Sunday, April 10, 2016

Australia hit Pakistan for four..

WORLD No 1 Australia played another classy match to beat Pakistan 4-0 in the 25th Edition of the Azlan Shah Cup in Ipoh Sunday.
  And after three straight wins, Australia are on course to play in the final yet again.
  Blake Govers started the count with a penalty corner goal in the 24th minute, and then four-time Olympian Jamie Dwyer set up Thomas Craig in the 41st minute.
  And just after the re-start, Dwyer nailed the third in the 42nd minute.
  Aran Zalewski (52nd) made it 4-0.
  Defending champions New Zealand beat Japan 4-1 to get back into the title challenge in the Azlan Shah Cup Sunday.
  With eight points after three matches, the Kiwis have two more tough matches to play against Australia on Tuesday and India on Wednesday.
  The New Zealand goals were scored by Nick Wilso (4th), Simon Child (13th), Nic Woods (27th) and Hugo Inglis (58th).
  Kazuma Murata scored for Japan in the 20th minute.
  In another match India beat Canada 3-1 with goals Chandanda Thimmaiah (3rd), Harmanpreet Singh (41st) and Talwinder Singh (57th). Keegan Pereira (23rd) scored for Canada.
  RESULTS: Japan 1 New Zealand 4, Australia 4 Pakistan 0, Canada 1 India 3.
  April 11: REST DAY.
  April 12: Australia v New Zealand (4pm), Pakistan v India (6pm), Malaysia v Canada (8.35pm).

STANDINGS

             P  W  D  L  F  A  Pts
AUSTRALIA    3  3  0  0  14 2  9
N ZEALAND    4  2  2  0  13 8  8
INDIA        3  2  0  1  6  7  6
CANADA       4  1  1  2  6  8  4
MALAYSIA     3  1  1  1  8  11 4
PAKISTAN     3  1  0  2  6  10 3

JAPAN        4  0  0  4  6  13 0