Jamaica’s Sunshine Girls have been handed a difficult task to open their campaign at the upcoming Fast Five Netball World Series after being drawn to face two of the top three ranked teams in their first two games.

The two-day event scheduled to run from from November 9-10 will be held at Wolfbrook Arena in Christchurch, New Zealand. It is being contested by the top six teams on the world netball rankings.

The fourth ranked Jamaicans will open their account against second ranked New Zealand – the beaten 2023 finalists – before opposing third ranked England.

They will then close out day one against South Africa before facing two-time defending champions Australia and then Uganda on the second and final day to bring the curtains down on the group stage.

The top two teams will advance to the final with next highest placed teams battling it out in a third and fourth place playoff.

The Sunshine Girls are chasing their first title having finished second twice in 2017 and 2018.