Glenn Turner brace hands Kalinga win over Delhi

Kalinga Lancers rode Glenn Turner’s two field goals to a comfortable 4-0 win over Delhi Waveriders for their fourth victory in the Hockey India League-4, here on Friday.

Turner scored in the fifth and 56th minutes as Lancers produced an inspirid show before their home crowd.

As expected, the Lancers began the first half on an attacking note and drew first blood through Turner as early as in the fifth minute, giving the hosts an early lead of 2-0 as according to new scoring rule in HIL one field goal is counted as two.

After the early jolt, the Waveriders tried to strike back on the counter for an equaliser, but the brilliant defensive line of the Lancers ensured the visitors remained unsuccessful in their attempts.

In the course of the first half, the Lancers made a few attempts to capitalise on their lead but the visitors foiled all the attempts of the hosts.

After the change of ends, the Waveriders pressed hard in search of an equaliser but failed to breach the Lancers’ defensive wall.

The Lancers tried to score a few times on the counter but the the Waveriders kept their game tight enough to deny the hosts. A major part of the game happened on the midfield in the second half with an occasional unsuccessful attempt to score on either sides from the teams. The Lancers though kept pressing hard until they finally scored their and Turner’s second field goal of the day in the 56th minute.

With this win, the Lancers have 22 points in their kitty and now lead the points table with four wins and two losses from six games.

The Waveriders are languishing in fifth with 17 points from seven games.

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