By Tendai Guvamombe
Liverpool, England (News of The South) – The Zimbabwe National Netball Team the Gems have recorded a positive start when they thwarted Sri-Lanka with a thrashing scoreline 78-49 in a match played this afternoon in Liverpool.
The Zimbabwean side went into the match fully geared for an exhilarating encounter as they clamoured to display their best handful touches and well advancing approaches in the world of netball.
A glamorous combination of Felistus Kwangwara, Claris Taramba, Joyce Kaidza and Charlene Makusha made the Gems’s game play remain undisputed to the poor side Sri-Lanka.
Despite Tharjini Sivalingan striked some positive strides for Sri-Lanka with an impromptu resilience in the second half could not help subdue the Zimbabwe Gems who held them to 38-29 score line.
Ursula Ndlovu sustained a painful ankle injury after missing her step and this also saw Sharlene Makusha subsequently substituted by Rudo Karume when a rolling ball found its way to her face creating a formidable side which brought more harm than good to Sri-Lanka who grappled into the final round suffering a heavy loss at the hands of merciless Zimbabwe-gems.
Zimbabwe Gems Head Coach, Lloyd Makunde expressed his excitement at Gems’ victory in the aftermath of the match saying his side came into the game well prepared.
“Honestly speaking we came having this game in mind and obviously we wanted to win this it, because of our girl’s tall height they were able to score many goals than thier opponents until we had also to change the goal keeper and the wing attacker.”
Despite a positive start the Zimbabwe Gems still need to grab victories in their remaining matches.
Elsewhere other matches lined up this evening include England vs Uganda, Trinidad vs Tobago, Scotland vs Samoa while Jamaica will lock hands with Fiji.
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