England women's hockey team won Commonwealth Games gold for the first time with a 2-1 victory over Australia.
Published: 2022-08-08 14:45:44 | Written : Somphet Chanthavilayvong | Hits: 321 | Rating: 
Holly Hunt's superb strike opened the scoring for England, before Tess Howard deflected in a second minutes later.
Australia scored a consolation strike with 19 seconds remaining but were unable to silence the packed crowd.
England had won a medal at every Commonwealth Games since hockey was added to the programme in 1998 - but never gold.
That all changed at the University of Birmingham on Sunday, in front of a boisterous home crowd who played their part as England's 12th woman perfectly.
Australia looked the stronger side after the break but England went close to a third goal through Anna Toman who, from a penalty corner, sent a strike crashing against the post.
The Hockeyroos did manage to pull a goal back in the dying seconds, Ambrosia Malone with a scrappy strike following a short corner, which was eventually confirmed after a lengthy video review.
It is the second successive Games in which four-time champions Australia have lost the final, having lost to New Zealand four years ago on home soil.
On her feelings at the final whistle, Pearne-Webb added: "Just pure relief - it was a bit of an up and down game. we played well in the first half, stepped off a little in the second half, absorbed a bit of pressure and got there in the end."
Pearne-Webb is one of six players in the England squad who won Olympic gold for Great Britain in 2016. The home nations compete as GB at the Olympics and in the FIH Pro League in the two years leading up to the Games.
England's Grace Balsdon finishes the tournament as joint top scorer with six goals.
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