Jamaica whip England n-ballers

KINGSTON: Jamaica’s netballers dismissed England 49-39 on Wednesday afternoon to level their three-game practice series 1-1.

The Jamaicans led the quarters 13-10; 24-19; and 31-28 before registering their 10-goal win at the Northern Caribbean University in the south Central parish of Manchester.Goal-shooter  Elaine Davis sank a game-high 33 goals from 37 attempts for Jamaica and was supported by Carla Williams with 11 of 12, Tiffanie Wolfe four of seven and Connie Francis one of two as the Jamaicans emphatically reversed their 51-47 defeat in the opening game on Monday. For England, Karen Grey had 12 goals, Alex Astle and Tracy Neville 10 each and Abby Teare seven. Jamaica, rated number four in the world, beat world third-ranked England in the Commonwealth Games bronze medal match in England last summer, and both teams are using the current series as preparation for the Cable & Wireless World Netball Champion-ship (WNC) here in July. England have a warm-up match against a select Jamaica Under-21 side today and tackle the Jamaican seniors in the series-decider tomorrow.