Main events
Gold for Scotland’s Hickey in the middleweight final
Boxing: Samuel Hickey has won Scotland’s Commonwealth Games boxing gold medal for eight years after a grueling showdown against Australian teenager Callum Peters. The Scot was pushed to the limit but he shaded it in the end.
Appeal for Crowdsourcing: “Did Jareem Richards get his wish to have the Trinidad and Tobago National Anthem played on a steel pan?” asks Denise Nath. I have to confess I didn’t catch it this morning as I was cycling/hockey at the time – can someone oblige?
Triple jump gold for India’s Eldhose Paul
Athletics: It’s a golden Games debut for Eldhose Paul after Aboobaker’s last jump fell short. The latter takes the silver medal, with Bermuda’s Perinchief winning the bronze.
Athletics: Canada’s Evan Dunfee strolled home to win the men’s 10,000m, with Australia’s Declan Tingay taking the silver and India’s Sandeep Kumar the bronze. England’s Callum Wilkinson missed out on the medals in fourth place.
India can sweep the podium in a thrilling men’s triple jump final. Abdulla Aboobaker has just returned to second place with a jump of 17.02 behind compatriot Eldhose Paul with 17.03m, while Praveen Chithravel is fourth behind Bermuda’s Jah-Nhai Perinchief in the bronze position.
Cricket: England have been on the receiving end of a carnage from New Zealand openers Sophie Devine and Suzie Bates, who scored 54 in 4.3 overs, but Bates was just dismissed for 20, caught by Sarah Glenn off Nat Sciver, but honestly, the damage . it’s already done. The blackcaps are heading for bronze, before a sudden collapse.
Badminton: Canada’s Michelle Li beat Scotland’s Kirsty Gilmour to reach the women’s singles final. She will play India’s Venkata Sindhu Pusarla in the gold medal match.
Netball: England may have suffered heartbreak yesterday, but Australia’s supremacy is not guaranteed and a Jamaica side that has excelled at these Games could pose a threat in one of today’s most anticipated finals. Here’s Megan Maurice on how Diamonds are no longer untouchable:
Thought for breakfast:
Cricket: Sophie Ecclestone’s frustrated mood will have done little to improve after her opener went for 15 in the bronze medal match against New Zealand. The Black Caps are 19 for 0 after two overs.
Boxing gold for Rosie Eccles of Wales
Boxing. A confident performance from the Pontypool fighter sees off Australia’s Kaye Scott in their light middleweight final. Eccles forced two standing charges causing the referee to stop in the second round. That’s seven gold medals for Wales at these Games.
Latest medal table: Australia is now ten gold medals ahead of England, with the host nation 60 to 50. England have lost another boxing gold, with Sunderland’s Kieran MacDonald beaten on points in the over-48-51kg (flyweight) category by India’s Amit Panghal, the English fighter never fully recovering from a nasty eye injury in the second round.
Here are the results at the doors:
Cricket: New Zealand need 111 to win the bronze medal after restricting England to 110 for 9 from their 20 overs. Hayley Jensen took three for 24 while Sophie Devine did some damage with two for 11 from three overs. Nat Sciver top scored with 27 and England were always in trouble as her partnership with Sophia Dunkley broke down.
Table tennis gold ahead for Wales
For table tennis: Joshua Stacey has won Wales’ sixth gold medal of the Games. He beat Australia’s Lin Ma in the men’s 8-10 singles final.
Cricket: You’d be long odds on England missing out on a medal, but that eventuality is looking increasingly likely – they’ve now lost Amy Jones and Sophie Ecclestone in quick succession, both with the ball, with the latter furious with herself and tapping on one. locker room chair disappointed after leaving. England 100-9 in the 19th over. Hayley Jensen has three wickets.
Athletics: just a look at the men’s triple jump final, which Bermuda’s Jah-Nhai Perinchief currently leads with a best jump of 16.92. India’s Praveen Chithravel is second with his compatriot Abdullah Aboobacker third.
Cricket: England need a big finish in their innings, with much depending on Amy Jones (currently 21 not out) and Sophie Ecclestone (16*) – they are 93 for 6 in the 17th over.
Sada Williams wins gold in the women’s 400m
The Barbadian athlete wins in style, as might be expected, but there are silver and bronze medals for England with England’s Victoria Ohuruogu (Christine’s sister) running a smart race to finish second with a personal best , and her compatriot Jodie Williams came out. the third.
Hockey: India won the bronze medal, their women shocking New Zealand on penalties after the Kiwis equalized late on. Something upset, this.
Boxing gold for India’s Nitu Nitu
England’s Demie-Jade Resztan loses the women’s flyweight title after a unanimous decision against India’s Nitu Nitu and has to settle for silver.
Cycling: Anyway, back to that exciting women’s road racing finish. As they approached the final 200 metres, an Australian 1-2-3 looked on, but Scotland’s Neah Evans slipped to the left to take a brilliant silver, which was really not far from gold. But Georgia Baker just held on and her Australian teammate Sarah Roy took bronze. King Eluned of Wales was eighth and the highest English rider finished was Alice Barnes in 10th.
Zambia’s Muzala Samukonga wins gold in the men’s 400m
Athletics: Matt Hudson-Smith of England wins the gold medal from a storming finish by Muzala Samukonga of Zambia. Hudson-Smith started strongly and looked to still have the race under control as he exited the final turn, but his strong run was eclipsed by Samukonga who went wide in the final 20 metres. What a performance and demonstration of potential from the 19-year-old Zambian. Jonathan Jones of Barbados takes the bronze.
Cycling gold for Australia, silver for Scotland!
Cycling: More on this finish in a bit, as the men’s 400m is just getting started.
Cycling: We could be set for an Australia/England/Canada race in the sprint finish with 2km to go
Cycling fan’s eternal lament: “I took the rear off to fit my new racks,” writes Ian Bruce, “and turned to see on iplayer that the BBC have thrown the last 20k of the women’s race into street in favor of Saturday kitchens. the best parts. What’s going on?” iPlayer is of course your friend if it’s available, but I feel it. Apart from that bit of DIY on Sunday morning, which I can’t account for.
Cycling: With 8km to go, you should enjoy Australia, with three riders in the first group, to lead the closing stages. Among them is Anna Shackley from Scotland.
Cricket: Apologies, England fans, for bringing him back there. I had just hit send on my last entry when Sciver was caught by Sophie Devine foe 27, and she was followed by Dunkley playing for eight. England 48-4 after eight and again in a tricky spot
Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan wins gold in the 100m hurdles
Athletics: The favorite broke the Games record with a comfortable and effortless victory in 12.30 seconds, adding to last month’s world title. Amisan’s victory was never in doubt from around 50m and she was comfortably clear of Devynne Chalrton of the Bahamas, who took silver in 12.59. And Cindy Sember came third to win bronze for England.
Cricket: Good recovery from England, Nat Sciver and Sophia Dunkley playing with characteristic fluency and guile to take the score to 42 for 2 at the seventh over.
Table tennis bronze for England’s Wilson
Table tennis: Ross Wilson has won the men’s singles bronze medal match against Nigeria’s Tajudeen Agunbiade.
At the Alexander Stadium, we are preparing for the women’s 100m hurdles.
Cycling: Now a led break in Australia calls for a response from Canada but they can’t make it stay and we have a lead group of about seven with 22km to go. An intriguing sprint finish looks likely at Warwick.
Cricket: England fighting again, 10-2 in the third against New Zealand, Danni Wyatt takes Jensen’s slower ball to mid-on, and then Alice Capsey is caught behind by Gaze off Rowe. A huge blow for England and the crowd, given Capsey’s recent form and talent.
Badminton: Singapore pair Hee Yong Kai Terry and Tan Wei Han have completed victory over Malaysia’s Kian Meng and Lai Pei Jeng and will play England’s Lauren Smith and Marcus Ellis in the final tomorrow.
Cricket: England have won the toss and will face New Zealand at Edgbaston. While in hockey Women’s bronze medal match, India lead New Zealand 1-0 with just over a quarter remaining, New Zealand just had a goal disallowed after a lengthy televised review process.
Cycling: the breakaway group is now more or less caught by an Australian-led burst from the front of the peloton
Some further reading is recommended: esports have made their debut at these Commonwealth Games and Andy Bull has soaked it up. His verdict: kids are fine, but watch out for adults with pound marks on their eyes.
It wasn’t gaming, which is as good a way to spend your screen time as any, or the players, who were mostly teenagers, were all leaders trying to get in on the action.
Cycling: we have a proper split of five riders with 38km to go – including England’s Anna Henderson, Australia’s Ruby Roseman-Gannon, New Zealand’s Niamh Fisher-Black, Canada’s Alison Jackson and Scotland’s Anna Shackley .
Badminton: In the mixed doubles semi-final, England’s pair of Lauren Smith and Marcus Ellis advanced to the gold medal match, defeating Scotland’s Adam Hall and Julie MacPherson 2-0 (21-14, 21-7). In Singapore’s other half, Hee Yong Kai Terry and Tan Wei Han are a higher game with Malaysia’s Kian Meng and Lai Pei Jeng.
Cycling: there are 47km to go in the women’s cycling road race and we have yet to see a meaningful breakaway, with England’s Anna Henderson and Maddie Leech prominent at the front of the peloton. Australia’s Grace Brown is also well positioned.
preamble
Morning everyone. And welcome to an action-packed day full of ram from Birmingham 2022. The women’s cycling road race is already underway, while in the next two hours on the track we have the women’s 100m hurdles finals (10.25 BST) and 400m (11am), Men’s 400m (10.45am) as well as Men’s Triple Jump (10.15am), Women’s Javelin (11.35am) and 4x100m Relay at 12.40pm (men) and 12.54pm.
Elsewhere, there was semi-final upset for England Women yesterday in cricket and netball, and they will be looking for bronze in matches against New Zealand in each sport this morning and lunch. (And spare a thought for the New Zealand Cricketers who face an early start after a late finish against Australia at Edgbaston yesterday). This morning there’s also boxing, diving and squash, and that’s all before a glamorous evening on the track.
To get us in the mood, here’s Sean Ingle’s report from last night’s action at Alexander Stadium, including a remarkable run by Kenyan Mary Moraa to beat Keely Hodgkinson in the 800m medal:
