Last Update: January 13, 2023, 18:49 IST
Australia beat France 8-0 (FIH)
Craig Tom, Ogilvie Flynn, Hayward Jeremy and Wickham Tom all got on the scoresheet as Australia opened their World Cup campaign in a big way
Australia started their campaign in impressive fashion as a treble from Craig Tom propelled the team to a stunning 8–0 victory over bottom-placed France.
The Australian team started aggressively putting heavy pressure on France. He got his first penalty corner in the eighth minute but could not capitalize on it., However, Craig Tom opened his account by scoring a field goal in the ninth minute of the match.
He created two back-to-back penalty corner chances in the 12th minute of the match, but failed to score. They ended the first quarter with a 1-0 lead. kindness,
The second half also belonged to the Australian team. Tom completed his brace and increased his team’s tally in the first minute of the third quarter. The goals continued to rain at the Kalinga Stadium as Hayward converted a penalty corner in the 38th minute and it was the number one goal for the Australians. Tom completed his hat-trick in the 44th minute to seal a 7–0 win in Australia’s quarters kindness,
It was Wickham Tom’s turn when he scored a brilliant goal in the 53rd minute to put Australia ahead 8-0 and seal the fate of this one-sided match.
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