Malaysian Hockey Federation 6 Nations Tournament

ehsan · January 21, 2002, 8:26am

Pakistan defeated Malaysia 4-1 Sunday in a six nation invitational field hockey tournament in Malaysia, a warmup for the World Cup next month.

Pakistan joins Australia at the top of the table with six points after the completion of the second round Sunday. World and Olympic champions the Netherlands are languishing in last place, with two losses.

Pakistan, which beat the Netherlands 3-0 in their first round matchup Friday, followed it up Sunday outplayed the home team with a dazzling display of speed and stickwork.

Pakistan goaled once before half time, then wore down a sturdy Malaysian defense with constant pressure which produced three successful goal strikes in the second half.

Pakistan’s forward line, led by mercurial striker Shabaz Ahmad -making an international comeback after three years - won over the 6,000-strong crowd with speed and slick ball skills which dominated the match.

Malaysia, which has not beaten Pakistan since the 1986 Asian Games, kept the visitors at bay in the early stages thanks to some fine saves by goalkeeper Roslan Jamaluddin.

Roslan was unlucky to concede a penalty corner in the 29th minute, setting up Pakistan’s Saqlain Muhammad to score easily from a set piece play.

The visitors stepped up the pressure in the second half. Shabaz led the way with a rising shot from the top of the semicircle which left Roslan no chance - a field goal to Pakistan in the 46th minute.

Malaysia, in a rare counterattack, saved some pride when Mohamad Tajol Rosli deflected a long ball into the Pakistan goal.

Pakistan snuffed out any fightback by the home team when Kasif Jawad pounced on a defensive error, weaved past three Malaysian players and slotted the ball into the goal.

The visitors won another penalty corner one minute from the finish and specialist hitter Sohail Abbas was on target to ensure a comprehensive win for Pakistan.

**Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Japan and Pakistan are playing the invitational tournament, which is a warm-up event for World Cup in Kuala Lumpur Feb. 24-March 9. **

UMAIR316 · January 21, 2002, 4:56pm

i have a strong feeling that we will win the world cup this year.

Thank you, come again

andha_qanoon · January 21, 2002, 7:03pm

Me too

http://www3.pak.org/gupshup/smilies/wink.gif

Jiyo Aur Jeene Do!!!

[This message has been edited by andha_qanoon (edited January 30, 2002).]

ehsan · January 22, 2002, 7:28am

Results Monday 21st January

Pakistan 9 Japan 1
New Zealand 1 Malaysia 1
Netherlands 4 Australia 4

Standings

TEAM P W D L GF GA GD Pt
PAK 3 3 0 0 16 2 14 9
AUS 3 2 1 0 11 7 4 7
NZL 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 4
MAS 3 1 1 1 4 6 -2 4
NED 3 0 1 2 5 10 -5 1
JPN 3 0 0 3 3 14 -11 0

[This message has been edited by ehsan (edited January 22, 2002).]

ehsan · January 25, 2002, 9:28am

Results Wednesday 23th January

Australia 2 Malaysia 2
Pakistan 3 New Zealand 1

Standings
Team P W D L GF GA GD Pt
PAK 4 4 0 0 19 3 16 12
AUS 4 2 2 0 13 9 4 8
MAS 4 1 2 1 6 8 -2 5
NED 4 1 1 2 11 10 1 4
NZL 4 1 1 2 7 9 -2 4
JPN 4 0 0 4 3 20 -17 0

** Pakistan moves into the final of the tournament**

UMAIR316 · January 25, 2002, 1:35pm

pakistan tied australia 2-2 in the final match of the preliminary rounds, i guess they will play each other in the final

Thank you, come again

Ganja · January 26, 2002, 4:10pm

Pakistan won the final against Australia 4-3. I dont know much details.

ahmadjee · January 31, 2002, 5:03am

Yahoo! :)

andha_qanoon · January 31, 2002, 5:07am

Great JOB.....!!!!!

Jiyo Aur Jeene Do!!!

ahmadjee · January 31, 2002, 5:14am

http://www.dawn.com/2002/01/27/spt1.htm

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 26: Pakistan ended their title drought when they defeated Australia 4-3 in extra time in the six-nation invitational hockey tournament at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil.

Kashif Jawad was the hero of Pakistan as his goal in the 75th minute separated the teams. But Pakistan can consider themselves as lucky as they allowed Australia to come back into the game despite leading 3-1 at one stage.

Rather surprisingly both teams fielded their second choice goalkeepers in the starting eleven. Australia gave the nod to Mark Hickman over Lachlan Dreher while Pakistan opted to use Salman Akbar instead of Qasim Muhammad.

Pakistan started in emphatic fashion and made a goal-scoring attempt in the very first minute itself. Shabbir Muhammad burst through the center but Hickman padded his effort to safety.

Hardly had the cheers from the Pakistani fans died down that Australia threatened to score. Jamie Dywer made his way into the semi circle on the left but a timely tackle by Sohail Abbas meant an opportunity squandered.

Pakistan continued to make inroads into the Aussie territory and their efforts yielded results in the 3rd minute when skipper Sarwar Muhammad sent a pile driver past Hickman.

Australia forced four penalty corners but poor planning and great goalkeeping kept the score intact. But Australia were not to be denied as Troy Elder sent his flick high into the roof of the Pakistani net off their fifth penalty corner in the 14th minute.

A moment of magic by Shahbaz Ahmad who weaved through the Australian defence before picking his spot with a fierce hit enabled Pakistan to regain the lead in the 26th minute.

Pakistan could have added to their tally in the 28th minute but Sohail’s flick off a penalty corner hit the horizontal and into safety.

The second half started in a furious pace where both teams went into attack mode but it was the Pakistanis who scored off a penalty corner.

Sohail Abbas who missed three earlier chances made it count this time crashing his flick into the net passed goalkeeper Hickman in the 44th minute.

The Pakistanis began to lay back and the Australians took this opportunity to create some chances. In one of their raids into the Pakistani border, Daniel Sproule pulled one back in the 57th minute for Australia.

Pakistan had a few good chances after that goal but again Shahbaz and his men missed open opportunities. With just two minutes left before the final hooter, the Kookaburras sounded the board through Matthew Smith from open play to make it 3-3.

The match went into extra time with the Australians moving forward right after the whistle. They left loop holes in the 25 yard line and Shahbaz Ahmad, who was fittingly named man of the match, made a fantastic run on left before laying a pass to top scorer Kashif Jawad who made no mistakes to sound the board just five minutes into extra time.

ahmadjee · January 31, 2002, 5:16am

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