MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2015 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Holi Cup Cricket Tournament Sri Lanka scrape past India end World Cup jinx against HNCC drubs Star Club by 30 runs Excelsior Sports Correspondent Star Club, Nitin took 2 wickets, while Anil Choudhary, Shiva Afghanistan by 4 wickets Proteas, crush them by 130 runs JAMMU, Feb 22: Hind and Bawa claimed one wicket DUNEDIN, Feb 22: did the grinding bit for 28 odd struck 8 fours and a six in his MELBOURNE, Feb 22: able show by the Indians, who part of the innings. National Cricket Club (HNCC) each. came into the tournament with a The bowling unit fired in uni- defeated Star Cricket Club overs as the duo combined the 120-ball stay, soon after to take In reply, Star Club was bun- A spirited Afghanistan gave right dose of caution and aggres- them by the sword. Riding on another strong bat- string of poor results in the tri- son as South Africa never recov- Kathua by a margin of 30 runs to dled out for 122 runs in 19.5 Sri Lankan a mighty scare but vet- ting display powered by Shikhar series preceding the mega-event. ered once skipper AB de Villiers advance in the ongoing Holi overs, thus lost the match by 30 eran batsman Mahela TODAY’S FIXTURE Dhawan's strokeful century, Mohit Sharma (2/31 in 7 (30) fell short of his crease with Cup T20 Cricket Tournament at Jayawardene struck a resilient runs. Ram Singh top scored with England VS Scotland (Christchurch) 3:30 IST India today crushed South Africa overs), Ravichandran Ashwin Mohit's accurate throw on top of Mandal cricket ground, here century to help the Islanders pull 40 runs, while Anil Choudhary the stumps sending the destruc- today. off a slippery 4-wicket win in their sion. Jeevan Mendis (9 not out) tive player back in the pavilion. Winning the toss and batting contributed 33 runs to the total. Pool A match of the cricket World Nitin and Arun chipped in with But just when the Lankans and Thisara Perera (47 not out) De Villiers and Du Plessis first, HNCC scored a fighting Cup, here today. thought that they are running then stitched an unbeaten 58-run 18 runs each. Mithun captured 3 were going strong at one stage total of 152 runs in the stipulat- Chasing 233 for a win at the away with the game, Mathews partnership, maintaining a run- adding 68 runs for the third wick- ed 20 overs, losing 5 wickets in wickets by conceding 25 runs in University Oval, Sri Lanka were was run out in the 41st over and rate of over 8, to take Lanka over et as South Africa reached 108 the process. Puneet played a 4 overs, while Karan and Puneet reduced to 51 for four before a Hassan scalped Mahela, who line. (PTI) for two before the skipper got brilliant innings of 52 runs off bagged 2 wickets each and 126-run fifth wicket partnership run-out. 46 balls, studded with 8 fours Mashqoor claimed 1. between Mahela (100) and skip- Du Plessis (55) tried his best and one six, while Shiva, Ashish The match was officiated by per Angelo Mathews (44) helped them scrape to their target in 48.2 to stem the rot but once he mist- and Sabi contributed with 22, 21 Sachin Singh, Gulshan Kumar overs. imed a pull-shot off Mohit to and 16 runs respectively. For and Sohan Bharti. Openers Lahiru Thirimanne Dhawan at covers, it was just a (0) and Tilakaratne Dilshan (0) mere formality for the 'Men In disappointed big time with new- Members of the Indian team celebrate after they ran out South Blue', who hardly put a foot ball bowlers Dawlat Zadran (1- Africa's captain AB de Villiers for 30 runs during Cricket World wrong in front of the 86,786 44) and Shapoor Zadran (1-48) Cup match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday. (UNI) crowd of which at least 75,000 making early inroads. by a massive 130 runs to were Indian supporters. Kumar Sangakkara (7) could- beat them for the first time SCOREBOARD With Sachin Tendulkar n't stay long as first-change pacer in World Cup cricket. SCOREBOARD cheering them from the Hamid Hassan (3-45) got the vet- India now appear set for India innings: stands, it was an electric eran batsman cleaned up and Rohit Sharma run out (de Villiers) 0 atmosphere at the MCG as soon sent Dimuth Karunaratne a berth in the quarterfinals Shikhar Dhawan c Amla b Parnell 137 after their two comprehen- Dhoni's men cantered home (23) back in the hut. Virat Kohli c du Plessis b Imran Tahir 46 Mahela, registering his 35th sive wins over Pakistan and Ajinkya Rahane lbw b Steyn 79 in style. The Indian dress- South Africa which places Suresh Raina c sub (RR Rossouw) b Morkel 6 ing room erupted in joy and ODI century, and Mathews then Triumphant Allah-A Volleyball team posing for a group pho- them on top of Group B. MS Dhoni c †de Kock b Morkel 18 the players hugged each tograph along with chief guest and other dignitaries at Bishnah Ravindra Jadeja run out (de Villiers) 2 other after last man stand- Participating teams posing for a group photograph along Sr Hockey tourney on Sunday. They have yet to play the with the dignitaries during inaugural function of J&K Premier only other team of sub- Ravichandran Ashwin not out 5 ing Imran Tahir was postponed Mohammed Shami not out 4 trapped LBW by Ravindra League T20 Cricket Tournament at GGM Science College Hostel stance, the West Indies, with Extras (lb 2, w 6, nb 2) 10 ground in Jammu. Excelsior Sports Correspondent Allah-A Volleyball Club the remainder of the group Total (7 wickets; 50 overs) 307 Jadeja. being made up of Ireland, Bowling: Dale Steyn 10-1-55-1, Vernon Philander 4-1- Earlier, Dhawan bludg- J&K Premier League T20 Cricket Tournament JAMMU, Feb 22: The Zimbabwe and UAE. 19-0, Jean-Paul Duminy 7-0-39-0, Morne Morkel 10- eoned his way to a career- inclement weather conditions lifts Police Volleyball title Dhawan's career-best 0-59-2, Imran Tahir 10-0-48-1, Wayne Parnell 9-0-85- best knock as India posted a have forced the organisers of the Excelsior Sports Correspondent splendid display throughout the 137 propelled India to a 1. commendable 307 for Wave Club outplays TTCC ongoing Senior Hockey Tournament. South Africa innings: JAMMU, Feb 22: Allah-A Trophies, Medals, Sports comfortable 307 for seven seven against the title con- Tournament, Hockey J&K to Volleyball Club won the final of Amla c Shami b Mohit 22 postpone the tournament. Dresses and Certificates were dis- today before the bowlers Q de Kock c Kohli b Shami 7 tenders. the Volleyball Tournament organ- performed brilliantly to bun- Dhawan's 137 off 146 by 8 wkts in opening tie The tournament which has tributed among the players and Du Plessis c Dhawan b Mohit 55 ized by J&K Police, District supporting staff. dle out the Proteas for 177 in De Villiers run out 30 balls coupled with Ajinkya Excelsior Sports Correspondent with 6 boundaries, while Aryan entered the semifinals stage, has Jammu under the aegis of Civic Deliberating on the aim and 40.2 overs in what turned Miller run out 22 Rahane's 60-ball 79 set the been rescheduled and the first Action Programme (CAP), which Dogra contributed 12 runs to the the objective of Civic Action out to be a rather lopsided Duminy c Raina b Ashwin 6 platform for a commend- JAMMU, Feb 22: Wave semifinal match between Ajit concluded at Bishnah, here today. total. For Wave Club, Programme undertaken by J&K contest at the packed Parnell not out 17 able total despite yet anoth- Cricket Club got better of Talab Kamalpreet bagged 3 wickets, Club Gole Gujral and Hiranagar Earlier, Allah-A Volleyball Philander lbw b Ashwin 0 Police, S Randheer Singh, SP Melbourne Cricket Ground. er mini-collapse at the Tillo Cricket Club by 8 wickets while Gurpreet, KD Singh and Club and the second semifinal Club defeated Allah-B Volleyball Steyn c Dhawan b Shami 1 between MBS Simbal Camp and Headquarters Jammu maintained This was India's maiden death when the winners lost in the inaugural match of the Sunny bagged 2 wickets each. Club by 27-25, 25-20, 18-13 and Morkel b Ashwin 2 Zorawar Club will be played on 25-14 rounds to clinch the title that the programme comprises World Cup win against Tahir lbw b Jadeja 8 five wickets for 46 runs in J&K Premier League T20 In reply, Wave Club chased February 25, 2015. trophy. several schemes for the promo- South Africa after having Extras: (LB-1, W-6) 7 the last 6.3 overs. Cricket Tournament, being the target by losing 2 wickets to Meanwhile, Sub Junior In the prize distribution cere- tion of youths in sports & cultur- lost the clashes in 1992, Total: (all out in 40.2 overs) 177 En route his seventh organised by Jammu Tawi win the match by 8 Hockey matches will commence mony, Dr Kamal Arora, MLA al arena. 1999 and 2011. Bowling: Yadav 6-0-34-0, Shami 8-1-30-2, Mohit 7-0- ODI ton, that had 16 Sports Club at GGM Science wickets.Rimple top scored with The CAP activities in this area With two wins from as 31-2, Jadeja 8.2-0-37-1, Ashwin 10-0-41-3, Raina 1-0- from tomorrow as per the sched- Bishnah was the chief guest on boundaries and two sixes, College Hostel ground, here 46 runs off 25 balls, studded the occasion, while S Randheer are being organized under the many matches, India now 3-0.