KARACHI, Sept 8: Karachi-A outclassed Sukkur 13-0 in the NBP Sindh Inter-Region U-16 Hockey Championship at the Hockey Club of Pakistan (HCP) here on Saturday.

Like on Friday, when the same team had thrashed Mirpurkhas 17-0, this time, too, there was a galore of hat-tricks leading to the conclusion.

Ehtashamuddin scored in the fourth, ninth and 21st minutes, Mohammad Shajeer in the 10th, 15th and 27th and Ali Khan in the 33rd, 49th and 53rd.

The rest of the goal scorers for the winners were Sohail Abbas (42nd min), Taha Raza (51st min), Mohammad Arif (54th min) and Mohammad Usman (60th min).

In another match, Karachi-B beat Larkana 3-1 with two of the goals for the winners coming from Hamza Ali (21 and 36 mins) and one by Sajid Ahmed (46th min) as Raheel (45th min) reduced the margin for Larkana.

Lastly, Hyderabad thrashed Mirpurkhas 9-0 with Shheraz Mahmood getting a hat-trick.

Sunday’s fixtures: Karachi-A v Larkana (1.00pm), Hyderabad v Sukkur (3.00pm) and Mirpukhas v Karachi-B (4.45pm).—Sports Reporter

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