Just 46 days before a major international test match, Jamaica’s national netball team was dealing with the fallout of Hurricane Melissa. For three weeks, their training was disrupted due to the widespread devastation caused by the Category 5 storm.
Today they lost 80-37 to a full-strength England side in the first game of the series. But for so many of the Sunshine Players on the court, the match was about so much more than netball.