Namibia’s girls opened their Indoor Hockey World Cup marketing campaign with a surprising 3-2 victory in opposition to Australia in Porec on Monday.
Australia took the lead inside the opening minute from a brief nook by Kelsey Hughes however Tara Myburgh equalised for Namibia with a subject aim halfway by way of the second quarter.
Australia regained the lead by way of Annelyse Tevant simply after half time however Namibia dug deep and Myburgh equalised together with her second subject aim initially of the ultimate quarter.
Australia threw the whole lot into the assault however Namibia defended courageously and Jivanka Kruger scored the winner with two minutes to go to present Namibia a dramatic and historic victory as they beat Australia for the primary time on the World Cup.
Earlier Namibia’s males misplaced their opening match 7-4 in opposition to Belgium.
It was nonetheless anybody’s recreation at half time with the perimeters degree at 4-4, however Belgium completed stronger with three targets within the ultimate quarter to win the match.
Philippe Simar scored a hattrick for Belgium with the opposite targets coming from Mallory Magnant, Gaetan Dykmans, Maximilian Langer and Tanguy Zimmer, whereas Namibia’s aim scorers have been JP Britz (2), Dakota Hansen and Liam Hermanus.
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