"There are several things that we could have to consider here, one is the spread of our sport around the world and the strength of netball in every continent," she said. He breached the top 10 only twice in 2018 and ended the year ranked 75th in the world, but he began 2019 in encouraging fashion as he outplayed a high-quality field to win in Abu Dhabi, his first piece of silverware in three-and-a-half years. Now 42 and in his 20th Open appearance, surely his chance to extract himself from the contenders for "best player without a major" had gone. Yet, after 54 holes, he held the outright lead having negotiated some of the worst weather ever seen in the Championship. It used to be Amazon parcels - but on Sunday, it was with bat and ball as Kyle Coetzer's side defeated Bangladesh by six runs in Oman to kick off their T20 World Cup campaign with victory.