New Delhi:
Malaysia suffered a shock 2-1 defeat to Wales in Commonwealth Games women's field hockey on Thursday before angrily hitting out at the absence of video referral at the Delhi competition.
Wales, ranked 27 to Malaysia's 22, took the lead in the 24th minute off a penalty stroke which saw Leah Wilkinson's powerful drive zip through the goalkeeper's legs.
Malaysia, who have now lost two of their three matches in Pool B, equalised through a penalty by captain Nadia Rahman Abdul but ended up conceding a goal in the 56th minute to Welsh full-back Claire Lowry.
Abdul insisted her team had been let down by poor umpiring.
"We are very disappointed by the decision of the umpire to award a penalty stroke," she said.
"At best, it warranted a penalty corner. But this is what happens when you don't have video referrals.
"It is fair to both teams when you have the referrals. But this is the way it is. We will try to leave the disppointment behind and give our best against England in the next match."
The video referral system, which has been in place at all major tournaments since 2006, is not being used for the Delhi Games as the organisers reportedly made a late request to the FIH, the game's world governing body.
It was the first victory for Wales in the tournament, having lost 5-1 to New Zealand and 4-1 to arch-rivals England.
Welsh defender Elen Mumford said the team's first two games against tough sides prepared them for the match Thursday.
"Our first two games were against much higher-ranked opponents. Playing those two games was a learning curve for us.
"We paid a lot of attention to our defence. We had a structure in place and we were pretty disciplined. Malaysia have skilful players but we had a gameplan in place to counter them."