England developed a 32-22 half-time lead but then lost the third quarter; Jess Thirlby made personnel changes for the final 15 minutes and the head coach described her more senior players’ performance in it as “classy” to ensure the team prevailed 64-51 on court in London
Last Updated: 09/10/22 3:45pm
Chelsea Pitman had another impressive performance as she returns to the England squad for the first time since 2020
England’s Vitality Roses won the third Test against Uganda 64-51 at the Copper Box Arena to secure a clean sweep of victories in the series.
The Vitality Roses led 32-22 at half-time before losing the third quarter and needed to reset going into the final set of 15 minutes.
Chelsea Pitman’s arrival in attack enabled England to settle again and a 19-11 final quarter ensured they ended the home series on a high note.
Jess Thirlby’s team will now turn their attentions on a three-Test series against the Commonwealth Games champions and world No 1 side Australia, at the end of the month.
“We had a different line-up to start the game, built a lead by half-time and had to fight a little bit in the third quarter. The senior group really asserted themselves in the fourth quarter,” England’s head coach said.
“It was a really classy finish and I’m really pleased because I don’t think that it was a given that we would necessarily win by a bigger margin.”
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