England wins the World team title in Squash

England overcame Aussie jinx by winning the World Men's team squash championship at Chennai. They won 2-1 over their rivals Australia. As expected, David Palmer, who beat Amr Shabana in the semis won his match comfortably. But his other team mates were not upto the mark and handed over an easy victory to the English team. It was a clinical display from England because they had higher ranked players compared to Australia and was the favourite to win the title. In the play off for 3 and 4 positions, France overcame Egypt to secure for the bronze.

Standings

1. England
2. Australia
3. France
4. Egypt
5. Malaysia
6. Canada
7. Netherlands
8. India