LAHORE – HBL and Army Saturday secured easy wins, PIA struggled hard for victory, while NBP and WAPDA played a thrilling draw in the 58th National Hockey Championship, being played at the Faisalabad Hockey Stadium. Four matches were played on Saturday, in which Army beat Navy 2-0, HBL defeated PTV 3-0, PIA beat Steel Mill 3-2 while the NBP-WAPDA tie ended in a 4-all draw.
Olympian Mansoor Ahmed was the chief guest of the last match (NBP vs WAPDA). Today’s matches: Army vs SSGC at0730hrs; Navy vs Steel Mill at 0930hrs, PIA vs PTV at1130 hrs; NBP vs Port Qasim at 1330 hrs, HBL vs WAPDA at 1530 hrs. Saturday’s matches results:
Army beat Navy 2-0
Army: Hassan Arifi 2 Goals in 24th & 37th Minutes (FG).
PIA beat Steel Mill 3-2
PIA: M. Zubair 2nd Minute (PS), Kashif Ali 2 Goals in 19th & 61st Minutes (PC).
Steel Mill: Malik Imran 2 Goals 8th Minute (PC) & 28th Minute (FG).
HBL beat PTV 3-0
HBL: Akbar Ali 19th (PC), Rana Zubair 2 Goals 22nd & 49th Minutes (FG).
NBP vs WAPDA 4 4 (draw)
NBP: M. Atiq 46th Minute (PC), M. Tousiq 49th Minute (PS), M. Rizwan 57th Minute (FG) & Amaar Ishrat 60th Minute (FG).
WAPDA: Waqar Butt 9th Minute (FG), Waqas Sharif 12th Minute (FG), Rehan Butt 29th Minute (PC) & Rashid 63rd Minute (FG).
