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Diamonds level series with 51 - 44 win over Silver Ferns

Thursday 27 October 2011, 8:32AM

By Netball Australia

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The Australian Diamonds have defeated the New Zealand Silver Ferns in Adelaide tonight, 51 - 44

The win levels the series at one-all and means that Sunday’s game in Melbourne will decide the winner of the Holden Netball Test Series and also determine who takes home the Constellation Cup in 2011.

A crowd of 6,500 saw the Diamonds come home strongly in a tightly contested match where the lead was shared between the two teams for the first three quarters and neither was able to gain an ascendency of more than three goals.

The Diamonds moved up a gear in the final quarter, and were never headed after gaining the lead within the first few minutes of the last term.

Cath Cox was named Player of the Match.

Starting seven
Diamonds New Zealand
Cath Cox Catherine Latu
Natalie Medhurst Maria Tutaia
Erin Bell Liana Leota
Kim Green Laura Langman
Mo’onia Gerrard Joline Henry
Julie Corletto Anna Scarlett
Susan Fuhrmann Leanna De Bruin

Quarter by Quarter scores
Q1: Diamonds ( 12) v New Zealand (14)
Q2: Diamonds ( 25) v New Zealand (26 )
Q3: Diamonds (36) v New Zealand (36 )
Q4: Diamonds (51) v New Zealand (44 )

Shooting Stats
Q1
Aus: Cox 11/11 (100%) Medhurst 1/3 (33%)
NZ: Latu 9/10 (90%) Tutaia 5/5 (1050%)

Q2
Aus: Cox 10 / 12 (83%) Medhurst 3/4 (75%)
NZ: Latu 8/9 (88%) Tutaia 4/6 (66%)

Q3
Aus: Cox 5/8 (62%) Medhurst 6/9 (66%)
NZ: Latu 8/9 (88%) Tutaia 2/4 (50%)

Q4
Aus: Cox 8/11 (72%) Medhurst 7/7 (100%)
NZ: Latu 2/3 (66%) Tutaia 6/8 (75%)

Player of the Match: Catherine Cox

Full match report to follow at www.australiannetballdiamonds.com.au