Lenize Potgieter
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A spirited South African facet misplaced to England of their bronze netball Quad Collection playoff encounter on the Cape City Worldwide Conference Centre on Wednesday.
There’s nonetheless a whole lot of work that must be finished forward of July’s Netball World Cup, as Proteas went down 49-42 to complete the collection in fourth place.
South Africa opened the scoring as Lenize Potgieter slotted a objective and the hosts maintained the lead for the primary 5 minutes, however foolish errors led England again into the match.
The Proteas got here again properly, nonetheless, because the quarter ended 12-all.
It was an enthralling second quarter with each side once more neck and neck. South Africa had a chance to steer at half-time, however a late turnover noticed Olivia Tchine and Eleanor Cardwell discover the online for England to make the rating 25-23 in favour of the guests at half-time.
England dominated the third quarter, though the Proteas had their fair proportion of missed alternatives at objective.
England dominated the ultimate quarter, outscoring the house facet 13 to eight.
Potgieter was on track for the Proteas as she transformed 30 objectives from 31 makes an attempt through the match, whereas Nicole Taljaard struggled a bit as she made 10 objectives from 14 pictures on track.
Australia and New Zealand will play within the Quad Collection last at 18:00.
