Netball World Cup wrap: results, upsets, latest news and views
The highs, lows and big blows of the Netball World Cup. All the news, views and latest results from the 2019 edition in Liverpool.
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It’s held just once every four years and for netballers is the biggest event in their sport.
The 2019 World Cup is being held in England this month.
We track the results of the games throughout the event and which teams are looking the goods to press for the finals.
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WHAT HAPPENS IN STAGE TWO
After topping their pool, the Diamonds now know their fate in the next section of the tournament.
Their new schedule is
July 15: Diamonds v Barbados, 7:40pm AEST, live on 9Gem
July 17: Diamonds v Malawi, 1:45am AEST, live on Channel 9
July 18: Diamonds v New Zealand, 7pm AEST, live 9Go and 9Now
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DAY ONE WRAP
No big surprises as the big four cruised through their openers and some big scores were racked up.
Zimbabwe won in their very first World Cup match with a resounding 79-49 win over Sri Lanka while the Diamonds absolutely demolished Northern Ireland 88-24.
Sarah Klau make her debut for Australia in the opener.
The host nation England took down Uganda 64-32 while Scotland beat Samoa 53-35.
The Silver Ferns showed they are back on song with a 64-45 win over Malawi, Barbados beat Singapore 69-34, Jamaica recorded a resounding 85-29 victory over Fiji and South Africa beat Trinidad and Tobago, 76-45
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DAY TWO
A second massive win for the Diamonds who amassed a 40-goal win over debutants Zimbabwe with their 73-37 victory in their second outing of the tournament.
Captain Caitlin Bassett earned Player of the Match honours.
Despite the score, the Diamonds showed they have plenty to improve on as the tournament progresses.
In another show of strength the New Zealand Silver Ferns beat Barbados 78-25 while Malawi completely overwhelmed Singapore 87-38.
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Jamaica beat Trinidad and Tobago 68-43 while South Africa, coached by former Diamonds mentor Norma Plummer, continued to assert themselves as a major contender for a medal with their 90-35 thrashing of Fiji.
England were also emphatic against Scotland (70-33) while Uganda beat Samoa 69-48.
DAY THREE WRAP
The final day of the first round games and all the big guns made it through.
Australia finished just one goal shy of a century in their thrashing of Sri Lanka.
Aided by the extraordinary 67 goal haul of Caitlin Thwaites, the Aussies finished top of their pool.
New Zealand also topped their pool with a 90-21 defeat of Singapore while Malawi beat Barbados 65-41.
England remained undefeated with their 90-24 win over Samoa while in a closer game Uganda beat Scotland 52-43
Zimbabwe downed Northern Ireland 51-49 while South Africa beat Jamaica 55-52 and
Trinidad & Tobago came out on top of Fiji 67-56
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DIAMONDS NUMBERS GAME
GAME 1 - Australia (88) defeated Northern Ireland (24)
GAME 2 - Australia (73) defeated Zimbabwe (37)
GAME 3 - Australia (99) defeated Sri Lanka (24)
Australia v Northern Ireland
Q1: Australia 24 v Northern Ireland 7
Q2: Australia 21 v Northern Ireland 8
Q3: Australia 22 v Northern Ireland 4
Q4: Australia 21 v Northern Ireland 5
Player of The Match – Kelsey Browne (Australia)
Australia shooting statistics – 88/92 (95.65%)
Caitlin Bassett – 33/34 (96%)
Steph Wood – 12/13 (92.31%)
Caitlin Thwaites - 25/26 (95%)
Gretel Tippett - 18/19 (94.74%)
Australia starting seven: GS – Caitlin Bassett, GA - Steph Wood, WA - Kelsey Browne, C - Liz Watson, WD - Jamie-Lee Price, GD - Jo Weston, GK – Sarah Klau
Australia v Zimbabwe.
Q1: Australia 18 v Zimbabwe 9
Q2: Australia 21 v Zimbabwe 9
Q3: Australia 15 v Zimbabwe 13
Q4: Australia 19 v Zimbabwe 6
Player of the Match - Caitlin Bassett (AUS)
Diamonds shooting statistics - 73/81 (90%)
Caitlin Bassett - 49/53 (93%)
Gretel Tippett - 24/28 (86%)
Diamonds starting seven: GS - Caitlin Bassett, GA - Gretel Tippett, WA - Liz Watson, C - Paige Hadley, WD - April Brandley, GD - Jo Weston, GK - Courtney Bruce
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Australia v Sri Lanka
Q1: Australia 20 v Sri Lanka 7
Q2: Australia 27 v Sri Lanka 8
Q3: Australia 28 v Sri Lanka 7
Q4: Australia 24 v Sri Lanka 2
Player of the Match - Kelsey Browne (AUS)
Diamonds shooting statistics - 99/102 (97%)
Caitlin Thwaites - 67/68 (99%)
Steph Wood - 32/24 (94%)
Diamonds starting seven: GS - Caitlin Thwaites, GA - Steph Wood, WA - Kelsey Browne, C - Liz Watson, WD - Jamie-Lee Price, GD - April Brandley, GK - Sarah Klau
HOW TO WATCH THE NETBALL WORLD CUP
Channel 9 and 9GEM will broadcast all of Australia’s matches and the World Cup final.
HOW DOES IT WORK
The 16 teams have been split into four groups where they will each play each other once.
The top three teams from each group progress to a second group stage.
The top three teams from Group A (Australia’s group) will then play the top three teams from Group B. The top three teams from Group C play the top three sides from Group D.
The top four teams (two from each group) from the second group stage will then progress to the semi-finals scheduled for July 20.
The final will be played July 22 at 2am (AEST).