ZTBL and Pebble Breakers won their matches on the opening day of the Pak-Suzuki Motor Polo Cup 2016-17 here at the Lahore Polo Club (LPC) ground on Tuesday. In the first match of the day, one and half goal handicap advantage helped ZTBL beat Momin Ghee by 81/2-8. When the final whistle was blown, the score was 8-7 in favour of Momin Ghee but one and half goal handicap advantage declared ZTBL winners of the match.

From the winning side, Saqib Khan Khakwani slammed a quartet while Taimur Mawaz Khan scored a brace and Mumtaz Abbas Niazi hit one. From the losing side, Bilal Haye hammered a hat-trick while Ahmed Zubair Butt and Omar Asjad Malhi scored a brace each and Arslan Najeeb contributed one.

The match started with Bilal Haye's brace which give Momin Ghee 2-0 lead. Mumtaz Abbas Niazi then scored a field goal to make it 2-1. Ahmed Zubair and Arslan Najeeb then hit one goal apiece to stretch Momin Ghee lead to 4-1 before the end of the first chukker.

In the fourth and last chukker, Bilal Haye score a field goal to increase their lead to 7-5, but Saqib and Taimur hit one goal apiece to level the score at 7-7.

In the second match of the day, Pebble Breakers routed Master Paints/Newage by 6-3. From the winner, Ahmed Ali Tiwana was hero of the day for Pebble Breakers as he hammered fabulous four goals while Mohsin Atta Khan Khosa and Atif Yar Tiwana scored one goal each. From the losing side, Hissam Ali Hyder scored all the three goals.

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