India will now play for the 7th-8th positions.

India and South Africa finish 3-3 after an electrifying second half. India finish fourth in group B, behind Australia, England and Spain

South Africa finish fifth while Pakistan end last. India will now play for the 7th-8th positions.

In what turned out to be an electrifying finish, Shivender Singh capped a Tushar Khandekar cross to make it 3-3 with four minutes left.

Austin Smith converted South Africa’s fourth penalty corner in the 48th minute to give South Africa a 3-2 lead. India had a Sarvanjit Singh goal disallowed due to an infringement in the Indian territory.

One nation that came to the World Cup with no pretensions was South Africa. In a country, where hockey probably comes a distant fifth in popularity, South Africa came to the 2010 World Cup after raising funds through a lottery. But with their free-flowing hockey they have proved to be quite a handful. This, in spite of losing by a record dozen goals against big brothers, Australia at the National Stadium last week.

Australia edged Pakistan 2-1

Australia edged Pakistan 2-1 at Dhyan Chand National Stadium on Monday evening to go top of Pool B.

It was Australia who got opportunities at the start of the game, but could not capitalise on them and saw Pakistan take the lead in the 24th minute. Sohail Abbas converted the second of two back-to-back penalty corners to make it 1-0 in favour of the four-time winners.

They came out firing on all cylinders and equalised three minutes into the second half. Abbot slammed the ball into the top right corner after receiving a good through ball from Kiel Brown.

They made frequent raids into the opponent's circle and their relentless pressure paid off in the 63rd minute when Abbot deflected in a ball from Robert Hammond to clinch the winner for his team.

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West Indies level one-day series with the help of Chris Gayle

Impressive half-centuries from Chris Gayle and Narsingh Deonarine earned West Indies a four-wicket win over Zimbabwe.






Gayle hit 88 off 111 balls and Deonarine 65 not out off 85 as the hosts reached 208 for six in reponse to Zimbabwe's 206 all out in the second one-day international in Guyana to level the series at 1-1.





Nikita Miller took four wickets and two catches for the Windies, while Brendan Taylor scored 47 off 66 and Elton Chigumbura 50 off 72 as Zimbabwe were all out with one ball to go.





Roach then dismissed Hamilton Masakadza for 14, Miller taking the catch at third man, to leave Zimbabwe on 34 for two, but Taylor and Taibu carried the score along to 93.





And Zimbabwe went from 180 for five to 206 all out as their innings ended with a whimper.