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

England to clash with Australia in the finals of the World men's team Squash championship

England and Australia face after 16 years in a final. This comes after stellar display from Australia's David Palmer who played beautifully to outclass World No:1 Amr Shabana. This was a major setback for the Egyptians from which they could never recover and lost 2-1. Amr Shabana was erroneous right from the word go and this made Palmer to cut off all the escape routes. In the other semifinal, England's Peter Barker won the first match. Although James Willstrop lost his match, France was no match to England's play.

On the other side, in the play-offs, Indians show continued for a brief before losing to Canada. They now face a stiff opposition in the form of Netherlands with whom they battle it out for the 7 and 8 places. Malaysia and Canada fight for 5-6 places. The final is assumed to be a cracker of a contest with all the players in peak form.