KARACHI:Railways held Port Qasim Authority (PQA) to a 2-2 draw in the National Championship at the Hockey Club of Pakistan hereon Sunday, while Navy and WAPDA registered comfortable victories.
Railways gave tough time to their superior opponents. They defended their fort bravely and frustrated a number of attacks launched by PQA forwards who had the services of Olympians Kashif Jawwad and Shakeel Abbasi.
Ahmed Nadeem surprised PQA’s defenders when he scored a beautiful field goal in the 41stminute.Two minutes latera combined move earned them a penalty corner on which captain Mohammed Usman scored the second goal.
After conceding two goals in a span of just three minutes, PQA forwards changed their approach. Kashif reduced the margin in the 45thminute through a field goal and soon after that Zubair Riyaz converted a penalty corner to level the score.
Railways defenders thwarted a couple of attempts on their citadel and guarded it magnificently.
Haroon and Afsar supervised the match.
Navy defeated Pakistan Air Force 7-0. Two goals each by Asad Aziz and Mohsin Sabir guided Navy to a one-sided victory.
Asad scored goals on penalty corners in the 3rdand 17thminutes. Mohsin slammed a field goal in the 5th minute and converted a penalty corner in the 26th minute.
Ali Sher, Ahmed and Kamran Asif scored one goal each in the 29th, 39thand 51stminutes.
Sohail Janjua and Anwar were the field umpires.
WAPDA beat Customs 3-1. Customs fought hard against WAPDA in the last match of the day. Their tough resistance kept WAPDA forwards struggling to find gaps and create chances.
Mohammed Usman struck the first goal for WAPDA in the 41stminute. Rana Umair doubled the lead through a 43rdminute field goal. Mohammed Shehbaz scored the third goal in the 58th minute.
Customs’ lone goal came in the 59thminute through Asim Khan.
Kamran and Moheyuddin supervised the match.
Monday’smatches:PTV vs PSM, NBP vs PAF.