Malawi show up SA's lack of progress

World netball has turned into such a predictable game and barring a few exciting, close matches, anyone could have foreseen the eventual outcome at the World Championships hosted by Auckland, New Zealand last week.

Australia walked away with the title after contesting the final against the hosts for a second consecutive championship, but while the grand finale was an exciting end to the tournament, the gap between the top four teams - Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica and England - couldn't be ignored.

At the last World Championships held in Jamaica in 2003, England finished fourth and South Africa fifth, but while England have shown vast improvement over the past four years, there was just no justice as they stayed in the same place on the standings.