Venue: Cape Town, South Africa Dates: 28 July to 6 August |
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World number ones Australia pulled away from a determined Malawi to win their Netball World Cup Pool F match 70-46.
The Diamonds lost a quarter for the first time this World Cup and at half-time the sides were level at 28-28.
Australia brought on goal defence Jo Weston and goal shooter Sophie Garbin and surged to a 12-point lead at the end of the third quarter.
Australia are top of Group F, ahead of England, with the top two teams advancing to the semi-finals.
The second pool phase began on Monday and England and Australia are strong favourites to advance from their group.
Australia face England next on Thursday, 3 August at 08:00 BST, while Malawi meet Tonga at 17:00 BST. Both matches are on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport app.
Australia goal attack Steph Wood said: “We just built the pressure on Malawi, we got a fair bit of ball in the third quarter.
“Malawi are incredible, they’re a hard team to play against. For us it’s sticking to our gameplan, we can push the lead out.”