Tour will not disrupt JHL

31/07/2002

THE Malaysian Hockey Federation (MHF) selection committee named the 18
players for the four Test matches in South Korea to prepare for the Asian
Games with minimal disruption to the Junior League.
Tenaga Nasional Bhd, Pahang Telekom and Malaysia Sports School will lose
one player each to national duty beginning on Saturday. Their absence
should not disrupt their respective team's MHF-Milo-Admiral-NSC Junior
League matches to any great extent.
Tenaga will miss Azlan Misron for the Olak-MPK match on Saturday but by
then, they should have booked their semifinal berth after the Yayasan
Negri Sembilan match tomorrow.
As for Telekom Pahang, they will not have Megat Azrafiq Megat Termizi
for their last match against Anderson, while Malaysia Sports School must
do without Fakhrulrazi Baharudin for their final group fixture against MSS
Kuala Lumpur.
Tenaga coach K. Rajan wasn't too disturbed.
"Tenaga is not a one-man-show. So we will not miss Azlan too much as I
have players who can cover for him," said Rajan.
Telekom coach Izwan Suhardi was happy that one of his charges has been
named for national duty.
"It is better for Megat to go for the tour because he can learn more. I
have no problems with his absence for our last match against Anderson,"
said Izwan.
Malaysia are slated to play Korea on Aug 6, 7, 9 and 10 but MHF
secretary S. Satgunam said there might be some changes.
"Japan and China will also be in Korea at the same time and both the
countries have requested for matches against Malaysia. So we might not get
to play all four matches against Korea. That is still subject to
negotiations with the hosts who will have the final say," said Satgunam.
National Team - Goalkepers: Roslan Jamaluddin, S. Kumar.
Defenders: S. Kuhan, Amin Rahim, K. Gobinathan, Redzuan Ponirin, Azrul
Effendy Bistaman, Megat Azrafiq Megat Termizi.
Midfield: K. Keevan Raj, Madzli Ikmar, Norazlan Rahim, Shaiful Azli.
Forwards: Azlan Misron, Mohamed Fairuz, Rodhanizam Mat Radzi, Chairil
Anwar, Chua Boon Huat, Fakhrulrazi Baharudin.
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