Hockey: Jawad’s hat-trick seals win for PQA

KARACHI:

A hat-trick by Kashif Jawad guided PQA to a 6-1 win over Islamabad on the fourth day of the 61st PSO National Hockey Championship at the Sialkot Hockey Stadium yesterday.

PQA, who lost their first fixture against NBP 1-0, made a comeback in their second match as Yasir Dilawar drew first blood in the sixth minute of the match through a penalty corner.

Suleman Khan scored a spectacular field goal in the 25th minute, while Dilawar struck another penalty corner in the 27th minute to give PQA a 3-0 lead.

Jawad scored thrice for PQA in the 32nd, 38th and 54th minute as PQA led 6-0, while Muhammad Nouman was the only player who scored for Islamabad in the last minute of the game to end the match 6-1.

In the other match, Steel Mill won their first tie against Balochistan 3-1, while Police defeated Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa 3-0.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 30^th, 2014.

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