Jamaica's Sunshine Girls go to Nottingham today determined to avoid a 3-0 shut-out at the hands of old rivals England in their three-match netball series.

The English girls, who have tussled with Jamaica for the World No. 3 ranking spot in recent decades, hold a winning 2-0 series lead after victories in London and Coventry.

"We have to take one home so we have to bounce back," Jamaica's assistant coach Annette Daley told CMC Sport.

Fallen short

"We will have to work on the areas where we have fallen short. The girls, the coaching staff, we all have to bounce back here," Daley added.

In the opening match of the series on Sunday, England capitalised on a tame start by the Jamaicans and ran out 67-54 winners.

Two nights later at the chilly Coventry Sky Dome Arena, England thumped the Jamaicans 57-47 to secure series honours.

Jamaica and England have been very tightly matched rivals - behind the world's top two, Australia and New Zealand.

At the last World Netball Championship in New Zealand in November 2007, Jamaica edged England 53-52 to capture the bronze medal, retaining their World No. 3 rating while avenging a narrow loss for bronze to the English at the Commonwealth Games the previous year.

England had beaten the Sunshine Girls 53-52 for Commonwealth bronze in Melbourne.

Previously, the world ranking was derived from a team's placing at the World Championship, but a new world rankings format has given England the World No. 3 rating, displacing the Jamaicans.

Team play

England's series victory here means they will retain their ascendancy over Jamaica in the International Federation Netball Associations (IFNA) ratings, but their coach, Sue Hawkins, wants more out of the series. She wants a 3-0 shut-out and even more intensity in team play.

"We've got the third match to go and can't be too complacent," Hawkins said.

"We're going to go stronger harder and faster on Thursday to tidy up our game, to go hard in attack and stronger on the ball," added Australian-born Hawkins, who replaced Marg Caldow as England's coach a year ago.

'We're going to go stronger harder and faster on Thursday to tidy up our game, to go hard in attack and stronger on the ball.'