Netball WC 2019-Australia crush Sri Lanka 99-24 to finish top

July 14, 2019 Hishan Welmilla NATIONAL, NETBALL 0
Liz Watson of Samsung Diamonds during Vitality Netball International Series, as part of the Netball Quad Series match between South Africa SPAR Protea v Australia Samsung Diamondsat The Copper Box Arena, London 20 Jan 2018 (Photo by Kieran Galvin/NurPhoto)
Liverpool.Sri Lanka had to bow down against the Super power of the defending champions Australia in their last match of the preliminary round of the Netball World Cup 2019 as Island nation were beaten by 99 goals to 24

A thrashing from 11-time champions Australia. They fall just shy of three figures as they beat Sri Lanka in their final stage one match to qualify as winners of Group A.

Caitlin Thwaites finished with sensational figures as she missed just one of her 66 shots. That’s a 98% shooting accuracy.

Australia have  surged to a hefty lead over Sri Lanka as Caitlin Thwaites netted all 14 of her shots in the first quarter to give Australia a lead of 19-6 goals.

The defending champions werelooking to maintain their 100% record and finish top of Group A.

Australia lead 47-12 at the end of the second quarter and dominated the sessions with quality ball handling
Australia have extended their lead over Sri Lanka at the end of the third quarter. They are going top of Group A! Caitlin Thwaites has still only missed one shot… 50/51. Incredible!

Defending champions had no considerable resistance from the opponents and scored another 28 goals  and Lankans saw only 3 goals for their credit

Stunning shooting – from both sides. Only one shot has been missed by each of the Australian shooters and GS Caitlin Thwaites, has netted her other 34.

There are 100% records from Sri Lanka duo Tharjini Sivalingam and Dulangi Wannithileka but the chances are coming few and far between

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