2024 Netball Horizon Series – Eng v Jam (November)

Unfortunately can’t seem to find stats and lineups etc for this series.
Adean Thomas opted out for Jamaica, and Jhaniele was ruled out medically- interesting they chose Romelda over Shimona to replace her. Poor thing really seems to be out of favour despite great performances.

Shooters
Romelda Aiken-George
Shanice Beckford
Mischa Creary
Rhea Dixon (who debuted!)
Simone Gordon (she’s 196cm with a Koenen-like build, saw her at Fast5, and can also play GA)

Midcourt
Abigale Sutherland
Khadijah WIliams
Crystal Plummer
Theresa Beckford
Zaudi Green (very promising but a bit undisciplined, saw her at Fast5)

Defence
Shamera Sterling-Humphrey (C)
Kadie-Ann Dehaney
Latanya Wilson
Kimone Shaw
Jodi-Ann Ward

Not sure about starting lineup.

NetballPass!

Also, Jamaican starting lineup was Aiken-George/Beckford/Williams/Plummer/Wilson/Ward/Sterling-Humphrey.

She did! In at GD 🙂

My two cents on the game

Positives
– Tchine & Pearson were both superb.
– Beckford did a heap of work on attack for Jamaica. Unsure of shooting stats, but I reckon she shot just as many goals as Aiken
– Latanya Wilson was just phenomenal. I lost count of how many balls on the circle edge she disrupted
– Enjoyed the umpires mic’d up
– I thought Crystal Plummer was great in C for Jamaica. A few errors on attack but she was everywhere on defence.

Negatives
– Aiken-George moved far too much. Out of the circle often and left Jamaica with no target.
– Khadijah Williams was gassed after about 5 mins. She is so talented but man if she could run out a quarter she’d be world class.
– Sterling was quiet for her standards. But I imagine she will be firing for Game 2.
– Alice Harvey had concrete feet and couldn’t get off the ground. Needs to work hard on her footwork if she wants further England opportunities.

Jamaica Starting 7:
GS Aiken-George
GA S.Beckford
WA Dixon
C Plummer
WD Wilson
GD Ward
GK Sterling-Humphrey

Bench: T.Beckford, Creary, Dehaney, Sutherland, Williams

Anyone have any intel on JFN being medically unfit?

Also, if Australia is considering locking in Jok, they should do it soon. Jamaica might be wanting to reconsider leaving her out after these results.