Thursday, August 28, Shaban 24, 1429    

14th Asian Junior Men’s Volleyball C’ship
Pakistan upset Australia by 3-1

Islamabad—Pakistan pulled off a major upset victory by beating strong Australia by 3-1 in the ongoing 14th Asian Junior Men’s Volleyball Championship here at Azadi sport complex Iranian city Tehran.
In the first set of the vital match against strong Australia, the green shirts loss the first set at the score of 20-25.
In the second set the Pakistan change serving tactics which distributed the reception of Australian team rendering the setters to set only high ball which they block effectively and scored point by point they won the set by 25-16.
Levelling the match set by 1-1 Pakistani spikers fought back with determination and mantel fitness. Their ace spikers Zaheer Khan, Zaheer Abbas and Ali Abbas scored clusters of points in succession at kept the rivals a pace, there was see saw battle and volleyball play in waves as both the team locked at 24 each, 25 each up to 34 each.
Up to this stage both the teams never allow their opponents to score two points in a row. Two powerful spikes of Pakistani spikers to help his team to arrange counter attack and to win two consecutive point to win the third set at 36-34.
In the fourth and final set Pakistan volleyball team allowed their rivals to narrow the lead and quickly the reached match point and scored last point of the match and winning the set by 25-16 and won the match by 20-25, 25-16, 36-34 and 25-16.
Pakistan will face Japan in the last leg of this round.—APP