The Diamonds suffered a second straight Constellation Cup loss on Monday, but they’ve still taken the series win thanks to massive victories in Australia.
The Silver Ferns needed to win by 17 goals or more to claim the Cup for just the third time, but their 53-50 victory wasn’t enough in Auckland.
Scores were tied with just two minutes to play before Jury came up with her side’s fifth turnover for the term. Karin Burger was named player of the match despite drawing a warning from umpires during the contest. For the Diamonds, they will now head straight back to Australia head of Wednesday’s first Test against South Africa.The Australians held the early advantage in the match, skipping out to an early five-goal lead.And the home side started to close thanks to a Maddy Gordon intercept in the midcourt.Two big replay calls against Australia allowed the Ferns to stay in touch midway through the second term.
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