Key occasions
Jamaica into netball last!
Netball: What a efficiency by Jamaica! They thrashed the world champions New Zealand 67-51, with a 100% capturing report. Captain Jhaniele Fowler scored 54 from 54. Take a bow. They are going to face both England or Australia within the last. They lock horns at 2.30pm.
Athletics: The ladies’s excessive bounce last has simply, erm, leapt into motion on the Alexander Stadium. The 2 favourites are from Australia, Nicola Olyslagers and Eleanour Patterson, each of whom have private bests of two.02m. Jamaica’s Lamara Distin has gone near 2m earlier than, although, as has England’s Morgan Lake. They’re beginning down at 1.71m. I’ll hold you up to date.
Bowls: It’s now a see-saw battle between Australia and England within the girls’s pairs gold medal match. Kristina Krstic and Ellen Ryan fought again from 11-2 down to steer England’s Sophie Tolchard and Amy Pharaoh 16-12, however the host nation have taken 4 to degree the rating at 16-16 with 4 ends to go.
Netball: With 11 minutes remaining within the semi-final, Jamaica have elevated their result in 58-37. The Silver Ferns want a miracle. Jamaica are heading to the ultimate, the place they may face both England or Australia, who play at 2.30pm (BST).
If, like Sachin Nakrani, your vacation plans have been ruined by a delay on the passport workplace, recover from to Birmingham pronto – the Commonwealth Video games may present the leisure you want.
Bowls: After 12 ends Australia have battled again from 11-2 all the way down to degree the rating at 12-12 with England within the girls’s pairs gold-medal match. The match finishes after 18 ends so it truly is constructing in the direction of a tense end.
Netball: There’s a little bit of an upset creating within the netball semi-final, the place Jamaica are main the world champions, New Zealand, 44-28 within the third quarter. Jamaica are not any mugs – they’re ranked fourth on this planet – however the method by which they’ve raced out of the blocks on this match is stunning. New Zealand look shocked. Jhaniele Fowler has scored an ideal 38 from 38. Unbelievable.
Preamble
Morning. There are 33 gold medals to be gained on day 9 of the Commonwealth Video games. It’s why it’s being known as ‘Tremendous Saturday’ by some, together with our very personal Sean Ingle.
The weekend pleasure begins at 11am on Saturday when England’s girls cricketers tackle India within the T20 semi-finals at Edgbaston. They’re heavy favourites after profitable their group forward of New Zealand, with victory prone to see them going through Australia in Sunday’s finals.
The motion skips to the observe at 1.10pm because the world 1500m champion Wightman takes on a high-class discipline which incorporates Kenya’s Timothy Cheruyiot and his Scottish teammate Josh Kerr, the silver and bronze medallists ultimately 12 months’s Olympics.
Simply over an hour later all eyes shall be on the NEC Area as England’s netballers tackle Australia in a rematch of the 2018 last on the Gold Coast.
England’s males may even face Australia within the hockey at 8.15pm, though they are going to be underdogs towards a facet on the lookout for their seventh straight title. Then the motion switches again to the observe, the place Keely Hodgkinson and Zharnel Hughes will hope to win a second and third observe gold of the day for England.
We’ll convey you updates on all of the tales that develop all through the day. The bowling motion is already beneath manner in Leamington Spa, the place England’s Sophie Tolchard and Amy Pharaoh lead Australia’s Kristina Krstic and Ellen Ryan 11-10 within the gold medal match of the ladies’s pairs. Remarkably, Australia have battled again from 11-2 down. Keep tuned.
