New Zealand has struggled with the more unorthodox African style of play for a few years now. Malawi almost beat them in Glasgow and Sydney, then they won on the Gold Coast. I don’t think their defenders really know what to do against the longer balls and the aerial style of play. In that period in the beginning of the third quarter where Uganda were up 7-1, the defenders were just standing still looking a bit confused. They seem to come up better against more structured teams.
Cholhok is a much stronger option than Peace, it’s only a matter of time before we see her in SSN. I expect she’ll come in when we see a retirement from one of the existing dominant GSs (Fowler, Wallace etc.).
Overall I think Australia and Jamaica have looked the most impressive so far, narrowly followed by England. Beckford and Rochester-Dixon seem to have stepped up for Jamaica which could be a huge difference.
