NETBALL WORLD CUP
England secured a comfortable 60-19 win over Scotland on the
opening day of the Netball World Cup in Sydney, Australia.
Earlier on Friday, Wales beat Fiji 59-52 in their Pool D
opener
As world number one, current holders, and 10-time winners,
Australia are favourites to retain the crown on home soil.
They got their defence off to a solid start with a 73-32
victory over 10th seed Trinidad and Tobago in Pool A.
Elsewhere, four-time champions and losing finalists in 2011
New Zealand started strongly with a 73-28 win over Barbados.
Jamaica finished day one as the top-scoring nation after their
90-44 victory over Samoa. .
The prize for top individual scorer on the opening day went
to Peace Proscovia, who notched 56 goals in Uganda's impressive 74-38 win over
Zambia in Pool D.
It was a much tighter affair in Pool C, as Singapore beat
Sri Lanka 56-43 while Malawi overcame South Africa 58-51.
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