De Villiers struck a blazing Bangladesh's 15-run win your way it seems to be a perfect JP Duminy lbw b Naveed 23 prize of Rs 3,000 for excellent 99 and then picked up 2 wickets over England in Adelaide on storm," the 54-year-old display of the talent during the with his medium pace to steer 64 Monday saw them go through to Englishman added. match. Proteas, who were coming off a not out 10 the quarter-finals and knock out "It all came together on the The third quarterfinal of the shock loss to in their Extras (B-4, LB-1, W-5, NB-5) 15 's men. day and unfortunately it was a tournament was won by New previous match. The South Total (six wickets; 50 overs) 341 England, reeling from the bitter result for England." Gurdaspur Club defeating J&K Africans are now second in the : Naveed 10-0-63-3; Shazad 8-0-59-1; Javed 10-0-87-1; fall-out of a World Cup where Moles, a former opener with Police 5-3. Both the teams pool led by India, who still have Tauqir 10-0-47-1; Al Hashmi 7.2-0-45-0; Khan 4-0-31-0; Anwar they, like tournament debutants county side Warwickshire, said scored one goal each till the end a match to play against Afghanistan, have so far only Afghanistan had studied 0.4-0-4-0. of second round. The match was Zimbabwe. beaten Scotland, will be desper- Monday's match in detail. innings later decided by penalty However, the final standings ate to avoid fresh embarrass- "We've got the tapes. We (target: 342 runs from 50 overs) shootout during which New will only be known after the ment at the Sydney Cricket know the areas. The c Behardien b Duminy 21 Gurdaspur Club overpowered Pakistan-Ireland and West Ground in their final Pool A Bangladeshis did what we've Andi Berenger c Rossouw b Morkel 5 J&K Police by scoring four Indies-UAE clashes on Sunday. match. tried to do which is bowl in c de Kock b Morkel 12 goals while the State Police Striking his second fifty of However, Afghanistan are channels and build up pressure, Police dignitaries interacting with the players during a match c Rossouw b 39 team scored only two goals to the tournament, de Villiers equally keen to finish with a field well and take your half of 4th All India Police Martyrs Hockey Tournament at KK be on the losing side. Gurjeet jumped to the second spot in the † not out 57 flourish and coach Andy Moles chances. Hakhu Astroturf Hockey Stadium in Jammu on Thursday. Singh of New Gurdaspur Club run-scorers list, behind Kumar c Rossouw b de Villiers 7 said Bangladesh had shown "With the bat, you need their rivals in the quarterfinal trounced Corps of Signal to enter was awarded SNTPL Man of Sangakkara, as South Africa c sub (WD Parnell) b de Villiers 5 them the way. someone to bat through. It's not battles to enter into the semifi- the semifinals of the Tournament the Match. amassed 341 for six in their stip- c de Villiers b Philander 17 "It looked to me a classic a state secret." nals of the ongoing 4th All India to be played tomorrow. The last match of the day ulated 50 overs after being put * b Steyn 3 match where the occasion got to Afghanistan were well beat- Police Martyrs' Memorial The first quarterfinal of the was played between Punjab into bat first. Kamran Shazad c Steyn b Philander 0 England," said Moles of a match en by co-hosts Australia and Hockey Tournament, underway day was played between Indian Police and Corps of Signal in Coming in at number seven, where skipper Morgan was out New Zealand -- but then again, Fahad Alhashmi absent hurt at KK Hakhu Astroturf Hockey Air Force and BSF, in which the which the former emerged win- batsman Farhaan Behardien (64 Extras (b 4, lb 16, w 6, nb 3) 29 for his fifth duck in 11 one-day so were England. (Agencies) not out) also played a crucial Stadium, here. former emerged winner by 3 ner 5-4. Satvinder Singh of Total (all out; 47.3 overs) 195 (4.10 runs per over) knock and stitched up an unbeat- goals. BSF scored only one goal Punjab Police was adjudged Bowling: 9-1-40-1, Vernon Philander 8.3-1- 34-2, en 49-run seventh- part- J&K Premier League T20 Cricket Tournament in the stipulated time. Damanjit SNTPL man of the match. nership with Vernon Philander Morne Morkel 10-2-23-2, Jean-Paul Duminy 3-1-12-1, Farhaan Singh of India Air Force was In semifinals of the tourna- (10 not out) to give Proteas the Behardien 4-1-11-0, Imran Tahir 10-0-40-1, AB de Villiers 3-0- was adjudged SNTPL Man of ment being played tomorrow, necessary fillip in the end overs. 15-2. RCC Srinagar, Jammu Cricket the match for his outstanding Air Force will take on Punjab The South African bowlers UAE's No.11 Fahad Alhashmi batsman Swapnil Patil (57 not performance. and Sindh Bank, while New were also clinical in their show- was unable to come out on the out) and Shaiman Anwar (39) In another match, Punjab & Gurdaspur Club will lock horns ing as Morne Morkel, Vernon field due to injury. providing the only bit of resist- Club sail into QFs Sindh Bank outplayed with Punjab Police to vie for the ance in an otherwise lackluster Namdhari XI 2-0 by scoring top honours. Excelsior Sports Correspondent today, RCC defeated Shinning by 5 wickets. Parveen Singh showing. (PTI) Star Cricket Club by 5 wickets top scored with 47 runs, while Khalsa outplays JAMMU, Mar 12: register- in a close contest. Akash and Ahmer contributed ing convincing victories over t first, Shinning Star 27 and 17 runs to the total Rommy Sports their rivals in the league match- Club scored a fighting total of respectively. Parveen was es, the formidable sides of 131 runs in the stipulated 20 instrumental in making good in Holi Cup Rainawari Cricket Club (RCC) overs. Dimple was the top scor- partnerships with the other two Excelsior Sports Correspondent contributors. For Shining Star Club, Sonu took 2 wickets, JAMMU, Mar 12: Khalsa while Ajay, Vishal and Sudesh Cricket Club defeated Rommy claimed 1 wicket each. Sports Club in a thrilling con- Parveen Singh was adjudged test by one wicket to move into man of the match for his splen- the next round of the ongoing did knock. Holi Cup Cricket Tournament at In another match, JCC Mandal ground, here today. thrashed Kathua XI by 7 wickets Batting first, Rommy Sports in an easy contest. Club scored a decent total of Winning the toss and batting Players in action during a final match of the volleyball tour- Dignitaries inaugurating Cricket Tournament at Bana Singh 156 runs in the stipulated 20 first, Kathua XI scored a modest nament at RRL School ground, Jammu on Thursday. Stadium, in RS Pura on Thursday. overs by losing 9 wickets. total of 116 runs in the allotted Chamkor scored brilliant 57 20 overs by losing 8 wickets. SSP Jammu declares open Cricket IIIM wins Volleyball tourney runs off 49 balls, while Ashish Shiv Dutt top scored with 47 and Rommy contributed 30 and runs, while Rompy Sharma and Excelsior Sports Correspondent Centre Water Commission 20 runs to the total respectively. Aman contributed 21 and 17 tourney at Bana Singh Stadium (CWC). For Khalsa Club, Kalu took 3 runs respectively. Rahil Singh, JAMMU, Mar 12: Indian Earlier, the competition was wickets, while Vicky and Nitin Excelsior Sports Correspondent of sports in the border belt and Rohit and Paras Sharma took 2 providing opportunity in various Institute of Integrative Medicines declared open by Principal of claimed 2 and one wicket wickets each, while Guru Partap (IIIM) won the volleyball tourna- RRL School, Jagdish Sharma, respectively. JAMMU, Mar 12: SSP sports competition which in the Singh and Jatinder shared 1 Jammu, Uttam Chand declared future run will help in building ment of the Centre Government who was chief guest. He was In reply, Khalsa Club chased wicket each. Employees Welfare Coordination accompanied by chairman of the target in the 20th over by open the T20 Cricket sportsmanship, stamina, JCC in reply chased the tar- Tournament, being organized by courage, leadership qualities and Committee (CGEWCC) held at Sports Committee of CGEWCC, losing 9 wickets, thus won the get in 15.3 overs by losing 3 match in a thrilling contest by J&K Police District Jammu, above all make youth good citi- RRL School grounds, here today. Jammu, BS Bhan. Also present SP Ranjeet Singh interacting with players during a match of wickets, thus won the match by one wicket. Bawa was the top under Civic Action Programme zens. In the final, IIIM defeated were Rajinder Guupta, Mahesh JKPL T20 Cricket Tournament at GGM Science College ground 7 wickets. Promising left-hand- scorer with 59 runs, while (CAP) at S. Bana Singh Sports 20 teams drawn from Survey of India (SOI) in straight Sharma, Shashi Jamwal and in Jammu on Thursday. ed batsmen Sidharth Magotra Vivek contributed 34 runs to the Stadium, R S Pura in presence Bishnah, Arnia, R S Pura and sets of 25-15, 25-19. Earlier, in Sham Lal Tandotra. Srinagar and Jammu Cricket er with 51 runs, while Bunty and and Shubham Pundhir scored 34 total. For Rommy Sports Raja of dignitaries including MLA Miran Sahib areas are partici- the semifinals, SOI trounced "Today's was the last event of Club (JCC), Jammu qualified Sudesh contributed 19 and 18 runs each, while Paras Sharma took 3 wickets, Gagan bagged 2 Suchetgarh, Sham Lal pating the tournament. National Sample Survey first phase of the competitions. for the quarterfinals of the ongo- runs to the total respectively. For contributed 14 runs the total. and Monu claimed one wicket. Choudhary, MLA R S Pura, Dr. In the inaugural match, Organisation (NSSO) in a closely The other phase, wherein cricket ing Jammu and Kashmir RCC, Sourav Chopra, Kuldeep For Kathua XI, Mayank Goutam The match was officiated by Gagan Bhagat, SDM RS Pura, Young Star Cricket Club, contested game 2-0 (25-23, 25- tournament will be played, has Premier League T20 Cricket Kumar and Dilbagh Singh took took 2 wickets, while Rompy Vicky Kumar, Rakesh Bawa Deep Raj, Ranjit Kalra, Dr Simbal Camp defeated Mokhey 21) and IIIM registered 2-1 (25- been scheduled for April," Tournament, being organized by 2 wickets each, while Puneet claimed one. 21, 16-25, 25-21) win against informed BS Bhan. and Sachin Singh. MMS Zema, Dr Harsh Sharma, Cricket Club, RS Pura by 86 Jammu Tawi Sports Club at claimed one wicket. The matches were officiated Suresh Kumar, Nirmal runs. S Karnail Singh from GGM Science College ground, In reply, RCC chased the by Rahil Singh, Surinder, Sadiq Choudhary, S Baljinder Singh, Young Star Cricket Club was here. target in the last over by losing Hussain Malik, Anil Kumar and S Jagit Singh and Om Prakash. adjudged man of the match for In the first match played 5 wickets, thus won the match Rahul Bhal. SP Hqrs Jammu, S Randheer his splendid performance, scor- Will only rest a player Singh while deliberating on the ing fabulous 46 runs. aims and objectives of tourna- The CAP activities in this if there is danger of ment highlighted the importance area were undertaken under the of sports in the physical and guidance of J&K Police breakdown: Dhoni mental development of youth. Headquarters under overall AUCKLAND, Mar 12: He maintained that J&K supervision of IGP Jammu Zone Police is contributing over- Jammu, DIG Jammu and SSP India Mahendra whelmingly towards promotion Jammu. Singh Dhoni believes in giving his cricketers long rope and even Reasi Police organizes after sealing a quarterfinal berth is averse to changes in playing XI volleyball tourney for their next Cricket World Cup Excelsior Sports Correspondent match against Zimbabwe on Saturday unless there is some REASI, Mar 12: A Volleyball Tournament was organized by serious injury to any player. District Police Reasi under Civic Action Programme at Talwara, If one goes by Dhoni's philos- here today. ophy on chopping and changing, SP Rural, Rajiv Pandey interacting with Volleyball players at Domana in Jammu on Thursday. Eight teams drawn from Reasi, Mahore and Talwara participated it seems that Ambati Rayudu, in the Tournament, wherein Reasi and Talwara reached the final. Axar Patel, Stuart Binny and In the title clash, Reasi won by (2-0). Bhuvneshwar Kumar will find it Volleyball Tourney The winners were awarded with Rs 4000 as cash prize along difficult to break into the winning with a trophy, while runners-up team was awarded with Rs 2000 as team. cash prize besides trophy. Bhuvneshwar, though played organized under CAP a match in Mohammed Shami's absence but he certainly is a Excelsior Sports Correspondent rated by SP Rural, Rajiv Pandey notch below the trio of Umesh in presence of SDPO Domana, Yadav, Shami and Mohit Sharma. JAMMU, Mar 12: A Sanjay Parihar, SDPO Akhnoor, Even Dhoni made it clear that Volleyball Tournament was Naresh Singh, Principal HSS he is not in a mood to rest one of organized by Sub Division Domana, Ajit Sharma and SHO the regulars and try out one from Domana under CAP at Domana Jai Pal Sharma. the bench. Government Higher Secondary Six teams drawn from "Bench strength will warm School ground, here. Domana Sub Division are par- the bench," he had put it bluntly The tournament was inaugu- ticipating in this Tournament. after their match against West All the team members were Indies in Perth. Hockey trials provided with uniforms, net and In Hamilton, after the Ireland on Mar 16 volleyballs apart from refresh- game, the Indian skipper ment by the organizers. explained in detail as to why he is Excelsior Sports Correspondent The final will be played not a big advocate of experiment- tomorrow at the same venue. ing with playing XI even in an JAMMU, Mar 12: Hockey Sanjeev Mahajan being presented bouquet after nominated inconsequential game. Jammu and Kashmir shall be State Boxing C’ship as chief patron of Chess Association at Jammu on Thursday. Asked, if there's a temptation holding selection trials to pick to rest players, Dhoni said: "We up probables for the upcoming on Mar 20-21 Sanjeev nominated patron need the physio's input in this Junior National Championship Excelsior Sports Correspondent matter. If the physio feels any to be held at Mysore in JAMMU, Mar 12: Jammu player is in danger of breaking Karnataka from April 1 to April and Kashmir Boxing Association of Chess Association down, we will rest him in that sit- 12. is organizing State Boxing Excelsior Sports Correspondent wherein it was unanimously uation. Otherwise, if everyone is The trials are scheduled to Championship on March 20 and decided by the members to nom- fit and available for selection, be held at K K Hakhu Stadium 21 at MA Stadium, here. JAMMU, Mar 12: Jammu inate Mahajan to the post. we'll field the best XI. Because here on March 16 and March 17 According n a handout issued District Chess Association today The nomination was made by there are already long breaks from 1.30 pm onwards, a hand- here Dr Nirmolak Singh, general nominated Sanjeev Mahajan as president of the Jammu District between matches -- that much out issued here today informed. secretary of the Association has chief patron so as to strengthen Chess Association, Sanjeev rest should be adequate. If there Those interested boys have asked the players interested to the sports body in the Winter Gupta in the presence of presi- is no risk of injury, we will then been advised to report to the take part in the Championship to Capital. dent, Atul Kumar Gupta and vice continue to field our best Association members at the report the organizers on March Earlier, a meeting of the dis- president, Baldev Raj of the All eleven." (PTI) venue on given date and time. 19. trict body held at Hotel Nek J&K Chess Association.