Ahead of this week’s Quad Series in London, the onus on a new-look Diamonds team, who had played just a handful of Tests together, was to at least show some fight; something to fuel optimism for the future. With victory over hosts England in the final, they succeeded in that aim – and then some.
A clearly reinvigorated side, led by a rampaging Gretel Bueta – who missed just eight goals all tournament and was named player of the match and series – played with a tangible sense of freedom, fluidity and fearlessness across four matches, and won the nation’s first piece of silverware since October 2019.
