Wins for Sindh, Punjab, Railways, KP in National Junior Hockey.
Sindh, Punjab (Whites), Pakistan Railways and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Whites) on Sunday won their respective matches in the ongoing National Junior Hockey Championship
Sindh, Punjab (Whites), Pakistan Railways and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Whites) on Sunday won their respective matches in the ongoing National Junior Hockey Championship at the National Hockey Stadium, Lahore.
Sindh beat Islamabad 3-0, Punjab (Whites) defeated Pakistan Board 3-1, Pakistan Railways secured a 5-1 win against Balochistan while KP (W) triumphed against Pakistan Ordnance Factory (POF) 2-1.
Match between KP (W) and POF turned out to be the most entertaining encounter. Both teams got a penalty corner each in the dying minutes with POF wasting it in the 57th when their pusher threw the ball on the wrong side while captain of the KP (Whites) Zahidullah availed the opportunity in the 60th to earn a well-deserved victory.
Earlier, KP (Whites) took lead in the 18th minute when Khairullah struck a beautiful field goal.
On the other hand, losing side’s Wajeeh and Amjad had made a fine move in the 55th minute to help their team earn a penalty corner which was converted by Amjad through a rebound.
Sindh’s first two goals were the result of penalty corners which their captain Arslan Haider and Wahab successfully converted in the 40th and 45th with Hunain striking a beautiful field goal in the 57th minute.
In the third match, Pakistan Board lost their rhythm after striking the first blow in the 11thminute through Mohammed Murtaza’s field attempt.
However, two back-to-back field goals from Arhas Bin Amar helped Punjab recover from the shock with Arhas striking in the 26th and 27th. Three minutes later Waqar Ali netted the third field goal for Punjab.
Balochistan offered little resistance in their last match of the pool against Pakistan Railways who scored three goals in the first quarter.
Pakistan Railways’ Waseem Akram converted a penalty-corner in the second minute with Tanzeem-ul-Hassan striking in the 8th, Mohammed Imran and Awais-ur-Rehman netting one field goal each in the 15th and 21st while Mohsin Ali converted a penalty corner in the 50th. Baluchistan’s consolatory goal came from Raheel in the 30th.
(Source: Dawn News)
