Malaysia One Step Away From Netball Final

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 19 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian netball squad is not expected to have much difficulty making the final of the netball competition in the Kuala Lumpur SEA Games. They will be meeting Brunei in the semifinals on Saturday and should easily cruise through. The squad coached by Tracey Robinson of Australia had an unbeaten run in the preliminaries. In their final preliminary round match on Friday, they beat Philippines 96-11. They had earlier scalped defending champions Singapore 50-37, Brunei (64-27) and Thailand (73-30). The Malaysia-Brunei semifinal match is at 10.30 while the other between Singapore and Thailand is at 12.45pm. The venue for both matches is Stadium Juara, Bukit Kiara. Malaysia won the silver at the last edition of the Games in Singapore. -- BERNAMA