KLHC romp away with third double..

KUALA Lumpur Hockey Club (KLHC) claimed their third Malaysia Hockey League (MHL) double when they thrashed Tenaga Nasional Nasional 3-0 in the TNB Cup at the National Hockey Stadium in Bukit Jalil yesterday.
  The final was played under a steady drizzle, but he pace was simply sizzling as KLHC pinned Tenaga deep in their own defense in the first half.
  And it only took Tengku Ahmad Tajuddin nine minutes to hammer in the lead past Tenaga's goalkeeper S. Kumar.
  Spurred by the goal, Ismail Abu justified his national recall by scoring a sizzler in the 11th minute and Amirullah Aziz handed the title to KLHC with a 32nd minute reverse stick shot for a 3-0 lead into the breather.
   Second half failed to see a Tenaga fight-back, and KLHC were the undisputed champions.
  "Credit to my players who scored early in the match to relieve the pressure after which the match became easier to control," said KLHC coach K. Dharmaraj.

  Meanwhile, the MHL saw a first yesterday when Sapura and Maybank were declared joint third-fourth when their match was abandoned due to torrential rain.
  Sapura and Maybank were at 2-2 when the match was abandoned at the 58th minute due to heavy rain and the Malaysian Hockey Confederation technical committee decided to declare them as joint champions.
  Maybank took a 2-0 lead off Muhammad Irfan (12th) and Hafi Hafiz (23rd) but Sapura drew level with a brace from Izwan Firdaus (46th, 54th) to share the spoils.
  The President's Cup final was also abandoned with four minutes remaining on the clock when Johor HA were leading 4-2.
  After 45 minutes the rain did not stop and Johor HA were declared as champions in their MHL debut.
   Johor HA assistant team manager Hashim Yusof said his players and officials will share the RM30,000 purse. Armed Forces received RM20,000.
  Johor shocked Armed Forces by taking the lead in the fourth minute through Samiullah Saleem. However Armed Forces got back into the game when Zaini Sarip scored a freak goal in the 7th minute.
   Armed Forces re-took the lead in the 27th minute through Syafiq Yaacob off a penalty corner drag flick.
   But Johor levelled the score in the 31st minute when Zaki Ismail pounced on a loose ball to make it 2-2, and the score stood till halftime.
   Johor surged ahead after the break when Nor Hafiq Ghaffar scored off a penalty corner in the 38th while Zaki Ismail made it 4-2 in the 51st minute and pouring rain handed them the title without playing for the last four minutes of the match.
   RESULTS: TNB Cup Final: KLHC 3 Tenaga Nasional 0; Third-Fourth: Sapura 2 Maybank 2 (match abandoned, joint champions).
   President’s Cup Final: Johor HA 4 Armed Forces 2; Third-Fourth: Thunderbolts 5 Bukit Jalil 3.
  ROLL-OF-HONOUR: Most Promising Player: Harmesh Singh (Sapura); Best Player: Ahmad Kazamirul (KLHC); Best Goalkeeper: Khairulnizam Ibrahim (Sapura); Top Scorer: Faizal Saari (Tenaga, 20 goals); Fair Play: Nur Insafi.