The Diamonds have claimed Australia's 1,000th Commonwealth Games gold, beating Jamaica 55-51 in a thrilling netball final. Australia becomes the first nation to reach the medal milestone. 9News LATEST:
Needing 11 of the last over with two wickets in hand, skipper Meg Lanning threw the ball to Jess Jonassen, who to that point had figures of 0-20 from three overs.
Back on strike, Yastika then tried to reverse sweep Jess Jonassen and was struck on the pads bang in front.Batting first, Australia made 8-161 thanks to 61 from Beth Mooney with cameos from Meg Lanning and Ashleigh Gardner. India needed just 44 runs from 34 balls when Rodrigues was bowled by Megan Schutt, before Gardner picked up the wickets of Kaur and Vastrakar in consecutive balls in the next over.
There was drama before the match with Australia's Tahlia McGrath named in the starting side despite testing positive to COVID-19.
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