Two more matches decided in Hamdan Polo Cup

Diamond Paints and Master Paints recorded contrastive triumphs in the Hamdan Polo Cup for Lahore Open Polo Championship 2019 here at Lahore Polo Club ground on Monday.

In the first match of the day, Diamond Paints defeated Samba Bank by 7-5. Jack William Stuart Hyde was top scorer from the winning side with his tremendous hat-trick while Raja Arslan Najeeb and Mir Huzaifa Ahmed banged in a brace. From the losing side, Edward Banner Eve contributed a quartet and Alman Jalil Azam hit one.

Diamond Paints were off to flying start in the first chukker by thrashing two back-to-back goals to have 2-0 lead while Samba Bank converted one to finish the first chukker at 2-1. Samba Bank started the second chukker with a field goal to square the things at 2-2. But Diamond Paints fought back well and converted a 30-yard penalty to gain 3-2 edge before the end of the second chukker.

Diamond Paints fully dominated the third chukker by hammering a hat-trick of goals to take a healthy 6-2 lead. They added one more goal to in the beginning of the fourth and last chukker to stretch their lead to 7-2. Samba Bank made a good comeback a hit a hat-trick of goals to reduce the margin to 7-5, as it was all that they could get from the match as when the final whistle was blown, Diamond Paints won the match by 7-5.

In the second match of the day, Master Paints outperformed Dascon Construction Company/Guard Group by 9-3. From the winning side, Raja Jalal Arslan fired in five fabulous goals while Mariano Regal and Bilal Haye banged in a brace each. From the losing side, Hamza Khan struck twice and Taimur Ali Malik hit one.

Dascon Construction Company/Guard Group started the match by converting a brace to have 2-0 lead while Master Paints struck one to reduce the deficit to 2-1. The second chukker was fully dominated by Master Paints as they converted a quartet to gain 5-2 edge.

Master Paints continued their good show in the third chukker as they thrashed two more goals to stretch their lead to 7-2 while DCC/Guard Group scored one to reduce the margin to 7-3. Master Paints slammed in two more goals in the fourth and last chukker to win the match 9-3.