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Nicol Banking On Team-mates To Deliver

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 27 (Bernama) -- World number 1 Datuk Nicol David is banking on her team-mates to deliver at the 16th Women's World Team Championship in Cairo, Egypt on Sunday.

"This time, the team line-up has quality players and enjoy a strong sense of rapport among themselves, which is paramount to deliver the desired results," she said.

Nicol, who completed her 10th Wispa Tour titles this year after clinching the Hong Kong Open title recently, said that besides team captain Sharon Wee who is ranked 24th, Delia Arnold (ranked 34th) and Low Wee Wern (ranked 46th) have performed well in the World Open and British Open, two prestigious titles in squash, this year.

For the record, the 25-year-old Penangite has won the World Open and British Open titles thrice in 2005, 2006 and this year.

"In the team event championship, we will rely on each other for support," she said after a flag handing-over ceremony at the National Squash Centre in Bukit Jalil here Thursday.

"After winning 10 Wispa Tour titles, I am aiming for a final push for the Malaysian team to win this championship as it will be a curtain-raiser title this year," added Nicol.

Present at the ceremony were Squash Racquets Association of Malaysia (SRAM) president Datuk A. Sani Karim who presented the flag to the team manager, and Dr Faizah Ahmad who will led the team to Egypt.

At the 2006 Women's Championship in Edmonton, Canada, the Malaysian team won third placing after beating the Netherlands 2-1 in the play-off match. The Malaysian team were represented by Sharon, Nicol, Tricia Chuah and Delia Arnold.

England emerged champions, beating second seed Egypt 2-0 in the final to win its sixth title since the inaugural biennial championship in 1979.

The 16th Women's Team Championship will be staged at the National Stadium in Cairo from Nov 30 to Dec 6.

The Malaysian team will leave for Cairo Thursday night.

The national teams in the four pools: ( ) denotes seedings

Pool A: (1) ENGLAND, (8) FRANCE, (9) HONG KONG, (16) SPAIN, (17) AUSTRIA

Pool B: (2) EGYPT, (7) AUSTRALIA, (10) CANADA, (15) JAPAN, (18) SWITZERLAND

Pool C: (3) NEW ZEALAND, (6) IRELAND, (11) USA, (14) ITALY, (19) CHINA

Pool D: (4) MALAYSIA, (5) NETHERLANDS, (12) GERMANY, (13) SOUTH AFRICA

-- BERNAMA

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