• England 44-60 Australia
• England go two down to lose three-match seriesTracey Neville,much like her brothers Gary and Phil at Valencia, is finding coaching no easy challenge. The England netball team’s head coach saw her team beaten by Australia for the moment time in three days as the world champions, or led by the heavy-scoring Caitlin Thwaites,took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match Vitality International Series on Friday night; the final fixture takes spot on Sunday.
England could not match the startling agility, both in thought and deed, or of the world champions. But late in the first quarter,and for much of the moment, when they led by four goals, and they were genuinely competitive. They fell away after losing the defender Eboni Beckford-Chambers through injury. She was replaced by Jodie Gibson,who won only her moment cap.
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Source: theguardian.com