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In today's first hockey match, defending champions Australia beat Ireland 2-1. China gave the first upset of the tournament by holding England for a 2-2 draw.

Australia vs Ireland.

Defending champions Australia registered a convincing 2-1 victory over Ireland in their first Pool B match of the ongoing 14th edition of the Men&#39;s Hockey World Cup here at the Kalinga Stadium on Friday.

	Australia, who are one of the&nbsp;favorites&nbsp;to win this prestigious tournament, were expected to play a dominant game with the lower ranked Ireland and so they did. In the very first minute of the match, Australian players were inside the Ireland D but the Irish defenders did a good job to deflate the attack. 
	 
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	The world number side continued to attack the Irish goal post and all their attempts reaped fruit in the eleventh minute of the match when they got their first penalty corner. Their forward player Blake Govers made a stunning strike to score the first goal for his side.

	After a couple of minutes, Ireland struck back as they scored an equalizer in the 13th minute of the match. Irish forward player Shane O&#39;Donoghue pounced on to a pass from Eugene Magee and made hit a beautiful stroke with an absolute precision to make it 1-1 by the end of the first quarter.

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Brilliant attack on the goal post by England, a bit too wide though.&nbsp;

China penetrates the circle, couldn&#39;t manage to get a penalty corner. Neither the pass was so good.

Penalty cornerto England. Well blocked. That is superb effort.&nbsp;

England&#39;s win percentage in 2018 is 29%, China has 20%

Here we go. Second half.

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AT HALF TIME: China take the lead in the first quarter but England came back brilliantly to score the equaliser. The second quarter went goalless 
 
 
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2 minutes left to go for half Time

Shot on the goal post 
 
China: 5 
 
England: 7

21st minute:&nbsp;Penalty Corner for England but they fail to convert it

19th minute: China fails to convert the Penalty Corner

19th minute: Another Penalty Corner for China as the ball hits the defender

18th minute: Penalty corner for China