Perth, June 01: Grant Schubert scored twice for Australia 'A' as Pakistan crashed to their fourth successive defeat to finish last in the three-nation invitational hockey tournament here today. In the third place play-off of the four-team competition at the Perth hockey stadium, Pakistan squandered a 1-0 lead to lose the tie 2-1 after Schubert scored his goals within two minutes late into the second half.
The Pakistani team, which came here without veteran short corner specialist Sohail Abbas and former captain Mohammad Nadeem, finished the tournament winless.
Australia 'A', which was ineligible for the final, suffered their only defeat in the tournament against India on Wednesday before winning the next two matches against Pakistan and Australia respectively.
The final will be played between India and Australia later today.
Today's match saw Pakistan taking the lead in the 50th minute through Mohammed Saqlain before Schubert, who had played a major role in Australia 'A' drubbing their senior team 7-2 yesterday, settled the issue with two goals in the 65th and 67th minutes.
All the four teams will be heading for Sydney tomorrow to play the second leg of the series starting on Wednesday.

Bureau Report