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England person ne'er won the Netball World Cup but person finished 3rd successful the past 3 editions| Venue: Cape Town, South Africa Dates: 28 July to 6 August |
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England came done a carnal trial to bushed Tonga 72-46 and commencement the 2nd excavation signifier of the Netball World Cup with an improved show successful Cape Town.
England made dilatory starts during their 3 wins successful the archetypal excavation signifier but against Tonga they moved rapidly and with much cohesion done the court.
Monday marked the commencement of the 2nd excavation phase, which volition find which teams suffice for the semi-finals.
"It was a beauteous pugnacious match," shooter Eleanor Cardwell told BBC Sport.
"We request to support moving connected consistency, we're dilatory getting determination and we're building."
England person yet to suffer a 4th astatine this World Cup and aft winning the archetypal 19-13 they were peculiarly effectual successful the 2nd aft Helen Housby and Cardwell switched places astatine extremity shooter and extremity onslaught to instrumentality that 19-9.
Searching for a archetypal World Cup trophy, England's tendency has not been successful question astatine this tourney - ne'er much evident than erstwhile Cardwell was truthful determined to support the shot successful tribunal that she knocked a bin implicit successful the process - but their question done mid-court has been shakier.
Some superb passages of play successful the 2nd 4th provided a glimpse of the imaginable of Jess Thirlby's side, adjacent if their wide shooting accuracy of 90% inactive leaves country for improvement.
Tonga accrued their tempo, restricting England to a 16-14 3rd 4th - acknowledgment successful ample portion to the antiaircraft talents of Mo'onia Gerrard - but the satellite fig 3 broadside past pulled wide successful the 4th to triumph the Pool F encounter.
England volition adjacent look Fiji connected Tuesday (19:00 BST), with their toughest trial to travel connected Thursday erstwhile they look 11-time satellite champions Australia.
You tin ticker each the World Cup matches crossed BBC TV, iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app.
More to follow.
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