England captain Fran Williams said her team were “far from our best” in a heavy defeat by defending Commonwealth champions Australia.<\/p>\n
The Roses opened their campaign in Pool A with a 83-34 victory<\/a> over Northern Ireland on Saturday.<\/p>\n But they were outplayed on Sunday as Australia cruised to a 66-47 win at The Hydro in Glasgow.<\/p>\n “That’s not the result we came for and not the performance,” Williams told BBC Radio 5 Live.<\/p>\n “We didn’t cope well with their physicality. It’s really tough when a game blows out like that.”<\/p>\n Australia started strongly, racing into an 18-11 lead after the first quarter and extending their advantage to 56-35 by the end of the third.<\/p>\n Sophie Garbin scored 41 goals from 42 attempts for Australia, while Olivia Tchine was England’s highest scorer with 23 from 25.<\/p>\n England face Malawi at 14:00 BST on Monday.<\/p>\n Earlier on Sunday, Scotland picked up their first win<\/a> in Pool B with a 56-47 victory over Wales.<\/p>\n England, who won gold in 2018, failed to make the podium at Birmingham 2022.<\/p>\n Only two of the 12 players in the squad – Eleanor Cardwell and Imogen Allison – have experience in the Commonwealth Games after injuries to gold medallists Helen Housby and Natalie Metcalf, who withdrew with a calf injury<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n