The pride of the nation, Malawi netball queens, have suffered another close defeat at the hands of Australia just this morning.

Not given to a perfect run lately, the Queens as they are fondly called by their admirers, lost by 42 baskets to 37.

This was their first game at the Fast5 Netball series currently underway in Australia.

The problem with the Queens as one sports commentator, Mike Bango, put it was that they were failing to shoot from a far as their opponents did and were failing to defend shots from a far which their opponents were utilizing on.