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Mushtaq converted a penalty corner in the 11th, 20th and 22nd minute to give his side a 3-0 lead and complete his hat-trick, while captain Saeed Shah and Asif Manzoor added one goal each in the 23rd and 54th minute by successfully converting their respective penalty corners to further dampen Police’s spirits. Earlier, Samiullah had got his name on the scoresheet by finding the net in the 43rd minute and Muhammad Ammad had scored the consolation for Police in the 29th minute.
In the second match, Shafqat Rasool scored two goals to guide PIA to a 7-0 win over Sindh. The Airliners’ Muhammad Zubair opened the scoring by finding the net in the sixth minute followed by Shafqat’s field goal in the seventh. Ihsanullah then successfully converted a penalty corner in 16th minute to give PIA a 3-0 lead.
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Atif Mushtaq got his name on the scoresheet in the 30th minute, Shafqat slotted in his second in the 42nd minute and Waseem Akram and Mohammad Irfan scored one goal each in the 48th and 51st minute to complete the rout.
In another match, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa won 2-1 against Punjab as Mohib opened the account through his 20th minute field goal followed by Amjadur Rehman’s 41st minute strike. Punjab’s Ehtisham managed to halve the deficit in the 57th minute but it was too late by then.
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The last match between Customs and PTV ended in a draw as Asim Khan’s 34th minute opener was nullified by Muhammad Adnan’ 59th minute strike.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 31st, 2015.
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