LAHORE, Oct 03 (APP):Head coach of the visiting Oman hockey team, former Pakistan captain and Olympian Tahir Zaman has said his team’s tour to Pakistan is very significant for learning finer points of the game and giving final touches to its preparations for the Asia Confederation Hockey Cup, being played in Bangladesh from October 14.
“Our players opted to visit Pakistan because of natural hockey skills of Pakistani players and we are very glad and delighted to be here as we are getting much needed experience ahead of our teams participation in a very important hockey tournament,” he told APP here on Thursday.
Oman team is currently on a four test match tour of Pakistan. The home side beat them 7-0 in the opener and the touring side showed greater display of hockey to earn a 4-4 draw against them. The third match will be played on Friday (tomorrow).