To the utter dismay of the home crowd, hosts Malaysia lost their second consecutive match against defending champions Australia today.
The hosts lost 2-3 against the Australians.
Jamie Dwyer, who created a new record on Sunday, by becoming the most capped Australian player scored two goals to star in the team’s victory.
He scored the first goal in the 43rd minute through a penalty stroke while his second was a field goal that came ten minutes later in the 53rd minute.
But, the victory didn’t come easy. Australia had to slog till the last minute to win the match.
Malaysians, who had a slow start after trailing two goals to nil, suddenly took the crowd by surprise by scoring two quick goals to come back into the game.
In the 57th minute, Firhan Ashari pulled a goal down by scoring a field goal. Two minutes later, Australia once again increased the lead with Dylan Wotherspoon’s goal.
Just as the match looked like slipping away from Malaysia’s hands, seconds after Australia’s third goal, the hosts earned a penalty corner and successfully converted it.
With one minute to go for the final hooter, Malaysia made desperate attempts to equalize but in vain.