Great Britain made heavy weather of beating a South African side ranked two places below them. With a ratio of ten penalty corners to two, GB should have won easily. But it was South Africa who took the lead when, for the second time Crista Cullen, was caught napping on the ball. On the first occasion the South African forward fluffed her shot but GB were not so lucky the second time, and Kathleen Taylor scored her second of the tournament. GB equalised when Lucilla Wright followed up a penalty corner shot. But it wasn’t until their 9th penalty corner that GB took the lead through Chloe Rogers (pictured) and held on for the win. They will need to play much better than this if they are to challenge the Dutch on Friday, despite the Dutch poor showing yesterday. The Netherlands took an early lead in the match against India through Maartje Paumen, but India scored a surprise equaliser from their only penalty corner of the game through Chanchan Devi. Just before half time Wieke Dijkstra restored the Dutch lead. In the second half the game was played mainly in India’s half as two more strikes by Maartje Pasumen for her hat-trick gave Holland a 4-1 win over India. The air ambulance was called for Dutch midfielder Maartje Goderie after she was tripped and bounced off the pitch face down, but fortunately the doctor on board was able to give her oxygen. Although she had to go to the hospital for a further checkup she was able to walk around unaided.
