Pebble Breakers overcame spirited Olympia by 8-6 1/2 in the Hamdan Polo Cup 2019 match played here at Lahore Polo Club ground on Wednesday. Hamza Mawaz Khan was hero of the day as he struck a quartet for the winning side while Juan Cruz Losada banged in a brace and Saqib Khan Khakwani and Mohsin Atta Khan Khosa hit one goal apiece. From the losing side, which had a half goal handicap, Nicolas Corti hammered a hat-trick while Ahmed Zubair Butt banged in a brace and Bilal Haye scored one.
Olympia started the match with a field goal by Ahmed Zubair to take 1-0 lead in the first chukker. They continued their good show in the second chukker as they added three more goals in their tally to have a healthy 4-0 lead. Nicolas slammed in a brace and Ahmed Zubair contributed one. Saqib Khakwani then fired in a field goal in the dying moments of the match to open the account of Pebble Breakers and made it 4-1.
The third chukker was dominated by Pebble Breakers who hammered three more goals - one each by Losada, Hamza and Mohsin Atta to level the score at 4-4. Nicolas struck one to once again give Olympia to 5-4 edge.
In the fourth and last chukker, Olympia struck one more goal through a 30-yard penalty by Bilal Haye to further enhance their lead to 6-4. Pebble Breakers then changed their gears and pumped in four back-to-back goals to take match-winning 8-6 lead. Hamza contributed a hat-trick and Losada one in his team's tally. With a half goal handicap, the final score was 8-6 1/2 in favour of Pebble Breakers.
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