Uganda takes down Malawi to reach fifth placed playoff
UGANDA has defied its position of eighth in the world to reach the fifth placed playoff after defeating African rivals Malawi by 11 goals overnight. The She Cranes had a tight tussle early but kicked away in the final three quarters to post a comfortable double-digit win, 57-46. She Cranes goal attack Shadiah Nassanga was […]
Malawi overcomes slow start to thwart Thistles
AN INCREDIBLE 20 goals to eight final term saw sixth ranked Malawi come back from the brink of defeat to knock off Scotland in a stirring first round Netball World Cup action. The Queens trailed at every break after a slow start, but dug deep and found a way to win, getting up by six […]
2022 Commonwealth Games review: Malawi
AS the curtain closes on another Commonwealth Games, we take a look back at how each of the netballing nations fared in our team-by-team review series. Next up is Malawi, a nation that has caused upsets in the past, but at Birmingham, could not quite repeat those feats and ended up finishing seventh overall with […]
Queens rule over Wales to secure seventh
MALAWI Queens have come back from an early deficit to knock off Wales in a memorable six-goal victory at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. The Queens trailed by four goals at quarter time, but soon found the groove with an early change at wing attack, and then largely maintaining the same starting seven to win the […]
2022 Commonwealth Games Preview: Malawi
THE 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England are just around the corner. To celebrate, we are previewing each of the competing netball nations and predicting how they might fare in the tournament. Today it is Malawi, who came seventh in the most recent Commonwealth Games, and sixth in the 2019 Netball World Cup. Malawi is […]
This week in netball: Africa Netball Cup comes to a close as Victorian M-League begins
PLENTY of netball action has played out this week, with the Africa Netball Cup coming to a close as the Victorian Men’s and Mixed Netball (M-League) competition started back up for the first time since 2019. We run through all the biggest news you may have missed during the week. Netball Australia hasofficially announced its […]
International netball update: Africa Netball Cup – Days 7-8
THE huge eight-day Africa Netball Cup event is done and dusted, with the South Africa Spar Proteas crowned champions following an impressive and undefeated run in Windhoek, Namibia. We run through the final two days’ results. Check out our wraps of days 1-3 and 4-6 here. DAY 7 RESULTS Malawi (60) def. Tanzania (33) Zimbabwe […]
Memorable Matches: Malawi shocks New Zealand at 2018 Commonwealth Games
WITH netball taking a back seat to coronavirus in 2020, Draft Central is taking a look at memorable matches in world netball history. Next up is the Malawi Queens’ massive four-goal win over New Zealand Silver Ferns at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. It was a typically strong start from the rebuilding Ferns in their pool […]
NWC19: Day 11 – Silver Ferns claim remarkable one-goal victory over Diamonds
NEW Zealand has turned around a one-goal defeat at the hands of arch-rivals Australia to inflict that exact result on the Diamonds in the Netball World Cup final. The Silver Ferns had a shaky first few minutes, but once they settled into the game, were clearly the dominant team, maintaining possession and forcing turnovers. Australia […]
NWC19 – Day 9: Sunshine Girls to meet Queens in battle for fifth
SRI LANKA (78) defeated SINGAPORE (57) Sri Lanka has handed Singapore the sixteenth placed spot in the Netball World Cup, with Tharjini Sivalingam again wrecking havoc for the opposition. The towering Sri Lankan shooter fired off 77 goals from 85 attempts to beat the highest individual goals record at the tournament – one she set […]
