Jamaica win final game of series as England’s Jess Thirlby looks to learn
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England 53-63 JamaicaEngland win series 2-1 in NottinghamThe biting winter winds that whipped around Nottingham’s Motor Point Arena did little to dull the fire of Jamaica who, after two defeats, exacted the perfect revenge on England’s Roses, defeating the series winners 63-53 in the final game of the three Tests.Learning losses, that’s what Jamaica’s head coach Connie Francis alluded the first two game outcomes had been for her side, so when the Sunshine Girls began with the same seven that led the first match for half the game the question was asked: had Jamaica learned? It may have taken Kadie Ann Dehaney two England wins, but the Jamaican keeper finally cracked England’s golden girl Eleanor Cardwell, and its consequences proved decisive. Continue reading...