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Match Review SIN - SRI 6-1

Singapore v Sri Kanka Day 1Posted April 8, 2016

Report from Singapore Hockey Federation

Singapore Women's Team dominate against Sri Lanka

Singapore’s women dominated in their opening match against Sri Lanka in the first round of the World Hockey League, winning against their opponents 6-1 in Sengkang Hockey Stadium on Saturday 9 April.

Singapore started out the first half strong and defiant by pressing and challenging their opponents, with their opponents fighting back just as hard.

This came to a head-on when at the 4th minute mark, a penalty corner was converted into the match’s first score. Singapore’s Nicole Kwek managed to shoot and score through the tough defence that Sri Lanka’s custodian, Keerthirathna Erandi, had put up.

However, it did not take long before Singapore scored again at the 6th minute mark, this time with Ong Yan Ting bringing in the second goal from a penalty corner.

Up to this point, Sri Lanka pushed hard and fought more aggressively to gain back control of the ball. Though there were a lot of chances made, they were mostly hits-and-misses.

Sri Lanka needlessly conceded another penalty corner at the 12th minute mark. Fortunately for the Sri Lankans, Custodian Erandi was able to produce a superb save to prevent Toh Li Min’s attempt from hitting the back of the net.

An opportunity came for Sri Lanka at the 17th minute mark when they were awarded a penalty corner. However, Sri Lanka’s powerful strike was expertly intercepted by Singapore’s custodian Lam Xin Ni.

As the match progressed on, Singapore continued to dominate the game, with Ivy Chan and Ong Yan Ting contributing two scores each by the start of the second half.

Sri Lanka continued to challenge Singapore’s defense and tried to gain control of the ball, but the number of successful passes and assists between their players were scarce and the coordination, lacking.

Nonetheless, their dry spell was broken at the 59th minute mark when Weerabahu Imesha whizzed through Singapore’s stance for the penalty corner and gave Sri Lanka its only point for the match.

As the game went into its final minutes before full-time, Singapore sealed the victory with a goal by Nadia Ibrahim at the 65th minute mark.

Sri Lanka continued to press on, earning an important penalty corner in the 67th minute mark. However,, their effort almost made it by a hair’s breadth as Singapore custodian Xin Ni expertly deflected Wijesooriya Chathurika’s shot.

It was a hard-fought match between the two teams, and although a lot of chances were missed in the case of Sri Lanka, one has to applaud them for their resilience and determination shown till the very last minute of the match.

The positive performance by the hosts on Saturday was also a landmark for players Laura Tan and Lam Xin Ni as they both reached 50 caps for Singapore.

Goals

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Action	Score
SIN	4	5	KWEK Nicole	PC	1 - 0
SIN	6	9	ONG Yan Ting	PC	2 - 0
SIN	29	8	CHAN Ivy	PC	3 - 0
SIN	45	9	ONG Yan Ting	PC	4 - 0
SIN	58	8	CHAN Ivy	FG	5 - 0
SRI	60	6	WEERABAHU Imesha	FG	5 - 1
SIN	65	10	TAM Wan Ting	FG	6 - 1

Cards

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Type
SRI	23	11	PANAWALA Chaturika	G
SIN	30	17	TENG Eunice	G
SRI	51	13	WIJESOORIYA Yamuna	G
SRI	68	15	HEWA Shanika	Y

SIN

Minute	Shirt #	Name	Goals	Green
X	1	LAM Xin Ni
X	2	SANIP Syasya Rifqah
13	3	IBRAHIM Nadia
9	4	CHUA Xinni
X	5	KWEK Nicole	1
X	6	ONG Tiffany
X	7	CHIA Cheryll
X	8	CHAN Ivy	2
X	9	ONG Yan Ting	2
X	10	TAM Wan Ting	1
10	11	JALUDIN Nike
8	12	SABAN Nurul Sofia
15	13	JOHANA Hajaratih
X	14	TOH Li Min
12	15	ZULKIFLI Halizah
X	16	TAN Laura
X	17	TENG Eunice		1
36	18	LAI Felissa
		Head Coach	VINER David
		Team Manager	TAY Siu Hua
		Assistant Coach	MARFI Ahmad
		Physiotherapist	LIM Cheng Kuan
		Physiotherapist	YEO Hwee Koon
		Medical Doctor	RAZAK Hamid

SRI

Minute	Shirt #	Name	Goals	Green	Yellow
X	1	KEERTHIRATHNA Erandi
X	2	KATUPULLE Harshani
14	3	ABEYARATHNA Geethani
33	4	KONNASINGHA Chathuri
X	5	RATHEPITIYA Madhura
X	6	WEERABAHU Imesha	1
X	7	GANGEDURA Pradeepa
X	8	YAPA Buddika
X	9	WIJESOORIYA Chathurika
X	10	BATTAGODAGE Nayana
13	11	PANAWALA Chaturika		1
X	12	MUTHUKUTTIGE Prarthana
50	13	WIJESOORIYA Yamuna		1
22	14	HETTI Darshani
X	15	HEWA Shanika			1
31	16	JONES Sharmen
X	17	GANGEDURA Geethika
36	18	ILEPERUMA Sakunthala
		Team Manager	ATTANAYAKE Daminda
		Head Coach	GIRAMBE Dharmarathne
		Medical Doctor	EKANAYAKE GLK

DNP = Did not participate
S = Suspended
DSQ = Disqualified

Match Officials

Role	Official
Umpire 1	DAGAR Nirmla
Umpire 2	TANG Shi Him
Reserve Umpire	ZAINUDDIN Ayu
Judge 1	IMUAN Kamonwan
Judge 2	GUBENKO Vitaliy
Technical Officer	YAU Wai Shan

Pool

Pool A

Pool B

SIN V SRI ( Pool ) 2016 Women Hockey World League Round 1 - Singapore (SIN)