PIA crush Punjab-B, WAPDA rout PEB

KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines, WAPDA, Railways and Sindh recorded victories in the Under-20 National championship at the Hockey Club of Pakistan here on Friday.
PIA crushed Punjab-B 11-1, WAPDA beat Pakistan Education Board (PEB) 5-0, Railways edged Balochistan 1-0 and Sindh thrashed Gilgit-Baltistan 12-0.
A double hat-trick by forward Owais-ur-Rehman made it an easy task for PIA to inflict a crushing defeat on Punjab-B 11-1 in the opening match. Owais struck five goals in seven minutes. He converted two penalty corners in 18th and 21st minutes and scored four field goals in 20th, 22nd, 24th and 43rd minutes.
Rana Sohail (27th), Arsalan Haider (33rd), Rizwan (40th), Ali Haider (52nd) and Shaharyar (59th) were the other scorers.
WAPDA’s Mateen scored the opening and the fifth goal against PEB. He converted penalty corners in 6th and 59th minutes. Junaid Manzoor struck a goal on a penalty corner in the 15th minute. Sohail Anjum and Bilal Mehmood scored field goals in 40th and 47th minutes, respectively.
Railways faced very tough resistance from Balochistan in the third match. Sheraz Hafiz, their goalkeeper, demonstrated amazing ability to defend his fort and foiled at least eight attempts at the goalpost.
Railmen made a series of attacks but failed to open their account in the first two quarters.
After wasting four penalty corners they succeeded in converting the fifth in the 45th minute through Qasim Ahmed.
After that they wasted four more penalty corners.
Hat-tricks by Anas and Ehtesham gave Sindh an easy victory over Gilgit-Baltistan. Anas scored four field goals in 20th, 26th, 39th and 47th minutes.
Ehtesham scored field goals in 33rd, 50th and 56th minutes. Junaid netted a field goal in the 18th minute and one on a penalty corner in the 23rd minute.
Today’s matches: Balochistan vs NBP, WAPDA vs Sindh, PEB vs Gilgit-Baltistan, Punjab-A vs Army.