Malaysia beat NZ 2-1..

MALAYSIA, ranked 13th in the World, scalped Sixth ranked New Zealand 2-1 to carve out a famous victory in the Azlan Shah Cup in Ipoh yesterday,
  However, even with six points from two matches, Malaysia did not impress in both the wins against South Korea and New Zealand. They will face World No 2 Australia on Tuesday, and if they continue playing like this, coach Paul Revington's men will be in for a hiding.
  It was a another nervous start form Malaysia as Tengku Ahmad Tajuddin's second minute cross went a begging as a sliding Faizal Saari failed to connect it home.
  There were a few more chances after that, but poor finishing denied Malaysian an early lead.
  And after 10 minutes, the Kiwis finally came out from their own half only to be denied by S. Kumar who made some diving saves on field attempts, and also palmed away their first penalty corner.
  As the clock ticked away towards half-time, the most hardworking player on the Malaysian side was Baljit Singh, who defeanded his semi-circle like a lion.
  The biggest cheer came in the 25th minute, when Tengku Ahnad Tajuddin's try found Chua Boon Huat's stick, but the ball tricked out inches wide.
   New Zealand won heir second penalty corner in the 30th minute, and this time Marhan Jalil charges to deny the Kiwis.
  At half-time, it was 2-0 for New Zealand as far as penalty corners were concerned.
  Malaysia started the second half looking crisp as Faizal Saari almost cracks the Kiwi side-board with a powerful shot.
  And after a series of concerted attacks, 11-time Azlan Shah Cup veteran Chua Boon Huat opens scoring with a super field attempt in the 40th minute, and that was the signal needed by Malaysia to push harder.
  Four minutes later, Tengku Ahmad Tajuddin makes it count with a top of the circle shot, and Malaysia went on an attack mode after that and won their first penalty corner of the match in the 48th minute, but failed to increase the lead.
  But after taking a 2-0 lead, Malaysia started playing like novices, even though the Kiwis look like they were ready to get onto their bus and head back to the team hotel.
  New Zealand scored their first goal off their second penalty corner in the 65th minute when Shay Neal scored a simple set-piece, but Malaysia did just enough in the remaining minutes to secure three valuable points.
  RESULTS: Australia 6 Pakistan 0, South Korea 2 India 1, Malaysia 2 New Zealand 1.

STANDINGS

               P  W  D  L  F  A  Pts


AUSTRALIA      2  2  0  0  10 3  6
MALAYSIA       2  2  0  0  5  3  6
PAKISTAN       2  1  0  1  4  9  3
KOREA          2  1  0  1  4  4  3
N ZEALAND      1  0  0  1  3  4  0
INDIA          2  0  0  2  4  6  0