Jamaica's Under-21 netball coach, C. Lloyd Walker, said he expects an improved performance from the junior Sunshine Girls, who suffered a humiliating 60-27 defeat against Australia's Under-21 team in the opening match of their three-Test series.

The second match will be played today at the same venue where they lost on Monday night, at G.C. Foster College, starting at 6 p.m.

"I am expecting a bigger fight on Wednesday," said Walker. "I think that they have learnt a lot from this game and they will be coming out a lot more determined because they now realise what is at stake.

"I don't think it was a disappointing performance because I believe that we have made progress and the girls have been making strides and we just have to continue to work on our programme," he added.

International exposure

"We need a lot more games like this and a lot more international exposure because they (Jamaica) started pretty nervous and we went down badly from the first quarter because they lost their nerves," he said.

In the meantime, Australia's coach, Simone McKinnis, said they would be looking to close out the series today.

"We want to make sure that we maintain intensity and focus because it is really important that we don't just do it once and be able to back up and do it again in our game," she said.

McKinnis added that she was delighted with their performance.

"I was really pleased with our team's performance because I think that the best part of it was that we got off to an excellent start," McKinnis said.

The junior Sunshine Girls proved no match for the rampant Australians, who crippled the hosts with their tight defence and in the process held them to just 11 goals at half-time, in response to them scoring 29.