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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2017 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Iyer stands out after 18 teams to participate in 4th Sant Gurbaksh Singh Memorial Hockey Tourney Excelsior Sports Correspondent Eleven and Pathankot Eleven Australia pile up big total etc. JAMMU, Feb 18: In the lov- All the matches shall be MUMBAI, Feb 18: overs. for three sixes, and left-arm ing memory of Sant Gurbaksh The batsman unbeaten at the spinner Stepen O'Keefe, who played KK Hakku Astroturf Shreyas Iyer stroked his way Singh Danna, the 4th Hockey Stadium Jammu other end with Iyer, who has was hoisted for two over the tournament is going to be organ- to an unbeaten half-century in faced 93 balls in 147 minutes' ropes by the youngster. The tournament will be an otherwise unimpressive bat- ised by Sant Pura Danna played at KK Haku Stadium on stay, was another youngster - All the sixes were hit over Charitable Trust headed by Sant ting display by India 'A' in reply Rishabh Pant of Delhi - who long-on as Iyer, who is 15 runs knock-out basis. to Australia's first-innings total Tejwant Singh Ji, under the The tournament will com- was on 3. short of his ninth first-class hun- aegis of Hockey J&K at KK of 469 for seven declared on the Starting his innings in stun- dred in 38 games, danced down mence on February 20, 2017 and second day of the three-day Hakhu Astroturf Hockey will conclude on February 26, ning fashion with a six over the track. Stadium, here from tomorrow. practice game here. long on off the first ball he faced The 22-year-old batsman's 2027. Iyer, who has been knocking The Tournament is spon- Teams posing alongwith organizers before start of Chief Minister's Cricket Cup match at from Nathan Lyon, Iyer domi- innings was the pick of the India While addressing the Press Country Cricket Academy ground Gharota in Jammu. on the doors of the national sored by Bibi Updesh Kour and Conference the organizers of the 'A' reply in which opener S. Joginder Singh Bali of Hong SCOREBOARD Priyank Panchal made 36 with tournament S. Rajinder Singh, Kong and by S. Baldev Singh of Balvinder Singh, P.P Singh, S. Yudhamanyu stars as KCSC scripts Australia 1st innings: six fours in 77 minutes, but was Peaks Auto Ltd J&K. David Warner c Ishan Kishan b Saini 25 beaten often by lanky pacer Gurdeep Singh, G.S Bakshi, S. Matt Renshaw c Ishan Kishan b Saini 11 Jackson Bird. win in Chief Minister's Cup Steven Smith retired out 107 The other opener Akhil Herwadkar struggled his way Excelsior Sports Correspondent mer Chief Minster, late Mufti and Uttraksh claimed one wick- Shaun Marsh retired out 104 Mohammad Sayeed by Director et. Peter Handscomb c Panchal b Pandya 45 to 4 in 48 minutes, Ankit JAMMU, Feb 18: Bawne made an attractive but Country Cricket Academy, In reply, KC Sports Club Mitchell Marsh c sub (B Indrajith) b Nadeem 75 Yudhamanyu's unbeaten 71 and Vikrant Sharma and its rode on brilliant knocks of 71 Matthew Wade c Pant b Herwadkar 64 all-too-brief 25 in 39 minutes equal contribution from young with four hits to the fence while Managing Director, Vivek runs each by Yudhamanyu and Glenn Maxwell not out 16 Talha helped KC Sports Club to Sharma, former Ranji Trophy Talha chased the target in 40.1 Steve O'Keefe not out 8 skipper Hardik Pandya too got beat Cosmo Cricket Club by 6 a start before departing late in player. overs by losing 4 wickets, thus Extras: (B-5, LB-2, W-1, NB-6) 14 wickets in the ongoing Chief Earlier, batting first, Cosmo won the match by 6 wickets. Total: (For 7 wkts dec; 127 overs) 469 the day for 19, caught behind Minister's Cricket Cup, being off Bird. Cricket Club scored a decent Ridham (15), Kaif (11) and Fall of wickets: 1-33, 2-55, 3-211, 4-288, 5-305, 6-434, 7-454. organized by Country Cricket total of 221 runs in the stipulat- Zamin (9) were the other con- Bowling: Ashok Dinda 21.2-1-78-0, Hardik Pandya 22-3-84-1, Iyer and Pandya, dropped Academy in collaboration with on 3 at first slip by Matt ed 50 overs. Muzzafar, Yasir and tributors. For Cosmo Cricket Navdeep Saini 19.4-7-42-2, Shahbaz Nadeem 33-1-126-1, Jammu and Kashmir State Shoaib were the main contribu- Club, Shakil took 3 wickets, Akhil Herwadkar 15-0-64-1, Shreyas Iyer 12-0-57-0, Priyank Renshaw off Bird, had consoli- Sports Council at Gharota, near dated the innings after the fall tors with 43, 38 and 25 runs while Shoaib claimed one. Panchal 4-0-11-0. Organisers of Hockey Tourney addressing media persons in here. respectively. For KC Sports Yudhamanyu was declared man India A 1st innings: of Bawne with a partnership of Jammu on Saturday. -Excelsior/Rakesh The Championship is being 52. Club, Yudhveer took 3 important of the match for his magnificent Akhil Herwadkar c & b Lyon 4 organized in the memory of for- wickets, while Kaif bagged 2 innings. Priyank Panchal c Handscomb b Lyon 36 Iyer and Bawne had earlier While addressing the press Swarn Singh Chief organising Shreyas Iyer not out 85 steadied the innings after the conference S. Tejinder Singh, Secretary, Janak Singh, Amrik Ankit Bawne lbw b Bird 25 loss of the two openers with a Press Secretary Hockey J&K Singh Sasan, Jagjit Singh, S. Hardik Pandya c Wade b Bird 19 stand of 57 for the third wicket. elaborated the details of the Sharanjit Singh and S. Rajinder Rishabh Pant not out 3 For Australia, Lyon - tournament. Singh Kala Veteran Hockey although punished by Iyer - Extras: (LB-4) 4 He stated that total 18 teams payer, appealed to the general showed good form as he got Total: (For 4 wkts; 51 overs) 176 from J&K and from other public to come forward and wit- purchase off the track to pick Fall of wickets: 1-19, 2-63, 3-120, 4-172. adjoining States shall participate ness the matches for encourag- up 2 for 72 while Bird, easily Bowling: Jackson Bird 11-7-15-2, Mitchell Marsh 9-2-26-0, in the tournament. ing the youths, so that more n the most impressive of the vis- Nathan Lyon 17-3-72-2, Steve O'Keefe 14-1-59-0. Some of the important teams more youths are attracted iting team's bowlers, did not which are participating are J&K towards the sports, especially nated the rival bowling, barring allow the batsmen any freedom toward hockey which is our team over the past couple of Police BSF Jammu, BSF Children of Stephen International Public School posing for a photograph alongwith dignitaries Jackson Bird, who was the pick and also got rid of Pandya to National Game, while in the seasons with his attacking bat- Kashmir, Punjabi University during Sports Day on Saturday. of the Australian bowlers with end with excellent figures of 2 present time large numbers of ting in domestic cricket, could Patiala, team of Shiromani his pace and movement at the for 15 in 11 overs. youths are becoming addict and Sports Meet not have chosen a better plat- Gurudwara Parbhandak Hockey Stephen IP School Brabourne Stadium. In the morning, Mitchell Academy Amritsar, Gurdaspur alienated from the mainstream. form to showcase his talent, Iyer gave just once chance, Marsh and Matthew Wade concludes at smashing 5 sixes and 7 fours in off Lyon, soon after reaching his utilised the one-off opportunity PTTI Vijaypur an almost run-a-ball innings to half century in 44 balls, but oth- to hit individual half centuries, Martial Art Festival organizes Annual Sport Day remain unconquered on 85 in a erwise dominated the Aussie ahead of the Test series open- Excelsior Sports Correspondent The Chairman of the school, Excelsior Sports Correspondent team score of 176 for 4 in 51 spin duo of Lyon, whom he hit er.(PTI) Dr Kamal Saini, (IGP Retd) inaugurated at Islamia College JAMMU, Feb 18: Stephens VIJAYPUR, Feb 18: Two Excelsior Sports Correspondent the field of Martial Art. declared open the well attended International Public School, sports gala which included frog days long Sports Meet, organ- While speaking on the occa- SRINAGAR, Feb 18: Miran Sahib, organized Annual race, sack race, crawling, tug of ized by Police Technical sion Khawaja Renzushah said Martial Art Festival, organised Sports Day, 'Jashn-e-Bachpan', war, chocolate race, back walk- Training Institute (PTTI) that It is from era of Hazrat by Renmei-Goju-Ryu-Karate- of Dr. Aparna Kids Kingdom its ing race and balancing the bal- Vijaypur concluded, here today. Bulbul shah RA & Hazrat Amir Do- Federation of India, was Pre-primary wing with pomp loon among other games for the The sports events conducted inaugurated by the Chief Kabir Syed Shah Hamdan (RA) and show, here today. students and lemon spoon race during the meet included Commissioner J&K Scouts, that Martial art started from Sham Lal Choudhary, for their parents. Volleyball, Badminton, Tug of Khawaja Farooq Renzushah Kashmir and reached to Kashgar Minister for PHE, Irrigation and The Director of the school, War, Table Tennis and Athletics. Islamia College, here. where from it has spread to Flood Control was the chief Satvinder Saini, Vice-Chairman, Before the valedictory func- On this occasion, Mr Japan and Korea. guest on the occasion. The Amarjeet Singh and Vice- tion today, the tug of war com- Renzushah was honoured with a Renzushah said that Kashmir Principal of the school, Shibu Principal, Vikesh Sandhal high- petition and 100 meters race Black Belt for his outstanding youth is passing through Mathew K in his welcome lighted the efforts of the school were held which were keenly contribution in the field of extreme crises and it is responsi- speech, acknowledged the hard in ensuring a holistic develop- watched by a large gathering of Scouting and Martial Art.