Australia hand India a 5-1 thrashing

NEW DELHI: Having suffered their first loss in six years to India on Wednesday, the Australian hockey team came out with vengeance to hammer India 5-1 in the fourth match to clinch the five-test series 3-1 at the Mate Stadium in Adelaide on Saturday.

The world No 1 outfit put out a clinical performance thanks to goals from Jeremy Hayward (29th, 41st), Jake Whetton (30th), Tom Wickham (34th) and Matt Dawson (54th). For India, forward Dilpreet Singh (25th) was the lone goal scorer.

“We started really well. The first seven minutes were very good and then India came back into the game. We had some pressure to deal with and we dealt with it well defensively and held them out. Then we re-established our game, so overall I was really pleased. We were much better with the ball today. In Match 3 we were a bit conservative,” said Australia head coach Colin Batch.