England won a decisive victory in their second Pool A match in the World Cup qualifiers in Changzhou. England were two up within five minutes, with field goals by Goudie and Tindall. The Egyptians were not able to mount an attack until the eleventh minute, but by that time England were 3-0 up thanks to a Richard Mantell penalty corner. A wasted penalty corner to Egypt resulted in England scoring on the break, courtesy of Jonty Clarke. The second half looked like being a repeat of the first, with Richard Alexander scoring a reverse stick shot within three minutes of the re-start. Sameh Mohamed managed to pull one back for the Egyptians, but Richard Mantell took his penalty corner tally in this tournament to six with a 64th minute strike. In the dying minutes of the match, first Mohamed Modhamed, and then Barry Middleton, were sin-binned. Final score 6-1.
Earlier in the day Belgium achieved a suprise draw againt the favourites, Pakistan. The match remained scoreless until well into the second half, when two Pakistan goals by ZAKIR and SAQLAIN put them in the lead. A penalty corner strike by BRULE gave the Belgians a gimmer of hope, but a hotly disputed field goal by TRUYENS - with two seconds left on the clock - secured the draw.
England's next match is against Canada on Saturday.
