Pakistan recovered well from their 4-0 thrashing by the Netherlands in a recent four-nation event by holding the top European side to a 2-2 draw in the first of their two-match test series in Amsterdam.
Pakistan opened the scoring through Mohammad Rashid only to see the hosts level terms before half-time.
The orange team then struck again in the opening minutes of the second-half, their repeated incursions into the Pakistan half yielding a 2-1 lead.
It was Sohail Abbas again to the rescue for Pakistan as he scored through a penaly corner minutes before time.
Team manager Khwaja Junaid sounded hopeful after the match and hoped the Greenshirts would continue to build on their draw.
“It was overall a better performance by the team,” Junaid told a local paper from Amsterdam.
“The players went into the ground with a fresh approach keeping their Four-Nations loss aside. We made fewer mistakes, which is a good sign.”
“If we manage to avoid those, there’s a possibility of a series-win.”
The second match of the series will be played today.
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