One Thousandth Asia Cup goal has been struck

The rains came celebrating. As if the clouds on cloud nine. When the thunderstorm and typhoon related rains stopped Malaysia-Singapore encounter at Kawasaki hockey stadium on Sunday, Malaysia was leading 7-0. The seventh goal that the Malays struck is very important one for those who love numbers. Perhaps the nature know it and thus wanted a long break to celebrate. The fourth quarter of the match was held the next day.

It took 142 matches and 32 years. Precisely five matches into the ongoing Asia Cup. One of the greatest landmark has been achieved after a long time and effort.

The Ninth Edition of Women’s Asia Cup on its second day when rains interrupted witnessed one thousandth goal being struck.

The honour of scoring the 100th goal of Women’s Asia Cup goal went to Norbaini Hashim, who is certainly not aware of a milestone being made. She scored the goal through a penalty corner in the 36th minute. Nine minutes later, the game was postponed to next day.

Coach Dharmaraj wondered whether such stat in hockey occurs. Hope many in hockey world would.

“In cricket, even small milestone are celebrated and projected on a grand scale. We should also keep such records and celebrate”, Harendra Singh, Indian coach said.