Enfield's Alison Waters admitted she had forgotten what it felt like to win the Women's World Team Championships after England ended an eight-year wait on Sunday.

The 30-year-old has twice been part of the England team to lose at the final hurdle in the last eight years but on Sunday, she helped ended the hoodoo by beating Malaysia 2-1 to claim their seventh title.

Reflecting on England's success, Waters enthused: "I don't think it has really sunk in yet. It was a tense final and it was amazing really, we last won it in 2006 and we have been finalists for the last eight years and we have been close in those finals.

"It is always great to win the title and that one (Edmonton in 2006) feels like ages ago now. We have got a great team and to be honest, you kind of forget what the feeling of winning one is like," she admitted.

There is a symmetry between England's last and most recent World Team Championship wins: both have come in Canada, but Waters insists that is a merely a quirk of fate.

"It is just a coincidence (winning in Canada twice), but it was quite a good competition. It was a good set-up and one of those weeks that no-one will ever forget," she said.

"We went to Niagra Falls one afternoon, it was only ten minutes away from us. The rest of the complex was amazing; the gym, hotel etc were all on site and it was one of the best set-ups we have played in and that makes you feel more comfortable. Apart from that, it was all about squash."

England began the final with a convincing 3-0 win over Malaysia as Sarah-Jane Perry defeat Delia Arnold 11-8, 11-9, 11-7. Malaysia's world number one, Nicol David, then defeated England's Laura Massaro 3-0 (11-8, 11-9, 11-3).

It fell to Waters to claim the title for England, beating plucky Low Wee Wern 3-1. World number five Waters started strongly, winning 11-8, 11-7, only to lose the third game 11-8. After 69 minutes Waters emerged victorious though, winning the fourth games 11-4 to land the title for England.

"The plan was to get to the final and we all knew if we played as well as we can, we had a chance but we always take these competitions one match as a time" explained Waters. "We had the quarter-finals, semi-finals - seven matches overall so it was quite a long week.

"We have had a couple of tough defeats and both of the finals have gone to deciders - I think I lost one actually - and it is a tough feeling, so I think that gave us an extra incentive to win."

Waters now heads to Cairo, Egypt for the Women's World Championships which begin on December 15.