Diamonds tick off first goal on 'unfinished business' list as they look to win back World Cup title

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Australia begins their Netball World Cup campaign with a strong statement, while their high-performance systems continue to grow the game for other nations, writes Brittany Carter.

Both ends started to hum and Zimbabwe struggled to keep up the same tempo in attack. Shooting partners Koenen and Steph Wood managed to score 11 goals straight midway through the period to see the Diamonds up 41-18 at half-time.

Hadley ended up returning in wing attack not long after taking a seat on the bench, as Watson sustained a scratch to the same leg strapped. "Me and Jamie bring something completely different in that position and I think it's going to take both of us in the right scenarios to be able to win this title.

Across the two courts for the opening session of day one, there were plenty of Australian-grown players on show. The 24-year-old splits her time between playing for the Capital Darters in the ACT and the Brisbane South Wildcats in the Sapphire Series."My dad's Zimbabwean but we grew up in Australia and after seeing this team play at the 2019 World Cup I realised they had a team," Makunde told ABC Sport.

 

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