The 2008 Taini Jamison Trophy Series, also referred to as the New World Series, was the inaugural

Taini Jamison Trophy The Taini Jamison Trophy series is an international netball series hosted by Netball New Zealand. The series traditionally features New Zealand national netball team, New Zealand playing a series of Test match (netball), test matches against a ...

series. It featured

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playing

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in a series of three netball test matches, played in October 2008. New Zealand won the opening test 65–26. England leveled the series by winning the second test 40–38. New Zealand won the inaugural Taini Jamison Trophy series 2–1 by defeating England 61–22 in the final test. The New Zealand team was coached by

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and captained by

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and

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. England were coached by Sue Hawkins and captained by Karen Atkinson.

Squads

New Zealand

;Notes *

captained New Zealand for the first two tests. After she was injured,

was captain for the third test.

England

Matches

First test

Second test

Third test

References

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