Australia won the Constellation Cup for the seventh straight time after a 53-46 win over New Zealand squared the four-match series and allowed them to keep hold of the trophy.

The world rankings reflect the games played up to December 2.

New Zealand have consolidated their place in second, while England remain third ahead of Jamaica in fourth and South Africa in fifth.

Uganda, Malawi and Scotland have all maintained their positions inside the top-10, in sixth, seventh and eighth place respectively.

After their silver medal-winning performance at the Netball Europe Open Championship in September, Wales have moved into the top-10 in ninth place.

They are followed by Trinidad and Tobago, who have moved up from 11^th to 10^th , while Northern Ireland have moved down two places to 11^th.

Following the Battle of the Saints in October, St Kitts and Nevis have re-entered the rankings at 27^th, Antigua and Barbuda have moved up to 36^th, the Cayman Islands have risen seven places to 28^th, and St Maarten have moved down to 44^th.

The Africa Netball Cup in October allowed Zimbabwe to move up to 13^th, while Zambia have retained their place at 15^th and Kenya enter the world rankings at 39^th.

After the M1 Nations Cup in October, Namibia have moved up three places to 30^th and Botswana have moved up to 24^th.

Ireland have moved down to 26^th and Papua New Guinea have moved down to 31^st.

This year ends with 45 teams now having an INF world ranking, another milestone for international netball.