This series needs a name
As Ian has pointed out, the Australia vs England series does sound quite BORING! Most of the other international series in netball have special names. Some are named after legendary players.
The Chelsea Pitman Series is one suggestion we could get behind! Pitman only retired from all forms of elite netball this year after a 20-year career at the top.
In 2024 she played in the Super Netball league for the Giants – marking her ninth domestic club across three countries.
Pitman tallied 15 caps for the Diamonds and won a gold medal with them at the 2011 Netball World Cup in Singapore.
Before switching allegiance to the Roses, where she won a gold medal at 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, silver at 2023 Netball World Cup in Cape Town, and bronze at the 2019 Netball World Cup in Liverpool.
All up Pitman reached 52 caps for England.
Netball returns to Adelaide
It’s hard to believe seven weeks have passed since we were last in the city of churches for the Super Netball Grand Final. If you’d like to catch up on how that played out, you can find our match report and analysis from the game here.
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The international window gets underway!
Hello and welcome to ABC Sport’s live blog coverage of the Australian and England netball Test series.
Game 1 between the Diamonds and Roses is taking place at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre and the game will get underway at 7pm AEST. I’ll be updating you on all the action as it happens.
It’ll be the first match of the international window for the home team before they face New Zealand in the Constellation Cup next month. And it’s an important time as we enter a new World Cup cycle and head coach Stacey Marinkovich looks to build her team for the 2027 tournament.
Let us know your thoughts in the comments section.
