Dharmaraj's women seal series 3-0

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysain women's hockey squad won the five-series friendlies 3-0 when they beat Queensland 3-2 Sunday.
  Queensland are the Australian Women's League champions, but they played without five of their best who are representing Australia in the ongoing World Cup in London.
  Malaysia started with 1-1 and 2-2 draws before winning 3-1, 2-1 and 3-2.
  The team is preparing for the Jakarta Asian Games where they are in Group A with China, Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Japan and China are playing in the World Cup right now.
  Yesterday, Malaysia took a 2-0 lead, but were tied at 2-2 by the fourth quarter. Nuraini Rashid scored two goals, while Raja Norsharina scored the other.
  "Even though we lost a 2-0 lead, but still, I saw progress in their game since they arrived here. And with this series win, I believe we are ready to give our best in the Asian Games," said Malaysian coach K. Dharmaraj.
  "Two years ago when we wanted to compete in the Australian women's league we were advised to play in Division Two because there were fears that we would be thrashed.
  "And today, even though they did not have their national players, we managed to win the series agaisnt the Australian champions," said Dharmaraj.