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Gayle ton powers
Windies into final

JAIPUR, Nov 2: Holders West Indies rode on the sheer brilliance of centurion Chris Gayle to pull off an upset six-wicket win over South Africa and stride into the final of the Champions Trophy Cricket Tournament here today. .....more

Punjab demolish J&K,
win by Innings & 374 runs

Patiala, Nov 2: Punjab showed no mercy to the depleted Jammu and Kashmir team, crushing them by an innings and 374 runs on the second day of the Poly Umrigar Trophy (Under-15) at the Dhruv Pandav Stadium, here today. Overnight 261 for two, Punjab resumed their second innings today ........more

Probables selected
for coaching camp of
Sub-Jr National Kabaddi

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 2: Jammu and Kashmir Amateur Kabaddi Association conducted selection trial of probables in boys and girls of the State at International Flood Light Kabaddi Stadium in the premises of MA Stadium....more

Inter-School Athletic
Meet of Jammu
District begins

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 2: Inter-School Athletic Meet of Jammu District for Under-14, 17 and 19 years girls started today at various zonal headquarters.......more

Annual Athletic Meet of
Sainik School concludes

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 2: The 30th Annual Athletic Meet of Sainik School Nagrota concluded today. In the Meet, top athletes of the three houses—Chenab, Jhelum and Sindh took part and exhibited .........more

Jammu Distt Open Billiards, Snooker
Sumesh to take on Ishan
in Sr Snooker final

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 2: Sumesh Turki will lock horns with Ishan Chowdhary in the final of the Senior Snooker in the 16th Jammu District Open Billiards and Snooker Championship being played at Billiards Hall of MA Stadium, here.......more

Gayle ton powers Windies into final

West Indies, who registered their third semi-final victory over the South Africans after wins in the 1998 and 2004 editions, will now meet world champions Australia in the title clash in Mumbai on November 5.

The Caribbeans owed their victory to Gayle who made a mockery of the seemingly competitive target with his breathtaking display of aggressive batting during his unbeaten knock of 133 that came off just 135 balls and contained 17 fours and three sixes.

It was only apt that gayle hit the winning runs, a powerful four off Robin Peterson, to bring cheers in the West Indies dressing room.

The 27-year-old opener infact thrashed the daylight out of all the other South African bowlers as West Indies overhauled the South African total of 258 for 8 with as many as six overs to spare in a completely one-sided contest at the Sawai Mansingh stadium.

Gayle, playing his 150th ODI, also stitched the highest partnernship of the tournament so far with Shivnarine Chanderpaul of 154 runs before the latter retired hurt with leg cramps on 57.

also making merry on the sporting, easy-paced track were Ramnaresh Sarwan who chipped in with a run a ball 27, rendering the South African attack stingless.

The pyrotechnics of the cavalier West Indies’ batsmen put to shade the effort of Herschelle Gibbs (77) who shrugged off a form slump and controversy over his first appearance in India in six years owing to match-fixing related allegations and put on 92 runs for the fourth wicket with Ab De Villiers (46), the only other notable contributor to the total.

West Indies were off to a flier with the in-form Gayle and Chanderpaul unleashing a flurry of boundaries to dent the confidence of the South African new-ball bowlers who had enjoyed early success in the previous two matches.

In fact, Makhaya Ntini had to be forced off the attack after just three overs which cost a whopping 23 runs and the usually accurate Shaun Pollock also ended up conceding 34 runs in his first spell of five overs.

Gayle, who completed 1000 runs in 2006 when he reached 10, hoisted pollock over long off for a huge six as West Indies raced to 76 runs in 10 overs.

Chanderpaul on the other end was no less aggressive, his improvised six off Andre Nel to fine leg boundary underlining the dominance of the West Indies’ batsmen.

Frustrated by the failure of his fast bowlers to effect a breakthrough, skipper Graeme Smith introduced himself into the attack but only to be smashed for two fours on the trot by gayle who raced to his 29th odi 50 off just 48 balls with help of seven fours and a six. (PTI)

Punjab demolish J&K, win by Innings & 374 runs

Overnight 261 for two, Punjab resumed their second innings today on a hurricane note. Pargat Singh-(116), Mandeep Singh-(112), Ankit-(91) and Amandeep Singh-(58) flogged the mediocre J&K bowling attack and hit at will.

Punjab scored 487 for seven and declared. For J&K, Dilawar Singh captured three wickets conceding 119 runs and Owais Shah took 2 for 147.

The Punjab bowlers were as lethal as their fellow bat wielders.

They bundled out the puny rivals for 51 in their second innings in 21.2 overs.

Raj Kamal took five for 20 and Sandeep Sharma captured 3 wickets giving away 18 runs.

Punjab will now play against Himachal Pradesh here at the Dhruv Pandav Stadium from November 21-23. (UNI)

Probables selected for coaching camp
of Sub-Jr National Kabaddi

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

SHO Nowabad Police Station Kulbir Handa was the chief guest on the occasion and he asked the selected probables to work hard for the betterment of the Kabaddi.

According to general secretary of J&K Amateur Kabaddi Association Kuldeep Gupta, list of the selected probables will be handed over to Sports Council.

In girls section, the selected probables are Sarita Saini, Kavita Saini, Preeti Manhas, Priya Chib, Sonia Chib, Seema Manhas, Raj Begum, Nazia Begum, Surinder Kour, Kanchan Sapolia, Jyoti Devi, Deepanshu Sharma, Nitisha Singh and Pooja Jagotra.

The selected probables in boys section are Romesh Kumar, Harjinder Kumar, Ashwani Kumar, Mohan Singh, Ram Kumar, Lakvir Singh, Yaqoob Khan, Tajinder Kumar, Sunny Uraon, Parvinder Singh, Mohd Saleem, Abhishek Malhotra, Pankaj Sharma and Mohd Ramzan.

Inter-School Athletic Meet of Jammu District begins

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 2: Inter-School Athletic Meet of Jammu District for Under-14, 17 and 19 years girls started today at various zonal headquarters.

The Meet organised by the Department of Youth Services and Sports was declared open at MA Stadium.

In the Shot Put event for the Under-14 years girls, Chandan of Carmal Convent HS bagged first position, Neha of KC Public School clinched second position and Seerat of Army School Kaluchak bagged third position.

Durlab of MIER, Dimple of BSF Paloura and Divya of Carmal Convent School secured first three positions in the Shot Put event for Under-17 years girls while in Shot Put for Under-19 years, Jasmeet Kour of GGHSS Jammu, Monika Bakshi of SOS Gole Gujral and Lovely Sharma of HSS Canal Road bagged first three positions.

In Long Jump for Under-14 years, Priyanka Bhat of SOS Gole Gujral, Vandana of SS School and Monika Zutshi of KC Public School secured first three positions while in the Long Jump for Under-17 years, Monika of HSS Bahu Fort, Asha Devi of GHSS Paloura and Mehak of SOS Gole Gujral bagged first three positions.

In Long Jump for Under-19, Kiran of GHSS Marh, Sangeeta of BSF Paloura and Rashmi of CB HSS Jammu bagged first, second and third positions respectively while in High Jump for Under-14 years, Heena Chowdhary of GHSS Bahu Fort, Pardeep Kour of Carmal Convent and Savera of GHS Kachi Chowni bagged first three positions.

Kiran of HSS Marh, Sangeeta of BSF Paloura and Sapna of GHSS Paloura secured first three positions in High Jump for Under-19 years while Monika Bakshi of SOS Gole Gujral, Reeta of GHSS Shastri Nagar and Sapna of GHSS Paloura clinched first three positions in High Jump for Under-19 years.

In Javelin for Under-19, Monika Bakshi of SOS Gole Gujral, Reeta of GHSS Shastri Nagar and Sapna of GHSS Paloura secured first three positions while in Javelin for Under-17 years, Nishi Raina of SOS Gole Gujral, Asha of GHSS Paloura and Dimple of BSF Paloura secured first three positions.

In 800 metres event for Under-14 years, Diksha Sharma of BSF Paloura, Heena Chowdhary of GHSS Bahu Fort and Diksha Gupta of KC Public School bagged first, second and third positions respectively while in 3000 metres event for Under-19 years, Rekha of GHSS Shastri Nagar, Sangeeta of BSF Paloura and Sheema bagged first three positions.

In 3000 metres event for Under-17 years, Mehak Pandita of SOS Gole Gujral, Lakshi of HSS Jhajjar Kotli and Sabia of RBP School bagged first three positions. while in 800 meters for Under-17 years, Deepoka of GHSS Bahu Fort bagged first position, Sharda of SOS Gole Gujral clinched second position and Ananta of Carmal Convent secured third position.

Bishnah Zone: MLA Ashwani Sharma declared open the Meet in the premises of Government Higher Secondary School Bishnah.

In Discus Throw event for Under-14 years boys, Shishu Pal of MS Chak Bana, Anil Kumar of MS Bishnah and Chander Bharat of MS Bishnah bagged first three positions while in Discus Throw for Under-19 years boys, Gurmail Singh of HSS Rehal and Sulkhan Singh of Higher Secondary School Rehail bagged first two positions.

In Shot Put event for Under-14 years for boys, Chander Bharat of MS Bishnah, Sunil Kumar of MS Rehal and Sohan Lal of MS Khojipur bagged first three positions while in Shot Put event for Under-19 years, Rajeev Kumar of Higher Secondary School Bishnah, Monu Kumar and Gurmail Singh of Higher Secondary School Rehal bagged second and third positions.

In Shot Put event for Under-17 years boys, Gurvinder Singh and Ajay Kumar of HS Majua and Mohd Hussain of HSS Bishnah bagged first three positions while Long Jump for Under-14 years for boys, Shishu Pal of MS Chak Bana, Pankaj Kumar of MS Chak Bana and Ganit Kumar of HS Majua bagged first three positions.

In High Jump event for Under-14 years for boys, Girdhari Lal and Sunil Kumar of MS Rehal bagged first two positions.

Purmandal Zone: Liaquat Ali of HSS Smailpur, Pawan Kumar of HSS Purmandal and Joginder Singh of HSS Smailpur bagged first three positions in 100 metres while in 200 metres, Liaquat Ali of HSS Smailpur, Mukesh Singh of HSS Smailpur and Pawan Kumar of HSS Purmandal bagged first three positions.

In 400 metres, Varinder Kumar of HSS Smailpur, Balvinder Singh of HSS Purmandal and Mukesh Kumar of HSS Smailpur bagged first three positions while in 800 metres and 1500 metres, Varinder Kumar of HSS Smailpur, Pawan Kumar of HSS Purmandal and Balvinder Singh of HSS Purmandal bagged first three positions.

In 3000 and 5000 metres, Onkar Singh of HSS Smailpur, Tariq Hussain of HSS Purmandal and Parveen Kumar of HSS Smailpur bagged first three positions while in Discus Throw event, Atul Sharma of HSS Purmandal, Jagtar Singh of HSS Smailpur and Vishal Singh of HSS Smailpur clinched first three positions.

In Javelian, Atul Sharma of HSS Purmandal, Jagtar Singh of HSS Smailpur and Vishal Singh of HSS Smailpur bagged first three positions.

Annual Athletic Meet of Sainik School concludes

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 2: The 30th Annual Athletic Meet of Sainik School Nagrota concluded today.

In the Meet, top athletes of the three houses—Chenab, Jhelum and Sindh took part and exhibited their athletic skills in both senior and junior categories.

Group Captain V T Parnaik, Principal of the School was the chief guest on the occasion and he gave away medals and certificates to the winners.

Sindh seniors and Jhelum juniors lifted the overall championship trophies in Senior and Junior categories respectively. Cadet Pushkar Tiwari was declared best athlete among seniors while Cadet Adil Manzoor was adjudged best athlete among juniors.

Cadet Vikas Yadav, the school sports captain, also won gold medals in 110 metres hurdles and triple jump. Cadet Arun Kumar won gold medal in 3000 metre and 5000 metre runs.

Jammu Distt Open Billiards, Snooker
Sumesh to take on Ishan in Sr Snooker final

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

Sumesh Turki sailed into final by defeating Kamal Rohmetra by 4-0 in the first semi-final. It was an easy win for Sumesh in all the frames as Kamal could not pose any competition to Sumesh in any stage of the match. The score was 66-40, 50-26, 63-33, 53-19.

The second semi-final witnessed tough competition between two real brothers. Younger brother Ishan Chowdhary registered 4-2 win over elder brother Ishuk Chowdhary to set title clash with Sumesh Turki.

Ishan won the first three frames with not much resistance from Ishuk. The score was 93-55, 76-40 and 60-40. But in the fourth and fifth frames, Ishuk eased pressure and won the same by 66-38, 67-31. But in the sixth frame, Ishan staged a comeback and won the same by 68-24.

Earlier, in the quarter-finals, Ishuk Chowdhary defeated Kuldeep Sharma by 3-0 (65-15, 57-44 and 51-23); Sumesh Turki registered 3-1 (65-40, 10-60, 67-43 and 65-24) win over Sheetal Gandotra and Ishan Chowdhary defeated Ashok Repheal by 3-1 (28-75, 59-41, 59-48, 51-43).

According to the organisors, Junior Billiards final will be played on November 3 while final of Junior Snooker will be played on November 4 at 1 PM.