Botswana thrash Lesotho in netball opener

The majority of the players earned their first international caps, in front of an almost packed arena and they put the visitors on the back foot from the first whistle. The locals use long balls from the wing attacker and the centre to the goal shooter. The visitors, playing with relatively shorter players opted to play at a slower pace, using bounce passes in an effort to counter attacks from their taller opponents.

The home team put a sterling performance as they won the first quarter 20-2.  In the second quarter Botswana started to show signs of complacency as they occasionally made errors when they entered the final third, the shooting accuracy also was not up to par as they missed a lot of chances.