There is a piece of metal inside Gezelle Allison’s right hand, a plate and five screws holding together a bone that broke. She said it was an injury that also broke her heart.

That bone — her fourth metacarpal — cost her a spot on the 2026 Commonwealth Games squad at which Jamaica won a silver medal. It also cost her months away from the court, away from her sisters, and away from the yellow dress she loves to wear. But it did not cost her dream.

Allison is back in the Sunshine Girls squad for the upcoming four-match Horizon series. And she is not back to make up numbers. She is back for greatness.

“I got injured where I broke my fourth metacarpal, so that’s the reason I was out for Commonwealth Games,” Allison said, her voice steady, her smile returning.

“Now that I have recovered, I have to work extra hard because I have gained weight over the period of time of dealing with my injury. So I have to do the extra hard work,” she told the Jamaica Observer.

That is the part nobody sees. The lonely rehab, the therapy sessions when the rest of the team is training, the frustration of watching the Commonwealth Games from home, knowing she should be there.

“I did my therapy and everything, so like now, I’m fully back in squad, obviously, why I’m selected. My hand is very, very okay, and I’m all right,” she said.

The series represents the final scheduled major assignment for the Sunshine Girls before the 2027 Netball World Cup.

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The team leaves for England on November 14, ahead of the first two encounters at the Copper Box Arena in London on November 21 and 22. The series then returns home for the final two matches at the National Indoor Sports Centre (NISC) in St Andrew on December 5 and 6.

“When selection for the squad was coming up, it was a short period of time as when the physiotherapist released me so that I could come back in training, and it was trials time the following weeks and so I was a bit nervous,” she admitted.

“But I’m happy to know that I’m a part of the Sunshine Girls again. I’m happy to be back in the squad, to be honest,” Allison added.

And now, Allison said that the hard work has really started.

“Training since have been very hard. I am not complaining about it, but I try to enjoy training whether it’s hard or not. Once you enjoy it then we’re good,” the 30-year-old goal attack said.

She knows who is coming — England — a team Jamaica has played many times, a team Jamaica has fallen short against a few times too many.

“I have played against England many times, and there are a few times where we fall short, and at this time I think we will catch them on the rebound and this [series] is the rebound.”

“We are not worried about their squad. We just need to fix what we have here and ensure whenever we go on court we execute what coach was implementing,” she said.