Australia have suffered their first loss of the 2017 Fast5 netball world series with Jamaica claiming a dramatic 26-23 win in Melbourne on Saturday.
The upsets didn't end there. The six-time winners of the Fast5 series, New Zealand, were beaten 37-30 by England.
The Australian game was in the balance until the final second with Tegan Philip's game-tying super shot missing the mark to the delight of the Jamaican fans at Hisense Arena.
Looking to build on their victory over Malawi in the opening match of the tournament, the Aussies could not find their shooting touch and committed 15 turnovers with Jamaica recording seven intercepts to Australia's nil.
"Jamaica came out really hard and put out a good performance," Australian captain Kate Moloney said after the loss.
"We didn't probably perform well enough in our power play quarter and that really hurt us."
Neither side took full advantage of their power play quarters with Australia finishing with six points in the second quarter but then matching Jamaica's eight points in the third to leave scores tied heading into the fourth period.
But it was Jamaica who made the decisive break as Shanice Beckford landed a three-point super shot midway through the term and Jhaniele Fowler-Reid (16 for 17 from the inner circle) scoring the last three points to close out the match.
Gretel Tippett and Kaylia Stanton each made five goals from 10 attempts but Australia's team shooting (41 per cent) was the lowest mark of the tournament so far.
Jamaica produced a fourth quarter power play comeback to beat South Africa 37-29 in their opening match of the tournament and will face Malawi in their final match of day one.
Australia now face a crucial clash with New Zealand to close out day one of competition with the loser facing an uphill battle to reach Sunday's gold medal match.
"Yeah, it's really important," Moloney said of the upcoming New Zealand clash.
"You can't afford to lose many games in this tournament."
"We'll rest up now and get ready to go for tonight - it's going to be a big game."
