England thrash Pakistan 8-2 in Champions Trophy

England players celebrate a goal

Bhubaneswar, Dec 7 (IANS)

England produced a scintillating first-half performance for their second consecutive win in Pool A of the Hockey Champions Trophy here Sunday, beating Pakistan 8-2.

Mark Gleghorne's close range touch to Alastair Brogdon's cross got them started before Nick Catlin's powerful hit made it 2-0.

David Condon applied a delightful touch to Tim Whiteman's cross for the third goal and Barry Middleton and Ashley Jackson also scored before the big break for a 5-0 lead.

The third quarter was more circumspect but Sam Ward bagged his third goal of the tournament with a lovely finish to Adam Dixon's excellent approach work for number six on 45 minutes.

Brogdon added the seventh with a diving first time sweep before Muhammad Arslan Qadir got a consolation goal with three minutes left with a close range finish.

Chris Griffiths compounded the result with number eight before Muhammad Irfan netted on the final hooter.