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Welcome to the highlights from the World Indoor Bowls Championships at | :00:38. | :00:43. | |
the Potters Leisure Resort. With two trophies already won this week in | :00:44. | :00:46. | |
the pairs and mixed pairs competition, it is single action all | :00:47. | :00:50. | |
the way. Tonight's show features some of the best players in the | :00:51. | :00:54. | |
business. On tonight's menu, a glittering | :00:55. | :00:59. | |
array of singles champions, past and present. The defending and six time | :01:00. | :01:04. | |
when Alex Marshall served up an absolute thriller in his second | :01:05. | :01:12. | |
round match with Mark Dawes. And the reigning women's champion was also | :01:13. | :01:17. | |
in action as she did battle with the two-time winner we will also have | :01:18. | :01:31. | |
highlights of an absolute cracker between Stuart Anderson of Scotland | :01:32. | :01:37. | |
and local boy Mervyn King. -- two-time winner. We will also have. | :01:38. | :01:46. | |
We will start off with action from the singles competition. This is | :01:47. | :01:49. | |
what the draw looked like at the start of the day. The three players | :01:50. | :02:05. | |
already through our: We will concentrate on Alex Marshall. | :02:06. | :02:09. | |
At the age of 48, he is one of the outstanding players in the game. He | :02:10. | :02:13. | |
has won the singles title on six occasions. He was a Commonwealth | :02:14. | :02:22. | |
medallist in Glasgow in 2014. His opponent, Mark Dawes, made it | :02:23. | :02:28. | |
through to the second round here. We will join this match at the final | :02:29. | :02:39. | |
round of the first set. Mark basically need a good opener. He | :02:40. | :02:44. | |
doesn't want to put any added pressure on the himself. | :02:45. | :03:29. | |
He really needs a close all and that's not close enough going in | :03:30. | :03:42. | |
this direction. I am surprised. He still has another chance. He will | :03:43. | :03:45. | |
not make that mistake twice. Yes, here it comes. That's the | :03:46. | :04:04. | |
winner. He might get away with that, with one ball, but not with | :04:05. | :04:08. | |
two. Mark needs a big wall. He certainly does. -- big ball. I still | :04:09. | :04:20. | |
think he is a bit on the wide side. 2-the past. -- 2-3 inches past. We | :04:21. | :04:40. | |
expect Alex to repeat the dose and get this one in. Alex looks under. | :04:41. | :04:45. | |
He will be very unhappy with that one. If he played that and cottagey | :04:46. | :04:55. | |
and he was looking at a possible win. Now he will try to draw it. The | :04:56. | :05:04. | |
expression... It was more of a couldn't really understand how that | :05:05. | :05:12. | |
one came across. Mark knows he is only losing one. I think he is | :05:13. | :05:25. | |
wide. I really do. That's a poor round by Mark. Two feet away and one | :05:26. | :05:33. | |
is 15 inches away. You can't expect to win the set when you play balls | :05:34. | :05:42. | |
by that much. A very nervy end. Yes, that's why I said it was so | :05:43. | :05:46. | |
important to get a good opening ball. You would expect Alex to draw | :05:47. | :05:51. | |
this one and tie the first set. I would expect him to come up with | :05:52. | :05:55. | |
three inches to draw at this point in the game. He plays a big ball | :05:56. | :06:06. | |
very well. I don't think he could be any more chilled! The line looks | :06:07. | :06:25. | |
perfect. That looked good. He didn't know it was there. He reckoned he | :06:26. | :06:32. | |
could lose four balls down on a similar line. Alex Marshall ties the | :06:33. | :06:42. | |
first set and he leads 6- five going into and eight of the second set, | :06:43. | :06:43. | |
which is where we rejoin the action. Well, it is still anybody's game. | :06:44. | :07:06. | |
Two inches past. This is the hand that Mark has been | :07:07. | :08:27. | |
struggling with. I can't believe he finished in that area. He has been a | :08:28. | :08:35. | |
big provider of shoulders. Exactly. Alex now trying to progress the | :08:36. | :08:44. | |
green ball. That shoulder rest is usually something that is just | :08:45. | :08:50. | |
beyond. He can afford to play that extra bit of weight. Again, just the | :08:51. | :09:04. | |
wrong green ball. Mark cannot afford to lose this shot. He has to get at | :09:05. | :09:13. | |
least one here. Down to 15 seconds. He has got to be quick. He has loads | :09:14. | :09:19. | |
of time. He doesn't need to hurry. He is a quick player when he gets on | :09:20. | :09:28. | |
the matter. -- mat. This has a bit of work to do. It has to bend hard. | :09:29. | :09:40. | |
It looked like it was coming back. Once again, this will frustrate | :09:41. | :09:44. | |
mark. There is nothing more frustrating for the player. -- Mark. | :09:45. | :10:02. | |
Alex Wilkinson range and make the head secure. -- will be trying. He | :10:03. | :10:15. | |
realises that the hard shot is really on the backhand. What he is | :10:16. | :10:19. | |
trying to do is force some slightly wider... I don't think that one has | :10:20. | :10:23. | |
worked. It's not bad from Alex. I think it is forcing Mark to play | :10:24. | :10:33. | |
very heavy. Problems for Mark. You can actually see the Red Bull. If it | :10:34. | :10:41. | |
gets into the air, yes. -- into there. That's the way it is. Scared | :10:42. | :10:52. | |
him a little bit. He had asked for the time out. The trouble is, he | :10:53. | :10:56. | |
didn't reset the button quick enough. They're pretty crucial time. | :10:57. | :11:03. | |
It certainly was. Has to get the concentration back again. Just | :11:04. | :11:09. | |
trying to slip around the front ball of Alex Marshall. Will he get back? | :11:10. | :11:22. | |
That will be enough! He certainly has! What a result! It could be | :11:23. | :11:33. | |
three, as you say. Wow! He has got a result. I don't think he was aiming | :11:34. | :11:40. | |
to try and top that, he was just trying to get a single. Alex is | :11:41. | :11:45. | |
pretty good at this. At this stage of the game, he will no... That's | :11:46. | :11:53. | |
very close. It really is. I have a feeling he might have made two. | :11:54. | :12:02. | |
Yes, I think so. I think Alex fancies he is more than one down. | :12:03. | :12:07. | |
Alex just indicating that he thinks it's two shots. Two out. They will | :12:08. | :12:13. | |
check the measure. You can't take a risk on that. 100%. | :12:14. | :12:28. | |
Worth a measure. What result from Mark Dawes. He played a good bowl. | :12:29. | :12:38. | |
Then he made the three. But the fall back on the red was the extra bonus. | :12:39. | :12:46. | |
Both players saying, it's not coming back. I certainly know that. | :12:47. | :12:59. | |
Two shots, Mark Dawes. That's what we thought. Obviously very accurate. | :13:00. | :13:14. | |
But 7-6. What are the chances of two tight sets? I just get the feeling | :13:15. | :13:19. | |
we are going into the tiebreak. Alex has got the last bowl. He has to | :13:20. | :13:28. | |
score at least a one. But... It will be close. | :13:29. | :13:36. | |
Mark did not have a good one. No, he didn't play it well. | :13:37. | :14:19. | |
Well, neither player with a good opener. | :14:20. | :14:27. | |
Yes, I am surprised to see Mark is just slightly on the inside of the | :14:28. | :14:33. | |
match when he is trying to get his all back into the centre. That's a | :14:34. | :14:44. | |
nervy one. As you say, he played a bad end to the first set. Shaking | :14:45. | :14:51. | |
their head. He is annoyed at himself and he should be, because Alex gave | :14:52. | :14:58. | |
him a wonderful opportunity to nail the jack. I would expect this bowl | :14:59. | :15:08. | |
to be the winner. Yes, that's number one. The backhand... The ball is | :15:09. | :15:18. | |
just not strong enough to guarantee Centrelink. Again, he is on the | :15:19. | :15:28. | |
inside of the matter. Let's see if this one makes it back. Short ball | :15:29. | :15:34. | |
coming in. How close is it going to get? That's very good. It is very | :15:35. | :15:40. | |
good. Alex will be tempted to run this. It is not an easy ball to draw | :15:41. | :15:44. | |
off but he does have the last ball in this hand. I would agree, | :15:45. | :15:52. | |
inviting target. Alex will not be short here. Lots of chances. | :15:53. | :16:06. | |
Slightly under. I think he has got it. Looked good for the ball all the | :16:07. | :16:11. | |
way! That's better than getting the jack. If he got the jack and it went | :16:12. | :16:17. | |
under, there would be more room for Mark Dawes. There's a lot of | :16:18. | :16:34. | |
pressure in this final delivery. The difficulties he doesn't want to drop | :16:35. | :16:38. | |
short. He is looking at it. He fancies it. He is coming in but he | :16:39. | :16:46. | |
is waiting for it to get back. That is the important bit! He wanted it | :16:47. | :16:48. | |
to drop. Quite simply the world champion has | :16:49. | :17:18. | |
come down. There is a resoit here and here. You can see right on the | :17:19. | :17:20. | |
spot he holds both. -- respot. He still has a drawer available if | :17:21. | :17:38. | |
he really wants to play it. That's a difficult shot. His third delivery | :17:39. | :17:52. | |
was in the backhand. He would have been happy if it was on the back | :17:53. | :17:58. | |
hand side. The second round for Alex Marshall, defending his title. He | :17:59. | :18:05. | |
has already made history having six, but he is one ball away from not | :18:06. | :18:10. | |
getting the seven. Can you imagine if he forgot about the time? It | :18:11. | :18:19. | |
doesn't bear thinking about. He looks very worried. I am sure he has | :18:20. | :18:29. | |
been in awkward positions before. I think actually I would be striking | :18:30. | :18:33. | |
this again under the backhand. Yes, because you are coming into the jack | :18:34. | :18:39. | |
almost all the time. I would go back. The thing is, he is looking to | :18:40. | :18:50. | |
see out the set and win the match. He would be happy to go to the | :18:51. | :18:54. | |
tiebreak in this situation. He is looking, he is interested! Yes, | :18:55. | :19:02. | |
that's it! He has got the shot! He has, indeed! He had both of them | :19:03. | :19:08. | |
covered! It is going back to the respot position. My goodness, that | :19:09. | :19:19. | |
was close! That was brilliant for Alex. Absolutely fantastic. He | :19:20. | :19:24. | |
thought he hit two. He was just hoping to clip the green ball... | :19:25. | :19:33. | |
Look a much he got of the jack! It was the jack that pushed the green | :19:34. | :19:40. | |
ball through. Happy with that, Alex. So, with both sets tied it meant we | :19:41. | :19:43. | |
were into a tiebreak. Mark Dawes took the first. We pick it up at the | :19:44. | :19:47. | |
start of end two. So, advantage Dawes. Yes. But last | :19:48. | :19:56. | |
ball. This could prove crucial. The tiebreak rules are different. | :19:57. | :20:30. | |
You get to the third and where you can destroy it but you have to | :20:31. | :20:36. | |
nominated. -- third end. You can only do it to destroy the end once. | :20:37. | :20:49. | |
Both players can do that. Alex's opening bowl was short. That may | :20:50. | :20:53. | |
give him problems. If Mark happens to get it on top of the jack. | :20:54. | :21:00. | |
Well, it is not very adjacent, but it is useful in a way. It is not in | :21:01. | :21:11. | |
the way for Alex. He can get around that. He is short ball will be an | :21:12. | :21:17. | |
advantage to him. -- his short. He has a bit of work | :21:18. | :21:35. | |
to do. It's still there. Mark Dawes can still draw. He has his own ball | :21:36. | :21:39. | |
which has just dropped out, and opened the gap little bit. Needs to | :21:40. | :21:47. | |
control this one. None of the balls at the moment will probably live. | :21:48. | :21:51. | |
Yes, he needs to get into the pocket between the two balls. -- lie. This | :21:52. | :21:55. | |
looks better. This looks like the winner. | :21:56. | :21:58. | |
APPLAUSE That's very good. 4-5 inches in | :21:59. | :22:08. | |
front. A very good bowl under the circumstances and under this sort of | :22:09. | :22:14. | |
pressure. Yes. Great ball. Needed a closer bowl and that's what he has | :22:15. | :22:19. | |
got. I don't think this will change Alex's shot. He has about six | :22:20. | :22:20. | |
inches. Again, he is looking very carefully | :22:21. | :22:37. | |
at this one. His weight is good. I think he is very close. Very close | :22:38. | :22:46. | |
indeed! He's got it! What a ball! That looked so much better coming | :22:47. | :22:52. | |
down the rink. It is going to force Mark onto the forehand. No backhand | :22:53. | :23:00. | |
shot now. Alex only had six inches to play with. Wow. What a bowl. | :23:01. | :23:12. | |
Pressure for Mark. Don't hold back with this one! Too high. Yes, he's | :23:13. | :23:21. | |
wide. He has done it again, Alex Marshall! He's digging deep, shall | :23:22. | :23:34. | |
we say. This time the third bowl. Didn't need his last one. I have to | :23:35. | :23:44. | |
say, he's a man who doesn't want to give up this title. He's digging | :23:45. | :23:46. | |
deep and finding every ounce of experience. This is really tense. | :23:47. | :23:58. | |
Alex contemplating where he wants the jack. This is great stuff. It | :23:59. | :24:02. | |
really is. Still thinking about this. The problem is, if he goes | :24:03. | :24:06. | |
along, I don't think he is confident to get out of trouble. He is still | :24:07. | :24:12. | |
very undecided. Doesn't know where to go. I think short three quarters | :24:13. | :24:19. | |
is probably better for you. You can understand this. Yes, I can. | :24:20. | :24:33. | |
I understand there's no time clock. I think it is a good decision. Yes, | :24:34. | :24:39. | |
he is going for the very short jack length, which in many ways is his | :24:40. | :24:46. | |
signature. It is. I think it will allow him to play both hands, if he | :24:47. | :24:51. | |
is in trouble. He is leading with the backhand, which he hasn't done | :24:52. | :24:52. | |
at the full length. Short jack length. Missed the line | :24:53. | :25:13. | |
by a ball's width. It can happen with the forehand. I am amazed that | :25:14. | :25:23. | |
Mark is plain from the inside of the mat, but he's doing well. Needs to | :25:24. | :25:27. | |
coming behind. He has picked out the lion. In a traditional situation | :25:28. | :25:31. | |
that would be the play from the other side. -- line. It would be. | :25:32. | :25:35. | |
Quickly Alex is on the forehand side. I think you like this one | :25:36. | :25:44. | |
better. Looks better. He is close. Is this the matchwinner? Very close. | :25:45. | :25:56. | |
There it is. Front toucher. Choice for Mark now. Does he nominate? He | :25:57. | :26:05. | |
certainly won't be short. He has tried to draw this. This backhand, | :26:06. | :26:12. | |
you just hold off all day want to put the weight on it. Didn't like | :26:13. | :26:15. | |
the look of that one really. I think he has two drive that off. That if | :26:16. | :26:25. | |
he remembers. True. Only two players have forgotten in the final end. | :26:26. | :26:28. | |
Mark knows you can't play the sort of weight. I wouldn't be surprised | :26:29. | :26:39. | |
if he goes for cover. He has gone for cover. Can't blame him. He has | :26:40. | :26:48. | |
done the work with the second bowl. If this gets very close to the spot | :26:49. | :26:52. | |
then Mark has got to nominate this, simple as that. He can flick off the | :26:53. | :26:56. | |
ball on the edge that he has denominated this to kill it off. -- | :26:57. | :27:00. | |
to nominate this. This is the only time when you're | :27:01. | :27:18. | |
allowed to do this. Destroying the end. If the ball was outside the | :27:19. | :27:26. | |
confines of the rink, all the balls are brought back and they play the | :27:27. | :27:36. | |
game. -- it again. Mark has nominated to kill the end with this | :27:37. | :27:43. | |
ball. You can nominate as often as you wish but you are only allowed to | :27:44. | :27:46. | |
be successful ones. Basically, striking and hoping to clip the ball | :27:47. | :27:53. | |
out. The second plan is if he kills the jack... Yes! What a bowl! Alex | :27:54. | :28:03. | |
can draw this. He has a bit of space. It is all about the pressure! | :28:04. | :28:10. | |
No matter where he puts it, it's still an option. Correct. A | :28:11. | :28:18. | |
fantastic strike. Nominated to kill. Clipping the ball was perfect. | :28:19. | :28:24. | |
Unbelievable. Out it goes. I think Alex has a 15 inches. Not only that, | :28:25. | :28:32. | |
but, he has already saved it twice. Can he do it again? If there was | :28:33. | :28:43. | |
anyone in the world to put money on to draw the shot, it would be this | :28:44. | :28:48. | |
man. My last few pounds in my back pocket will go on this. Draw within | :28:49. | :28:51. | |
15 inches. Watch his body after the delivery. | :28:52. | :29:10. | |
He knows when he's good. I think he likes it. The line is good and the | :29:11. | :29:14. | |
weight looks good to me. He's done it. He's there. Yeah. He's there. He | :29:15. | :29:18. | |
was there all the way. What pressure. What absolute pressure | :29:19. | :29:24. | |
that is. And that's just tremendous stuff. He really is not wanting to | :29:25. | :29:28. | |
let this go, is he? What a bowl. What a bowl. Here we go. 15 inches | :29:29. | :29:34. | |
to draw the shot. And he comes, perfect weight. | :29:35. | :29:40. | |
That's even better than his last one. That was a side toucher. No | :29:41. | :29:47. | |
time-outs remaining. He can nominate again and go for the jack. I think | :29:48. | :29:53. | |
the danger in trying to hit this target is he will probably remove | :29:54. | :29:56. | |
his own two green balls. I think this is just a forehand draw. Does | :29:57. | :30:01. | |
he know he can nominate again? He's only got the jack. Last time, he had | :30:02. | :30:05. | |
the bowl or the jack. I think this is a forehand draw. Wow. On that | :30:06. | :30:08. | |
forehand he has been struggling to catch it. Well, it's a shorter line, | :30:09. | :30:13. | |
so he might just find a better line. Here we go. | :30:14. | :30:18. | |
I have to say I'm a little bit surprised he's playing this, because | :30:19. | :30:23. | |
it hasn't been his favourite hand. I think he's outside it. Too wide. | :30:24. | :30:26. | |
Yep. Definitely. Definitely too wide. It just didn't look the right | :30:27. | :30:32. | |
shot to me. The match to Alex Marshall. What do you say? The | :30:33. | :30:34. | |
master does it again. First of all, Mark, defeated, but | :30:35. | :30:44. | |
I'm sure quite proud of your performance today? Yeah, obviously | :30:45. | :30:46. | |
disappointing with the way the result went. But, yeah, proud of the | :30:47. | :30:50. | |
way I played and obviously had to push Alex into playing the big | :30:51. | :30:54. | |
bowls. Absolutely. Give us an idea of what the experience was like | :30:55. | :30:57. | |
against Alex out here today in a match as tight as that? Yeah, it's | :30:58. | :31:01. | |
difficult. You see how you perform under pressure. I played decent | :31:02. | :31:05. | |
balls, even in the tie break. Unfortunately, Alex always had the | :31:06. | :31:08. | |
answers. Did you at any point think you were gonna cross the line? No. | :31:09. | :31:12. | |
Because when he's got a bowl in his hand, he's got a chance. | :31:13. | :31:13. | |
LAUGHTER So true. Alex, a lot of people talk | :31:14. | :31:18. | |
about the fact that experience plays an important role. How much did you | :31:19. | :31:22. | |
have to keep calm and draw on that experience today? I just think I had | :31:23. | :31:26. | |
to pull out some of the biggest bowls I have ever played in my life. | :31:27. | :31:30. | |
Mark put me under so much pressure during the game. And I thought, you | :31:31. | :31:35. | |
know, in the last end of the match, I thought getting the jack on for | :31:36. | :31:39. | |
two. But I had to fight and fight. Just eventually got there in the | :31:40. | :31:43. | |
end. What a match. You say a lot of very important bowls. Talk us | :31:44. | :31:48. | |
through your final one of the match. Yeah, obviously Mark played a great | :31:49. | :31:53. | |
bowl, to nick mine out without temperaturing the jack. There was | :31:54. | :31:57. | |
one shot I had to play. That's the bowls that you've got to play to win | :31:58. | :32:01. | |
games here. We're gonna take a look at the final one in the second set. | :32:02. | :32:04. | |
Again, another very important moment. Yeah. Again. That's when I | :32:05. | :32:09. | |
just tried to nick the jack to kill it. But one of Mark's bowls actually | :32:10. | :32:13. | |
followed through and got a second shot. I thought if I killed that | :32:14. | :32:18. | |
shot, then I thought I was gonna get two shots. Ifs relieved, in the tie | :32:19. | :32:22. | |
break, it still gave me a chance. So, the defending champion is still | :32:23. | :32:27. | |
in the tournament. But who would he play next? Either | :32:28. | :32:28. | |
Stewart-and--and-or Mervyn King. Mervyn King is 50 and seeded number | :32:29. | :32:39. | |
eight. He loss won this title but it was even further back, in 2006. | :32:40. | :32:45. | |
Well, Stewart-and--and-won the first set pretty easily 11-2 before Mervyn | :32:46. | :32:49. | |
King hit back to win the second 8-3, meaning we were into tie break | :32:50. | :32:53. | |
territory once again. Here's what happened with Greg Harlow and David | :32:54. | :33:00. | |
Corkill. This match between Mervyn King and Stewart-and--and-the second | :33:01. | :33:03. | |
looked like it was gonna be a tasty affair. That's exactly how it's | :33:04. | :33:08. | |
turned out. Stewart Anderson taking the first 11-2. King coming back | :33:09. | :33:15. | |
very strong 8-3 in the second. Greg, the interesting thing was, | :33:16. | :33:18. | |
Stewart Anderson won the toss and gave the jack away, that's quite | :33:19. | :33:22. | |
surprising. Yeah, I think we both thought here, whoever won the toss | :33:23. | :33:27. | |
would keep the jack and go for their preferred jack length. But Stewart | :33:28. | :33:31. | |
clearly wants the last bowl. Only time will tell if it was a good | :33:32. | :33:40. | |
or bad decision. Two very good bowls to start off | :33:41. | :33:45. | |
with, but immediately Mervyn is in a bit of bother, even after his first | :33:46. | :33:48. | |
bowl. He has to be very careful. An inch and a half. | :33:49. | :33:53. | |
LAUGHTER Distances are going to be very tight | :33:54. | :33:56. | |
here. Yeah. Obviously like to get another | :33:57. | :34:01. | |
bowl in, because Stewart's more than capable of pushing the green one | :34:02. | :34:07. | |
away from the jack. But it's very dangerous to go near it. | :34:08. | :34:13. | |
Rules changed. Tie break, just win the end. No accumulated shots. | :34:14. | :34:22. | |
Stewart going for it immediately. Looking for the edge of the bowl and | :34:23. | :34:30. | |
he's very close. What's the decisionmaking here for | :34:31. | :34:33. | |
Mervyn? I think he will probably run for the respot on the right-hand | :34:34. | :34:37. | |
side of the rink. Looks like if Stewart hits the bowl, the jack is | :34:38. | :34:38. | |
probably gonna go that way. It will also mean he's got both | :34:39. | :34:47. | |
respots covered. Very good. | :34:48. | :34:55. | |
Both respots covered. Take the bowl out. Yeah, Merv has both spots and | :34:56. | :35:03. | |
the shot. Stewart eats only option is to get the bowl a -- Stewart's | :35:04. | :35:08. | |
only option is to get the bowl away or the jack. He could do it with the | :35:09. | :35:13. | |
drive. The draw probably guarantees the result more than the drive but | :35:14. | :35:16. | |
the drive probably looks more attractive. | :35:17. | :35:21. | |
Looks closer this time. Wants just the bowl. He's got it. | :35:22. | :35:32. | |
The bowls appear to be likely, difficult for Mervyn. He has to draw | :35:33. | :35:34. | |
within four inches or run the jack. Expected that. He just couldn't | :35:35. | :35:47. | |
afford to go near it, really, on the draw. So, not easy. He needs to | :35:48. | :35:53. | |
repeat his first bowl. Perfect line. Has he got the run-in? Oh. Has he | :35:54. | :36:04. | |
got the run-in? Has he got the run-in? What a bowl! Well done, | :36:05. | :36:10. | |
Mervyn. Good memory. Line and length. He knew that there | :36:11. | :36:15. | |
was a chance of his own bowl going out, but quite happy to draw | :36:16. | :36:20. | |
another. And now Stewart has got the forehand runner, as we see this ball | :36:21. | :36:24. | |
just coming in. Brilliant bowl. Absolutely first-class. So, same | :36:25. | :36:29. | |
bowl for Stewart. Stewart would be hoping for a bit of deja vu. Clip | :36:30. | :36:33. | |
the green bowl off to win the first tie break end. | :36:34. | :36:40. | |
Has to be the outside edge. Nothing else will do. | :36:41. | :36:45. | |
Close again, I think. Is he slightly under? He is. Yep. Just didn't look | :36:46. | :37:00. | |
like he had the same width. So, Mervyn King, it will be | :37:01. | :37:03. | |
interesting to see what he does with the jack here. I'm certain he will | :37:04. | :37:08. | |
take it. I think he will, yeah. Suzanne King watching on. Jimmy | :37:09. | :37:13. | |
Chisney is beside her. Win or lose, I think it's the right decision to | :37:14. | :37:17. | |
take the jack. He's played far better on these short jacks. | :37:18. | :37:31. | |
Jack makes 23m. Mervyn staying with that short jack | :37:32. | :37:37. | |
length. He's been so good at it. Certainly a better approach this | :37:38. | :37:48. | |
time. APPLAUSE | :37:49. | :38:36. | |
Still a little bit on the short side. Put Stewart on to the | :38:37. | :38:39. | |
backhand. I've seen players run at these, | :38:40. | :38:51. | |
looking for the jack nice and clean. Stewart sticking to the draw. If he | :38:52. | :38:56. | |
misses this bowl, he will be in a good position. Yep, there it is. | :38:57. | :39:00. | |
That gives him the back position. Trouble for Mervyn is he probably | :39:01. | :39:03. | |
reckons that his own bowl is just not close enough. But the back | :39:04. | :39:10. | |
position is building. Looking for a close shot. Not sure he's on the | :39:11. | :39:14. | |
right line with this one. A bit of a nervy end at the moment | :39:15. | :39:23. | |
from both of them. I think Mervyn realises that shot bowl needs to be | :39:24. | :39:27. | |
a lot closer to keep Stewart Anderson out. This is better from | :39:28. | :39:30. | |
Stewart. This line is the best he's played. How's the pace? | :39:31. | :39:35. | |
The pace was good. He only turned the bowl over once, but just missed | :39:36. | :39:41. | |
the line. That's a short jack length. That's the difference | :39:42. | :39:44. | |
between the two sets of bowls. It is. I think Merv will stick to the | :39:45. | :39:49. | |
forehand. He's got his own bowl just to turn in a bit closer, or slip | :39:50. | :39:53. | |
past. Love to get a back toucher in on this one. | :39:54. | :40:05. | |
Well, from 11-2 in the first set, Mervyn King has come back very, very | :40:06. | :40:10. | |
strong in this match. He's going deep. Yep. Good decision. Deciding | :40:11. | :40:15. | |
that he's happy enough with the way it sits. He said to Stewart, "You | :40:16. | :40:19. | |
need to beat that to stay in the World Championships." Stewart | :40:20. | :40:26. | |
looking for the 2-bowl take-out here. | :40:27. | :40:30. | |
Back end, half the front, green, on to the other green. Also a chance of | :40:31. | :40:35. | |
getting the jack all the way through for the one. Well, as you say, Greg, | :40:36. | :40:42. | |
there's a second option, really, off the two bowls. The jack and the | :40:43. | :40:47. | |
ditch is also good. That was where he put his foot, so I'm pretty sure | :40:48. | :40:51. | |
it's gonna be a backhand runner. Two bowls out or jack right the way | :40:52. | :40:55. | |
through. He's close. It certainly is. Jack. All the way. Brilliant. | :40:56. | :41:01. | |
APPLAUSE Well, two options there. He had to | :41:02. | :41:06. | |
get very close to the jack to get this earlier option of the two bowls | :41:07. | :41:09. | |
out, but that was absolutely perfect. Absolutely brilliant shot | :41:10. | :41:13. | |
to stay in the World Championships. A very typical Stewart Anderson | :41:14. | :41:18. | |
shot. Controlled weight on his back hand. Wonderful, wonderful drive. | :41:19. | :41:42. | |
Jack length, 23m. Both the tie break ends, we have | :41:43. | :41:52. | |
seen two fantastic last bowls. One from Merv, one from Stewart. Yes. | :41:53. | :41:58. | |
And the rules change again on the last end. For the tie break. You can | :41:59. | :42:05. | |
destroy the end, but you must nominate it, and that's unusual for | :42:06. | :42:09. | |
Mervyn. It drove short at this length for the first bowl. | :42:10. | :42:20. | |
The more bend he gets now, the better. | :42:21. | :42:50. | |
A great second bowl. The drop-down was important because it didn't | :42:51. | :42:55. | |
leave a clean jack. There's no solid jack available, it's gonna be a | :42:56. | :42:58. | |
half. Stewart will be looking to turn around the corner. Yep. Going | :42:59. | :43:04. | |
for it. The crowd loving this from both players. Bowl out clean again. | :43:05. | :43:07. | |
Jack's gone. Where is it going? Under the respot? Yes, it is. | :43:08. | :43:13. | |
Merv will lie. But Stewart will have the last bowl in this end, so that | :43:14. | :43:19. | |
might well be crucial. Both players, two bowls left. | :43:20. | :43:36. | |
A great road for Mervyn. Has he got the pace to get all the way up to | :43:37. | :43:44. | |
the jack? Very close. That's a good bowl. The trouble with | :43:45. | :43:51. | |
that, Greg, is that it's a tempting running bowl, but at the same time | :43:52. | :43:55. | |
it is beatable. But it's very close. It will definitely be a draw, this | :43:56. | :43:58. | |
one, for Stewart. Looks like he's got nine or ten inches to win the | :43:59. | :44:03. | |
shot. This is the one you want to do it with. The third bowl. Perfect | :44:04. | :44:08. | |
approach. Will he stop? Oh, he is. Yes. Excellent stuff. Mmm. This will | :44:09. | :44:16. | |
be interesting. One red. One red. That's a very strong call. That bowl | :44:17. | :44:26. | |
must be in by at least an inch or two. Merv just needs the smallest | :44:27. | :44:32. | |
adjustment from his last. How is he? He's chasing it down. He's under. | :44:33. | :44:36. | |
He's chasing it down. Has he turned it? Oh, he hasn't! Oh! He needed to | :44:37. | :44:41. | |
turn the bowl. But he will have moved it along the carpet. But is it | :44:42. | :44:47. | |
enough? Well, the shot clock hasn't even started. Oh, it has. Yes. | :44:48. | :44:53. | |
Caught up in the excitement. Stewart will use a He's obviously made | :44:54. | :45:00. | |
lips... It a lot closer. I do favour you. | :45:01. | :45:05. | |
LAUGHTER Sandra favours the red bowl, but it | :45:06. | :45:08. | |
is only a favour and it's only an opinion. | :45:09. | :45:12. | |
Well, he's going for the time out. Quite right. You've gotta make sure. | :45:13. | :45:16. | |
Depends how confident he is on that. Well, he is confident. He must be. | :45:17. | :45:22. | |
He's declared the end. Declared the end. Now, Mervyn is a very good | :45:23. | :45:27. | |
judge. And he will have a look at it and decide himself. Yep. There we | :45:28. | :45:28. | |
are. APPLAUSE | :45:29. | :45:32. | |
A good one. Great game. Well, we knew it was gonna be very, | :45:33. | :45:45. | |
very good. Mervyn King very much in the ascendancy in the second half of | :45:46. | :45:49. | |
the match. Looked very good for a long time to take the full tie | :45:50. | :45:53. | |
break. But as it turns out, Stewart Anderson takes it 2-1. It was a | :45:54. | :45:56. | |
great game, I have to say. It really was. We expected it to be exactly | :45:57. | :46:07. | |
that. But 11-2, 3-8, 2-1. Merv, first of all, the first set | :46:08. | :46:11. | |
very much in favour of Stewart, but what turned the match around in the | :46:12. | :46:15. | |
second set for you? Obviously going short. I couldn't reach on the long | :46:16. | :46:20. | |
jacks, too many short bowls. Stewart was awesome on long jacks as he was | :46:21. | :46:24. | |
in the pairs and everything else he's played in. I knew I had to try | :46:25. | :46:30. | |
and change the length. Lucky I did. Well, despite going out, once again | :46:31. | :46:32. | |
you've had great support here from the crowd. And I don't think, in all | :46:33. | :46:36. | |
the years coming here at Potters, that any player has been cheered as | :46:37. | :46:39. | |
loudy as you have. No. All the support is great. And thanks, | :46:40. | :46:41. | |
everybody, for that. And obviously... | :46:42. | :46:44. | |
APPLAUSE Obviously disappointed that I | :46:45. | :46:48. | |
couldn't get a win in for them. But I can't really say I didn't try much | :46:49. | :46:52. | |
harder than that. That was all down to the last bowl. I thought I'd got | :46:53. | :46:56. | |
it. It was a wonderful match and a great effort. Stewart, some | :46:57. | :47:00. | |
wonderful moments for you, but give us your thoughts. Merv said the | :47:01. | :47:03. | |
different jack length in the second set worked for him. The first set, | :47:04. | :47:08. | |
the longer length, for you? Yes. To be honest, I thought in the first | :47:09. | :47:11. | |
set I played rather well. Merv was struggling to push on through T | :47:12. | :47:16. | |
certainly in the second set, I don't think I've seen anybody play short | :47:17. | :47:20. | |
jacks. I just had to dig deep and up the ante a bit in the tie break and | :47:21. | :47:24. | |
fortunately I scraped through. It was wonderful to watch. Dramatic for | :47:25. | :47:27. | |
us. Especially your last bowl in the second end of the tie break. Talk us | :47:28. | :47:31. | |
through that. Yeah. I had two options. It was either get the jack | :47:32. | :47:35. | |
clean, which is what I did. Looked for the side of the front ball on to | :47:36. | :47:39. | |
the next one. Luckily enough, I got it perfect and forced the decider. | :47:40. | :47:45. | |
And that dises for Stewart Anderson means we are set for a -- win for | :47:46. | :47:50. | |
Stewart Anderson means we are set for a great game. | :47:51. | :47:57. | |
Time now to switch our focus to the ladies' singles competition. Here's | :47:58. | :48:00. | |
what the semifinal draw looked like at the start of the day. Laura | :48:01. | :48:08. | |
Thomas up against Ellen Falkner and Rebecca Field up against her | :48:09. | :48:11. | |
opponent. The first match we'll concentrate on is between Laura | :48:12. | :48:14. | |
Thomas, aged 30 from Wales. She became the first Welsh woman to win | :48:15. | :48:20. | |
this title 12 months ago. She was up against Ellen Falkner, age 36 and a | :48:21. | :48:24. | |
two-time champion. The last of those successes coming back in 2006. | :48:25. | :48:29. | |
Well, Ellen Falkner won the first set 6-5 before Laura hit back to | :48:30. | :48:33. | |
take the second 9-5, which again forced another tie break. As we join | :48:34. | :48:39. | |
it, it's one end each. Here's the decider, with Corky and Robert | :48:40. | :48:40. | |
Paxton. Laura Thomas, defending champion, | :48:41. | :48:51. | |
has got four bowls to stay in this champion shp. -- championship. And | :48:52. | :48:56. | |
Ellen Falkner from England has pushed her all the way in this | :48:57. | :49:01. | |
match. To the last end of the tie break. Two tight sets. First two, | :49:02. | :49:07. | |
but the pressure has not eased up in any way in the tie break. It's been | :49:08. | :49:09. | |
very good stuff. One red. Well, that's a... Where she | :49:10. | :49:40. | |
didn't want to be. Because Ellen has been very good with her running | :49:41. | :49:43. | |
bowls. And didn't want to drop short on that. | :49:44. | :49:53. | |
Given Laura a chance to get red in on the jack. This is looking very | :49:54. | :49:58. | |
good. Just needs to pull in. Mmm. How many times have we seen | :49:59. | :50:05. | |
that jack high bowl on that forehand? It's two inches short. | :50:06. | :50:10. | |
Just not quite getting down. Obviously changed models for this | :50:11. | :50:13. | |
game. Just that wider draw. It's very beatable on the draw. A couple | :50:14. | :50:20. | |
of inches closer, I would imagine Ellen would have been going for it | :50:21. | :50:24. | |
with weight. But feels confident she can draw this. | :50:25. | :50:28. | |
Certainly looks a lot better. Needs to grab something. Yes. Needs the | :50:29. | :50:38. | |
jack and gets it. That shoulder always offers up that | :50:39. | :50:42. | |
opportunity. Just to make sure you're arriving. Seven inches. | :50:43. | :51:04. | |
Very close. Very close. Oh! One green. Dropped away. Definitely one | :51:05. | :51:17. | |
green. I don't think it would be, even if | :51:18. | :51:19. | |
it stayed up. It's going to be another... Just try | :51:20. | :51:42. | |
and get a closer bowl. Just draw away on that forehand, because if | :51:43. | :51:45. | |
she drops on her own bowl in behind, it's good. Even if she drops on to | :51:46. | :51:49. | |
the red bowl, it's good, it will force Laura on to the backhand. | :51:50. | :51:54. | |
That's not a hand she's played too often. So, definitely worthwhile, | :51:55. | :51:58. | |
just to stick on the fore. Don't think there's a lot of danger. Just | :51:59. | :52:02. | |
plays with good weight. The only thing she won't want is | :52:03. | :52:06. | |
just to be a touch wide, just in front to give her a shoulder. | :52:07. | :52:10. | |
Hmm. This looks on the high side. A lot of work to do to get back from | :52:11. | :52:20. | |
there without leaving a catch. Here it comes. She doesn't want to land | :52:21. | :52:24. | |
beside it. That's a really good bowl. Well done. | :52:25. | :52:30. | |
Well done, Ellen. That really did pull back strong at the end. Extra | :52:31. | :52:35. | |
bias bowls. But can't really say it's a | :52:36. | :52:38. | |
shoulder, Rob, but it's certainly something to lean on. | :52:39. | :52:43. | |
It's whether she can see enough of the bowl playing down the forehand | :52:44. | :52:48. | |
with pace to get the two away. Well, she can, actually. Laura has | :52:49. | :52:54. | |
one time-out remaining. She's having a real good look at | :52:55. | :52:59. | |
this. Now, there is enough rum to get past the front one, but -- room | :53:00. | :53:04. | |
to get past the front one, but she needs to get the inside. If she gets | :53:05. | :53:09. | |
the outside, it will lock on to it. Middle bowl, it will scoot off. This | :53:10. | :53:13. | |
one will move away. But this is a very difficult shot, | :53:14. | :53:17. | |
because you know what that forehand is like, it just holds off. | :53:18. | :53:21. | |
But one bowl left for the defending champion. | :53:22. | :53:23. | |
To stay in this championship. She's looking for the inside line. | :53:24. | :53:43. | |
Just up. I tell you what, she's on a good line here. Just about weight. | :53:44. | :53:48. | |
She's very close. What an offer. What a bowl this is going to be! Oh, | :53:49. | :53:53. | |
yes! She's got the jack! She wanted the bowl. Oh! A fraction of an inch. | :53:54. | :53:58. | |
Great effort there from Laura. A fraction of an inch. That's all it | :53:59. | :54:04. | |
was. What a great effort by Laura Thomas. That was a real pressure | :54:05. | :54:10. | |
bowl. Just got the edge. Well, I have to say, Lob, that's what it's | :54:11. | :54:14. | |
like in bowls, isn't it? It just comes down to fractions in the end. | :54:15. | :54:18. | |
I think I had a bit of a tricky start. I couldn't quite settle, | :54:19. | :54:22. | |
weight-wise. And it put me under pressure from the off. So, I felt | :54:23. | :54:28. | |
the first set sort of slightly slipping away, as it was | :54:29. | :54:31. | |
progressing. I managed to sort of pull it together a little bit in the | :54:32. | :54:36. | |
second set. I managed to take it to a tie break. And it was - yeah, | :54:37. | :54:42. | |
that's the way it went. It was a very exciting tie break for us to | :54:43. | :54:45. | |
watch because, of course, there were chances for you both. Ellen, the way | :54:46. | :54:50. | |
the match progressed, you had to obviously having won the first set, | :54:51. | :54:53. | |
you then had to hang in there through the second, while Laura | :54:54. | :54:57. | |
recovered her game. Yeah, it was a close second set. I had a bad eighth | :54:58. | :55:02. | |
end going that way, dropped to three, which put Laura in a | :55:03. | :55:05. | |
commanding position for the last end. I was just pleased to have a | :55:06. | :55:09. | |
shot on the last end, to be honest, to try and make three. And obviously | :55:10. | :55:13. | |
just missed it. But, hey, hey, into a tie break. And who will Ellen | :55:14. | :55:18. | |
Falkner face in Thursday's final? Well, the other semifinal was | :55:19. | :55:24. | |
between former champion Rebecca Field and her opponent of Northern | :55:25. | :55:26. | |
Ireland. Here's what happened in that match. | :55:27. | :55:33. | |
Any thoughts this would be an easy ride for the 2013 world champion | :55:34. | :55:42. | |
were dispelled. She made the crucial final delivery to go in front again. | :55:43. | :55:48. | |
She extended that lead in another tightly packed head at end five. | :55:49. | :55:55. | |
Rebecca Field applied some pressure. Eadie responded in fine style to win | :55:56. | :56:07. | |
the opening set with an end to spare. | :56:08. | :56:12. | |
A local favourite made a strong start to the second set, | :56:13. | :56:14. | |
establishing a 3-shot lead in end two. | :56:15. | :56:19. | |
Two ends later, a three appeared to give her control of the set. | :56:20. | :56:26. | |
The debutant clawed her way back into contention with a series of | :56:27. | :56:29. | |
singles. A three at the final end would have given her the match. But | :56:30. | :56:33. | |
despite a valiant effort, she had to settle for a two, and we're heading | :56:34. | :56:38. | |
into a tie break. The drive at the first end took the | :56:39. | :56:42. | |
jack into the ditch. But it was Eadie's bowl which ended up closest. | :56:43. | :56:48. | |
Rebecca drew on all her experience to type up the second end early on, | :56:49. | :56:54. | |
leaving the Irish challenger to draw more in hope and expectation. And | :56:55. | :56:58. | |
for the fourth time today, we were into the final end of the tie break. | :56:59. | :57:02. | |
Field's third bowl was an inch-perfect delivery. | :57:03. | :57:11. | |
For once, Eadie was unable to respondent to the 2013 champion, | :57:12. | :57:18. | |
through to another final. Winning 3-8, 7-6 and 2-1 in the tie break. | :57:19. | :57:27. | |
Well, that win for Rebecca Field sets up a clash of former champions | :57:28. | :57:34. | |
in Thursday's ladies' singles final. But, of course, we're back on the | :57:35. | :57:41. | |
red button at 10am on Thursday for continuing action from the singles. | :57:42. | :57:46. | |
Time to head up to the commentary box for the final time today for | :57:47. | :57:49. | |
theshot of the Day. -- the Shot of the Day. | :57:50. | :57:56. | |
My shot of the day comes in the match between Mark Dawes and Alex | :57:57. | :58:01. | |
Marshall. Second set, Marshall 7-6 down. One bowl in his hand to save | :58:02. | :58:05. | |
his defence of this title. Absolutely amazing. Typical of Alex | :58:06. | :58:09. | |
Marshall, the target is very small. He needs the jack. The bowl was no | :58:10. | :58:15. | |
guarantee whatsoever. But he hits that very small target absolutely | :58:16. | :58:19. | |
perfect. Off the rink. Goes back onto the respot and he scores a | :58:20. | :58:24. | |
single that he needs. After that, he saved, on two other occasions, but | :58:25. | :58:27. | |
champions come to the fore when they're in trouble. And that's why | :58:28. | :58:32. | |
it's my Shot of the Day. Well, I think it's fair to say we've seen | :58:33. | :58:35. | |
some absolutely thrilling encounters on the blue rink here at Potters | :58:36. | :58:41. | |
today. But the star of the show, Alex Marshall, his quest for a | :58:42. | :58:45. | |
seventh world title continues as he scrambled through by the skin of his | :58:46. | :58:48. | |
teeth against Mark Dawes. From all of us here, bye-bye. | :58:49. | :58:52. |