MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 2021 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU England top order No stopping the Newcomers: Washington, stumbles, needs further Shardul keep in contention 36 to win 1st test GALLE, Jan 17: BRISBANE, Jan 17: Earlier, Washington and England's top order stumbled Shardul did not let Australia Debutant run away with the game after on a turning after Sri Lanka and punched Hazlewood sliced through wiped out a huge deficit and setup above their weight with splendid India's middle-order with the a tricky target of 74 runs on the half-centuries to keep Australia at of Mayank Agarwal fourth day of the first Test today. bay and India bullish after an (38) and (23) at Left-arm spinner Lasith engrossing third day's play in the Embuldeniya grabbed 2-13 and the start of the second session. Commissioner Secretary HED Talat Parvez Rohella along with series-deciding fourth Test here At tea break, India trailed first innings double century-maker Winners of SnowShoe event displaying their medals at Srinagar. other dignitaries posing for photograph with NCC cadets. today. Australia's first-innings total Joe Root was brilliantly run out by Australia's openers -- David of 369 by 116 runs at the Niroshan Dickwella for 1 as SnowShoe event organised Warner (20) and Marcus Harris (1) Gabba. Rohella interacts with NCC cadets, says England went to stumps on a -- saw out six overs, and extended This was largely due to the nervy 38-3. the home team's lead to 54 by fight put up by Washington NEP to develop all rounded youth Jonny Bairstow, who also in Srinagar city stumps after India's first innings Shardul Thakur and Washington and Shardul who played their escaped a run-out, was unbeaten Excelsior Sports Correspondent "we aim at inculcating spirit of Excelsior Sports Correspondent . In that category, Aabid ended at 336. Sundar interacting with each other strokes without worrying on 11 while debutant Dan However, Australia's lead during their 123 run patnership about the end result, frustrat- brotherhood, unity, courage, Lawrence was on 7 as Rashid secured first while Aqib JAMMU, Jan 17: Commis- SRINAGAR, Jan 17: could have been much more had it against Australia on Sunday. ing the high-quality truthfulness and selfless service England still needed 36 for victo- Bashir and Ubaid Altaf clinched sioner Secretary Higher Celebrating World Snow Day, not been for a delightful 123-run Cummins. Australian attack with their to the nation by our youth". ry. second and third places respective- Education Department Talat J&K SnowShoe Association partnership for the seventh wicket Playing in his first Test, carefree approach. Prominent among those Sri Lanka had earlier defied ly. Parvez Rohella today visited the organised SnowShoe events at SP between Washington (62) and Washington too soon got to his However, India were in a spot present on the occasion were England spinners through Lahiru The event was flagged off by seven days Annual Training College Ground, here today. Shardul (67), who defied and then maiden fifty in the traditional for- of bother before their counter- Brig Satish Kumar, Group Thirimanne's (111) first test centu- Director Handloom and attacked the rival bowling attack Camp (ATC) being organized by The event was organised under Commander, NCC Group HQ ry in almost eight years and a Handicrafts Kashmir Mahmood with gusto. 2nd J&K Girls Battalion NCC at fighting 71 off 219 balls by the auspices of SnowShoe Scoreboard Jammu, Col Satvinder Singh, Ahmad Shah in presence of "We knew their bowlers were Camping Ground Nagrota to Angelo Mathews to reach 359. Federation of India with the help Australia 1st innings: 369 all out Commanding Officer, 2 J&K International Water Sports Coach tiring out a bit so it was a matter of boost the spirit of cadets, the Left-arm spinner Jack Leach of Directorate of Tourism, Girls Bn, Col P K Sinha, CO, 2 Bilquis Mir, Director Physical hanging in there for one hour. We India 1st innings: (Overnight 62/2) future warriors of India. (5-122) got a five-wicket haul and Kashmir. The event was organised J&K NCC Bn, Maj Chhaya Education Islamia College Dr knew we probably would be on top c Starc b N Lyon 44 Jammu and Kashmir is first offspinner Dom Bess (3-100) fin- with the aim to celebrate World Korwal, Adm Offr, 2 J&K Girls Altaf-Ur-Rehman, SnowShoe if we hung in," said Shardul at the Shubhman Gill c Smith b P Cummins 7 in India to start camps for NCC ished with eight wickets in the Snow Day with rest of the world Bn, Prof Subash Chander, Federation of India official post-play press conference. c Paine b J Hazlewood 25 cadets during the present pan- game, but Mathews dug in well by holding major Winter Sports Principal GDC Udhampur and Mushtaq Bashir, J&K SnowShoe Pacer finished c Wade b M Starc 37 demic situation with due cooper- against both spinners to push the activities. Prof Surinder Sharma, Principal Association official Gulzar Khan with a well-deserved 5/57 for Mayank Agarwal c Smith b J Hazlewood 38 ation from the civil administra- match into the final day.(AP) The event titled Srinagar Australia, a reward for consistently GDC Nowshera. and organising secretary Muzamil Rishabh Pant c Green b J Hazlewood 23 tion and Army authorities. This SnowShoe run saw around 70 ath- bowling with an impeccable line Mir. was the 6th such camp in the letes from various parts of and length at a brisk pace. Washington Sundar c Green b M Starc 62 Real Kashmir FC to face The chief guest distributed series. Kashmir turning up for participa- Symbolising the courage Shardul Thakur b P Cummins 67 prizes among winners in presence Rohella interacted with the tion. The competitions were held shown by the visitors, now ren- c Smith b J Hazlewood 5 Sudeva FC tomorrow of Mir Bilquis, Dr. Altaf ur Principals of various Degree in sub-junior, junior and senior dered almost second-string owing b J Hazlewood 13 Rehman and Mushtaq Bashir. Colleges, Associate NCC Excelsior Sports Correspondent categories. to a plethora of injures suffered by T Natarajan not out 1 “It is great to see a major win- Officers, Care Taker Officers In senior category, their top players through the four- Extras: (B-5, LB-7 NB-2) 14 JAMMU, Jan 17: After a scintillating victory over ter sports activity being held in city and Cadets and discussed how to Mohammad Adil Khan bagged match series, Washington and Total: (all out in 111.4 overs) 336 City FC, the Real Kashmir Footall Club is all set to take on Sudeva centre of Srinagar. This year Shardul mixed caution with inculcate the spirit of truthful- first place while Villayat Hussain FC on January 19, being played at Football Ground Kolkata. Srinagar received lot of snowfall aggression to bail their team out of Fall of wickets: 1-11, 2-60, 3-105, 4-144, 5-161, 6-186, 7-309, 8- ness and dedication amongst the and Aasif Ali clinched second and This will be the third outing of RKFC which has so far a draw and SnowShoe is the activity that a precarious 186 for six. 320, 9-328 Cadets and teachers. He said that third positions respectively. with TRAU and a win on January 15 against giants Chennai City can hold anywhere where there is First, they turned unlikely sav- Bowling: Mitchell Starc 23-3-88-2, Josh Hazlewood 24.4-6-57-5, the cadets are like rivers origi- In junior Under-19 category, FC in which Dipanda Dicka and Lalrindika Ralte shone bright as snow,” said Mahmood Shah who iours after three soft dismissals Pat Cummins 27-5-94-2, Cameron Green 8-1-20-0, Nathan Lyon nating from the mountains and it Shahnawaz secured first position, Real Kashmir notched up their first win of the season. The team is also known adventurer of pushed India on the back foot, and 28-9-65-1, Marnus Labuchagne 1-1-0-0. becomes the duty of everyone to whereas Aijaz Ahmed and Shahid hopes to maintain its counter-attacking style of play which earned Kashmir. in the final session, the two opened Australia 2nd innings: channelize their energies into a Shafi Bhat bagged second and them a win on Friday. Mushtaq Bashir said that it up and went after the world-class Marcus Harris 1 right direction so that they can third positions respectively. "I am pleased with the win on Friday, the boys played very well was fourth SnowShoe event which Australian attack. be used for the growth of the The major attraction of event David Warner batting 20 and showed real character on the field after our previous draw. I was held in Srinagar city this year. If his nine fours were not nation. was participation of sub-junior cat- enough, Shardul bludgeoned off- Total (For no loss in 6 overs) 21 wish the team all the very best for their upcoming matches," RKFC “Now, we are going to hold He highlighted the vital role egory in which local kids who had spinner Nathan Lyon, holder of Bowling: Mohammed Siraj 2-1-12-0, T Natarajan 3-0-6-0, owner Sandeep Chattoo said. open selection trials for J&K play- played by NCC in inculcating come to play cricket at SP College 397 wickets, for a maximum over Washington Sundar 1-0-3-0. Real Kashmir held on to their two-goal lead and saw the match ers in Gulmarg before Khelo India the qualities of discipline, lead- ground participated. They request- long-on to reach his maiden Test off to register their first win of the Hero I-league season. event for upcoming 2nd Khelo ership, comradeship, team spirit ed organisers to allow them to fifty in style in only his second attacking act. RKFC, which stands third in the tally after Chrucil Brothers India National Winter Games mat while finding the fence seven and national integration in forg- compete as they were disappoint- match. times and clearing it once. If the visitors lost the big wick- and Mohammedan Sporting, has been contributing in roping in which is scheduled to be held at ing the cadets into dynamic and ed to see ground was under the Gulmarg,” said organising secre- In fact, Shardul opened his He became the first visiting et of skipper Ajinkya Rahane (37) more and more youths towards the football game. account with a hooked six off the responsible citizens of country. blanket of snow, thus missing their tary, Muzamil Hussain. cricketer in Australia in 74 years to to a poor shot at the stroke of lunch, The recent winning of IFA shield was yet another feather in the world's number one bowler, Pat grab three wickets and smash a they were dealt another blow right "The New Education Policy cap of RFKC. half-century on debut. The one after the break when the persever- is aimed at developing well before him was also an Indian, ing Hazlewood lured Agarwal into rounded youth for providing Dattu Phadkar, who made 51 while a loose drive for to effective leadership in all walks Majalta Cricket League commences complete a catch at second slip on batting at No.8 and took three of life including Army, Navy Excelsior Sports Correspondent in 15 overs. the rebound.(PTI) wickets during a 1947/48 tour. and Air Force", he said, adding Vivek Rathore made 78 runs JAMMU, Jan 17: Majalta while Raj Sharma scored 40 runs Cricket League, organised by for Panchayat Khoon whereas the Bhupinder Singh Pathania star bowling performers were Charitable Trust (SBSPCT), com- Danesh and Mohit who took three menced at Majalta, here today. wickets each. About 36 teams of different The tournament was thrown Panchayats are participating. The open by Arjun Singh Pathania, inaugural match was played secretary SBSPCT in presence of

Chief guest, Arjun Singh Pathania inaugurating Cricket League at Majalta on Sunday.

between Panchayat Khoon and RS Pathania, spokesperson Panchayat Plaiter. JKBJP, Amit Sharma, member Khoon won the toss and elect- DDC Majalta, Juhi Manhas, ed to bat first. Panchayat Khoon member DDC Khoon, Kamal team scored 168 runs in 14.5 Kishore chairman organizing overs, whereas the opponent team committee, Manoj Verma, failed to chase the target and bun- Sanjeev Singh, Gurdev Singh, dled out at 149 runs and lost the Raman Khajuria, SHO Majalta match with the margin of 18 runs and Naib Tehsildar Deot. Shaheed Lt Thakur Dass Memorial Tourney Sunderbani Cricket Club sails into semi-finals Excelsior Sports Correspondent Tournament, being played at Govt Higher Secondary School JAMMU, Jan 17: Sunderbani Akhnoor, here today. Cricket Club defeated Cantonment Cantonment CC won the toss Cricket Club with three wickets and decided to bat first. Batting and sailed into semi-finals round first, Cantonment CC scored 68 in the ongoing Shaheed Lieutenant runs by losing all wickets in 16.3 Thakur Dass Memorials Cricket overs. Abhinav Puri made 15 runs, wheras Rakesh Baba, Raj Kumar contributed 18 and 10 runs respec- tively. From bowling side, Abishek got three wickets while Arif and Ragav shared two wick- ets each and Micky and Ashutosh clinched one wicket each. In reply, Sunderbani CC achieved the target in just six overs with four balls left from the stipu- lated 20 overs by losing seven wickets and won the match by three wickets. Rohit Sharma made 17 runs, while Micky and Rajesh contributed 26 and 10 runs respec- tively. From bowling side, Vijay Dogra got five wickets, whereas Akash Choudhary bagged two wickets. Man of the match was awarded to Micky for his best per- formance, whereas Dayal Singh & Vikas Bali were umpires and Rohit & Sushil Gupta were acted as scorers. Dr Romesh Kashyap (vice chairman Akhnoor Sports Club) was the chief guest while Krishan Lal & Deepak Mani were guests of honour. The tournament is being organized by Akhnoor Sports Club under the overall supervision of Kr Sham Singh Langeh (Gen Secy District Jammu JKCA) and DIP/J-10058/20 Vishnu Kant Sharma (chairman Thakur Dass Memorial Cricket Dated: 14-1-2021 Tournament).