LAHORE: Four-goal Hissam Ali Hyder helped United Snacks Polo to outplay Newage 6-3 to book a place in the final of the December Polo Cup while the losing side qualified for the subsidiary final here at the Lahore Polo Club (LPC) ground on Friday.

Hissam was the hero of the day as he fired four goals for the winners while Sufi M. Haris and Azam Hayat Noon contributed one goal each. For Newage, Ahmed Zubair Butt was the top scorer with two goals while Shah Shamyl Alam hit one but their efforts couldn’t bear any fruit.

Hissam pumped in two field goals to provide United Snacks a perfect start as they were leading 2-0 at the end of the first round. Sufi Haris further strengthened United Snacks’ lead to 3-0 by hitting another field goal. Newage then made a strong comeback and banged in two back-to-back goals to reduce the gap to 3-2.

Hissam once again displayed great polo skills and technique and slammed in two brilliant back-to-back goals to increase the lead to 5-2.

In the fourth and decisive round, one more goal was converted by United Snacks’ Azam Hayat Noon to make it 6-2.

In the dying moments of the match, Shah Shamyl scored a field goal to reduce the deficit to 3-6.

Published in Dawn, December 9th, 2017