Punjab White To Meet United Academy In Final Of CM Punjab Women Hockey

LAHORE, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 23rd May, 2017 ) - Punjab White and United women hockey academy fashioned out fine victories in their last pool matches to breeze into the final of the Punjab Chief Minister women hockey tournament here on Tuesday at the national hockey stadium.

In the first content of the the table toppers Punjab Whites did not show any mercy to province's other string, Punjab Colours and dumped them with 6-0 win. A close contest was expected between the teams occupying the first and third place in the points' table but the Whites' international star Ishrat Abbas was in a devastating mood scoring five goals.

Areeba Sarwar was the other scorer. In the second tie, the second placed United Women Hockey Academy had an even bigger win routing Sindh 8-0.

Afsheen Noreen, sister of Pakistan's test cricketer Ehsan Adil, found the target thrice.

While Sidra Hakeem and Iqra Javed had a brace each. Sobia Idrees completed the tally. In another match having no impact on the standing of the teams, Islamabad thrashed Balochistan 6-0. Balochistan, the punching bag of the tournament, had another bad day.

For Islamabad, Ayehsa Rafiq had a hat trick, Sahil Malik scored twice and Hina Arooj found the target once. Thus Balochistan ended 7th in the tournament. They did not earn a single point and even failed to score a single goal in their six matches.

Tomorrow, Wednesday matches, Final: Punjab Whites vs United Women Hockey Academy , 3rd/4th position: Punjab Colours vs Islamabad, 5th/6th position: KPK vs Sindh.