Re: 16th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Hockey Tournament
Very ture. Well 1978-1980 was a golden era of Pakistan hockey when we won all the intenational matches. We have such marvellous record in hockey that can never be achieved by our cricket team, yet *we have abondoned hockey. *
I read somewhere that in one of the museums in Germany, they have a video featuring Hassan Sardar's 100 greatest goals. The video is aptly named 'The Magician'
Sadly the PHF (cf. PCB) failed to benefit from the services of this extremely gifted hockey player and simply ignored him after he retired in the late 80s.
Although he scored many memorable goals, I remember one in particular...I think it was the Asia Cup Final in 1982 (Pak won 4-1) where he gathered the ball from Pakistan's D, dribbled past 4 or 5 Indian players in mid-field, dodged another 2 or 3 defenders after entering the Indian D and scored a simply sensational field goal from a very acute angle. I don't think I have ever seen anyone score a better field goal than Hassan.
Interestingly Pakistan's greatest cricket (Imran Khan) and hockey players (Hassan Sardar) are both Aitchisonians!