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SUNDAY, JULY 16, 2017 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Mithali, Rajeshwari seal India a semis spot Harinder Sandhu All India 13th Gufran Memorial T20 Cricket C’ship enters final of Victorian Media XI Jammu drubs Media in ICC Women's WC Open squash DERBY (UK), July 15: chance, I wanted to give my all. last batswoman Leigh Kasperek (13), Mithali anchored the CHENNAI, July 15: Eleven Doda in exhibition match This is my best performance, I (0) to complete her five-wicket Indian innings magnificently. Riding on left-arm spinner India's Harinder Pal Sandhu Excelsior Sports Correspondent Commissioner Doda, sons. hadn't taken a five-for previous- haul. She first steadied the Indian is one step away from winning Mohammad Hanief Malik was ADC Doda Mohammad Rajeshwari Gayakwad's brilliant DODA, July 15: In the exhi- ly, so this is special." Earlier, India were reduced innings with Harmanpreet after his fourth title as he defeated the Guest of Honour. Chairman Hanief Malik also spoke on the five-for and skipper Mithali bition cum friendly cricket Chasing 266 for a win, New to 21 for 2 in eighth over but a the initial loss of two wickets Piedro Schweertman of the Gufran T20 Tournaments Zaheer occasion. Raj's magnificent century, India match played in memory of Late Netherlands to reach the final of Abass Hashmi, Dy SP Hqr The management of YSCC crushed New Zealand by 186 Mehboob Hassan Kraipak, the Victorian Open in Iftikhar Ahmed, Dr Sajjad Doda on this occasion assured runs to storm into the semifinals Manager Young Star Cricket Melbourne today. Hussain Kraipak and Dr the participating team from of ICC Women's World Cup to Club Doda, Media XI Jammu The third-seed Sandhu beat here today. thrashed Media Eleven Doda by second-seed Piedro by 11-5, 11- Put into bat, India recovered 62 runs in the ongoing All India 8, 11-8 in the semi-final. from an early wobble to score a 13th Gufran Memorial T20 Sandhu, who has been in challenging 265/7 in their final Cricket Championship 2017 good touch, has not dropped a league match, riding on a 132- being played at Sports Stadium, game enroute to the final where run stand between Mithali (109) here. he will now meet the top seed and Harmanpreet Kaur (60) and The exhibition match was Rex Hedrick of Australia in the a quickfire 70 by Veda organized by Young Star Cricket PSA world tour event, said a Krishnamurthy. Club Doda. SRFI press release here. India then produced a superb The Media team from As in the earlier matches, bowling display to dismiss the Jammu was led by Captain Mir fluency marked the Indian's Kiwis for 79 in just 25.3 overs. Imran, while Media Team from show as he took just 35 minutes Gayakwad (5/15) was the Doda was led by Captain Syed to complete the win. peak of the bowlers with her Riaz Ahmed. Sandhu, who won the South Jubilant Media XI Jammu players posing for a group photo- five-wicket haul, while Deepti Earlier, Media XI Jammu Australian Open for his third graph after registering win in Doda on Saturday. Sharma (2/26) scalped two and after winning the toss elected to title of the year, had beaten Jhulan Goswami (1/14), Shikha bat first. Media that they will continue to Piedro with a degree of difficul- Basharat Hussain Kraipak were Pandey (1/12) and Poonam Batting first, Media XI organize similar matches in the ty in Adelaide at the semi-final the Special Guests on the occa- Yadav (1/12) picked one each Jammu set a huge target of 211 future also. stage. (PTI) sion. respectively. The objective of the exhibi- runs for the loss of 7 wickets in On this occasion, Osama "Extremely happy. For a Indian eves celebrating victory against their counterparts New Zealand in Womens World Cup India's campaign the allotted 20 overs. Sunil Bali tion match was to provide plat- couple of us, this will be the last at Derby (UK) on Saturday. Hassanat Kraipak, Son of Late was the top scorer with 87 runs, Mehboob Hassan Kraipak was form for the Media persons of World Cup, so our first aim was Zealand lost two early wickets 132-run stand between Mithali and then took her side to an ends at Canada while Amit Sudan scored 71 Doda and Jammu to interact to enter semifinals," said also awarded by the with both openers Suzie Bates (109) and Harmanpreet (60) for advantageous position before runs. Management of Young Star with each other and test their Mithali, who was adjudged the (1) and Rachel Priest (5) back in the third wicket brought them being dismissed in the final over. Open Grand Prix From Media Eleven Doda, cricketing skill. player of the match for her 109. Cricket Club Doda. the hut in 3 overs. At 7 for 2, back into the match. She found an able ally in CALGARY, July 15: Zuhaib Rangrez scalped 3 wick- Speaking on the occasion, The match was officiated by "I've always dreamt of get- Katey Martin (12) joined Amy A brilliant quick-fire 70 off Harmanpreet, who made a cru- ets, while Firdous Khanday and Vijay Partap Singh and ting runs for the country. The SSP Doda Mohammad Shabir Satterthwaite but the former was just 45 balls from cial contribution despite her Curtains were drawn on Shezan Afzal shared 1 wicket Mohammad Nadeem as hunger never dies. There were lauded the efforts of YSCC dismissed by spinner Deepti Krishnamurthy, studded with slow batting. Harmanpreet con- India's campaign at Canada each. umpires, while Milind Gore two vital stands, with Doda for organizing such events Sharma in her first over as New seven fours and two sixes, then sumed 90 balls for her 60 and hit Open Grand Prix following the In reply, Media Eleven Doda acted as the scorer and Sudhir Harmanpreet and Veda defeats of defending champion which boosts up the sports Zealand were reduced to 27/3 in took India past 260. seven fours. managed to score 149 runs in 20 Singh (Video Analyst) as third (Krishnamurthy). After the pow- in men's doubles Manu Attri morale among the media per- 11th over. However, the highlight of the India were going strong at overs for the loss of 7 wickets, umpire. erplays, we needed more runs. Satterthwaite was then dis- virtual knock-out match was 152 for 2 in the 36th over but and B Sumeeth Redddy and thus lost the match by 62 runs. Her (Krishnamurthy's) 70 was as missed in 18th over with Mithali's sixth ton in her 184th New Zealand struck back with mixed doubles pair in the quar- Zuhaib Rangrez was the highest KC Sports Club Cup 2017 important as my 100. Sushma Verma producing a bril- match and her 109 came from two quick wickets -- terfinals here today. scorer from Media Eleven Doda Harmanpreet's knock was liant stumping off Gayakwad's 123 balls and had 11 fours in it. Harmanpreet and Deepti Sharma Third seeds Manu and who made 61 runs while Firdous KCSC Seniors, KCCC important too," she said. bowling. Mithali, who in the earlier (0) -- but that did not bother Sumeeth failed to put up a fight Khanday and Ayaz Bangroo "If you're aiming to be in the Katie Perkins (1) too was match against Australia became them. against Korean combo of Kim contributed 28 and 22 runs top four teams in the world, you sent back quickly with Sharma the highest run-getter in ODIs Krishnamurthy was there to Won Ho and Seung Jae Seo, respectively. From Media XI seal berth in QFs have to come back after defeats. cleaning her up as New Zealand and first batswoman to reach give impetus to the Indian losing 12-21 15-21 within half Jammu, Ashu Kumar, Amit Excelsior Sports Correspondent took 4 important wickets, In the previous World Cups we lost half their side for 52/5 in the 6000 runs, continued with her innings towards the close and an hour here. Sudan and Rahul Khatri shared while youngster Dhruv Parmar JAMMU, July 15: had not done that, so it was 19th over. purple patch. she was by far the most aggres- Mixed doubles second seeds 2 wickets each, while Yash took 3 wickets. Vishal also Outplaying their rivals con- important to fire today," Mithali Gayakwad then dealt two She has already hit three half sive batswomen as she was Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N Khajuria claimed 1 wicket. Amit took 2 wickets and Jugjap vincingly in their respective said, talking about the two con- more quick blows, removing centuries and a 46 not out, always looking for big shots. Sikki Reddy dished out a gritty Sudan of Media XI Jammu was claimed one. Manik Gupta of matches today, KC Sports Club secutive defeats before today's Sophie Devine (7) and Hannah besides today's ton, from the She was out in the penultimate performance before going down declared as man of the match for KCCC was declared as the Seniors and Kishen Chand win. Rowe (4) as New Zealand were seven matches she has played so delivery. 17-21 22-20 18-21 to Korean his brilliant all-round perform- man of the match. Cricket Club (KCCC) sealed Gayakwad said, "I was out looking down the barrel at 62/7 far. In fact, India lost three wick- duo of Kim Won Ho and Shin ance. The second match was berth in the quarterfinals of the for six games but I didn't feel in 21.5 overs.