With still one game to go before the final four, South Africa's Spar Proteasmade history after beating Uganda 67-40 at the Netball World Cup. The winagainst Uganda saw the Proteas not only maintain a 100% winning record at thetournament, winning 5 out of 5 matches, but also qualifying for the World Cupsemi-finals.

The team went into their match against 6th in the world, Uganda, needing awin to make history at the tournament. The team dominated proceedings from thefirst whistle with senior players, captain, Bongiwe Msomi, Karla Pretorius,Maryke Holtzhausen and Lenize Potgieter stepping up to plate and take the gameto the Ugandans. The dominant performance gave the Proteas good momentum totake forward into their final game before the semi-finals.

The dark horse of the Netball World Cup will now clash against England on 18July at 21H00 before heading into the semi-final on Saturday 20 July. Their 5World Cup wins, and their win over England earlier in the year will leave theSouth African team with a head of steam up ahead of their final match beforethe World Cup semi-finals.

The Spar Proteas face the hosts, England, in Liverpool on 18 July at 21H00.

@Samludidi -OFM Sport