Netball Jamaica has a selected a 10 member squad to compete at the Fast Five Netball World Series in New Zealand next month.
The squad is missing regular captain Jhaniele Fowler Nembhard who plays in the Australian Super League, also missing Shameera Sterling Humphrey and Latonya Wilson.
The full squad is Tiffany Langley, Amanda Pinkney, Simone Gordon, Kimone Shaw, Cornelia Walters, Paula Ann Burton, Kestina Sturridge, Roxana McLean, Zaudie Green and Shadene Bartley.
Dalton Hinds and Nardia Hansen will take charge of coaching duties on the tour.
The series runs from November 9 to 10 featuring the top 6 teams in the World Netball ranking at the Wolfburgh Arena in Christchurch New Zealand.
Fourth ranked Jamaica will have three games on the opening day against number two New Zealand, number three England and close out against South Africa.
The following day they battle number one Australia and Ughana to close out the round robin phase.
The top two will contest the final with the other four depending on placings at the end of the round robin phase battling for third place.
Jamaica’s best ever finish at the Fast Five was second, they did so twice in 2017 and 2018.
Meanwhile, Jamaica will face New Zealand in the Davis Cup of Tennis Group-2 Play-offs at the Eric Bell National Tennis Centre in Kingston, next year.
The tie is scheduled in the week directly after the Australia Open and will mean plenty of travel for the New Zealand players.
The New Zealand team of Rubin Statham, KP Pannu, Ajeet Rai, Finn Reynolds, Jack Loutit and Marcus Daniell were beaten at home in September by Luxembourg 2-3.
Jamaica has two ranked players in singles, Blaise Bricknell at 479 and John Chin at 1608.
Dustin Brown is a former top 100 doubles player, but is currently 225, while Chin is below 2000.
Jamaica lost to Barbados in the World Group-2 Play-offs at home in February
New Zealand has never played Jamaica before.
However, they did defeat a Caribbean combined team in the early 1970’s.
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