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 New Zealand's joy cut short Pakistan stays on course for field hockey final
Posted: Monday April 05, 1999 03:27 PM
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Pakistan, the former world champion, moved closer to entering the final with a 5-2 victory over New Zealand on Monday in the Ninth Sultan Azlan Shah Cup tournament at Malaysia's National Hockey Stadium. New Zealand took the lead at the outset when John Radovonich scored via a penalty corner in the 22nd minute. But New Zealand's joy was short-lived as Pakistan tied the match with a similar shot from Sohail in the 24th minute. New Zealand, with a 4-1 win against Malaysia and a 3-0 loss to Germany, grabbed the lead again in the 38th minute as Bevan Hari scored. But Pakistan's penalty corner specialist, Sohail Abbas, scored a hat trick to emerge as the leading goal scorer of the tournament with seven goals in three matches. Muhammad Sarwar scored in the 51st minute and Sohail got his name on the score sheet again from penalty corner attempts in the 53rd and 59th minutes. Pakistan's captain, Atif Bashir, sealed up the game with a goal in the 70th minute, his sixth in the tournament.
PakistanMuhammad Qasim, Atif Bashir, Irfan Yousaf, Sohail Abbas, Waseem Ahmad, Muhammad Nadeem, Muhammad Sarwar, Mohd Shahbaz Junior, Naveed Asim, Aamir Saleem, Mubasshir Mukhtar.Reserves: Ahmed Alam, Danish Kaleem, Muhammad Saqlaim, Muhammad Anis, Haider Hussain.
New ZealandScott Anderson, Simon Towns, Bradley Apted, Andrew Buckley, Andrew Hastie, John Radovonich, Brett Leaver, Ryan Archibald, Creg Russ, Craig Russ, Bevan Hari. Reserves: Michael Bevin, Umesh Parag, Dion Gosling, Wayne McIndoe, Darren Smith.
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