KARACHI, Jan 29 Hosts Sindh made amends when they swept past Balochistan 4-2 to clinch last encounter of the three-match series between the two provinces at the Hockey Club of Pakistan Stadium on Thursday.

Yasir Ghafoor struck twice while Wasim and Bilal netted once for the local team. M. Kashif slammed both goals for the losers.

However, despite defeat, the visitors have won the series 2-1 by virtue of winning the first two games.

Balochistan girls, meanwhile, swept the three match series beating Sindh 3-1 in the last game. Tahira (2) and Nadia (1) scored for winners while Asma scored the consolation goal for local outfit.

The prize distribution ceremony will be held at the Sindh Sports Board Complex on Friday at 6.00pm.

Results

Hockey boys

Sindh bt Balochistan 4-2.

Hockey girls

Balochistan bt Sindh 3-1.

Table tennis boys

Sindh bt Balochistan 3-0 (Usman Ahmed bt Kamran 11-9, 11-1, 11-3; Raheel Saleem bt Mehdi 11-7, 11-6, 11-8; Usman Ahmed bt Ramzan Ali 11-8, 11-6, 11-5).

Table tennis girls

Sindh bt Balochistan 3-0 (Iqra bt Erum 11-2, 11-6, 11-4; Palwasha bt Ayesha 11-5, 11-6, 11-6; Sana and Farah bt Erum and Ayesha 11-3, 11-5, 11-9).

Boxing

48kg M. Farooq (Sindh) walkover Muqeem (Balochistan).

54 kg S. M. Hussain (Sindh) bt Saadullah (Balochistan).

57 kg Qadir Khan (Sindh) bt Sardar Mohammad (Balochistan).

60kg Abideen Ibrahim (Balochistan) bt Haji Qasim (Sindh).

69kg M. Hadi (Balochistan) bt Shahbaz Rajput.

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