Pakistan beat Thailand in Asia Cup Baseball
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan started their bid to become the best team in Asia Wednesday when they defeated Thailand by 16-3 in their inaugural match of the 9th Asia Baseball Cup here at Jinnah Stadium, Pakistan Sports Complex.
Four teams including hosts Pakistan, Thailand, Hong Kong and Afghanistan are participating in the five-day international event, which has shown some welcome signs about return of international sports events in the terrorism-hit Pakistan.
President Pakistan Olympic Association (POA), Lt Gen (Retd) Syed Arif Hasan was the chief guest in the opening ceremony.
Pakistan squad included Mohammad Ihsan, Asif Mehmood, Usman, Saleem Haider, Toseeq Ahmed, Zaheer, Umair, Zubair, Zafar Mehmood, Usman Khan, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Arif Khan, Masadaq Hussain, Iftikhar Ahmed, Asif Mushtaq, Farooq Ahmed, Imtiaz Ali and Sameer Zowar. They played like champions to maul a sorry Thailand outfit.
Pakistan are currently ranked 31st in the World Baseball Ranking while Thailand are at 18th, and Hong Kong on 30th position.
The winners of the tournament will be eligible to take part in the Senior Asia Cup Baseball Tournament to be held in Philippines next year.
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