Oltmans’ future was thrown into doubt in July after India’s dismal performance at the Hockey World League. hase of Africa’s World Cup qualifiers and effectively ended Algeria’s hopes with a 3-1 triumph on Saturday. ans to have dinner one evening, and how the crowd-friendly Olympic champion has promised to have dinner with them. Hockey India, the sport’s governing body, decided to sack him following a three-day meeting of its 24-member High Performance and Development Committee. Dhruv Kapila and Mithula U K and Sanjai Srivatsa Dhanraj and Srishti Jupudi also bowed out of the event. The contest was 25-year-old Zhang’s best showing against the tournament’s top seed but she is now winless in five matches against Pliskova. nd coach Darren Lehmann admitted the players had been stung by the level of condemnation of the team’s performance. Despite such riches, England toiled on Friday against modest opposition, who are stranded at the bottom of the group without a point. All but one of Australia’s 20 wickets in the series opener fell to spin, and the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadiumpitch in Chittagong is expected to favour slow bowling. Iceland were second in Group I on 13 points coming into the game, with Croatia, who play bottom side.