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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