November 16, 2002	Saturday	Ramazan 10, 1423

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LAHORE, Nov 15: Five goals by Shah Qublai Alam including the match-winner enabled Global Telecom to beat NBC 7-6, in the semifinal of the Global Telecom Cup Polo Friday.

For  the winning side, Jamal Iftikhar scored  the  remaining two goals.

For  the  losers,  Sufi Haris played well  and  scored  four goals. Hussain Iftikhar added two goals.

Qublai  caught up with NBC twice to level the score at  2-2  and then 3-3 before his side went ahead for the first time during the third  chukker.  Jamal scored a field goal for them to  make it 4-3. But the lead was short lived as Hussain scored two  goals in quick succession to again take a 5-4 lead for NBC. Qublai again came to his side’s rescue scoring the equaliser making it 5-5 in the closing moments of the third chukker.

The winners regained the lead 6-5 when Jamal scored his second  goal.  Haris, soon counterattacked to level it to 6-6

But Qublai converted a 30 yard penalty hit to score the decider.

Earlier, a half goal on the handicap helped Galaxy beat Vogue/Guard Rice in the subsidiary semifinal 5 1/2-5.

For  Galaxy,  Aslam and Nasir Ahmed Khan  scored  two  goals each. Feroz Gulzar netted a goal.

For  Vogue/Guard  Rice, Javed Mawaz Khan and  Taimur  Malik scored two goal apiece while Lt. Col. Talha Saeed added one goal.