NZ score third hockey win against India

New Zealand completed a series rout by winning the third women's hockey international 7-0 over India in Nelson today.

It completed a 3-0 series result for new coach Mark Hager, who has introduced a large number of new players to the Black Sticks.

Hager used today's match to experiment and trial a raft of combinations, and he was not made to wait long before his players responded.

The first goal came in just the seventh minute when Charlotte Harrison finished off a nice right-hand movement.

Harrison scored again when picking up another deflection on the post in the 19th minute before Stacey Michelsen scored the third field goal nine minutes later.

New Zealand went to the halftime break up 4-0 after Harrison put a well placed high ball over the goalkeeper for Krystal Forgesson to deflect home.

India began to assert themselves after the resumption and New Zealand goalkeeper Bianca Russell was called on to make some good saves.

But the tourists were silenced when Anita Punt set up Sam Harrison 6min into the half and the pair then repeated their combination minutes later.

The last field goal was scored by Forgesson near the final whistle.

Standouts for New Zealand were Sam and Charlotte Harrison and Russell.

New Zealand's next assignments are home matches against Argentina and China next month.

Result:- New Zealand 7 (Charlotte Harrison 2, Krystal Forgesson 2, Sam Harrison 2, Stacey Michelsen) India 0. Halftime: 4-0.