Field hockey being the national sport of the country, Pakistan national team has been ranked as the #1 team in the world from 2000 till 2001 by FIH, and former captain Sohail Abbas holds the world record for the most international goals scored by a player in the history of international field hockey.The love for cricket dominates the hearts of sports fans in Pakistan. Considering the passion for cricket and the fame of the top cricket stadiums in Pakistan, most people might find it hard to believe that field hockey is the National Sport of Pakistan, especially since the sport is rarely talked about among sports enthusiasts. But facts being what they are, Cricket is the National Sport of England, where, funnily enough, football is preferred more among sporting fans than the national game.

As a team sport, field hockey can be played on a range of surfaces, including grass, artificial turf, watered turf, and more. With ten players on the field and one goalkeeper, the game usually involves hitting a round and hard plastic ball to get it into the opposing team’s net, past the goalkeeper, using long and curved sticks made from wood or fibreglass. While the length of the sticks varies and is customised for each player’s height, the stick always has a round and a flat side, with the flatter one being used in the game.

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