Railways, WAPDA lead table in National Women’s Hockey

Another five matches were played in the 27th National Women’s Hockey Championship with Railways and WAPDA leading the points table on Friday.
Being held at the National Hockey Stadium, Railways and WAPDA after seven matches have 21 points each but the former team had better goal average.
In the opening match of the day, Sindh opened the match against Balochistan with a goal in the first half and added another two in the second to get 3-0 win. Madhia, Zaib-un-Nisa and Sanum led the win for Sindh Whites.
In the second match, Sindh got past KPK 4-0. They managed three goals in the second half after they had to face a solid defence of KPK in the first session. Sindh Colours’ Samira Nasim managed two goals while Sidra and Hina Sarwar shared one goal each.
In the third match, Army, which is placed third in the points table, beat Punjab Colours by just one goal and that was scored by Sahil Malik.
Railway, the leader of the table, cracked through Punjab Whites time and again to get another big 29-0 win. They led the match by 12 goals after the first 35 minutes.
Maria Sabir with 14 goals earned the praise of the fans and coaches while Hina Kanwal got six, Asifa Zafar and Asma Ashraf shared three each, Shukria Rasheed had two and Rehana Kousar one.
In the final match of the day, Wapda, which scored record 37 goals in their previous match, managed to score just six goals against HEC. They had half of the goals in the first half. Azra Nasir and Kanwal Aslam shared 2 Goals while Neelma Hussain and Ayesha Bashir had one apiece.