New Zealand are the defending champions and Australia are the in-form team, but its the unpredictability of Fast5 netball which could see any of the six nations lining up for short-form honours take out the title in Melbourne this weekend.Vying to overcome the traditional trans-Tasman powerhouses are England, South Africa, Jamaica and underdogs Malawi in netballs version of Twenty20 cricket.New Zealand have won five of the past six tournaments while Australia are chasing history and the only trophy missing from their impressive silverware cabinet.Captains from all sides were in agreeance on Thursday that the 24-minute, five-a-side matches with hybrid rules levelled the playing field, with long-range multiple point shots and power plays often proving the difference.Australia Fast5 Diamonds captain Susan Pettitt said her side was boosted by the inclusion of shooters Gretel Tippet and Caitlin Thwaites fresh from a winning Constellation Cup campaign against the Silver Ferns.She playfully nominated rival Kiwi Fast5 skipper Maria Tutaias skill in nailing the long shots as a reason why Australia is yet to claim a win the fast and furious tournament.Fast 5 is built for Maria Tutaia, shes a great long-bomb shooter but weve got some shooters in our team this year who have been really practising that and theyre looking good so were hopefully going to come out on the weekend and do well, Pettitt said.England, champions in 2011 and runners-up in 2010 and 2012, boast a strong side which features the likes of Geva Mentor, Jo Harten and Ama Agbeze - regulars in the now defunct trans-Tasman league, while South Africas Helen Housby will be keen to impress on Australian soil ahead of her debut with the NSW Swifts in the new National Netball League next year.Jamaica are without their all-conquering shooter Romelda Aiken, who headlines the new NNL Collingwood side next year, but captain Althea Byfield confidently said her side has what it takes to win.To me, its just regular netball, the rules are a little bit different, but its five of us and five of them. 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MIAMI -- Tom Koehler continued his impressive second half with another sharp outing.Koehler pitched seven innings to help the Miami Marlins to a 2-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night.Hes basically been our best pitcher for the last month, Marlins manager Don Mattingly said.Koehler (9-8) allowed two hits and three walks. He struck out six. Koehler is 3-0 with a 0.67 ERA over his last four starts.Weve got a long way to go here and Im not trying to get too high on anything thats been going on because this game can humble you quick and things can change really fast, Koehler said. I know what were trying to do here and I want to be a part of something really special. I think we have a special group and Im trying to do everything I can every fifth day to be a part of that.Giancarlo Stantons RBI double and Marcell Ozunas groundout in the first inning provided the scoring the day after a 14-inning game won by the Giants 8-7.Fernando Rodney, filling in for the injured A.J. Ramos, pitched the ninth to record his 19th save in 21 opportunities.The loss, combined with Los Angeles win over Philadelphia, has the Giants in a first place tie atop the NL West with the Dodgers. The Giants were alone in first place since May 15.Giants manager Bruce Bochy was back in the dugout after missing Mondays game with an irregular heartbeat following an overnight stay in a local hospital.Brandon Crawford, Mondays hero for the Giants who went 7 for 8 including the go-ahead RBI in the top of the 14th, was hitless in four at-bats.We came up with a plan, Mattingly said. We got him out.Stantons RBI double came off a broken bat that bounced over the head of left fielder Angel Pagan and one-hopped the wall scoring Dee Gordon, who reached on a leadoff walk.Ive never seen anything like that, Koehler said. Thats a joke. That guy is so strong. A bats not supposed to go 110 feet and the ball 370. 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I felt in the sixth inning I was closer to what Im looking for.Pagan had two of the Giants three hits.Were just not firing on all cylinders right now with our lineup, Bochy said.MARLINS STREAKINGStanton has an RBI in five consecutive games, Christian Yelich has an eight-game hitting streak, and Gordon has scored a run in six straight games.Also, J.T. Realmuto, who was given the day off, has an 11-game hitting streak.TRAINERS ROOMMarlins: Stanton left in the eighth inning with soreness in his right hip area after making a sliding catch in Mondays game. Stanton will not play Wednesday in what was already a scheduled day off for him before the injury. He thought he was going to be able to get through the game today, but I think hes all right, Mattingly said.UP NEXTGiants: RHP Jeff Samardzija (9-8, 4.40 ERA) will start the final game of the series on Wednesday afternoon. Samardzija has struggled over his last four starts going 0-3 with a 6.85 ERA.Marlins: RHP David Phelps (5-5, 2.45) will start his second consecutive game after moving into the rotation from the setup role. Phelps threw 4 1/3 scoreless innings with 70 pitches in a 5-3 win at Colorado in his last start. ' ' '