A Pendle-born netball player has taken her team to the semi-finals in the Commonwealth Games, beating world champions New Zealand.
Natalie Metcalf, born in Pendle, is team captain of the England team who beat world champions New Zealand 54-44, taking the team to the semi-final against Australia.
The hosts thumped world champions New Zealand by 10 points to earn their place in the last four.
Australia limped through to the knockout stages after a shock defeat to Jamaica, but Jess Thirlby is all too aware that the Australians – still smarting from their last-gasp loss on the Gold Coast – will be licking their wounds.
The Pendle Leisure Trust said: “She's one of our own!
“Huge congratulations to Pendle's Natalie Metcalf - Captain of Team England Netball and now Commonwealth Games semi-finalist after a brilliant win against New Zealand.”
The match will kick off at 2.30pm today.
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