Kuala Lumpur players celebrate their 17th Razak Cup title.
Negri Sembilan's A Sasidaran (left) in action against Kuala Lumpur's Kelvinder Singh.KUALA Lumpur won their 17th Razak Cup title with a convincing 5-0 thumping of Negri Sembilan at the Tun Razak Stadium yesterday.
And in Division Two, Penang upset Selangor 3-2, in a match marred by a red card after umpire Syed Harun was slapped, and then narrowly missed the swing of a hockey stick.
The incident happened in the last minute of regulation time, when Selangor’s Rohizan Ramli harassed umpire Syed after he blew for a penalty corner.
Syed flashed a yellow card to Rohizan, who then slapped the umpire, and swung his stick which missed by inches. The case has been referred to the Malaysian Hockey Federation (MHF) Disciplinary Board.
The 46th Razak Cup also saw a record of sorts, as six red cards were flashed in nine days.
Meanwhile, Kuala Lumpur took the lead in the sixth minute off a Tajol Rosli penalty corner rebound, and the score stood until the breather.
Negri and KL each received eight penalty corners in the match, but Negri wasted all, while KL made it count and walked away with a comfortable win in the second half.
The other KL goals were scored by Amin Rahim (45th, 50th), Ismail Abu (54th) and Harvinder Singh (61st).
In the Division Two final, Penang lifted the title on a Craig Joseph Fernandez hat-trick in the third, 41st and 44th minutes.
Amerullah Aziz (26th) and Mohamed Noor Faeez (53rd) scored for Selangor.
RESULTS: Division One -- Final: Kuala Lumpur 5 Negri Sembilan 0; Division Two: Final: Penang 3 Selangor 2.
ROLL-OF-HONOUR: Division One -- Champions: Kuala Lumpur (RM10,000); Runners-up: Negri Sembilan (RM7,000); Third: Perak (RM5,000).
Division Two: Champions -- Penang (RM5,000); Runners- up: Selangor (RM3,000); Third: Perlis (RM2,000).
Fair-play: Penang; Top-Scorer: Amin Rahim (Kuala Lumpur, eight goals); Best Player of Tournament: Madzli Ikmar (Kuala Lumpur); Best Goalkeeper: M. Nadarajan (Kuala Lumpur); Man-of-the-Final: Kelvinder Singh (Kuala Lumpur).
