Botswana are crowd favourites

Botswana's netball national team continues its impressive bottom eight run with a 39-38 win over Trinidad and Tobago. As CATHY WALSHE of the New Zealand Press Agency reports, Botswana is now the crowd's favourite team.

NEW ZEALAND: Yesterday Botswana turned round a 19-goal pre-championship warm-up loss to Trinidad and Tobago with an impressive display of controlled netball at the world netball championship.

In a physical, no-holds-barred game, crowd favourites Botswana retained composure under some intense Caribbean pressure for a well-deserved 39-38 win after leading 20-17 at halftime.

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