Malysha Kelly (born 14 January 1990) is a Jamaican netball player, who has made over 50 appearances for the national side, and is a former captain. At club level, she most recently played for

Severn Stars Severn Stars are an English netball team based at the University of Worcester and the University of Gloucestershire. The team is named after the River Severn, which runs through Worcester and Gloucester, the home cities of the two universities ...

in the

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Club career

Kelly plays as a goal defence and a

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. She has played for St Catherine Racers in the Jamaican Berger Elite League, and signed for English club

Manchester Thunder Manchester Thunder are an English netball team based in Manchester. Their senior team plays in the Netball Superleague. In 2005–06, Thunder were founding members of the league. They were Superleague champions in 2012, 2014, 2019 and 2022. B ...

ahead of the 2016 Netball Superleague season. Ahead of the

2017 Suncorp Super Netball season The 2017 Suncorp Super Netball season was the inaugural season of the premier netball league in Australia, following the disbanding of the ANZ Championship in 2016. The regular season began on 18 February 2017 and concluded with the Grand Final ...

, Kelly signed for Australian team

Adelaide Thunderbirds Adelaide Thunderbirds are an Australian netball team based in Adelaide, South Australia. Since 2017 they have played in Suncorp Super Netball. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Championship and between 1997 and 2007, they played in ...

. She had the most intercepts of any player in the season. She signed for New Zealand team

Southern Steel Southern Steel are a New Zealand netball team based in Invercargill. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Championship. Since 2017 they have represented Netball South in the ANZ Premiership. Netball South is the governing body that re ...

ahead of the

2018 ANZ Premiership season The 2018 ANZ Premiership season was the second season of Netball New Zealand's ANZ Premiership. With a team coached by Reinga Bloxham, captained by Wendy Frew and featuring Gina Crampton, Shannon Francois, Te Paea Selby-Rickit and Te Huinga Reo ...

. In early 2018, Kelly suffered an

anterior cruciate ligament injury An anterior cruciate ligament injury occurs when the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is either stretched, partially torn, or completely torn. The most common injury is a complete tear. Symptoms include pain, an audible cracking sound during inju ...

, which forced her to miss the 2018 ANZ Premiership season, the

2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ...

, and the September 2018 Quad Series. She re-ruptured the ACL later in 2018, which prolonged her time away from professional netball. Kelly signed for English team

for the

2021 Netball Superleague season The 2021 Netball Superleague season was the sixteenth season of the Netball Superleague, the elite domestic netball competition in the United Kingdom. The season started on 12 February 2021. Manchester Thunder were the defending champions, as t ...

. She left the team ahead of the 2022 season.

International career

Kelly has made at least 62 international appearances for

Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...

. She made her senior debut in the 2008

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Championships in

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. In 2009, she was part of the Jamaica under-21 team that came third at the

Netball World Youth Cup Previously known as the World Youth Netball Championships, the Netball World Youth Cup (since 2017) is the world championships of netball for national U21 teams, with all players being aged 21 years or younger. As part of the Australian Bicenten ...

. In the same year, she played in Jamaica's tour of Australia and New Zealand. She played in

2010 World Netball Series The 2010 World Netball Series was the second edition of the World Netball Series, an annual international netball competition held under Fastnet (netball), fastnet rules. The 2010 event was held in Liverpool, England, and was contested between the ...

, where Jamaica came third. Kelly represented Jamaica at the

2011 World Netball Championships The 2011 World Netball Championships was the 13th edition of the INF Netball World Cup, a quadrennial premier event in international netball. It was held in Singapore from 3–10 July. All 48 matches were played at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Sin ...

, where they finished fourth. She represented Jamaica in the netball event at the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...

, where Jamaica won the bronze medal. In the same year, she captained Jamaica during their tour of England. Kelly missed the

2015 Netball World Cup The Netball World Cup Sydney 2015 (NWC2015) was the 14th edition of the INF Netball World Cup, the premier competition in international netball. It was held from 7–16 August, in Sydney, Australia, which secured hosting rights after defeating ...

in Australia due to a knee injury, that she sustained during the Berger Elite League. In 2017, she played at the Caribbean Netball Championships. Her last appearance for Jamaica prior to her 2018 injury was in the

2017 Fast5 Netball World Series The 2017 Fast5 Netball World Series was the eighth staging of the annual Fast5 Netball World Series, and the fifth to be played under the new Fast5 rules, which replaced the older fastnet rules introduced in 2009. The tournament was held in Austral ...

tournament. In December 2020, Kelly was included in the Jamaica squad for their tour of England. It was her first callup since her ACL injury, though the series was later postponed due to Jamaican travel restrictions caused by the

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. She was in the Jamaican squad for their 2021 series against Trinidad and Tobago, and the 2021 Vitality Roses Reunited Series in England. Kelly was not selected for the

2022 Commonwealth Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England bet ...

, but returned to the Jamaican squad for their 2023 tour of England.

Personal life

Kelly studied at the

University of the West Indies The University of the West Indies (UWI), originally University College of the West Indies, is a public university system established to serve the higher education needs of the residents of 17 English-speaking countries and territories in th ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kelly, Malysha Living people 1990 births Jamaican netball players Netball players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Jamaica Southern Steel players Manchester Thunder players Severn Stars players Adelaide Thunderbirds players ANZ Championship players Suncorp Super Netball players Netball Superleague players Jamaican expatriate netball people in Australia Jamaican expatriate netball people in England Jamaican expatriate netball people in New Zealand University of the West Indies alumni ANZ Premiership players