Great to have Field Hockey back here to kickstart the month of April with the Men’s Kookaburras team being too good v India 5-1 yesterday in Perth. They controlled the game really well having scored two goals in the first half thanks to their loads of possession, such as the quick turnover from defense to attack through the channels where Tim Brand scored the opening goal 1 v 1 through the left short side before he finished his strike past the keeper in the middle while Tom Wickham struck through the net from out of nowhere with help from Aran Zalewski – shoutout to him with his 250th cap. Later on, the Kookaburras continued to extend their lead after back-to-back goals in the third quarter where Ky Willott had one sensational cross strike off the wide left followed by another Wickham goal thanks to a poor Indian defence being intercepted by Flynn Ogilvie.
Towards the last 15 minutes play of the match, India was able to make up just the one consolation goal by turning it into a quick counter-attacking strike after saving a penalty corner that gave some space to process from Gurjant Singh. However, Ogilvie scored the 5th and final Kookaburras goal off a successful penalty corner who picked up a Jeremy Hayward deflection from Indian goalkeeper Krishan Pathak before he successfully struck through the net with less than 4 mins to go. It’s a great start by the unreal Kookaburras team so far with the desire to score even more left, right & centre as they lead the five-match series 1-0 & we will be back later today for the 2nd game to round off the weekend at 6.30 pm AEST/4.30pm local time.
