Darwin: Malaysia 2 Australia 1

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia lost 5-2 to World No 1 Australia in the Darwin International at the Marrara Hockey Stadium in Australia Tuesday.
  In another match, world No 2 Argentina beat Japan 2-1.
  The Malaysian goals were scored by Haziq Samsul (18th) and Firhan Azhaari (54th), while Australia got their goals off Dylan Wotherspoon (eighth), Tom Craig (11th), Jacob Anderson (32nd), Jack Welch (34th) and Tim Brand (60th).
  The Wednesday's match against Japan would be interesting, as the Asian Games champions beat Malaysia in a shoot-out recently in Jakarta.
  Malaysia took a 5-2 lead, but Japan equalised at 6-6 and then handed Malaysia a painful defeat in the shoot-out to deny  a historic Asian Games gold and an Olympic ticket which came with it.
  "Overall we played well and I need to emphasise that we played the best team in the world today (yesterday).
  "We had chances to score more than two goals but could not find the final touch.
  "I am happy with the way all my charges played, but they can do better and we will learn and work on that.
  "The next match is against Japan, and even though we did not bring our best players here, they know that losing twice in a row is not an option, for, it's redemption time," said Malaysian coach Amin Rahim.