Brooke Griffin scored four while Kelly Rabil and Alexandra Aust both netted a hat-tricks as the US defeated Australia 15-8 in their Group A clash at the Surrey Sports Park in Guildford, England.

Elsewhere in the group, the host nation got the better of Scotland with a 14-3 win while Canada were also victorious, beating Wales 10-6.

In Group B, the Haudenosaunee Native American also secured a second win of the tournament as they comfortably beat Hong Kong 11-4 and South Korea got over a loss yesterday to see off Switzerland 10-3.

Today’s proceedings got under way with a match between neighbouring European countries Belgium and The Netherlands.

It was the latter who came out on top 20-9.

The other game in Group C saw Israel win 16-8 against the Czech Republic.

The biggest win of the day came in Group D as Japan thrashed Latvia 22-0 with Tomomi Sato top scoring with four and Mai Kemmochi getting three goals.

In the same group, Germany also completed an easy win as they defeated Mexico 16-1.