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England person finished 3rd successful the past 3 World Cups| Venue: Cape Town, South Africa Dates: 28 July to 6 August |
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England made a winning commencement astatine the Netball World Cup with a ascendant triumph implicit a Barbados squad featuring 2 of their erstwhile team-mates.
Coach Jess Thirlby's broadside lived up to their billing arsenic Pool B favourites with a 90-29 triumph connected time 1 of the tourney successful Cape Town, South Africa.
Fellow Pool B squad Scotland came adjacent to an upset against Malawi, starring for 3 quarters earlier losing 55-49.
England play their adjacent crippled against Malawi connected Saturday (17:00 BST).
The gathering with Barbados was made peculiarly absorbing arsenic erstwhile Roses players Sasha and Kadeen Corbin were playing their archetypal matches for the Caribbean team.
The sisters worked good unneurotic successful onslaught but inactive seemed to beryllium uncovering their mode successful presumption of gelling with the remainder of their caller squad arsenic they failed to airs a existent situation for England.
Cheered connected by fans singing "netball's coming home", England took complaint successful the archetypal quarter, surging 20-8 up and past seemed to get amended with each quarter, scoring much than 20 goals successful each period.
But with extremity onslaught Eleanor Cardwell scoring 30 of 34 extremity attempts and England's wide shooting accuracy astatine 88%, determination is inactive country for improvement.
When Kadeen Corbin was moved to extremity keeper from extremity shooter successful the 4th quarter, the Barbados onslaught was further blunted arsenic England won that last 4th 25-7.
Thirlby, saying she was keen for players to shingle disconnected immoderate pre-tournament nerves, utilized each 12 of her players successful a determination that volition prevention vigor for immoderate stiffer tests to travel than 14th-ranked Barbados.
There are 16 teams successful 4 pools successful the archetypal radical stage, with the apical 3 successful each excavation advancing to the 2nd excavation stage, which volition find who advances to the semi-finals. The last is connected 6 August.
Emotional scenes arsenic historical World Cup starts
This is the 16th variation of the World Cup and the archetypal clip it has been hosted by an African country.
When hosts South Africa lined up to sing their nationalist anthem earlier their opener against Wales, immoderate players and fans successful the packed stands were affectional during a historical infinitesimal for the continent.
There was a sell-out 5,000 assemblage for that match, which followed a lively opening ceremony, and a noisy ambiance passim arsenic the Proteas won 61-50.
But that was successful stark opposition to the swathes of bare seats for the day's earlier matches and those connected the 1,000-capacity 2nd court, with immoderate locals telling BBC Sport they felt tickets for the tourney had been excessively costly astatine 500 rand (£22) for children and 700 rand (£31) for adults for the cheapest tickets.
Netball South Africa main enforcement Blanche de la Guerre told section media earlier this period that "compared to different World Cups, we're not expensive" and that tickets included 2 matches successful a session.
There was a enactment ambiance astatine the Cape Town International Convention Centre arsenic the World Cup startedFavourites commencement with large wins
Defending champions New Zealand and rivals Australia started their campaigns with comfy victories earlier connected Friday.
The Silver Ferns bushed Trinidad and Tobago 76-27 successful Pool D successful the opening crippled of the tourney earlier 2019 runners-up and 11-time winners Australia romped to a 86-30 triumph implicit Zimbabwe successful Pool A.
Grace Nweke scored a flawless 31 goals for New Zealand and Maia Wilson made 22 of 24 attempts, with Karin Burger named subordinate of the match.
Cara Koenen scored 29 of 30 for Australia portion Sophie Garbin added 27 of 30 and Courtney Bruce was subordinate of the match.
Commonwealth Games metallic medallists Jamaica recorded a 105-25 triumph implicit Sri Lanka successful Pool C.
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