Sporting Digest: Squash
WORLD TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP (Karachi) Pool A: Australia bt New Zealand 2-1 (Aus names first): R Martin lost to R Norman 1-9 9-5 2-9 4-9; B Martin bt P Steel 9-5 9-4 9-6; R Eyles bt G Wilson 9-1 9-2 9-2. Pakistan bt Egypt 2-1 - subject to protest (Pak names first): Jansher Khan bt G El Amir 9-2 9-4 9-4; Z J Khan bt A Barada 9-5 9-5 10-8; M Z Gul lost to A Wagih 10-8 2-9 9-6 5-9 6-9. Pool B: England bt Netherlands 2-1 (Eng names first): P Whitlock lost to L Buit 9-7 3-9 6-9 7-9; C Walker bt M Vertogen 9-2 9-3 6-9 9-6; S Parke bt E van der Pluym 9-2 9-6 9-2. Finland beat Sweden 3-0 (S Elopuro bt F Johnson 9-6 9-1 9-3; P Pekkanen bt D Forslund 9-5 9-6 9-3; K Peltonen bt P Sjosten 9-6 9-5 2-9 9-4. Pool C: Canada beat France 3-0; Ireland beat Spain 3-0. Pool D: Germany bt Austria 3-0; Scotland bt Denmark 2-1. Pool E: Hong Kong bt Malaysia 2-1. Pool F: Brazil beat Kuwait 2-1. Pool G: Nigeria beat Switzerland 2-1. Pool H: United States beat Japan 3-0.
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