England have moved up to second in the Netball world rankings following their series win against New Zealand, with squads for the Jamaica series and Fast5 announced.
England have moved up to second in the Netball world rankings following their series win against New Zealand, with their squads for the Jamaica series and Fast5 World Series announced. England move up the rankings off the back of some impressive wins against Australia and New Zealand. They claimed their first win against the world No 1 in Australia since the Commonwealth Games gold medal match in 2018 before losing the series 2-1.
World Series in New Zealand on November 9-10. 14 of the squad from the Vitality Roses' recent tour to Australia and New Zealand have been named in the squad to face Jamaica. Meanwhile, Halimat Adio has also been named in the squad via the 'P3 route'', by which athletes not able to be in the full time Vitality Roses programme due to work or academia can be considered for selection'.
is a shorter, fast version of the game with five players on each side. England, who finished in third place last year, will come up against the other sides ranked in the world's top six nations: Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, South Africa and Uganda. The squad includes a mix of Vitality Roses and Future Roses, marking the first call up to a senior England squad for Future Roses Sophie Egbaran, Harriet Jones, Sophie Kelly, Isabella Phillips and Emma Rayner.
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