England suffer heavy netball defeat by Australia

England captain Fran Williams said her team were "far from our best" in a heavy defeat by defending Commonwealth champions Australia.The Roses opened their campaign in Pool A with a 83-34 victory over Northern Ireland on Saturday.But they were outplayed on Sunday as Australia cruised to a 66-47 win at The Hydro in Glasgow."That's not the result we came for and not the performance," Williams told BBC Radio 5 Live."We didn't cope well with their physicality. It's really tough when a game blows out like that."Australia started strongly, racing into an 18-11 lead after the first quarter and extending their advantage to 56-35 by the end of the third.Sophie Garbin scored 41 goals from 42 attempts for Australia, while Olivia Tchine was England's highest scorer with 23 from 25.England face Malawi at 14:00 BST on Monday.Earlier on Sunday, Scotland picked up their first win in Pool B with a 56-47 victory over Wales.England, who won gold in 2018, failed to make the podium at Birmingham 2022.Only two of the 12 players in the squad - Eleanor Cardwell and Imogen Allison - have experience in the Commonwealth Games after injuries to gold medallists Helen Housby and Natalie Metcalf, who withdrew with a calf injury on Monday.Jess Thirlby stepped down as head coach in March for family reasons, leaving assistant Anna Stembridge - head coach from 2011 to 2015 - in interim charge.