Botswana Keeps Pearls Winless

The other three nations were Singapore, Ireland and Malaysia – using the opportunity Singapore A came on board to pump up the participating list to six teams.

Tuesday 13 December 2022 | 09:30

Karalaini Waqanidrola

Sub-editor

Fiji Pearls finished second in the Nations Cup in Singapore on December 12, 2022. Photo: Netball Singapore

Small fry Botswana may be missing out in next year’s World Cup but they once again did the invincible in walloping the Fiji Pearls 65-37 in the first and second place playoff of the 14th Nations Cup in Singapore in the weekend.

And that was the second time in seven days at the OCBC Arena, Singapore where five netball nations battled it out. Botswana had initially thrashed the Pacific Islanders 60-43 in the round robin series. The African players were quicker, sharper and more accurate, landing 82 per cent of their shots compared to Fiji’s 79 per cent.

The other three nations were Singapore, Ireland and Malaysia – using the opportunity Singapore A came on board to pump up the participating list to six teams.