'Lost for words' - Hollie Pearne-Webb ecstatic as England's women win first-ever Commonwealths hockey gold

England women’s hockey team made history on Sunday by beating Australia 2-1 to take Commonwealth Games gold for the first time. Having won a medal at every Commonwealth Games since hockey was added to the programme in 1998, gold was the only one missing from England’s cabinet. Ad/> But Holly Hunt gave England a fine start at the University of Birmingham in front of a lively, packed home crowd, scoring with an excellent strike from the top of the D early in the second quarter.

Field HockeySuper Surbiton soar to scintillating victory on seismic Saturday of Vitality Women's Hockey27/02/2022 AT 16:16 And Tess Howard’s deflected effort four minutes later doubled their advantage to give their opponents a mountain to climb. Australia scored a consolation in the dying moments of the game through Ambrosia Malone after England gave away a short corner, but there wasn't enough time to scramble an equaliser. «I'm a bit lost for words — it's the first time in history we've ever done this,» England captain Hollie Pearne-Webb told BBC Sport.

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