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Pakistan hammers Japan
KUALA LUMPUR, JAN. 21. Pakistan went on a goal-scoring spree when it thrashed Japan 9-1 in its third game in the six-nation invitational tournament at the National Hockey Stadium on Monday.
Japan took a surprise lead in the sixth minute through Takahiko Yamabori, but it lasted no more than five minutes when Sohail Abbas scored off a penalty corner.
Eight minutes later Pakistan was 4-1 up with Khasif Jawad scoring in the 16th minute followed by two goals by Sameer Hussain in the 18th and 19th minutes.
Pakistan continued where it left off after the half- time by scoring another five goals.
Skipper Sarwar Muhamad started the goal rush when he scored in the 39th minute. Khasif got his second in the 45th minute before Shahbaz Ahmad scored the seventh for Pakistan in the 61st minute.
Khasif completed his hat-trick in the 67th minute and Sarwar completed the rout in the 70th minute.
Pakistan take on New Zealand in its next game on Wednesday.
On Sunday Pakistan defeated host Malaysia 4-1. For Pakistan, Saqlain Mohamad, Shahbaz Ahmad, Khasif Jawad and Sohail Abbas sounded the boards, while Tajol Rosli Mohammad scored Malaysia's only goal.
Pakistan was awarded its first penalty corner in the 30th minute and made full use of it to go one up. Knowing that Malaysian 'keeper Roslan Jamaluddin was coming out as the first runner, the Pakistanis let the ball pass the stopper.
Shahbaz Ahmad relayed the ball to Khasif Jawad who in turn squared it for Saqlain Mohamad to deflect it into an empty goal.
Fifteen minutes later Shahbaz made it 2-0 capitalising on a costly hesitation by the Malaysian defence in the semicircle by sending a hefty hit past Roslan.
The Malaysians doggedly fought back and were rewarded when Tajol Rosli Mohammad deflected past Qasim Mumammad in the Pakistan goal in the 62nd minute to make it 2-1.
But any hopes of equalising were dashed when Khasif Jawad scored the third goal for Pakistan just three minutes after, with Sohail Abbas completing the rout hitting in the fourth in the 69th minute.
- AFP
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