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Caitlin Bassett

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Caitlin Bassett, born on 23 May 1988 and originally from Perth, is a former Australian netballer who played for the national team, the Diamonds, and captained it in international tests between 2017 and 2021. She came through the West Australian Netball League with the Demons and played for West Coast Fever from 2005 to 2016, then for the Sunshine Coast Lightning, who won consecutive premierships, and she was the most valuable player of the 2018 grand final. She moved to Giants Netball in 2019 and signed with the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic for 2021. In the 2011 World Championship final she came on at half time, shot at 90 percent and scored the last goal in extra time to beat New Zealand 58 to 57. She won Commonwealth Games gold in 2014 and retired in February 2022 to work as a Fox Sports commentator.

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    Caitlin Bassett (born 23 May 1988) is a former Australian netballer
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    is a former Australian netballer
  • Competed In: Commonwealth Games, Australian Netball Diamonds
    Basset was named in the Australian Netball Diamonds to compete at the 2014 Commonwealth Games who went on to claim gold medal
  • Competed In: Netball World Cup, Australian Netball Diamonds
    She again represented the Diamonds at the 2015 Netball World Cup
  • On The Roster Of: Sunshine Coast Lightning, Career
    Bassett joined expansion club Sunshine Coast Lightning in the new Super Netball competition in 2017
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