BENDIGO'S Caitlin Thwaites has retained her spot in the Australian Diamonds squad for next month's Constellation Cup.
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The star Melbourne Vixens goal shooter has been named in a 13-player Diamonds squad to contest the cup series against New Zealand in October.
The squad includes several fresh faces from the team, which won a silver medal at the world championships in Liverpool in July.
Collingwood Magpies star Ash Brazill and Thwaites partner in goals for the Vixens Tegan Philip have been recalled, while Super Netball championship stars Laura Scherian and Maddy Turner (New South Wales Swifts) have been chosen to make their debut.
Out of the squad goes the injured Kelsey Browne, April Brandley (pregnant) and goal attack Steph Wood (resting).
Thwaites, who made her international debut in 2012 and is a Commonwealth Games and World Cup gold medallist, is joined in the squad by Vixens team-mates Philip, Liz Watson and Jo Weston.
The annual four-match series will get underway in Christchurch on October 13.
The series-opener will be followed by matches at Auckland on October 16, Sydney (October 20) and Perth (October 27).
The Diamonds will be out for revenge against their arch-rivals for the World Cup loss.
The last meeting between the Diamonds and Silver Ferns was the World Cup final in July, when the Kiwis overcame the Australians 52-51 in a nail-biter.
The Constellation Cup squad: Caitlin Bassett (Giants Netball); Ash Brazill (Collingwood Magpies); Courtney Bruce (West Coast Fever); Paige Hadley (NSW Swifts); Sarah Klau (NSW Swifts); Tegan Philip (Melbourne Vixens); Jamie-Lee Price (Giants Netball); Laura Scherian (Sunshine Coast Lightning); Caitlin Thwaites (Melbourne Vixens); Gretel Tippett (Queensland Firebirds); Maddy Turner (NSW Swifts); Liz Watson (Melbourne Vixens); Jo Weston (Melbourne Vixens).
2019-20 Diamonds squad completed by: Kiera Austin (Giants Netball); Emily Mannix (Melbourne Vixens); Kate Moloney (Melbourne Vixens); Gabi Simpson (Queensland Firebirds); Steph Wood (Sunshine Coast Lightning).
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