LAHORE: Wapda and Asia Ghee Mills moved into the semi-finals of the 10th Nishan-e-Haider Hockey Tournament at the Dring Stadium in Bahawalpur on Saturday.

In the league fixtures, Wapda defeated Flying Horse Club 5-0 in a one-sided match while the game between Asia Ghee Mills and Port Qasim ended in a 2-2 draw. But on goal average, the former reached the knockout stage.

Olympian Umar Bhutta netted two field goals in the 13th and 51st minutes for Wapda with international Tasawwar Abbas instrumental in both goals. Zubair Riaz scored in the 41st minute while Salman added another in the 48th minute before Fareed Ahmed fired the final goal in the 53rd minute.

Port Qasim were playing in must-win situation, but they could only secure a draw against Asia Ghee Mills, for whom Kamran Maqsood and Amir Shahzad scored one goal each in the 16th and 28th minute, respectively. For Port Qasim Rizwan (5th) and Rizwan (38th) were the scorers.

Published in Dawn, April 12th, 2015

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