Holders Australia have reached the final of netball’s Quad Series after defeating world champions New Zealand 59-57 in Cape Town
Wood ends with 21 goals from 24 attempts in Cape Town
They next play hosts South Africa on Tuesday , while the winners between New Zealand and England will likely battle it out with the Diamonds in the showdown. Just as against England, when they came back from a nine-goal deficit, slow-starting Australia had to show their mettle against their trans-Tasman rivals when slipping behind by eight soon after the start of the second quarter.
Ending with 21 goals from 24 attempts, the 31-year-old star’s excellent movement particularly caused problems for the towering but less mobile New Zealand defender Kelly Jury, who had been thrust into the final-quarter fray.
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