Captain Muhammd Imran scored a hat-trick as he guided Pakistan Army to an 8-0 victory over Balochistan on the opening day of the 61st PSO National Hockey Championship at the Sialkot Hockey Stadium yesterday.
In another match, Punjab won 3-0 against PAF as Abdul Mateen scored the first goal through penalty corner in 13th minutes of the game, while in the second half Ayub Ali scored a field goal and in the third half Muhammad Faizan scored a penalty corner in the 38th minute.
In the third and final fixture of the day, NBP defeated PQA 1-0 as Muhammad Dilber scored an outstanding field goal in the 32nd minute.
In today’s matches, HEC will face Islamabad in the first match, Railways will play against Punjab in the second, while the third encounter will be a face-off between Wapda and Navy.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 27th, 2014.
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