The prospect of ‘Super Sunday’ turned bitter after semi-final defeats for England’s netball and cricket groups, whereas Scotland’s Jake Wightman needed to accept a bronze medal within the males’s 1500 metres.
Here, the PA information company displays on Saturday’s early motion and appears ahead to the highlights that stay on the penultimate day of the Games.
Netball no-go
England’s defence of their Commonwealth Games netball title got here to an finish in a 60-51 semi-final defeat to Australia.
Jess Thirlby’s facet had been by no means in entrance and though they briefly clawed again the deficit to 4 factors, they might not penetrate the Diamonds, for whom Gretel Bueta was excellent.
Australia will play Jamaica in closing after the ‘Sunshine Girls’ scored a surprising win over New Zealand.
No-ball
England’s bid for a primary T20 cricket gold was foiled by India at Edgbaston.
Set 165, which might have been their highest profitable T20 chase on residence soil, England wanted 12 from the final two balls however Maia Bouchier may solely get a single off the penultimate supply.
Their four-run defeat means England should mud themselves down for a bronze medal match on Sunday.
No pleasure for Jake
World champion Jake Wightman’s hopes of a summer season hat-trick ended after he needed to accept bronze within the males’s 1500m.
The 28-year-old, who gained the 1500m on the World Championships final month, burst clear on the ultimate lap however was overhauled on the ending straight and completed behind Australia’s Oliver Hoare and Kenya’s Timothy Cheruiyot in three minutes 30.53 seconds.
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Hockey hopes
England’s girls will bid to assert Commonwealth Games gold after they face Australia within the hockey closing on Sunday afternoon.
Maddie Hinch, who clinched Olympic gold with Great Britain in Brazil, was once more the shoot-out hero within the semi-final when she made a collection of saves to disclaim India.
In entrance of a packed residence crowd, England will fancy their possibilities of ending the job.
Punch energy
No fewer than 16 back-to-back boxing finals might be contested on the NEC on Sunday, the bulk that includes residence nation fighters.
England’s Demie-Jade Resztan will get the motion underway in her flyweight bout towards Nitu Nitu of India, whereas Kiaran Macdonald, and Welsh duo Rosie Eccles and Taylor Bevan, are additionally among the many early starters, with the latter going through Sean Lazzerini of Scotland for light-heavyweight gold.
Cav cost
Mark Cavendish is among the favourites to win the boys’s biking street race across the streets of Warwick and Leamington Spa.
Cavendish is backed by a robust Isle of Man staff who will work collectively in a bid to present the dash king his probability of gold.
The different groups and riders, together with Welshman Geraint Thomas, will struggle arduous to disclaim the type of dash end that the Manxman covets.
Source: www.impartial.co.uk