Our prolific striker captained the Reggae Girlz and played the entirety of the match at the Melbourne Rectangular Stadium after serving a suspension in their 1-0 win over Panama last time out.
After the Caribbean side had gained four points from their opening two matches at the tournament, they only needed a point to secure passage into the last-16.
But it was Brazil who were quick out of the blocks when the legendary Marta, who was playing at her sixth World Cup, drove into the box and saw a powerful effort well saved by Rebecca Spencer inside five minutes.
Just as they did in their impressive draw with France, Jamaica were defending valiantly and were frustrating Brazil’s attackers as Luana’s close-range header was calmly claimed by Spencer midway through the first 45.
The Spurs goalkeeper continually thwarted Brazil chances and she produced a fine save on the cusp of half-time to deny Adriana’s drilled volley to maintain a clean sheet going into the interval.
Jamaica were waiting patiently to choose their moment to attack following half-time, and shortly after play resumed, the ball was pumped up to Bunny who controlled well and drove towards the box but saw her powerful cross across the area just evade her teammates.
Chances for both sides were few and far between as the Reggae Girlz’s strong defence continually frustrated their South American opponents.
And their game plan looked to be working perfectly when Shaw collected a well-timed pass, drove into Brazil’s box and shrugged off challenges but fired just over the bar with 10 minutes remaining.
Despite recording just 27% possession, Lorne Donaldson’s side magnificently held on and secured the point they needed to progress from the group stages.
Jamaica will now face the winners of Group H (Colombia, Germany or Morocco) in the Round of 16 on Tuesday 8 August at 9:00 (UK).
