Malawi Netball Queens\u2019 face a litmus test as they compete in the Fast5 Netball World Series, minus influential skipper, Caroline Mtukule-Ngwira, who is on maternity leave.<\/p>\n
The goal-defender, renowned for her ability to break and initiate attacks, has been an integral part of the Queens since legendary goal-defender Judith Chalusa retired.<\/p>\n
In Mtukule\u2019s absence, Queens\u2019 Coach, Griffin Saenda, has Tigresses\u2019 Grace Mwafulirwa-Mhango as the cover.<\/p>\n
Mhango should partner Kukoma Diamonds\u2019 Towera Vinkhumbo-Nyirenda in defence with in-form Joanna Kachilika providing a defensive option.<\/p>\n
At centre court, Diamonds\u2019 Bridget Kumwenda could get the starting nod with Takondwa Lwazi of Blue Eagles Sisters and Thunder Queens\u2019 Thandie Galeta-Saenda ready to step in when called to duty.<\/p>\n
In attack, Malawi Queens have sole professional, Mwawi Kumwenda, and Joyce Mvula of Blue Eagles as possible starters.<\/p>\n
Civonets\u2019 Jane Chimaliro and Jessica Mazengera- Sanudi of Diamonds are the alternatives if the Queens would look for long-range shots. The games commenced in the wee hours of today.<\/p>\n
Full fixtures <\/strong><\/p>\n Today <\/strong><\/p>\n Australia vs Malawi @ 04:45 am<\/p>\n South Africa vs Jamaica @ 05:30 am<\/p>\n New Zealand vs England @ 06:15 am<\/p>\n Australia vs Jamaica @ 07:00 am<\/p>\n England vs Malawi @ 07:45 am<\/p>\n New Zealand vs South Africa @ 08:30 am<\/p>\n Jamaica vs Malawi @ 09:15 am<\/p>\n England vs South Africa @ 10:00 am<\/p>\n Australia vs New Zealand @ 10:45 am<\/p>\n Tomorrow <\/strong><\/p>\n Malawi vs South Africa @ 03:15 am<\/p>\n Australia vs England @ 04:00 am<\/p>\n New Zealand vs Jamaica @ 04:45 am<\/p>\n Australia vs South Africa @ 05:30 am<\/p>\n New Zealand vs Malawi @ 06:15 am<\/p>\n Jamaica vs England @ 07:00 am<\/p>\n Celebrity Match @ 07:45 am<\/p>\n 5th\/ 6th place @ 08:45 am<\/p>\n 3rd \/ 4th place @ 09:35 am<\/p>\n Final @ 10:25 am<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Malawi Netball Queens\u2019 face a litmus test as they compete in the Fast5 Netball World Series, minus influential skipper, Caroline Mtukule-Ngwira, who is on maternity leave. The goal-defender, renowned for her ability to break and initiate attacks, has been an integral part of the Queens since legendary goal-defender Judith Chalusa retired. In Mtukule\u2019s absence, Queens\u2019 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":34561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34557"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34566,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34557\/revisions\/34566"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}