Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Miles Storey lands Caley Thistle a fifth Challenge Cup final berth in 2-1 win over Rangers colts

Miles Storey is congratulated after his winning goal.
Miles Storey is congratulated after his winning goal.

Ten-man Caley Thistle are through to their fifth Challenge Cup final after a 2-1 win over Rangers colts.

Dapo Mebude put the visitors in front early but the tie was levelled by James Keatings, who was later to be harshly dismissed.

It came down to Miles Storey to score the decisive goal and give Inverness the chance to regain the competition they won in 2018.

They will face Raith Rovers in the final, to be played on the weekend of March 28 and 29.

The Caley Jags made two changes from the 1-0 win over Livingston, with Lewis Toshney and James Vincent in for Brad Mckay and Sean Welsh.

It took less than six minutes for Rangers to take the lead, with Mebude finishing on the turn after ball ricocheted off Kevin McHattie into his path.

Jake Hastie, one of two over-age players in the Rangers side, took aim from distance and Josh McPake had Mark Ridgers scrambling across goal to see his shot wide.

The Scottish Championship side offered little to trouble Andy Firth in the away goal. David Carson and Miles Storey had sights of goal but dragged them wide, as Inverness toiled in the horrendous conditions.

Rangers ought to have been two up on 31 minutes, with Kai Kennedy’s right-wing cross turned on to the bar by Mebude from six yards. With the ball dropping to an unmarked Hastie from the rebound, he scuffed his shot into the ground and Caley Thistle were able to clear.

Keatings dragged Inverness level just before half-time with a well-taken strike from the edge of the box. Miles Storey stood a cross up to the back post where Jordan White headed it down, with Keatings’ strike taking a deflection off Rhys Breen on its way into the net.

James Keatings is sent off by Greg Aitken.

Ridgers got down well to smother Ciaran Dickson’s low attempt at the start of the second half while at the opposite end, Firth blocked Carl Tremarco’s goal-bound shot after positive work by Tom Walsh.

Keatings’ afternoon took a turn for the worse on 57 minutes, when he was given a second yellow card for diving by referee Greg Aitken. However, it appeared that Dickson caught the first-half substitute before he went down.

There was further controversy when the match officials chalked off a potential second goal for the home side, with Walsh ruled offside after clipping Ridgers’ long clearance past Firth.

The 10 men got their breakthrough in the final 20 minutes after Firth repelled an effort from James Vincent, with Storey lashing the ball back into the corner.

Rangers made John Robertson’s side sweat on their lead, with the impressive Kennedy clipping the bar with a free-kick after Toshney crudely upended Nathan Young-Coombes.

But their late pressure was not enough to draw level as Inverness held on to their lead and return to the final.