Diamonds look to leader Caitlin Bassett after naming new-look World Cup squad | Erin Delahunty

No room for Gabi Simpson and Kim Ravaillion in Lisa Alexander’s inexperienced squad for Liverpool

With Gabi Simpson and Kim Ravaillion overlooked in the Australian Diamonds squad for July’s Netball World Cup, the reigning champions are looking light on international experience – historically, worryingly light.

As midcourters Simpson and Ravaillion – both part of last year’s Commonwealth Games squad and Ravaillion the triumphant 2015 World Cup side – exit, they take exactly 100 Tests of experience with them, leaving the Diamonds with just 338 total caps. That’s 489 fewer Tests than England and 393 fewer than the Silver Ferns.

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