Jamaica’s Sunshine Girls produced a scintillating performance to thrash their Caribbean rivals Trinidad and Tobago 89-26 and recorded their fifth consecutive victory at the Netball World Cup tournament in Cape Town, South Africa on Wednesday.

The Sunshine Girls, who are fourth in the world, dominated the match from the opening whistle as they jumped out to a 20-6 lead at the end of the first quarter. Goal shooter Romelda Aiken, who started the match in place of captain Jhaniele Fowler, scored 12 of the team’s 20 goals in the period, while goal attack Shanice Beckford netted the team’s other eight goals.

The Jamaicans, who are ranked seven places above Trinidadian in the world, held their opponents to a mere four goals in the second period while scoring 24, as they romped to an easy 44-10 lead at halftime.

The Sunshine Girls, one of the favourites for the gold medal, ran circles around their opponents in the third stanza as they outplayed the Trinidadians in all areas of the court for a 68-26 lead at the end of the period.

Aiken-George top-scored for the Jamaicans with 37 goals from 42 attempts. She received support from Beckford, who chipped in with 20 goals from 24 tries.

Fowler, who only played in the third quarter of the match, added 17 goals from 19 attempts and Rebekah Robinson contributed 15 goals from 17 tries.

Afeisha Noel top-scored for Trinidad and Tobago with 20 goals from 22 attempts.

The Jamaicans will now face New Zealand in their next match on Thursday.