From foes to friends to foes again on the netball court . . . a heavyweight Quad Series clash between Australian captain Caitlin Bassett and England goalkeeper Geva Mentor continues a rollercoaster relationship between two players, who can both lay claim to the mantle of being the world’s best.

Their duel under the hoop will go some way towards determining the Test outcome in Newcastle on Wednesday.

Goalshooter Bassett said it was a sign of modern netball’s itinerant landscape that the pair were Super Netball-winning teammates for four months with the Sunshine Coast Lightning.

Before that, they locked horns in the Commonwealth Games gold-medal match, where   Mentor’s Roses emerging one-goal winners on the Gold Coast.

‘‘There wasn’t a lot of time to reflect.We just had to get over it, learn from it and move on,’’ Bassett said of the loss.  Obviously, I played against Geva in that final and then had to be her friend the next day when we started kitting up for Lightning.  I’m looking forward to another tight contest with her. They’re a quality side and they’re going to want to prove they are the red-hot contenders for this series.’’