That's it from us here - this is Subhashish signing off - do join us for the semifinals on Saturday when Pakistan play Malaysian and India take on Japan. Stay with Sportskeeda for the latest news and updates
Hassan Sardar's boys created scores of chances but managed to score only once - the Malaysians displayed a distinct lack of intent and urgency - Oltmans was unhappy with his chargers at half time - Pakistan managed to score in spite of being down to ten men which augurs well for the side ahead of the knockouts.
BUT, LADIES AND GENTS, THE BIGGIE IS UP NEXT - MALAYSIA PLAY PAKISTAN YET AGAIN IN THE SEMIFINAL - WHO WILL HAVE THE LAST LAUGH THEN???
43' GREAT CHANCE FOR PAKISTAN - SUPERB SAVE FROM HAIRI - AT THE OTHER END, IMRAN BUTT CALLED INTO ACTION - END TO END HOCKEY - THE MATCH COMING ALIVE AT LAST
NO PCs YET - BOTH TEAMS SEEM TO BE GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS SO TO SPEAK - RIZWAN SR HAS PICKED UP A HAMSTRING INJURY - WILL PLAY NO FURTHER PART IN TODAY'S MATCH. "NOT PLEASED WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF THE BOYS - TOO MANY TURNOVERS," SAYS ROELANT OLTMANS
IMRAN BUTT ALMOST GIFTED A GOAL TO THE MALAYSIANS - KICKED THE BALL STRAIGHT AT JALIL MARHAN WHO FAILED TO SCORE - PRETTY EVEN-STEVENS OTHERWISE AS BOTH TEAMS TAKING THEIR TIME TO GET GOING
8' THE MALAYSIANS IN A GREATER HURRY THOUGH - DREADFUL CLEARANCE FROM IMRAN BUTT - KICKS THE BALL STRAIGHT TO JALIL MARHAN IN AN ATTEMPT TO CLEAR - MARHAN FAILS TO CAPITALIZE