SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 2014 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Malinga, Thirimanne guide Sri 1st Drug Free Youth T20 Cricket Tournament Mussa, Kuldeep, Rajneesh blossom KCCC drubs Kashmir Club by 48 runs RCC Srinagar, Rakesh Club script Excelsior Sports Correspondent took 2 wickets, while Ashu and Lanka to 5th Asia Cup trophy Gagan took 1 wicket each. JAMMU, Mar 8: Kishen KCC in reply collapsed at 92 resounding victories MIRPUR, Mar 8: Chand Cricket Club (KCCC) runs in 19.3 overs. Cool scored Excelsior Sports Correspondent was declared man of the match runs in his 4 overs, while defeated Kashmir Cricket Club Sri Lanka today regained the 31 runs in 20 balls, while Sunny for his all-round show. Dilbagh Singh, Monu and (KCC) by 48 runs in the ongoing JAMMU, Mar 8: Rainawari Asia Cup trophy with a comfort- and Vicky scored 18 and 17 runs In another match, RCC Satish claimed one wicket each. 1st Drug Free Youth T20 Cricket Cricket Club (RCC) Srinagar in to the total respectively. For Srinagar rode on a brilliant Rahul Mussa was adjudged able five-wicket victory over and Rakesh Cricket Club regis- Tournament being played at KCCC, Dhruv Mahajan and innings of 73 runs by Rahul defending champions Pakistan, tered resounding victories over man of the match for his splen- Country Cricket Academy Manik Gupta took 2 wickets Mussa and superb display of riding on Lasith Malinga's five- their rivals in the ongoing 2nd did knock of 73 runs. He was ground at Gharota, here. each, while Pardeep Bali, Akash bowling by skipper Kuldeep wicket haul and opener Lahiru Kashyap Reshi Memorial T20 presented the award by the Earlier, KCCC winning the Choudhary, Bandeep Singh and Kumar to trounce KC Sports Thrimanne's fluent century, here. Cricket Tournament, being chief guest, Dilawar Singh toss and electing to bat scored Sameer Khajuria took 1 wicket Club by 24 runs in a hard Sri Lanka were clinical as organized by Saffron Cricket from Police Station Domana. 140 runs for 5 in the allotted 20 each. fought contest. they restricted Pakistan to a Club in association with The match was officiated by overs. Pardeep Bali was the top Pardeep Bali was declared as Batting first, RCC Srinagar modest 260 for five and then National Conference Minority Deepak and Rajesh Dutt as scorer with unbeaten 65 in 48 the man of the match. scored a decent total of 167 overhauled the target with 22 Cell at KC Sports Academy umpires, while Puran was the balls, while Vimarsh Kaw con- Kings Cricket Club will take runs in the stipulated 20 overs, balls to spare to lift their fifth ground, here scorer. tributed 38 runs in 37 balls. on Gymkhana Cricket Club, losing 7 wickets in the Asia Cup title. The last time they Earlier, in the first match, Shashi chipped in with 18 runs while Trikuta Cricket Club will progress. Rahul Mussa played a won the regional championship Rakesh Cricket Club drubbed Divij, Raja clinch in 20 balls, while Bandeep lock horns with Friends Cricket magnificent innings of 73 runs was in 2008. Young Eleven Cricket Club in Singh scored 8 in 6 balls. For Club Bhalwal at the same venue off 52 balls, which included 7 Malinga pegged Pakistan an easy contest by a margin of first Challenger title back as he demolished the rival Kashmir Club, Amandeep Singh tomorrow. fours and 4 sixes, while Romy 30 runs. contributed 23 runs to the total. top order with his fierce pace Batting first, Rakesh Club in Kyoto and it was Fawad Alam's mag- Mussa, in particular, was in scored a modest total of 129 KYOTO, Mar 8: nificent unbeaten 114 that guid- Saina crashes out in quarters of magical touch and sent the runs in the stipulated 20 overs. bowlers on a leather-hunt in his ed the holders to a decent total Rajneesh was the top scorer Divij Sharan and Purav Raja after deciding to bat. stroke filled innings. For KC came from behind to win their All-England Championship with 27 runs off 24 balls with 2 Sports Club, Vivek took 2 Pakistan skipper Misbah ul Lahiru Thirimanne celebrates his third ODI hundred in Asia fours and one six, while first title ATP Challenger title of Haq (65) and Umar Akmal (59) Cup final at Mirpur on Saturday. BIRMINGHAM, Mar 8: the Indian, a semifinalist in the wickets, while Arjun claimed the season as the top seeded previous edition of the event, Deepak and Vicky contributed one. too batted with determination brilliantly but spinner Saeed wicket in 27 overs. The partner- Ace Indian shuttler Saina Indians tamed Miachel Venus failed to pull off even one of 23 and 22 runs to the total In reply, KC Sports Club, with fighting half-centuries as Ajmal removed Kusla Perera ship pushed Sri Lanka close to and Sanchai Ratiwatana via Nehwal was outplayed by them in either of the two games. respectively. For Young Eleven none of other Lankan bowlers (42) and Kumar Sangakkara (0) win. despite some good contribu- Super Tie-breaker in the summit Chinese nemesis Shixian Wang The Olympic bronze-medal- Club, Shamsudin was the pick could take a wicket. off successive balls in the 11th Thirimanne scored 101 runs, tions from Karan Bhat, Rohit clash of the All Japan Indoor in a lop-sided quarterfinal, list, who entered the tournament of the bowlers, while Asif and Alam added 122 runs for the over to take the fight to the rival his third ODI century, and faced bringing to an end India's cam- Bhat and Sahil Bhalwal man- Championships, here today. claiming that she was back to Raghu claimed one wicket 108 balls in his innings which paign in the All England aged to score only 143 runs for Divij and Raja dropped the her best after clinching the Syed each. SCOREBOARD was laced with 13 fours. Badminton Championship here. In reply, Young Eleven Club the loss of 7 wickets in the stip- first set but came back strong PAKISTAN Modi Indian Open, fought for a The left-handed batsman was The world number 7 Indian bundled out for paltry total of ulated 20 overs, thus lost the for a 5-7 7-6(3) 10-4 win in one Sharjeel Khan c T Perera b Malinga 8 bowled by Ajmal when Sri lost 17-21 10-21 against fourth while in the opening game but 99 runs, thus lost the match by match by 24 runs. Karan top hour and 24 minutes in the final Ahmed Shehzad c Sangakkara b Malinga 5 Lanka were just 14 runs away seed and world number 3 collapsed completely in the sec- 30 runs. Saleem was the main scored with 39 runs off 30 balls against the second-seeded Thai- Mohammad Hafeez c Sangakkara b Malinga 3 from the win. Bowling his final Shixian Wang in a duel which ond. Saina was the only Indian contributor with 31 runs off 26 with 5 fours and one six, while Kiwi combine. Misbah-ul-Haq c K Perera b Malinga 65 over, Ajmal beat the defense of lasted 43 minutes. In a one-sided left in the championships as balls, studded with one bound- Rohit and Sahil contributed The Indians split USD 2480 Fawad Alam not out 114 Thirimanne with a 'doosra'. contest, Wang, against whom World No. 10 P V Sindhu found ary and 2 sixes. Rajneesh was brisk 26 and 23 runs to the total and earned 80 ranking points each for their win. Umar Akmal c Priyanjan b Malinga 59 For Jayawardene, it was his Saina had a 4-2 overall record the going tough on her debut and the most successful bowler for respectively. Kuldeep Kumar lost to Sun Yu of China in the Rakesh Club, who scalped 3 Left-handed Divij was play- Shahid Afridi not out 0 first notable contribution for Sri heading into the match, domi- was the wrecker-in-chief for Lanka in this tournament and it nated all through to set up a first round. (PTI) wickets by conceding 9 runs in ing his second final of the sea- Extras (LB-1, WD-5) 6 RCC Srinagar, who captured 3 son, having ended runner-up at could not have come at a better clash against compatriot and his 4 overs, while Deepak took Total (For 5 wickets in 50 overs) 260 Raman Sharma, S/o late important wickets at crucial Kolkata Challenger with Vishnu time. He was dropped on 52 by second seed Yihan Wang. Wang 2 wickets by giving away 24 Krishan Kumar junctures by conceding just 11 Vardhan. (PTI) Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-17, 3-18, 4-140, 5-255. Mohammed Hafeez off Umar beat Korea's Yeon Ju Bae 21-8 runs in his 4 overs. Rajneesh Bowling: L Malinga 10-0-56-5. S Lakmal 10-2-41-0, S 21-13 in her quarterfinal contest. Sharma and late Gul but was dismissed when he Kamala Sharma, Senanayake 9-0-54-0, T Perera10-1-66-0, A Mathews 7-1-23-0, attempted a big shot off Wang is the reigning world champion besides being a silver- a player of Royal PC de Silva 4-0-19-0. Mohammad Talha and found Health Club, Sri Lanka innings (target: 261 runs from 50 overs) Sharjeel Khan. medallist at the World Championships. Gujjar Nagar, His 75-run knock came off MDKJ Perera st †Umar Akmal b Saeed Ajmal 42 Saina, who had lost to Jammu, who 93 balls with 10 boundaries HDRL Thirimanne b Saeed Ajmal 101 Shixian in their most recent bagged bronze medal in 68 kg including a six while Thrimanne. KC Sangakkara† lbw b Saeed Ajmal 0 encounter in the Swiss Open last category of the 20th Senior The Lankan openers, DPMD Jayawardene c Sharjeel Khan b Mohd Talha 75 year, was off-colour from the National Strength Lifting Thirimanne and Perera, ensured word go. Championship held at Bally, SMA Priyanjan c †Umar Akmal b Junaid Khan 13 that gave them a decent start, Her trademark smashes were Howrah in Kolkata, recently. AD Mathews* not out 16 putting on 56 runs in 10 overs. nowhere to be seen and, in fact, PC de Silva not out 6 Ajmal briefly turned the Master Prajin Chopra, S/o Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 5, nb 1)8 match around for Pakistan when Moain Akhtar, S/o Mohd Vikas Chopra Total (5 wickets; 46.2 overs) 261 (5.63 runs per over) he had Perera stumped and Hussain, a play- and Suchi Fall of wickets 1-56, 2-56, 3-212, 4-233 5-247 trapped the in-form Sangakkara er of Health & Chopra, student Bowling : Mohammad Hafeez 9-0-4- 20, Umar Gul 6-0-44-0, with a doosra in the next ball to Fitness Centre of class 5th of Junaid Khan 9-0-56-1, Saeed Ajmal 10-2-26-3, Mohammad bring on an out-of-form Gym, Poonch, Heritage Public Talha 6.2-0-56-1, Shahid Afridi 6-0-35-0 Jayawardene. who bagged gold School, Sainik The former Lankan captain, medal in 68 kg Colony Jammu, camp. However, Mahela who had 36 runs from his last category of the who has secured Rank-1 in fourth wicket with Misbah and Jayawardene (75) perfectly four innings, lived up to the 20th Senior National Strength School and City and won gold 115 with Akmal for the fifth at timed his return to form as he team's faith as he calmly went Lifting Championship held at medal in the 16th Principal Gokila Aggarwal, alongwith the students and staff of Vidya Vihar Public School, Patel Shere Bangla stadium. joined Thirimanne at the crease about the chase with Thirimanne Bally, Howrah in Kolkata, International Mathematic Bazar, Fattu Chowghan, Jammu posing for a group photograph during a 2-day Scout and Guide The Island nation had started and added 156 runs for the third playing the lead role. (PTI) recently. Olympiad. Bunnies Camp, which concluded today.