LAHORE: Pakistan under-21 hockey team won its second match against a club team of Holland, Schaerweijde, by a margin of 4-1.

According to information released by the Pakistan Hockey Federation here on Friday, Sohail Riaz and Shan Irshad scored off penalty-corner rebounds while the other two goals came through field attempts by Bilal Qadir and Dilber. Earlier, Pakistan had won the first match by a margin of 6-3.

The team is on its second tour to Europe in a month as part of preparations for the World Cup, to be held in Lucknow in December this year.

Published in Dawn, August 27th, 2016

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