Zambia Queens booted out of netball World Cup

Zambia has been booted out of the Netball World Cup taking place in Sydney, Australia after losing 71-44 to Wales, reports ZNBC.

This is the second loss Zambia has suffered at the world tournament having lost to Uganda in the opening game.

The loss means that Zambia has been booted out and will now have to rely on a formality game against Fiji who have also been eliminated.

The Zambian queens will now shift their attentions to the rankings games which will determine rankings.

Zambia’s Lucy Jere was outstanding in the game but despite the Zambian queens displaying some athletic passes of play, Wales was able to build on their lead, with the score reading in their favour 37-22 at half time.

Zambian coach Charles Zulu says he did not expect to lose to Wales and called the game tough.

And Captain Annie Mukamba says silly mistakes by the team cost them the game.

Meanwhile, Malawi broke the netball record last night when they beat Sri-Lanka 101-18 the highest of the competition and was the first team to have a three figured score line.