Jade Clarke said England’s phenomenal netball support has made the fans feel part of the team after a 66-41 win over Malawi at the Commonwealth Games.
Partington’s Clarke, 38, provided two goal assists in 42 minutes on court as Jess Thirlby’s side recorded their second successive victory after the comfortable 74-22 triumph over Trinidad and Tobago.
There was not a spare seat in sight inside Birmingham’s NEC as the defending champions strutted their stuff to the backdrop of deafening noise to go top of Pool B.