KARACHI, Jan 28: Karachi Whites reached the National Hockey Championship regional qualifying round semi-finals with an imposing 9-0 victory over Mirpurkhas in an ill-tempered clash at the Hockey Club of Pakistan on Monday.

In a second incident of rowdy behaviour in the tournament, Mirpurkhas players protested over a penalty corner decision by umpire Fareed awarded to Karachi Whites in the 20th minute.

The players argued against the decision and Ali Adnan was finally yellow-carded by the umpire for using foul language. The game finally resumed after a six-minute break after the intervention of the technical and team officials.

Two-goal Rizwan opened the scoring in the eighth minute followed by a second goal which came through Zubair Ahmad in the 15th minute.

Uzair found the target in the 27th minute as the local outfit pumped in two more before the break.

This time Junaid Iqbal slammed home in the 32nd minute only to see his team-mate Asif Aslam slotting home a minute later to make it 5-0.

Coming back with an unassailable lead, the hosts didn’t stop their onslaught and netted their sixth through Ebad who scored off a penalty corner in the 42nd minute.

Rizwan came into action for the second time six minute later and Asif got his double in the 53rd minute. Salman Khan wrapped up the proceeding with a 65th-minute strike.

Kalat got the better of Loralai 7-2.

The winners got off to a perfect start with a Murad Ali goal in the third minute. They added two more, first through Mohammad Nadeem in the eighth minute and then via Abdul Lateef in the 15th minute.

After conceding three goals within a span of 15 minutes, Loralai recovered to reduce the margin in the 32nd minute when Abdul Wahab found the net. Wahab struck for his second to make it 3-2 in the 44th minute.

But that proved mere consolation, as Kalat extending the lead 4-2 with a Farhan Qayyum strike in the 58th minute before Sattar Khan converted a short corner in the 65th minute.

To finish off the job, Naseebullah slammed home just three minutes later and Murad was on target barely 60 second later.

In a lopsided match, Larkana emerged 21-0 winners against hapless Sukkur thanks to five-goal Ashiq Ali.

Ashiq was the pick of his side as he slammed home in the ninth, 22nd, 32nd, 46th and 54th minutes while Majid Ali and Asif Michael and Zahid Ali hammered in four times each.

Taufeeq found the cage thrice in the 57th, 62nd and 69th minute, while Gulzar Ali also chipped in with a goal in the 38th minute.

Tuesday’s fixtures:

Hyderabad v Loralai at 9.30am; Zhob v Makran at 11.15am; Karachi Colours v Sibi at 2.0pm; Larkana v Quetta at 3.30pm.