SUNDAY, MARCH 5, 2017 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Brilliant Rasool helps J&K to register Lyon roars for Australia as emphatic win over Saurashtra in Vijay Hazare Excelsior Sports Correspondent 40/5 in the 15th over at one tributed well made 25 runs to the India skittled out for 189 point of time. With five batsmen total. J&K finally managed to BENGALURU, Mar 4: region between third slip and smother the spin but it was the KALYANI (WB), Mar 4: among the top six including score 170 runs in 46 overs. Skipper Parvez Rasool led from point. straighter one that he missed. Ahmed Banday (2), Shubham For Saurashtra, Jaydev Off-spinner Nathan Lyon His innings was an example Matthew Wade fumbled in the front to help struggling Khajuria (6), Owais Shah (07), Unadkad and Kushang Patel walked into the record books Jammu and Kashmir pass prom- of how to tackle Lyon. There the first attempt before effecting Ian Dev Singh (2) and Puneet took 3 wickets each, while with career-best figures of 8 for were times he waited for the turn the stumping to leave India at ising middle-order batsman Bisht (0), it were skipper Parvez Sanandia and Prerak Mankad 50 as India suffered another bat- Sheldon Jackson test as he and played late. 118 for 4. Rasool (53) and bowling all- claimed 2 wickets each. ting debacle to be bundled out Just when it looked like India When Nair joined Rahul, the (Rasool) dismissed this talented rounder, Ramdayal (50), who In reply, Jammu and for a paltry 189 on the first day batsman cheaply and scalped 4 consolidated the innings and Kashmir bowlers, who bowled of the second cricket Test SCOREBOARD important wickets, besides slam- took the score to 97 runs in 26.1 well throughout the tournament, against Australia here. ming a cracking half-century India 1st innings: overs, before Rasool was dis- hit good areas from the word go Players of United Cricket Club Udhampur posing for a group On another dodgy track, Rahul c Renshaw b Lyon 90 alongwith Ramdayal Punia to missed after his classic 48-ball and took wickets at regular photograph after the victory over Media-XI on Saturday. India's last five wickets fell for help their team script an emphat- Mukund lbw b Starc 0 knock. He hit 7 magnificent intervals, thus bundling out the only 15 runs in 9.3 overs after Pujara c Handscomb b Lyon 17 ic 23-run win over almost equal- boundaries in his innings. He rivals for 147 runs in 34.3 overs, they were 174 for five at one ly balanced Saurashtra in the UCC defeats Media XI Kohli lbw b Lyon 12 was well supported by thus lost the match by 23 runs. stage. A gritty 90 from opener Rahane st Wade b Lyon 17 ongoing Vijay Hazare Group D Ramdayal, who also scored Prerak Mankad top scored with Lokesh Rahul was the lone match, here today. Nair st Wade b O'Keefe 26 splendid half century off 75 47 runs, while Snell Patel and bright spot in the embarrassing Ashwin c Warner b Lyon 7 Earlier, batting first, J&K balls, studded with one four and Dharmendrasinh Jadeja con- by 5 wickets collapse. began the innings on a disas- Excelsior Sports Correspondent top scorers who contributed to Saha c Smith b Lyon 1 one six. Zahoor Sofi also con- tributed 27 and 26 runs to the At stumps, Australia were Jadeja c Smith b Lyon 3 trous note and were struggling at total respectively. Sanandia the total. comfortably placed at 40 for no JAMMU Mar 4: United For UCC Manjeet, Vicky, Yadav not out 0 chipped in with 20 runs, while Cricket Club (UCC) defeated loss. David Warner and Matt Ishant c Handscomb b Lyon 0 Rural Sports activities take off in dangerous Sheldon Jackson was Meenu and Vikram shared a Renshaw were batting on 23 and Media-XI Cricket Club by 5 wicket each. Extras: (B-12, LB-4) 16 out for 6 runs. For J&K, off- wickets in a friendly T-20 match 15 respectively. Total: 189 all out in 71.2 overs spinner Parvez Rasool was the Chasing the target, UCC Save Rahul, who once again Pulwama, Rajpora, Newa blocks played at Phalian Mandal with the help of Manjeet 78 runs Bowling: Starc 15-5-39-1, Hazlewood 11-2-42-0, O'Keefe 21- pick of the bowlers, who took 4 Cricket ground here today. battled a shoulder niggle to dis- 5-40-1, Marsh 2-0-2-0, Lyon 22.2-4-50-8. off 57 balls managed to reach play admirable application, none important wickets by conceding Earlier, Media- XI led by Australia 1st innings: * Around 4000 athletes participate in 'run for fun' home in 19.4 overs with 5 wick- of the Indian top-order batsmen 39 runs in his 10 overs, while Yash Khajuria after winning the David Warner not out 23 Excelsior Sports Correspondent The registered players were ets in hand. Arsh 19 runs of 12 looked like getting a big score. leg-spinner, Manik Gupta took 2 toss opted to bat first. Amit Matt Renshaw not out 15 put through a battery of tests by balls remained the other top He batted for 205 deliveries PULWAMA, Mar 4: An wickets by giving away 24 runs Kumar 38 runs off 32 balls and Extras: (NB-2) 2 the nominated selection commit- scorer for UCC. hitting nine boundaries with event was organized by the in his 4 overs and the best Amit Sudan 31 runs off 24 balls Total: (For no loss; 16 overs) 40 tees of the respective blocks. For Media -XI Sunil Bali Karun Nair (26) being the only Sports Council in various blocks bowler of the tournament so far, provided a decent start as Media Bowling: Ishant Sharma 5-0-8-0, Umesh Yadav 4-1-16-0, R Based on the performance in took 2 wickets while Amit other batsman to cross an indi- of Pulwama today where more Mohd Mudhasir took 2 wickets XI posted 163 runs at the loss of Ashwin 6-0-11-0, Ravindra Jadeja 1-0-5-0. various competitions in the dis- by conceding 35 runs in 7.3 Sudan also clinched a wicket. vidual score of 20. than 4200 students, players, cipline of volleyball, Kho-Kho 4 wickets in the stipulated 20 For his all-round perform- sportspersons participated in the overs. Ramdayal and Zahoor Overs. Manmohan 30 runs off After Steve O'Keefe's 12- were going into the lunch with two local lads looked comfort- and Kabbadi, number of teams Sofi also claimed one wicket ance in the match Manjeet (78 wicket haul in Pune, it was sen- 'run for fun'. were framed for intra-competi- 25 balls and Sunil Bali 24 runs runs and a wicket) was declared only a wicket down, Pujara's able during their 38-run stand. Various Rural sports activi- each. off 19 balls remained the others ior-pro Lyon's turn to torment unsure foot movement saw him India's second triple centuri- tion, the finals of which are as Man of the Match. the Indian batsmen and he ties under the banner of Khelo scheduled for tomorrow besides offer a bat-pad catch off a Lyon on looked in fine nick as he India programme are in full Lodha reforms complete recorded the best bowling fig- delivery to Peter Handscomb at clipped Starc for a couple of the programme being extended Aryan Public SSS celebrates ures in an innings by an overseas swing across the state with more to the block of Yachigoza on the forward short-leg. boundaries when he drifted athletes and players registering implementation in 4-5 bowler. Skipper Virat Kohli (12) down the leg. same day. In the process, he also sur- themselves with the Sports The young and aspiring play- 3rd Annual Sports Day cover drove Lyon for a boundary He played a lovely back cut Council for different games in months: Vinod Rai passed Brett Lee to become ers from different blocks of dis- Excelsior Sports Correspondent Principal, Neeraj Gupta for his through vacant cover region but off Steve O'Keefe but then came many more districts of the Australia's highest wicket-taker trict Pulwama looked enthusias- outstanding achievements in the SINGAPORE, Mar 4: then misjudged the turn once down the track to a delivery that Kashmir division. against India in Test matches. tic and energetic. JAMMU, Mar 4: Aryan shaping up this school with his again that did him in. turned enough to beat the bat The coaching cum competi- Implementation of Lodha Virat Kohli won a good toss "I came from a far flung vil- Public Senior Secondary rich experience in the field of He shouldered arms to a and was stumped by Wade. tion camps which kick started on Committee recommendations in and predictably elected to bat on lage of Rajpora block to partici- School, RS Pura celebrated its education. delivery from Lyon thinking it India went into the break December 29 2016 has set the BCCI will be complete in the a track that not only had turn on pate in the athletic run and I am 3rd Annual Sports Day, based on The celebrations began with will be an off-break and the ball with scoreboard reading 168 for ball rolling and the improvement next four-five months, said offer but also appreciable very much enthusiastic and hope the theme 'Faster Stronger and a lighting of the sports torch and didn't turn enough hitting him in five.