BBC Three: Day 10: 09:00-14:00

:00:41. > :00:47.Good morning. Welcome to day ten, the penultimate day of Glasgow 2014.

:00:48. > :00:49.We have seen it all, heartbreak, tears, success and glory and

:00:50. > :01:59.yesterday was no different. So, some wonderful memories created

:02:00. > :02:04.yesterday and this is how the medal table looks. England have a

:02:05. > :02:08.commanding lead at the top with 140 medals and 48 golds, many thanks to

:02:09. > :02:11.the gymnasts over the last few days. Claudia Fragapane became the first

:02:12. > :02:16.in dish woman to win four gold medals at a Commonwealth Games 484

:02:17. > :02:20.years with victory on the floor. Australia are in second and Canada

:02:21. > :02:25.still leads Scotland, who have 17 gold medals in 49. Alex Marshall and

:02:26. > :02:32.Paul Foster made it a golden double as they helped Scotland win the

:02:33. > :02:32.men's fours. Wales are in 12 and Northern Ireland

:02:33. > :02:37.men's fours. Wales are in 12 and Northern have eight medals, no gold

:02:38. > :02:40.medals yet but there is still ten -- time. The games may nearly be over

:02:41. > :02:44.but there is still so much at stake. This is what is coming up. There's

:02:45. > :02:48.badminton as Imogen Bankier and Robert Blair of Scotland take on

:02:49. > :02:52.England Adcock and Adcock for a place in the mixed doubles final. We

:02:53. > :02:56.will be live at the International hockey Centre, as England's men look

:02:57. > :03:02.to emulate the women by making it to the final. We are closing out the

:03:03. > :03:06.action at the pool in Edinburgh. This morning sees a certain Tom

:03:07. > :03:11.Daley going in the ten metre platform preliminaries. And we will

:03:12. > :03:19.check in as Australia face Jamaica for a place in tomorrow's gold-medal

:03:20. > :03:24.match. So, still plenty to come and we have got some live action now

:03:25. > :03:30.over at the Emirates Arena. It is badminton. Last time, the doubles

:03:31. > :03:34.partners at the Olympics were Chris Adcock and Imogen Bankier but now

:03:35. > :03:38.they are on opposing sides. Let's find out what will happen in this

:03:39. > :03:40.one. It is going to be great. Let's join the commentators, Gill Clark

:03:41. > :04:09.and Morten Frost Hansen. COMMENTATOR: I suppose this previous

:04:10. > :04:14.encounters, the two previous matches between the pairs, both won by the

:04:15. > :04:18.Scottish combination but both in three games, but surely, the fact

:04:19. > :04:23.they have never lost to the English pair must give them confidence for

:04:24. > :04:26.this semifinal? Absolutely. Obviously, it will give them

:04:27. > :04:30.confidence but it is a new day today, a new match, a new

:04:31. > :04:38.tournament. Everything can change. But looking back on the last eight

:04:39. > :04:42.days of badminton here in Dargo, -- Glasgow, I must say that the Scots

:04:43. > :04:47.are looking very good. On the other hand, I must say that especially

:04:48. > :04:54.Chris Adcock is looking very shaky. He has not been playing up to his

:04:55. > :04:59.usual standards. He has got to find that today, at this moment, if they

:05:00. > :05:05.are going to go through to the final tomorrow. Yes. Not only is the

:05:06. > :05:10.statistics against the English, but I also think that the performance in

:05:11. > :05:18.the last eight days of Chris Adcock is against him. But let's see how it

:05:19. > :05:19.goes. It is going to be a very interesting match and I am looking

:05:20. > :05:38.forward to it. That is lovely. Good play. Even the

:05:39. > :05:42.opening six points come here, Chris Adcock has played better than I have

:05:43. > :05:59.seen for a long time, this week. -- six points, here.

:06:00. > :06:15.The English pair, currently ranked number five in the world, and Robert

:06:16. > :06:30.Blair and Imogen Bankier, 13. This is really world-class badminton.

:06:31. > :07:05.He has missed it. I thought Chris Adcock and Andy Ellis in their men's

:07:06. > :07:09.doubles quarterfinal yesterday evening, I don't think I have ever

:07:10. > :07:14.seen them so nervous. They were almost crippled by nerves. Of

:07:15. > :07:17.course, used the number one seed in both the mixed and the men's

:07:18. > :07:24.doubles, so all the pressure is on him. -- he is the number one seed.

:07:25. > :07:34.Yes, you can actually reverse this, in a funny, twisted way, if you

:07:35. > :07:40.want. If you look at it, yes, Chris and Gabby are favourites to this

:07:41. > :07:44.one, according to the seeding, but the mere fact they have not won

:07:45. > :07:47.against this pair ever before, maybe they can say they are up against a

:07:48. > :07:51.good pair that they have never beaten before, and therefore, they

:07:52. > :07:56.are the favourites to win, and the pressure is on their shoulders.

:07:57. > :07:59.Service full called, for striking the shuttle above the waist. --

:08:00. > :08:14.service full. -- fault. Yesterday, when we saw Adcock and

:08:15. > :08:19.Ellis, as you say, they looked totally crippled by nerves. Maybe,

:08:20. > :08:23.as I say, in a kind of twisted way, they can see the Scots as favourites

:08:24. > :08:26.and therefore, they don't have the same pressure on their shoulders as

:08:27. > :08:34.they had yesterday, and suddenly, therefore, they can perform.

:08:35. > :08:45.Another error at the front of the court from Imogen Bankier.

:08:46. > :08:50.Yes, just shadowing how she should have played the shot. That is a

:08:51. > :09:10.marvellous return of the quick serve from Robert Blair.

:09:11. > :09:42.The England coach, Jakob Hoi, nearest to us.

:09:43. > :09:58.Yes, I think what impresses me so much about Robert Blair is the fact

:09:59. > :10:02.that he seems to think so well on court. His placement of his attack

:10:03. > :10:07.always seems to involve Imogen Bankier at the front of the court.

:10:08. > :10:12.Yes, user with trying to play his partner in. -- he is always trying.

:10:13. > :10:20.That is one of the most important things in doubles, to play that way.

:10:21. > :10:24.The Scottish coach, there, probably saying to move them from side to

:10:25. > :10:37.side. Would that be of the back of the court? -- at the back. I think

:10:38. > :10:41.so. Overdone it. There was a big gap across court and it was the right

:10:42. > :10:49.shot to try. Yes, and it was into the backhand of bank year. -- Imogen

:10:50. > :10:52.Bankier. Scotland, I have not seen them that much over the years, but

:10:53. > :10:57.this week I have seen them quite a lot. To me, they are slightly slow

:10:58. > :11:04.starters and once again, they have proved it. Let's see if they can

:11:05. > :11:21.pick up. That is a good shot. Yes, lovely smash from Chris Adcock.

:11:22. > :11:36.Yes, totally deceived by that, Robert Blair.

:11:37. > :11:47.Superb. Good play. Gabby Adcock, in the women's doubles last night, was

:11:48. > :11:49.outstanding. She has continued her good form in the semifinal of the

:11:50. > :12:03.mixed. When you get the net and you come

:12:04. > :12:08.off, you will win all of those rallies.

:12:09. > :12:13.When they have got you on the walk, they are clipping it into court gave

:12:14. > :12:45.a lot. You can go back slightly. So, the instruction from their

:12:46. > :12:50.coach, did you catch it? Just a bit. The sound was quite overpowering but

:12:51. > :12:57.I think he said they wanted more blocks, to get the initiative in the

:12:58. > :13:02.early stages. Perfect, low serve, finding the line.

:13:03. > :13:20.Now, that is what we think Andy was saying to the players, moving at the

:13:21. > :13:24.back of the court, first won around the head and then whipping its deep

:13:25. > :13:28.into the forehand corner. But he should have played a block, and just

:13:29. > :13:33.maintain the initiative and waited for a better chance. Yes, the

:13:34. > :13:47.frustration from Robert Blair. Now you will get one of my own small

:13:48. > :13:54.little philosophies. If you look at it from the English perspective, it

:13:55. > :13:59.is very important, here, for Chris Adcock to get into his own comfort

:14:00. > :14:06.zone and not have to seek the approval of his coaches, the public,

:14:07. > :14:10.and his partner, and all that. What he has got to look to do is to find

:14:11. > :14:17.his own comfort zone, where he plays well, and not have to look around

:14:18. > :14:21.for the approval all the time. If you can see, so often, he is looking

:14:22. > :14:25.out to the crowd, to the coaches, to his partner and they are talking and

:14:26. > :14:31.discussing but he has got to feel comfortable in what he is doing.

:14:32. > :14:50.A very good rally by the Scottish pair, especially Imogen Bankier.

:14:51. > :15:01.From your last comment, am I sensing that sometimes, Chris Adcock may be

:15:02. > :15:03.so intent on trying to do what the coaches have done that he is not

:15:04. > :15:28.playing instinctively? Yes. well worked. Gabby Really looking so

:15:29. > :15:31.sharp at the net. It is obviously out of the picture but Chris is not

:15:32. > :15:37.looking to the bench, he is getting to that zone himself, and that is so

:15:38. > :15:41.important. He is playing with in stick, but he is cool, calm and

:15:42. > :15:49.calculated with what he is doing but he is playing. I think the big

:15:50. > :15:54.difference at the moment is the English pair are sticking to their

:15:55. > :15:58.favoured formation and the standard formation the mixed doubles, the man

:15:59. > :16:01.using his physical strength, obviously men are physically

:16:02. > :16:05.stronger than women so it is best to have them playing from the back of

:16:06. > :16:09.the court, thundering down the smashes, and women tend to be a lot

:16:10. > :16:14.more agile than the men, and therefore the twisting and turning

:16:15. > :16:19.at the front of the court suits the women's play. So obviously both

:16:20. > :16:21.players want to play to their strengths, which is getting the

:16:22. > :16:25.women forward using the man's strength from the back of the court.

:16:26. > :16:27.And the English team is doing that better. That is why they are 16-12

:16:28. > :16:39.up. It has gone wide. better. That is why they are 16-12

:16:40. > :16:43.saw in that rally, the Scottish pair in the defensive formation, which is

:16:44. > :16:47.to see players side-by-side in the court, whereas the English pair, one

:16:48. > :17:24.forward, one at the back, that is the standard attacking formation.

:17:25. > :17:35.Good defence. And ever so good recovery from the Scots here. They

:17:36. > :17:40.got well back into that rally after being under severe pressure. I think

:17:41. > :17:42.that shot there from Robert Blair really did it. That was a good

:17:43. > :17:53.return. What great defence from Bankier.

:17:54. > :18:32.Yes, that was perfect. They do still need a lot of recovery

:18:33. > :18:36.here, though. The umpire just saying to the English pair, you are taking

:18:37. > :18:45.too long between rallies, get yourselves ready. That was a good

:18:46. > :18:48.block. Very, very nice block by Chris Adcock. Look again, he is not

:18:49. > :18:54.looking out, he is not seeking that approval. He is sort of getting into

:18:55. > :18:59.his own frame of mind. He is getting into the game, and that is rarely

:19:00. > :19:02.important, I think. Yes, and it means he is playing a lot better

:19:03. > :19:06.than we saw earlier in the tournament. He is playing the best I

:19:07. > :19:15.have seen him play this tournament, all the way. Game points have

:19:16. > :19:31.arrived for the English pair. Six of them. That is magnificent defence.

:19:32. > :19:40.And that has gone long, first time of asking, and the number one seeds,

:19:41. > :21:21.Chris and Gabby Adcock take the opening game 21-14, in 16 minutes.

:21:22. > :21:31.So, Chris and Gabby Adcock with the opening Game 21-14, just the start

:21:32. > :21:35.that the English pair wanted. You were able to listen in to both sets

:21:36. > :21:42.of coaches there, that in your opinion what do the Scottish pair

:21:43. > :21:47.have to do to turn this around? They have to challenge Gabby at the net,

:21:48. > :21:52.and I think that is what the coaches said as well. Actually both coaches

:21:53. > :21:59.from the English side and the Scottish side were saying you have

:22:00. > :22:03.to challenge the lady at the front. And obviously that is the whole

:22:04. > :22:08.game, but obviously the Scots have to do what Robert Ware is doing

:22:09. > :22:14.here. That is beautiful, rather than dumping it and going in with that

:22:15. > :22:19.really tough fence, he is just blocking it nicely away from her,

:22:20. > :22:28.and that is the way to play it -- tough offence. Just block it. That

:22:29. > :22:50.is why they got in trouble, she has got the challenge Gabby on that one.

:22:51. > :22:57.That was good. He swayed his body out of the way to give himself the

:22:58. > :23:03.freedom to play the defence there. And what is good, he is playing it

:23:04. > :23:08.with the drift, and that is why the Scots played a lot of mistakes in

:23:09. > :23:10.the first game. But Chris Adcock was able to control it here, which was

:23:11. > :23:34.good. That is lovely. That is not bad!

:23:35. > :23:39.That is what you want, or going forward more like that. Yes,

:23:40. > :23:42.obviously it is a fantastic shot, this one, very ambitious, a good

:23:43. > :23:50.shot but the whole idea is the right idea. Yes, she almost played that

:23:51. > :24:03.with topspin, didn't she? Yes. Extraordinary. It was a risky. It

:24:04. > :24:09.has occurred to me, Morten, Robert Blair laying two matches yesterday,

:24:10. > :24:15.because he was in the men's doubles, and the comment you know,

:24:16. > :24:21.at the age of 32, perhaps in international badminton on the world

:24:22. > :24:26.tour he only sticks to one event. Do you think that has maybe affected

:24:27. > :24:31.his sharpness in the semifinal? Not really, I think it was a little bit

:24:32. > :24:37.of a blessing in disguise that he lost yesterday. And the fact that he

:24:38. > :24:40.can focus completely on this mixed doubles, which I think they had a

:24:41. > :24:48.brilliant chance of even a gold medal. Let's see how it goes here.

:24:49. > :24:53.They are slow starters. They did not have a good first set. Scotland have

:24:54. > :25:04.never won the gold medal in the mixed doubles.

:25:05. > :25:14.The right idea. Yes, and I think for Scottish fans that will be a little

:25:15. > :25:33.concerning that she is beating up on herself, shaking her head.

:25:34. > :25:39.They ought to know that Gabby waits for that crosscourt smash with the

:25:40. > :25:45.defence. Yes, that is far too much towards centre court. Yes, but all

:25:46. > :25:53.credit to Gabby Adcock for dealing with that so well.

:25:54. > :26:05.What a smash. That was good play by Gabby, the way she was moving

:26:06. > :26:09.forwards and forcing Blair to lift it. Yes, sometimes we underestimate

:26:10. > :26:14.the impact of movement off the shuttle, and how it can affect the

:26:15. > :26:18.rally. We so often talk about in football, you know, the players off

:26:19. > :26:27.the ball, and this is exactly the same. Yes. That was nice, now that

:26:28. > :26:31.is moving Chris at the back of the court, which is what the Scottish

:26:32. > :26:41.coaches wanted Bankier and Blair to do.

:26:42. > :26:48.But the funny thing, a clear would have been very nice in that

:26:49. > :27:01.situation. He opted to play down, and straight into the rally. Yes,

:27:02. > :27:06.service fault was called. The umpire just confirming what the service

:27:07. > :27:19.judge called. I don't think heard the call.

:27:20. > :27:31.It is going wide, well wide, my goodness me. The Scottish pair will

:27:32. > :27:36.have to be awfully careful here because I get the sense that the

:27:37. > :27:54.English are beginning to really stamp their

:27:55. > :28:03.It came off the frame of Chris Adcock's racket. Good serving, but

:28:04. > :28:09.what a return. What a return from Gabby Adcock, there, clipping the

:28:10. > :28:24.tape. And, as you say, the Scots really have to be careful now.

:28:25. > :28:35.Yes, well, I am with you, Morten, I don't think I have seen the English

:28:36. > :28:39.pair play as well as that this week. I've seen them play better in world

:28:40. > :28:40.terms, but this is very, very good form they have played themselves

:28:41. > :29:36.into. So the English pair a game up, and a

:29:37. > :29:46.5-point advantage here at the mid-game in the ball. Yes, that is

:29:47. > :29:49.well done. Morten, as we were watching one of those rallies again

:29:50. > :29:55.during the mid-game interval, both you and I looked at each other about

:29:56. > :30:02.Robert Blair's movement, certainly trying to lunge forward to the

:30:03. > :30:07.backhand side. Did not seem all that fluent, really. No, he was not that

:30:08. > :30:12.comfortable. I was paying a lot of attention to it. From what I saw, he

:30:13. > :30:17.is either very stiff and sore from the previous matches, or he is

:30:18. > :30:22.carrying a small little injury, I don't know, but that did not look

:30:23. > :30:27.good. They have won the first two points. Since the resumption of

:30:28. > :30:54.play. That is a good shot by Chris

:30:55. > :30:56.Adcock. That is a soft crosscourt shot, that is really doing the

:30:57. > :31:10.damage, setting off the nice lift. Once again, Gabby Adcock, absolutely

:31:11. > :31:14.on top of the net, looking for the third shot of the rally, serve,

:31:15. > :31:22.return and third shot, absolutely critical in doubles. Well, he will

:31:23. > :31:29.be disappointed with that. They were on serve -- and error on serve. Here

:31:30. > :31:32.is allowed to do it. He has played really well today. This is the first

:31:33. > :31:46.kind of serious bad mistake. CHEERING

:31:47. > :32:05.Good anticipation by Robert Blair. The next three points are going to

:32:06. > :32:10.be crucial in this match. The Scots have to catch up, and if the English

:32:11. > :32:23.are running away, I think this is it.

:32:24. > :32:31.Yes. Well-placed. Very well placed. Once you have committed to the

:32:32. > :32:42.backhand defence, Gabby spotted that and hips down Blair's forehand side.

:32:43. > :32:51.-- hit down. Gabby Adcock, quite frankly, is on fire. Wonderful take

:32:52. > :32:52.off the top of the tape. She is setting up so nicely for her

:32:53. > :33:13.partner. CHEERING

:33:14. > :33:18.Well, the Scottish parent simply have to start closing the gap. --

:33:19. > :33:25.the Scottish pair. Time is running out for them.

:33:26. > :33:30.Just having a quick time-out, maybe to compose their thoughts again.

:33:31. > :34:04.Focus on the game plan. Well, the frustration almost boiling

:34:05. > :34:19.over with Imogen Bankier. The disappointment is all too

:34:20. > :34:28.obvious. The crowd, desperately trying to

:34:29. > :35:18.lift the home players. On the attack once again. The

:35:19. > :35:44.English pair. And once again, the Scottish pair forced to defend.

:35:45. > :35:54.Well, I am not quite sure what Imogen Bankier was complaining

:35:55. > :35:58.about, there. But in my opinion, it is another sign of her frustration,

:35:59. > :36:08.as the English pair, now, are just three points away from being in the

:36:09. > :36:13.final. If it has been a part of the game plan from the English

:36:14. > :36:19.perspective, and the coach's perspective, it has been quite

:36:20. > :36:22.brilliant, using the reverse psychology. The English pair may be

:36:23. > :36:24.seeded number one but in their own mind, the Scots were favourites

:36:25. > :36:37.because of the past results. It has definitely given Chris Adcock

:36:38. > :36:53.the confidence. Yes. Just two points needed, now, for Mr

:36:54. > :37:17.and Mrs Adcock. Oh, that is nice. Good play by

:37:18. > :37:32.Blair. But he will not win it. And with that wonderful keel at the net

:37:33. > :37:35.-- kill at the net, Gabby where she has been the whole match and now

:37:36. > :37:56.England have the opportunity to book their place in the final.

:37:57. > :38:02.the baseline. The new shuttle will be faster. They have to be careful

:38:03. > :38:14.they are not lifting it for too long.

:38:15. > :38:25.CHEERING That is it! Chris and Gabby Adcock

:38:26. > :38:31.are guaranteed a medal because they will contest the mixed doubles final

:38:32. > :38:36.tomorrow. Obvious disappointment for Robert Blair and Imogen Bankier. But

:38:37. > :38:42.all credit to the English combination. They really took the

:38:43. > :38:48.match to their opponents. They attacked more. They were more

:38:49. > :38:56.positive. And Gabby Adcock, on her net play today, was absolutely

:38:57. > :39:05.superb. 21-14, 21-14, in 35 and its. And they are through to the

:39:06. > :39:11.final. -- 35mm is. Oh, my goodness, what a contrast in the body language

:39:12. > :39:14.between the two pairs. You have to feel for the Scottish pair. They

:39:15. > :39:21.must have come into this match knowing they had a chance. But they

:39:22. > :39:27.were beaten by a better pair, today. They never got into the flow of the

:39:28. > :39:29.game. That was all due to very good play by their English opponents. All

:39:30. > :39:40.respect, well played by England. Well done to Mr and Mrs Adcock. In

:39:41. > :39:46.the other mixed doubles semifinal, it is England against Malaysia, his

:39:47. > :39:52.language and Heather Olver. -- Chris Langridge.

:39:53. > :40:00.COMMENTATOR: It is noticeable that lie paging is unable to get to the

:40:01. > :40:06.net and kill the shuttle. She is just pushing it back into play. Not

:40:07. > :40:12.able to be the danger she was in yesterday 's quarterfinal. Again,

:40:13. > :40:22.Heather Olver, ready to serve, and flicking the shuttle. Jean did not

:40:23. > :40:41.have her racket down to say she was ready.

:40:42. > :40:49.A beautiful little push to the back court, getting the short lived,

:40:50. > :40:56.great play from Heather Olver. The crosscourt was too loose by Soon,

:40:57. > :41:05.the athleticism by Heather Olver, moving across the net. The lows

:41:06. > :41:09.serve lands short of the service line. -- low serve. It gives the

:41:10. > :41:30.Malaysians and easy point. The opportunity was there, for

:41:31. > :41:39.Heather Olver. She played a lovely net shot. But you can see, the

:41:40. > :41:45.shuttle spinning at the net. UMPIRE: Change the shuttle. The players

:41:46. > :41:48.normally wait until the shuttle is in the right position to kill it but

:41:49. > :41:52.sometimes it is easy to drag the shuttle down when it is spinning so

:41:53. > :41:55.much. It looks like an easy kill but with a spinning shuttle, it can be

:41:56. > :42:09.quite difficult. Found the line. Langridge did not

:42:10. > :42:34.like the fact they were appealing. Right on the line. What has enraged

:42:35. > :42:45.him is that chant's hand was up immediately, claiming the point. --

:42:46. > :42:51.if you would like to continue to watch the mixed doubles semifinal,

:42:52. > :42:55.you can do, by switching -- but we are switching to gymnastics. We will

:42:56. > :42:59.shortly be joined by some of the gymnasts. England are leading the

:43:00. > :43:00.medals table with 140 medals to their name, and many of them are

:43:01. > :43:28.thanks to the gymnasts. England's Kristian Thomas take the

:43:29. > :43:34.silver. There is your Commonwealth champion, Scott Morgan from Canada.

:43:35. > :43:46.Wales' Georgina Hockenhull takes bronze.

:43:47. > :43:56.Elsabeth Black is the Commonwealth champion. A fine bid for yet another

:43:57. > :44:01.medal. It does not come much better than this. Nile Wilson, and silver

:44:02. > :44:05.is his just reward. He has done it, Daniel Purvis. A gold medal. And

:44:06. > :44:35.Scotland goes crazy! It is a golden floor routine for the

:44:36. > :44:38.golden girl. Take one pinch of sparkle, a of energy, and what do

:44:39. > :44:56.you get? Claudia Fragapane. Oh, that is so impressive. Kristian

:44:57. > :45:05.Thomas, you know what he can produce. This is beautiful work.

:45:06. > :45:07.They do not use that term very often. What a way for Nile Wilson to

:45:08. > :45:27.finish. A great baptism. I'm feeling a bit bad. I have got

:45:28. > :45:32.quite a big couch to myself and there are four macro distinguished

:45:33. > :45:35.guests crammed into the other one. I'm obviously very scary! Guys,

:45:36. > :45:38.thank you so much for taking the time to come in and speak. I know

:45:39. > :45:45.what a busy morning you have had. What time have you been up since,

:45:46. > :45:53.doing interviews? Eight or nine? I thought you said 5am. That is

:45:54. > :45:54.doing interviews? Eight or nine? I was having breakfast. Max, if you

:45:55. > :45:59.just move your arm, I saw them was having breakfast. Max, if you

:46:00. > :46:05.stacked up there, like a tower of medals all of a sudden. Claudia,

:46:06. > :46:08.let's start with you first of all, we can take a look at some of your

:46:09. > :46:13.fantastic work from this week. What an incredible week you have had. If

:46:14. > :46:16.you were told last week you would be leaving with a whole load of medals,

:46:17. > :46:21.I'm sure you would have been incredibly happy. Definitely, yes, I

:46:22. > :46:26.was not expecting it at all. We were just hoping to get the gold as a

:46:27. > :46:30.team and to come out with three more gold medals, absolutely amazing.

:46:31. > :46:34.Just describe what it is like to watch this back, does it feel like

:46:35. > :46:39.it is you watching you orders and feel like watching someone else on

:46:40. > :46:45.television? It does not feel like that at all. Watching me do it, I

:46:46. > :46:50.don't know how I do it! LAUGHTER It doesn't feel like it when I am in

:46:51. > :46:55.the air. Imagine what it is like for your family, in that case. Yes, they

:46:56. > :47:01.are very proud. I have been getting lots of messages from them how proud

:47:02. > :47:05.they are of me. How different has it been after 24 hours, you were still

:47:06. > :47:10.matching yesterday, winning medals yesterday, but when you start

:47:11. > :47:15.appearing on programmes, becoming more recognisable, do you feel a bit

:47:16. > :47:19.of a change? Yes, it has not really sunk in yet. It has been absolutely

:47:20. > :47:24.incredible, just the whole experience. On your twitter feed, I

:47:25. > :47:30.saw you had the heady heights of signing a hot dog, what was that all

:47:31. > :47:35.about? I had no idea, some became up to me and said can I be a bit cheeky

:47:36. > :47:40.and have you signed my hotdog? I wanted to have a bite, thought he

:47:41. > :47:43.was going to give me some! There is a man lying in hospital filled up

:47:44. > :47:48.with ink from a pen at the moment or something! Max, congratulations to

:47:49. > :47:54.you too, where to start with your week, what has been your most

:47:55. > :47:58.memorable moment? The whole lot has been an amazing experience for all

:47:59. > :48:03.of us. The medal that stands out for me is the all-round final. For an

:48:04. > :48:07.athlete and a gymnast, to go and perform six routines on each piece,

:48:08. > :48:12.I am just so pleased to pull it off in a day. On the last one you went

:48:13. > :48:17.in with a 2-point lead, but you did not hang back at all, you went out

:48:18. > :48:21.as if you desperately needed to win that one. I set my targets before I

:48:22. > :48:25.came out here, me and my coach, Scott, we knew what my target scores

:48:26. > :48:31.were that I wanted to hit and that is what I am so pleased about, that

:48:32. > :48:37.I managed to hit the 90 mark twice. So I am really over the moon, I

:48:38. > :48:40.could not ask for more. What I liked about watching all of you guys, it

:48:41. > :48:44.seems to be, even with the Scotland team, it is most like you are one

:48:45. > :48:48.big team, you just happen to be wearing different colours. It

:48:49. > :48:53.definitely is exactly like that, we have done the whole build-up

:48:54. > :48:57.together at the same gym, so we knew how each other were trading. We

:48:58. > :49:00.normally compete for Team GB, so we had been training together for many

:49:01. > :49:04.years and we are great team-mates. Even though we were competing for

:49:05. > :49:09.different countries here, it felt like we have been as one so it is

:49:10. > :49:13.Willie nice. And the start of your week, how has it been? It has been

:49:14. > :49:18.an incredible week, not just for myself, but for everyone to have

:49:19. > :49:26.achieved what they have, it is incredible. Do you have a standout

:49:27. > :49:30.moment from your two golds? From an individual perspective, the bars is

:49:31. > :49:35.the one I wanted, and I have still not watched the routine back. So I

:49:36. > :49:37.will be interested to see that and watch the corrections, building

:49:38. > :49:41.further and looking forward to what is next. I read that you were going

:49:42. > :49:46.to change your routine when you head into the worlds. Is it all about

:49:47. > :49:50.constant improvement? It really is, all of us try to push each other

:49:51. > :49:55.further and further, but just as individuals, but as a team, we want

:49:56. > :50:00.to be striving for those medals. We will try to work on the executions

:50:01. > :50:04.so we can work and bring out the best of us. Louis, it is great to

:50:05. > :50:09.have you back. I just love how much you seem to have enjoyed just of

:50:10. > :50:14.being back. So many big smiles the whole time. I have had an absolutely

:50:15. > :50:18.amazing time. You know, it has been such an effort trying to get back to

:50:19. > :50:22.where I am, and I think that is the relief of it all, I think. Knowing

:50:23. > :50:26.how hard I have had to work to get back to where I am, and I can just

:50:27. > :50:35.in myself. I haven't seen this bit, not bad! Obviously we had a bit of a

:50:36. > :50:38.pick-up, losing Simon, that was quite hard for the team, and it is

:50:39. > :50:42.quite easy to brush over that, but we had to really come over that, and

:50:43. > :50:45.it is sad to not have him here with us but I think we have done

:50:46. > :50:51.fantastically well as a team, as a nation. And we look forward to

:50:52. > :50:55.having him back with us soon. Were you feeling pressure coming back at

:50:56. > :50:58.all, because obviously your life has changed since the Olympics, you are

:50:59. > :51:02.much more recognisable, people would come to watch you may be who are not

:51:03. > :51:07.gymnastics fans, does that put a bit more weight on your shoulders? A

:51:08. > :51:11.little bit. Since Beijing, the Olympic Games in London, you kind of

:51:12. > :51:15.get used to the pressure and expectation, but it is also kind of

:51:16. > :51:20.nice to have that. It keeps you on edge, keeps you sharp, so it is nice

:51:21. > :51:22.to have that bit of pressure. And in relative terms, you obviously came

:51:23. > :51:26.back to training later than the other guys who haven't actually

:51:27. > :51:32.stopped, so where do you think you are? Are you where you hoped to be,

:51:33. > :51:36.further on than you hoped to be? I would like to have been a bit

:51:37. > :51:40.further, I am not going to lie, but I did not leave myself much time, I

:51:41. > :51:45.kind of shot myself in the foot, getting back into it. But I am going

:51:46. > :51:49.to train for the rest of the year and really see how I can do in 2015

:51:50. > :51:53.and try to push to make the great Britain team. But right now we just

:51:54. > :51:59.need bit of a break just to relax and look back. But not as long a

:52:00. > :52:05.break as you took the first time. No, I am talking about a couple of

:52:06. > :52:09.days, not a couple of years! Any regrets about taking those couple of

:52:10. > :52:14.years at all? None at all. I have had some of the best times in my

:52:15. > :52:18.life, kind every gathering life. Doing Strictly, that was another

:52:19. > :52:20.opportunity to just experience something completely different other

:52:21. > :52:25.than gymnastics, which I have answered I was four years old. I

:52:26. > :52:33.have had a great time over the last couple of years -- which I have done

:52:34. > :52:36.since I was four years old. It has definitely taught me to show a bit

:52:37. > :52:40.more of my personality in the sporting world. As gymnasts, we are

:52:41. > :52:45.quite well-behaved, and I know behind the camera these guys have

:52:46. > :52:49.got fantastic, bubbly personalities, and it is about trying to get that

:52:50. > :52:54.in the gymnastics performance and show people that gymnastics is fun.

:52:55. > :52:58.Claudia, where do you think the strength and depth is in gymnastics

:52:59. > :53:02.at the moment? It has been such a big week for the England team, also

:53:03. > :53:07.for the Scotland team, but British gymnastics is in a really good place

:53:08. > :53:12.at the moment. Yes, they definitely are, we are obviously such good

:53:13. > :53:16.gymnasts, all of us, and we have progressed for a while now, and

:53:17. > :53:20.hopefully we are getting better and better, and the results are still

:53:21. > :53:23.room for improvement. Listen, thank you so much for dropping in, I know

:53:24. > :53:28.it has been an incredibly busy morning so we really appreciate you

:53:29. > :53:31.taking the time. Plenty more sport coming up on the BBC, what do you

:53:32. > :53:34.know about hockey? Do you need to know a little bit more? Let's find

:53:35. > :53:44.out. Hockey is a fast and fierce game

:53:45. > :53:48.played by two 11 aside teams will stop there are five additional

:53:49. > :53:53.substitutes who may be used and unlimited amount of times during a

:53:54. > :54:01.70 minute match. Goals may only be scored from the shooting circle, a D

:54:02. > :54:05.shaped arc. Suspension cards can be issued to players who commit fouls,

:54:06. > :54:09.a green card results in an automatic two-minute suspension, while a

:54:10. > :54:13.yellow card is a minimum five minute ban. Penalty corners can be awarded

:54:14. > :54:17.for a variety of infringement and are taken from the backline, ten

:54:18. > :54:21.metres either side of the goalpost, with five defenders allowed to enter

:54:22. > :54:25.the shooting circle. If a score is tied at the end of the match in the

:54:26. > :54:30.knockout stages, a penalty shoot out will take place. In Glasgow, with

:54:31. > :54:35.the men's and women's competitions comprise of two pools of five teams

:54:36. > :54:39.each with a top two in each pool progressing to the semifinal stage.

:54:40. > :54:45.I am delighted to say that my gymnasts have morphed into hockey

:54:46. > :54:50.stars, what and credible day it has been so far on BBC Three! We have

:54:51. > :54:56.Olympic medallist Emily Maguire, Linda Clement, who has been the

:54:57. > :55:00.Scotland captain, and Amy Gibson who is the goalkeeper. Ladies, I was

:55:01. > :55:03.lucky enough to be down at Glasgow Green yesterday watching some

:55:04. > :55:06.fantastic semifinals. We have got the men in action today, but what

:55:07. > :55:13.has your Commonwealth experience been like? It has been absolutely

:55:14. > :55:17.incredible. Just to have a Commonwealth Games in your home

:55:18. > :55:21.city, your home country, it is an amazing experience, and to have been

:55:22. > :55:25.a part of that, it has been amazing and I can't thank everyone enough

:55:26. > :55:28.for all of the support. On Wednesday, we had a bagpiper playing

:55:29. > :55:34.from the stands, it was just amazing to play in front of that. Did it go

:55:35. > :55:37.as expected? You are probably disappointed to be speaking to me on

:55:38. > :55:41.a Saturday when you could probably be warming up for other matches, but

:55:42. > :55:45.how would you sum it up? Ultimately, we are disappointed with our finish,

:55:46. > :55:48.we were pushing hard to get into the top four and we fell a bit short of

:55:49. > :55:53.that. So yes, we are disappointed with our finish, but the whole

:55:54. > :55:58.experience has been fantastic, as Emily said. Your thoughts? I do

:55:59. > :56:01.agree with Linda, we are disappointed with our finish, but

:56:02. > :56:06.our performances have been really good and we are happy with that sort

:56:07. > :56:12.of aspect. But we will push for the results hopefully in later Games.

:56:13. > :56:16.Linda, you have retired now, is that right? Yes, yesterday was my last

:56:17. > :56:20.game for Scotland. The time was right, a really enjoyable career but

:56:21. > :56:25.the time was right to hang up the boots. I spoke to Kate

:56:26. > :56:29.Richardson-Walsh yesterday, and she said that she is now not definitely

:56:30. > :56:35.retiring, still thinking about it. Do you almost want to think, can I

:56:36. > :56:38.do a little bit more? Of the tournaments are fantastic, and you

:56:39. > :56:41.get Fenwick variants like Glasgow and it makes you think, but I knew

:56:42. > :56:44.that I was pushing hard for Glasgow for a long time and I knew that I

:56:45. > :56:50.would be right afterwards to stop, and I am happy with that decision.

:56:51. > :56:54.How do you think this semifinal, Australia- England, will pan out for

:56:55. > :56:57.the men? Australia have been so strong, never dropped a title here

:56:58. > :56:59.at the Commonwealth Games but it will be a big battle. It will be

:57:00. > :57:02.at the Commonwealth Games but it exciting match, and I am really

:57:03. > :57:06.excited to see the teams get out there. As you say, the Aussie men

:57:07. > :57:10.had been really dominant for a while now, looking like a really class

:57:11. > :57:12.team. But the English men had been really dominant for a while now,

:57:13. > :57:15.looking like a really class team. But the Englishman as well, over the

:57:16. > :57:17.past year or so, have really regrouped, they have free belt, and

:57:18. > :57:21.come back really strong. So I think it will be a fantastic match to go

:57:22. > :57:25.and watch. I am looking forward to seeing some great attacking hockey.

:57:26. > :57:29.England have got the top scorer of the tournament so far in Ashley

:57:30. > :57:33.Jackson, I imagined the Australian goalie will have been watching him

:57:34. > :57:40.and they will be trying to mark him, obviously? Yes, I think he's caused

:57:41. > :57:44.a lot of corners. They will not want to give away corners because he is a

:57:45. > :57:48.definite threat from the top of the deed. He is a class player and they

:57:49. > :57:53.will have to watch out for him. Would you like to predict this one

:57:54. > :57:57.Linda? I am not sure. The Aussie men have been on good form, it will be a

:57:58. > :58:02.close game but I think they might just edge it. We can head down to

:58:03. > :58:03.the National hockey Centre here at Glasgow Green. They will be a great

:58:04. > :58:18.match. -- it will be a great match. COMMENTATOR: England's bench

:58:19. > :58:27.contains some very strong players, Henry Weir and Simon Mantell,

:58:28. > :58:31.Mantell winning his 108th in Jewish cap, plus all of the Team GB caps.

:58:32. > :58:39.Alistair Brogdon is on the bench, Phil Roper and Ollie will ours as

:58:40. > :58:45.well. -- his 108th English cap. It is a tasty one. England against

:58:46. > :58:49.Australia, it is not get much more mouthwatering than that, and in a

:58:50. > :58:55.semifinal at the Commonwealth Games, it is right up there, certainly in

:58:56. > :58:59.hockey terms. And the players and officials will now line up, ready to

:59:00. > :59:06.be introduced onto the field of play. Along with the officials.

:59:07. > :59:17.Martin Madden from Scotland, and Peter right from South Africa, who

:59:18. > :59:20.will be overseeing this one. -- Peter Wright. Middleton and Knolls,

:59:21. > :59:26.the captains of England and Australia respectively, going

:59:27. > :59:31.through the coin toss. It is a pretty chilly morning in Glasgow,

:59:32. > :59:44.the Australians with their short-sleeved shirts. -- Knowles,

:59:45. > :59:49.the respective captains. The wind is taking the edge off the

:59:50. > :59:54.temperatures. Australia in green and gold, their traditional colours.

:59:55. > :59:58.England, white shirts, red shorts, and we are just about ready to go

:59:59. > :00:05.here at the Glasgow National Hockey Centre. The first of two England-

:00:06. > :00:09.Australia matches today. This men's semifinal, and then the highlight of

:00:10. > :00:14.the day, as far as in the Shockey is concerned, in the women's gold-medal

:00:15. > :00:26.match, England will face Australia. -- as far as England hockey is

:00:27. > :00:34.concerned. And early start for these guys. Let's hear the introductions

:00:35. > :00:47.from the stadium announcer. Number 12, Jake Whetton. Number 17, Aran

:00:48. > :00:54.Zalewski. Number 18, Tristan White. Number 20, Matthew Swann. Number 23,

:00:55. > :01:06.Daniel Beale. Number 25, Trent Mitton. Number 27, Kieran Govers.

:01:07. > :01:16.Number 28, Karl Brown. Andrew Philpott. Andrew Charter. And number

:01:17. > :01:23.31... Here is the England squad, starting with number five, Captain

:01:24. > :01:30.Barry Middleton. Number one, goalkeeper George Pinner. Number

:01:31. > :01:40.three, Dan Fox. Number six, Henry Weir. Number seven, Ashley Jackson.

:01:41. > :01:55.Number eight, Simon Mantell. Number nine, Harry Martin. Number ten, Nick

:01:56. > :02:02.Catlin. Numbered 11, Alastair Brogdon. Number 12, Michael Hoare.

:02:03. > :02:13.Number 13, David Condon. Number 14, Mark Gleghorne. Number 15, Phil

:02:14. > :02:23.Roper. Number 16, Adam Dixon. Number 17, Iain Lewers. And number 18,

:02:24. > :02:30.Ollie Willars. CHEERING So, the introductions are complete.

:02:31. > :02:33.Martin Madden and Peter Wright will now shake and with the players, and

:02:34. > :02:41.the players will crossover briefly, for a quick nod and shake between

:02:42. > :02:44.them. Not many pleasantries, you. Most of these players know their

:02:45. > :02:46.opposite numbers pretty well. Now it is down to business, for a place in

:02:47. > :02:58.the Commonwealth Games final. Kyle Brownhill winning his 115th cap

:02:59. > :03:10.for Australia today. -- Kyle Brownhill. Winning his 150th cap.

:03:11. > :03:14.But I think Brown has decided he just wants to focus on the match.

:03:15. > :03:18.And that is what they are doing. Australia in green and gold, getting

:03:19. > :03:28.into the huddle. England already set to go. We have got about 40 seconds

:03:29. > :03:33.until the official start time. Australia will stay in their huddle

:03:34. > :03:45.for a few final words between them, before they advance forward.

:03:46. > :03:55.Well, this fixture promises much. Let's hope it lives up to the

:03:56. > :04:00.billing. England, in their white shirts and red shorts, will be

:04:01. > :04:05.attacking the goal to our left. Australia, in green and gold,

:04:06. > :04:07.hitting from left to right, for a place in the Commonwealth Games

:04:08. > :04:18.final. We are underway. England immediately forward courtesy

:04:19. > :04:32.of Iain Lewers. Looking for Nick Catlin, the number ten. Swann.

:04:33. > :04:45.Kyle Brown, his 115th cap, today. -- 150th cap. 35 minutes each way.

:04:46. > :04:54.Good, crisp, precise passing early on from Australia.

:04:55. > :05:04.The drizzle has just eased off for a moment. It has been pretty wet, so

:05:05. > :05:08.the pitch is quite slow. I think we can expect a huge battle, here,

:05:09. > :05:13.between these two sides. Australia have the pedigree. What they like to

:05:14. > :05:16.try to do early is put a lot of pressure on the defence, to see if

:05:17. > :05:21.they can get something early but England know that. They will want to

:05:22. > :05:24.try today in this game as long as possible. The longer they can stay

:05:25. > :05:36.in it, the more frustrated Australia will become.

:05:37. > :05:44.It has fallen kindly for Australia, into the circle, looking for a ball

:05:45. > :05:53.across. Penalty corner. Adam Dixon on the end of a bit of skill, there.

:05:54. > :05:59.Kieran Govers am just finding the foot, quite simply and easily. It is

:06:00. > :06:09.a bit of a soft corner. If the ball hits a defender's foot in the

:06:10. > :06:13.circle, in the D, the attacking team have a penalty corner. Australia

:06:14. > :06:16.discussing their options. The England defensive line get their

:06:17. > :06:23.protective gear on, ready to try to keep it out.

:06:24. > :06:33.The first penalty corner of the game. Australia, lined up and ready

:06:34. > :06:38.to pounce. It has come their way. And it finds the back of the net!

:06:39. > :06:45.What a start for Australia. Tristan White puts Australia 1-0 in front.

:06:46. > :06:49.George Pinner looks a little sorry for himself, the England keeper.

:06:50. > :06:53.That was not in the game plan at all, the ball to the right-hand

:06:54. > :06:57.option at the top, clever little switch, fooling the England defence.

:06:58. > :07:02.George Pinner was looking for it on the other side but it was round his

:07:03. > :07:06.feet. He will be disappointed about that, through his legs, a tall guy,

:07:07. > :07:09.sometimes difficult to get your feet moving quickly but a soft goal for

:07:10. > :07:18.England to concede this early in the game, really. The best possible

:07:19. > :07:24.start for Australia, taking the lead within three minutes, here. Chris

:07:25. > :07:33.Ciriello for Australia. Normally, their penalty corner specialist.

:07:34. > :07:42.Coming from the centre of defence and nudging it forward. Matt Gohdes

:07:43. > :07:43.takes it quickly. Too strong. This is definitely something England had

:07:44. > :07:46.not planned on but they would is definitely something England had

:07:47. > :07:53.thought about this in training, and worked out how to try to get back.

:07:54. > :07:54.-- get back from an early goal down against any side.

:07:55. > :08:01.-- get back from an early goal down not the easiest to get out of

:08:02. > :08:03.defence against. Mark Gleghorne, sliding in to pick it up but it will

:08:04. > :08:15.be an Australian ball. The little up and over, looking for

:08:16. > :08:19.the corner but it bounces beyond any Australian sticks. Matt Gohdes, the

:08:20. > :08:27.number 16, for Australia. Dan Fox, looking around, checking

:08:28. > :08:44.out his options. Sharp movement here, from Australia,

:08:45. > :08:49.as they look to build another attack. Swann is always lively in

:08:50. > :09:08.midfield. Knolls, Australia's captain, his

:09:09. > :09:11.244th cap today. -- Mark Knowles. Fox, trying to clear for England but

:09:12. > :09:28.it is bouncing around and it will be an Australia hit.

:09:29. > :09:39.Up over the top, delicately done, and well taken. Free hit, quickly

:09:40. > :09:43.taken and England try to recover. It breaks away, kindly for England, and

:09:44. > :09:46.Nick Catlin, on the right, if he can just keep an English stick on the

:09:47. > :09:53.ball, and allow the support to gather. That is the pressure that

:09:54. > :09:56.Australia put on the ball carrier, particularly when they lose the ball

:09:57. > :10:00.high, they like to win it back straight away but England need to

:10:01. > :10:03.steady the ship little bit. They are rocking from the early goal

:10:04. > :10:08.conceded. They want to put a few passes together, move up as a group,

:10:09. > :10:12.and not get too stretched. Looking at the first penalty corner, a great

:10:13. > :10:14.move by George Pinner will be disappointed it went through his

:10:15. > :10:23.legs. Not a good start. -- but George Pinner. Swann with a little

:10:24. > :10:29.burst of acceleration forward. A backhand pass upfield was high and

:10:30. > :10:31.it will be England ball. Ashley Jackson is the leading scorer in the

:10:32. > :10:44.tournament, with seven. Nick Catlin, trying to give England

:10:45. > :10:46.an opportunity, through the legs of the Australians, looking for a way

:10:47. > :10:54.through to the circle but Australia breakaway. Trent Mitton is charging

:10:55. > :11:03.down the centre. Australia with three men in the D. They attack in

:11:04. > :11:06.numbers, don't they? They are very adept at just finding a free hit

:11:07. > :11:09.when they need it, as well as getting the space forward but they

:11:10. > :11:14.commit players forward whenever they get an opportunity. England, at the

:11:15. > :11:20.moment, finding it hard to get anyone forward with the ball, with

:11:21. > :11:24.possession. Middleton tries to find Nick Catlin but the ball is stolen

:11:25. > :11:26.by Zalewski, who is weaving a dangerous path into an attacking

:11:27. > :11:35.position for Australia. But cleared. Iain Lewers, doing the good

:11:36. > :11:58.defensive work. Swann goes quickly round Martin and

:11:59. > :12:05.heads towards the D. Solid defence by Michael Hoare. Slightly trapped

:12:06. > :12:16.in the corner, though. England get the hit in.

:12:17. > :12:23.The rain is starting to intensify again. The weather has been pretty

:12:24. > :12:29.miserable this morning in this part of Glasgow. This is a bit of a

:12:30. > :12:33.slower pitch than the guys are used to playing on. And with the wet

:12:34. > :12:38.weather this morning, it is slowing it down even more, the more rain.

:12:39. > :12:46.The wetter the pitch and the slower the ground is becoming. It does not

:12:47. > :12:50.really suit either team. Pushed out by Australia. Jackson will drop back

:12:51. > :12:56.and take this again. All the way to the goal line and in towards the D,

:12:57. > :12:59.goes around one. Nothing is the call from the umpire as England hopes to

:13:00. > :13:06.get a penalty corner decision. WHISTLE

:13:07. > :13:07.That is how wet it is. Jake Whetton, sliding along, getting absolutely

:13:08. > :13:16.drenched. Ashley Jackson trying to work

:13:17. > :13:17.something into the deep but the ball got too far

:13:18. > :13:22.something into the deep but the ball Sometimes he tries a bit too hard to

:13:23. > :13:32.do it on his own when things are not going well for England.

:13:33. > :13:45.Jackson, all the way back to defend, playing it off to Phil Roper.

:13:46. > :13:52.England, looking for an exit, here. All they find is Australian sticks,

:13:53. > :13:57.as Jackson has a go, trying to carve his way out of there. This is

:13:58. > :14:00.better, from Middleton, the captain. Good acceleration, driving forward,

:14:01. > :14:23.and off an Australia stick. Great tackle by Iain Lewers, there.

:14:24. > :14:31.On the reverse side. Swann, trying to weave his way around. It is not

:14:32. > :14:39.out of there, yet. Australia attack again and the foot is outside of the

:14:40. > :14:45.D. REFEREE: Guys, guys, everybody, calm down. We know you want to take

:14:46. > :14:51.it quickly but it needs to be right as well. It is the same for them

:14:52. > :14:56.getting out of the way. So England and Australia, the semifinal of the

:14:57. > :15:00.compost, calm down? It's not going to get very far, I did think. I know

:15:01. > :15:03.he's trying his best but all the boys want it and they are trying to

:15:04. > :15:04.keep the intensity of the game up, take free hits quickly, get forward

:15:05. > :15:16.quickly. Fox has let it go and it has fallen

:15:17. > :15:21.kindly for Australia, a reverse shot and it is in explanation mark 2-0,

:15:22. > :15:28.scored by Simon Orchard. -- it is in! Well, that is a mistake by Dan

:15:29. > :15:38.Fox, trying to get out of a difficult position, he gets mugged.

:15:39. > :15:42.Orchard, well, again, he gets the ball on the top of the D and takes

:15:43. > :15:46.it to the backhand side and fires across the front of George Pinner,

:15:47. > :15:53.into the corner. That is a good goal. England counterattack on all

:15:54. > :15:55.the way to the D. Appealing for a penalty corner and Nick Catlin

:15:56. > :15:59.getting really angry with the umpire. Being told to shut up in no

:16:00. > :16:34.uncertain terms. Philpott. Having watched Australia

:16:35. > :16:38.play against India, they looked a bit honourable but they have looked

:16:39. > :16:41.very strong here against England. Australia still haven't got six of

:16:42. > :16:47.their team that played in the World Cup, Jamie Dwyer is missing. The

:16:48. > :16:55.Yong is missing. Hammond. Penna makes the save. -- George Pinner

:16:56. > :17:03.makes the save. They are pressuring his goal all the time, Australia.

:17:04. > :17:08.This one goes behind. Yes, another shop there, finding space. Orchard

:17:09. > :17:17.puts the ball through. Look at that speculative attack by the Aussies.

:17:18. > :17:21.All the way downfield, looking for Phil Roper. Roper, waiting for

:17:22. > :17:44.support to arrive. , temp Condon for England. Catlin. A foot

:17:45. > :17:58.outside of the deed. Jackson. -- outside of the D. Jackson will take

:17:59. > :18:02.this one. Lewers. England coming forward to the edge of the circle, a

:18:03. > :18:06.chance to get this in front of the Australian goal. It is behind, it

:18:07. > :18:18.will be a long corner for England. Adam Dixon will take it.

:18:19. > :18:30.A good, sustained period of pressure from England. Jackson. Jackson goes

:18:31. > :18:39.backwards. England will try and build from the other side. The cross

:18:40. > :18:42.to Michael Hoare. Inside two Catlin. -- inside the Catlin. Australia

:18:43. > :18:47.break forward, only as far as Jackson. Green card, Ashley Jackson

:18:48. > :18:58.has to sit it out A good little period from England,

:18:59. > :19:02.but they need to try to get something out of it. It shows the

:19:03. > :19:12.difference. Jackson is fighting hard for his team. Orchard, the scorer of

:19:13. > :19:21.Australia's second. Novels, the captain. Australia, that was right

:19:22. > :19:30.in the midriff, taken by Lewers. He took one for the team. England

:19:31. > :19:36.breaking. Chance for England. Shot on goal! Good defence from

:19:37. > :19:49.Australia. The goalkeeper not needed in the end. Gleghorne, high ball,

:19:50. > :19:54.looking for Catlin. A good little attack thereby England, two against

:19:55. > :19:57.one, but I felt that the forward running in here went too close to

:19:58. > :20:03.the goalkeeper on the same line. If he had come out there, he would have

:20:04. > :20:09.had a better chance, Brogdon. Not quite firing together, those two

:20:10. > :20:14.forwards, Brogdon and Condon. Australia 2-0, less than 20 minutes

:20:15. > :20:22.of the half to play. Australia threatening England's defence once

:20:23. > :20:28.again. Delivery was poor. It goes behind for an England ball. Of the

:20:29. > :20:36.lovely aerial through the Kieran Govers. England did well, forced him

:20:37. > :20:46.wide. It looks like another card. Australia punished, this time. Matt

:20:47. > :20:51.Gohdes gets a green. Yes, for an unfair challenge on Nick Catlin.

:20:52. > :20:52.Matt Gohdes sits down for a couple of minutes, so shortly Jackson will

:20:53. > :20:59.return to the of minutes, so shortly Jackson will

:21:00. > :21:15.have a man over. In ice hockey, they call that a power. -- a power play.

:21:16. > :21:23.Australia just happy to back it around, and then go high and look

:21:24. > :21:30.for a long aerial ball towards Beale, who can't get anywhere near

:21:31. > :21:34.it. England back to full strength, and they have a man over while Matt

:21:35. > :21:48.Gohdes sits out the next 90 seconds or so. Dixon. Weir. Nice ball down

:21:49. > :21:53.the line played precisely to Barry Middleton. Australia claim it was

:21:54. > :22:01.out, the umpire tells them exactly what happened. Orchard, Ockenden

:22:02. > :22:04.spread it to the left. Swann takes it down the centre for Australia.

:22:05. > :22:24.Swann the knolls -- towards Knowles. Swann unceremoniously barged off the

:22:25. > :22:31.field of play by Gleghorne there. Yes, good pressure from England.

:22:32. > :22:35.Just forcing the free hit really. Australia very good at getting out

:22:36. > :22:48.of a difficult situation, winning free hits when it gets close down.

:22:49. > :22:56.Ockenden. Gleghorne. Weir. Weir tangling with the Australian. The

:22:57. > :23:04.Australians have poached it again, attacking England's goal, first

:23:05. > :23:16.shot, saved from George Pinner. Another attack from Australia. Matt

:23:17. > :23:21.Gohdes is there, George Pinner equal to him. Weir, over one stick, cut

:23:22. > :23:27.out by the second. Fox takes it for England, quickly. Fox looking for

:23:28. > :23:35.options down the centre with Lewers, into the D.

:23:36. > :23:43.England with a shooting opportunity, gloved away, and it is

:23:44. > :23:50.safe for Australia for the moment. Very called by Andrew Charter there.

:23:51. > :23:56.A nasty ball for defenders to deal with. Harry Martin gets on his nose,

:23:57. > :24:00.but look at that, Jackson not quite able to get a stick on that and this

:24:01. > :24:21.is the shot down the other end, Matt Gohdes coming in, crashing it in,

:24:22. > :24:34.and look at that forward diving in. Good steal. Now the clock is

:24:35. > :24:45.stopped. The umpires are in discussion. There has been a yellow

:24:46. > :24:51.card shown to the Australian captain, Mark Knowles. I think they

:24:52. > :24:53.must have had an extra player on the pitch again for a short period of

:24:54. > :25:09.time, so the captain has been taken off.

:25:10. > :25:22.OK, there you go. REFEREE: You have still got 11 players on the pitch,

:25:23. > :25:26.someone else needs to go off. I can't help laughing at this, the

:25:27. > :25:30.basic premise is you have 11 players on the pitch, someone gets sent off,

:25:31. > :25:35.and you should have ten players on the pitch. The captain get a card

:25:36. > :25:44.for that. Just to double check, you should be ten. Are we, or not?

:25:45. > :25:47.LAUGHTER With the constant rolling

:25:48. > :25:50.substitutions, it can get a bit confusing, but it should be 11

:25:51. > :25:56.aside, unless people are out with a card. We need another person with a

:25:57. > :26:01.job of counting people on the pitch all the time. Yes, it has cropped up

:26:02. > :26:03.a few times during the Commonwealth Games hockey tournament. It started

:26:04. > :26:08.in the World Cup when England played in the World Cup when England played

:26:09. > :26:11.Argentina, Argentina had a guy sent off and then put somebody on

:26:12. > :26:16.accidentally for two minutes. It could have been going on for some

:26:17. > :26:20.time with nobody noticing. So the result of all that is that Mark

:26:21. > :26:24.Knowles has a yellow card, which involves a five minute sit down, so

:26:25. > :26:33.England have a man over for the next five minutes. The Aussie captain off

:26:34. > :26:42.game for the moment. Let's CEF England can take advantage of this

:26:43. > :26:45.situation. Australia ball. I find myself, in these situations,

:26:46. > :26:52.constantly counting to see how many players are on the pitch -- lets see

:26:53. > :26:56.if England can take advantage. The only thing that matters at the

:26:57. > :27:01.moment is the score, I'm afraid, from England's point of view, but,

:27:02. > :27:05.happily for Australia, they are leading 2-0. During the England

:27:06. > :27:09.women's semifinal yesterday against New Zealand, there was a similar

:27:10. > :27:13.situation. New Zealand had a player over and it was the England men

:27:14. > :27:17.watching from the stands spotted it, one of their eagle eyed players

:27:18. > :27:20.spotted there was an extra player on the pitch for New Zealand, let the

:27:21. > :27:22.bench know, and New Zealand consequently had a player sent off.

:27:23. > :27:50.It was their captain, Whitelock. speed. 13 and a half minutes of this

:27:51. > :27:56.first half to play. The weather improving very slightly. The rain

:27:57. > :28:04.has eased up, the wind has dropped a tad. Philpott for Australia. Good

:28:05. > :28:11.pick-up at full stretch on the deck from Iain Lewers. Then he looks for

:28:12. > :28:15.support behind. This is what Australia do really well, they make

:28:16. > :28:19.it so hard for the defences to get the ball out and higher up the

:28:20. > :28:21.pitch. They work very hard to cut down the options, particularly

:28:22. > :28:26.through the middle of the pitch, and then they closed in like this, three

:28:27. > :28:31.men on the ball carrier. Jackson finds his captain, Middleton. We

:28:32. > :28:47.might need a bit of Middleton magic, just to get England back in this

:28:48. > :28:55.game. Hoare. Jackson. Fox fires it in. England can't attract it. Now

:28:56. > :29:00.they have possession, edging towards the D. England still in Australia's

:29:01. > :29:06.half of the field. Hoare, into the D. No penalty corner, that is what

:29:07. > :29:12.they were hoping for, it will be a free hit for Australia. Knowles is

:29:13. > :29:15.an influential defender in the middle for Australia and you can see

:29:16. > :29:19.they are in a little bit of disarray. If England can just put a

:29:20. > :29:25.bit of pressure on them, they have another couple of minutes without

:29:26. > :29:31.Knowles on the pitch. Highball. Oh, beautiful control in the air, and a

:29:32. > :29:38.lovely pass as well to Orchard. Australia look menacing. Heading

:29:39. > :29:47.towards Penna macro's goal. -- Pinner's goal. A swing and a miss,

:29:48. > :29:54.England ball. High ball. Looking for Jackson on the right. Can't control

:29:55. > :29:56.it. Jackson has not had a lot of chance to get into this game yet.

:29:57. > :30:00.England have not had a lot of ball. Definitely one of the most talented

:30:01. > :30:03.players on Park Definitely one of the most talented

:30:04. > :30:06.the ball on his stick in Definitely one of the most talented

:30:07. > :30:13.can do lots of damage. He Definitely one of the most talented

:30:14. > :30:20.passing ability. Swann, lovely play from him, releasing Fergus Kavanagh

:30:21. > :30:25.on the right, pushes it towards Beale. Beal takes it quickly, slalom

:30:26. > :30:29.is his way towards the shooting circle, fired in, tidied up,

:30:30. > :30:33.England, way down the right, a collision between Mark Gleghorne and

:30:34. > :30:40.one of the Australians, Ciriello, who is a big unit. Takes a bit of a

:30:41. > :30:51.crunch to flatten him. Gleghorne managed it. Yes, Chris Ciriello just

:30:52. > :30:56.got himself in the wrong position, didn't he? Flat footed, had already

:30:57. > :30:59.kicked the ball, and he knew he was in the wrong so he tried to get out

:31:00. > :31:05.of the way but was slightly off-balance. Middleton and Iain

:31:06. > :31:12.Lewers. Middleton has a turn and a look. Now a little burst of

:31:13. > :31:13.acceleration, decent looking ball but Australia, aware of the danger,

:31:14. > :31:27.reacting quickly. A good path from Michael Hoare,

:31:28. > :31:37.finding Dan Fox on the right. A poor pass from Fox, though.

:31:38. > :31:44.Yellow card over, Mark Knowles is back on the pitch. 11 a side once

:31:45. > :31:50.again. I'm just going to count, to check!

:31:51. > :31:57.Philpot, for Australia. Back to Ciriello. Over on the left, Mark

:31:58. > :32:00.Knowles, who has just returned Ciriello. Over on the left, Mark

:32:01. > :32:02.the field of play. Into the last ten minutes of the first half, Australia

:32:03. > :32:17.2-0 England. Nick Catlin, calling for it on the

:32:18. > :32:23.left-hand side. He was in space. Middleton did not see him.

:32:24. > :32:32.Ockenden, running one of his darting runs again. Orchard, for Australia.

:32:33. > :32:33.George Pinner had to react, and a flying stick as well as a spinning

:32:34. > :32:50.ball. Chris Ciriello, holding it up and

:32:51. > :32:56.calming down for a split-2nd, and leaving it for Orchard. He is happy

:32:57. > :32:58.to go back to Mark Knowles. Ciriello, through the legs of

:32:59. > :33:40.Jackson. It is a good move forward. Swann, lively again. The ball is

:33:41. > :33:45.kept in solidly by Daniel Beale. And a good, sustained period of pressure

:33:46. > :33:50.from Australia. Can England clear this? They have. Avoiding any feet

:33:51. > :34:04.on the ball and any penalty corners. A little flick behind. Iain Lewers

:34:05. > :34:09.with a crucial touch for England. Nick Catlin, looking around. He has

:34:10. > :34:17.got Brogden to his left. But he looked for a second too long. At the

:34:18. > :34:22.moment, Australia winning the midfield battle. You would think

:34:23. > :34:27.with the players they have got in their previous god, all the midfield

:34:28. > :34:31.players, they would be struggling -- without the players they had in

:34:32. > :34:34.their squad. But they have so much strength in depth in that area that

:34:35. > :34:38.they are causing England huge problems. And Australia are really

:34:39. > :34:45.bossing the game, playing the ball around, making England work, sapping

:34:46. > :34:53.the energy of the side in white. Zalewski's pass is a beauty, all the

:34:54. > :34:59.way down to Australia's number 16. And into the deep. England have two

:35:00. > :35:04.clear this. Shooting opportunity. -- into the D. No penalty corner.

:35:05. > :35:09.Anxious looks from the England players, as the umpire's whistle

:35:10. > :35:12.blew. England cannot really afford to let any mooring. They have done

:35:13. > :35:17.well just to hang on in this game at the moment. -- any more in. They

:35:18. > :35:23.just have to hope they can put something together, get a corner and

:35:24. > :35:29.the other end, or a breakaway. They need some possession, which has been

:35:30. > :35:34.lacking in the last five minutes. Matt Gohdes is on to this, but only

:35:35. > :35:39.as far as Catlin. Spreading it to Jackson who takes it on himself. He

:35:40. > :35:45.is held on and Matt Gohdes recovers after he loses possession. -- held

:35:46. > :35:45.up. High ball forward. Such discipline in defence from

:35:46. > :36:11.Australia. manoeuvre. Zalewski, back to Mark

:36:12. > :36:27.Knowles. Shadowed by Mantell. It is a good move. Matt Gohdes,

:36:28. > :36:36.edging towards the shooting circle. Backhand cross delivered but a

:36:37. > :36:39.little too high for Australia. Paul and Graham on the sidelines must be

:36:40. > :36:43.happy with this performance. They are keeping England under huge

:36:44. > :36:47.pressure, England cannot put a stick on the ball and make any meaningful

:36:48. > :36:51.inroads at the moment. England are not getting any space, as soon as

:36:52. > :36:55.there is an England player on the ball, he is surrounded. That is the

:36:56. > :36:58.way Australia play, they make it so difficult all the time. Once you get

:36:59. > :37:03.your head down, that is it, they will close you down. You have to

:37:04. > :37:08.know what you want to do almost before you get the ball. Ashley

:37:09. > :37:14.Jackson winning possession for England. And Australia player is

:37:15. > :37:17.down but England continue attacking. It is kicked behind and now the

:37:18. > :37:22.Australia player can get some attention. He looks like he's in

:37:23. > :37:28.trouble. Is it Daniel Beale? Or is it Zalewski?

:37:29. > :37:39.UMPIRE: Can I get some help on for you? The physio has been called. It

:37:40. > :37:48.is Daniel Beale. Both he and Zalewski were down. I think he did

:37:49. > :37:54.his knee, did he? It looks like it is his leg, his knee or his ankle.

:37:55. > :37:56.Actually, I think it is his ankle. The clock has stopped at four

:37:57. > :38:16.minutes and 27 seconds. He looks in trouble, doesn't he?

:38:17. > :38:26.Number 23, for Australia. It just kind of collapsed underneath him.

:38:27. > :38:36.Daniel Beale, hobbling off the field of play. He has been replaced

:38:37. > :38:42.immediately by Jacob Whetton, who has come on Frost ready. I think he

:38:43. > :38:48.just rolled his ankle in the melee. Come on for Australia. He probably

:38:49. > :38:52.tweaked his ligaments but he seems OK. They will put a bit of ice on it

:38:53. > :38:56.and I should think he will be back on in short order. What I noticed,

:38:57. > :38:59.while the game was shut down, all the Australians got in a huddle

:39:00. > :39:06.together and England were standing around waiting. The Australians

:39:07. > :39:12.obviously decided to have a quick team talk. Ashley Jackson loses his

:39:13. > :39:16.stick and possession. High ball, and a big chase on for Trent Mitton. He

:39:17. > :39:22.has got good speed and he is into the circle. He plays it back and the

:39:23. > :39:26.penalty corner for Australia. That is all he was looking for. There was

:39:27. > :39:32.no other option for him. Iain Lewers, well, he would have known

:39:33. > :39:36.that but he still could not get out of the way. Good skills by Trent

:39:37. > :39:41.Mitton but if you look, here, well, it just clicked his toe, didn't it?

:39:42. > :39:50.Iain Lewers unfortunately could not get out of the way. Six penalty

:39:51. > :39:57.corners, six shots on goal from Australia. Australia in deep

:39:58. > :40:03.discussion about what is going to happen, near. Zalewski will inject.

:40:04. > :40:09.-- what is going to happen, here. Australia lined up.

:40:10. > :40:16.Australia's penalty corner. England have dealt with it so far.

:40:17. > :40:24.Australia's penalty corner. England have They clear their lines. Better

:40:25. > :40:33.defence from the England defensive unit on that corner. Middleton.

:40:34. > :40:39.Harry Martin. Good ball skills. Just a metre to far. But he retains

:40:40. > :40:43.possession for England. Less than three minutes for them to get

:40:44. > :40:48.involved in the scoring in the first half. Australia 2-0 England.

:40:49. > :41:16.Mark Gleghorne tried to pick it up but it bounced over his stick, and

:41:17. > :41:21.Australia will fancy another attack or two before the first half comes

:41:22. > :41:40.to its conclusion. Andrew Philpott. Back to Mark Knowles.

:41:41. > :41:47.Dan Fox but only as far as Andrew Philpott, who has found Trent

:41:48. > :41:52.Mitton, who holds it up. Backhand cross, taken sharply by Trent

:41:53. > :42:00.Mitton. But no touch available for Jacob Whetton, who was riding in. --

:42:01. > :42:04.sliding in. Quick thinking by Trent Mitton, a twisted his backhand,

:42:05. > :42:07.putting the ball across to Jake Whetton and he was not far away.

:42:08. > :42:13.England have done well to come back after their early... Well, a

:42:14. > :42:17.calamitous start, really. It was a very early goal that they let in,

:42:18. > :42:21.and a bit of a mistake for the second one. Since the 11th minute,

:42:22. > :42:24.they have come back, worked themselves back into the game,

:42:25. > :42:28.certainly in the middle part of the pitch. They have yet to make many

:42:29. > :42:36.inroads up front. A chance, here. They need numbers forward.

:42:37. > :42:41.Australia's ability to escape from defence is absolutely outstanding.

:42:42. > :42:46.Iain Lewers, firing it down the right to Fox.

:42:47. > :42:52.Iain Lewers, firing it down the the half.

:42:53. > :43:00.Michael Hoare losing his stick. 30 seconds left and England can still

:43:01. > :43:06.come forward. Iain Lewers with a lovely pass. Build towards the D,

:43:07. > :43:15.via an Australian edge. -- drilled towards. That might just be that for

:43:16. > :43:19.the first half. The clock is ticking down, ten seconds, high ball, in.

:43:20. > :43:21.the first half. The clock is ticking down, ten The umpire blows his

:43:22. > :43:28.whistle and the crowd will count down from five. Oh, they are a bit

:43:29. > :43:37.cold and wet. The hooter has sounded for the end of a half dominated by

:43:38. > :43:44.Australia. An early goal from White, backed up by the second goal from

:43:45. > :43:45.Orchard, and the scoreline at half-time makes good reading for

:43:46. > :43:58.Australia. So, England are trailing Australia

:43:59. > :44:01.at the moment and we will discuss the first half in just a few

:44:02. > :44:02.minutes. But first, let's get the news headlines from around the

:44:03. > :44:06.world. We've got factory boys and butchers'

:44:07. > :44:09.apprentices and office clerks Don't stop moving!

:44:10. > :44:44.If you go back you'll die! Good morning. Do not pack items in

:44:45. > :44:47.your hand luggage, that is the advice after this week 's problem is

:44:48. > :44:52.with baggage handling. Outrage in Australia after a couple abandoned a

:44:53. > :44:57.baby when they found out he had down syndrome. ?70,000 has been raised to

:44:58. > :45:02.help them. Palestinian militants say they don't know where a missing

:45:03. > :45:05.Israeli soldier is, and the Palestinian have been accused of

:45:06. > :45:08.capturing him. He signed the New York City last month but now Frank

:45:09. > :45:11.Lampard could be on his way back to the UK. The former Chelsea

:45:12. > :45:14.midfielder is on the verge of joining Manchester city on loan.

:45:15. > :45:18.Each figure represents a life lost in the First World War. 5000 tiny

:45:19. > :45:22.models made of ice will appear in Birmingham today and the special

:45:23. > :45:24.memorial will melt away a few hours later. More later. But right now,

:45:25. > :45:30.act to the hockey. Yeah, I am looking for

:45:31. > :45:32.a Prince Charming. I don't think I'm ugly, but I don't

:45:33. > :45:36.think I'm, like, really pretty. I say, "You've got something

:45:37. > :45:41.on your bum." "Really?" And I say, And it's about time

:45:42. > :46:44.that I did something about that. Hello, and welcome back. We are

:46:45. > :46:50.talking all things hockey, and I am delighted to say we have Emily

:46:51. > :46:55.Maguire, Linda Clement and Amy Gibson on the sofa. Australia seem

:46:56. > :46:58.in command against England. It was a great start of the game from

:46:59. > :47:03.Australia, looking really dominant in the opening stages and I was a

:47:04. > :47:06.bit worried with the English boys out there, but they have managed to

:47:07. > :47:09.claw their way back into the game. They have had a couple of

:47:10. > :47:10.opportunities themselves. They will be a

:47:11. > :47:12.They have had a couple of opportunities themselves. little bit

:47:13. > :47:15.disappointed not to have corner opportunities. They need to get

:47:16. > :47:19.Ashley Jackson flicking from the top of the circle. He would be one of

:47:20. > :47:25.their main goal scorers, so to give him a opportunity would be key to

:47:26. > :47:30.their chances. Amy, Australia had six shots at goal, two of them went

:47:31. > :47:35.in, they marked out what they wanted to do from the very offset, didn't

:47:36. > :47:40.they? Yes, looked for the slap option at the top of the D. It went

:47:41. > :47:43.through George Pinner's legs, I don't think he would be too pleased

:47:44. > :47:47.with that but the second shot was very impressive, right in the

:47:48. > :47:50.corner. He will be disappointed it went through his legs, but he has

:47:51. > :47:56.picked himself up and made a few good saves after the goals have gone

:47:57. > :48:01.in and kept his team in it. He has picked himself up after the goals.

:48:02. > :48:05.Do the conditions make a difference version market is pretty wet over at

:48:06. > :48:09.Glasgow Green at the moment. Not particularly, it is not affect your

:48:10. > :48:13.vision, most people are used to it. It should not be too much of a

:48:14. > :48:17.factor. The first goal was Tristan White, the second was Simon Orchard,

:48:18. > :48:22.and at that point it looked as though the floodgates might start

:48:23. > :48:26.open. Yes, two early goals and the English might have been worried at

:48:27. > :48:31.that stage. The Aussies are really threatening every time they attack.

:48:32. > :48:38.We can just take a look at this one now. Good elimination skills, and

:48:39. > :48:41.bang, right in the corner, a difficult one to try and stop.

:48:42. > :48:46.England just haven't had many opportunities. I think they had to

:48:47. > :48:50.attempt at goal and could not get either of them in, but you need to

:48:51. > :48:54.be to get the ball first before you can score the goals. Absolutely.

:48:55. > :48:58.That is just one of the key parts of it. The Australian players just go

:48:59. > :49:03.out and really dominate. They just seemed to want it more than everyone

:49:04. > :49:07.else they play against. They go out there and they play very hard and

:49:08. > :49:11.strong, and it is difficult to get the ball off them once they have got

:49:12. > :49:15.it. It will be disappointing for any player to get to the stage and not

:49:16. > :49:19.take part in the final. We saw Daniel bailed getting a bit of an

:49:20. > :49:27.injury. Does not look good -- Daniel Beale. Do you think something has

:49:28. > :49:29.gone? It is quite difficult to tell but at the business end of the

:49:30. > :49:35.tournament you would be hoping you would be able to play. He will

:49:36. > :49:39.hopefully be all right for the final. It would be disappointing for

:49:40. > :49:44.any player to miss it at this stage. It has been an intense year for

:49:45. > :49:47.hockey, with tournaments, especially at the Commonwealth Games, so many

:49:48. > :49:55.intense games in such a short period of time. How much does that take its

:49:56. > :49:58.toll? Australian men are a fit bunch, so I don't think fitness will

:49:59. > :50:04.be a factor. Hopefully he will be all right. What kind of discussions

:50:05. > :50:08.will be going on, this is maybe one for you Linda, to bring a team back,

:50:09. > :50:15.and what would you girls be looking for your captain to say to you at

:50:16. > :50:20.this stage? Hopefully, the captain will be in there, Barry Middleton,

:50:21. > :50:23.telling them just to believe. Only two goals down, not a lot to come

:50:24. > :50:29.back from, they just need to believe in the second half they can go out

:50:30. > :50:33.there and get the corners. What would you say to them, Linda? I

:50:34. > :50:37.would be saying we are firmly still in the game, just keep a defensive

:50:38. > :50:40.platform, try to keep the Aussies out as much as possible and when

:50:41. > :50:45.they are up there try to get shots in the circle, on target, and win

:50:46. > :50:49.some corners. What Australia want to do now, Amy, is go out and get an

:50:50. > :50:54.early goal and set the second half up. We have just outlined it, Inman

:50:55. > :50:57.will be wanting to get out there and scored two goals, and in men's

:50:58. > :51:01.hockey you can turn that around quite quickly, so they will be

:51:02. > :51:06.looking to do that and put their mark on the game really early, and

:51:07. > :51:10.just say, you are not back into this, if they get an early goal that

:51:11. > :51:15.will almost kill off English chances, Australia, early doors in

:51:16. > :51:19.the second half. Linda, when you go out to face a team like Australia

:51:20. > :51:24.have such a flawless record here, it does not matter if it is the women

:51:25. > :51:28.or the men, is it a psychological barrier involved in that as well, do

:51:29. > :51:31.you think, for some teams? Absolutely, but the Australian men

:51:32. > :51:35.and women are playing very well at the moment. You have to go into

:51:36. > :51:39.every game of hockey believing you can win, absolutely, and respect

:51:40. > :51:43.them as a team, but not fear them as a team, just try to take the game to

:51:44. > :51:49.them. The second half will be getting underway shortly. One thing

:51:50. > :51:52.I noticed down there yesterday was the atmosphere has been absolutely

:51:53. > :51:54.fantastic. Could you girls feel that, because you must've had the

:51:55. > :52:00.majority of the support throughout the last ten days? Yes, it has been

:52:01. > :52:05.amazing. I can't say enough about how proud it has made me and the

:52:06. > :52:10.rest of us to play in front of that crowd. I said earlier on about

:52:11. > :52:14.playing in front of bagpipes, I have never had that before, so that was a

:52:15. > :52:17.great experience and it definitely drives you on. It just gives you

:52:18. > :52:22.that extra little edge when you don't think you have anything left.

:52:23. > :52:27.Amy, did you have lots of friends and family here? Yes, lots of

:52:28. > :52:31.friends and family, and they did not often get a chance to see me so it

:52:32. > :52:35.was great to have them around. And the thing is it is not just for you

:52:36. > :52:38.guys, you know, when your match finished yesterday, there seemed to

:52:39. > :52:41.be a whole load of English fans and then the next thing you knew there

:52:42. > :52:44.were a whole load of New Zealand fans, they are cheering for

:52:45. > :52:50.everything, and the support will be equally good this morning for

:52:51. > :52:54.Australia, and for England as well. It has been great. Everyone has been

:52:55. > :52:59.coming out and there will be a lot of non-hockey fans out there, just

:53:00. > :53:04.coming along to see a new sport, having a great day out. It has been

:53:05. > :53:06.an incredible atmosphere. It will be an incredible second half, let's

:53:07. > :53:31.rejoin our commentators. COMMENTATOR: We are ready for the

:53:32. > :53:34.second half. Australia lead England's 2-0, and now Australia in

:53:35. > :53:38.their green and gold will be attacking the goal to our left.

:53:39. > :53:42.England with lots to do, plenty to think about, following the half-time

:53:43. > :53:46.team talk from Bobby Crutchley. What they need is a goal, an early goal,

:53:47. > :53:52.just to give England confidence that they can get back into the

:53:53. > :53:57.semifinal. Australia have the first attacking move of the half, with

:53:58. > :54:04.Kieran Govers heading towards the corner, the Australian number 27, he

:54:05. > :54:11.delivers the ball across. It will be England's hit in. Dan Fox coming up

:54:12. > :54:20.to take it for England. He leaves it for Iain Lewers. Lewers back to Fox.

:54:21. > :54:31.Fox trying to run down the right, he runs in the Beale, who finds Mitton.

:54:32. > :54:39.White. Ockenden. Into the D. George Pinner taking no chances, kicking it

:54:40. > :54:46.away. Kieran Govers looking to nudge that into the path of Orchard up

:54:47. > :54:52.front there. So, Pinner busy in the first couple of minutes of the

:54:53. > :54:53.second half. WHISTLE Australia now camped out in this

:54:54. > :55:12.attacking zone. England can break. Swann for Australia. Brown on the

:55:13. > :55:19.left, acres of space in front of Brown. Well read, well dealt with by

:55:20. > :55:33.Hoare. His pass to Jackson is held up for England. Ockenden.

:55:34. > :55:46.Govers in the circle, looking for some service here. Ockenden steps up

:55:47. > :55:49.to take it. Knowles. Into the corner, plenty of time and space

:55:50. > :55:54.here for Australia, they will be looking for an England foot on the

:55:55. > :56:01.ball. It almost felt to Govers. -- it almost fell to Govers. Just a

:56:02. > :56:07.moment of relief for England as the umpire blows in their favour. The

:56:08. > :56:08.little ball here finds White on the foot.

:56:09. > :56:09.umpire blows in their favour. The little ball here finds Australia

:56:10. > :56:23.finding an extra man on the backline. Orchard. Ciriello.

:56:24. > :56:30.Knowles. Knowles a crossfield to Matthew Swann.

:56:31. > :56:39.Michael Hoare gets his stick on the ball. Can he get out of this little

:56:40. > :56:45.jam? He can. Lewers. Quick movement for England and Fox has it, via

:56:46. > :56:46.Jackson. That was off the third of Ciriello. Jackson will take the free

:56:47. > :57:00.hit. Michael Hoare. All the way down the

:57:01. > :57:13.line, sliding pick-up attempt. No luck for David Condon. Mitton.

:57:14. > :57:17.Mitton, great skills from Mitton to get himself into space there,

:57:18. > :57:26.drilled forward for Australia. WHISTLE

:57:27. > :57:50.Now, England with an opportunity to get something into the shooting

:57:51. > :58:00.circle. They need to stay on their feet. Brogdon plays it all the way

:58:01. > :58:04.back to Hoare. A high ball from Iain Lewers, looking for Fox. Fox flicks

:58:05. > :58:11.it on, and sadly Catlin could not control it. England finding space

:58:12. > :58:16.now but Miss controlling the ball, so they have done some little good

:58:17. > :58:20.things, they are getting behind this Australian team on the last couple

:58:21. > :58:25.of occasions, but they are just failing to control it. Orchard for

:58:26. > :58:32.Australia, holds it up and runs towards the D. Back towards Swann,

:58:33. > :58:34.Swann inside to sell loosely. Ockenden into the circle -- to

:58:35. > :58:40.Zalewski. Well trapped by Henry Weir. A bit of

:58:41. > :59:17.space opening up for England. Well trapped by Henry Weir. A bit of

:59:18. > :59:23.space opening Nick Catlin's cross, just off the foot. The Australian

:59:24. > :59:28.goalkeeper, Andrew Charter. Encouraging signs for England here.

:59:29. > :59:42.A great ball in there from Nick Catlin. Good signs, as you say, for

:59:43. > :59:44.England. They are finding space is now at the back of the Australian

:59:45. > :00:30.defence. Australia head towards the circle, a

:00:31. > :00:38.chance for the shot on goal saved by George Pinner. Australia fancy

:00:39. > :00:46.another chance, this one is behind. Corner for Australia. Good work by

:00:47. > :00:48.Australia, a great shot in by mixing it, but George Pinner was equal to

:00:49. > :00:55.him this time. Andrew Philpott will sit out the

:00:56. > :01:12.card here for Australia. Andrew Philpott will sit out the

:01:13. > :01:22.next couple of minutes. Mantell provides the cross.

:01:23. > :01:43.Henry Weir goes left to the edge, picks it up. Dealt with by

:01:44. > :01:45.Australia. Aran Zalewski comes away with it for Australia, only as far

:01:46. > :01:59.as Henry Weir. Sharp passing from England here,

:02:00. > :02:02.writes to the edge of the D. A chance for a shot on goal. They are

:02:03. > :02:12.looking for a penalty corner, but non-is given. You have got to keep

:02:13. > :02:32.playing. Australia are tough, and you have to be tough in that area.

:02:33. > :02:40.A bit of magic from Barry Middleton. That is what England need. They need

:02:41. > :02:52.to get back in that circle as soon as possible. England have to leave

:02:53. > :02:58.it behind. This was the push. It was shoulder on the shoulder. On another

:02:59. > :03:10.day, they could have got a penalty corner for that.

:03:11. > :03:17.England really need to make some of this pressure count. They have done

:03:18. > :03:20.well and been able to get high into the Australian defence, particularly

:03:21. > :03:28.when they had ten men. They are now back to 11, so that little hole has

:03:29. > :03:37.blocked off. Philpot is back on for Australia. It doesn't help when the

:03:38. > :03:40.ball fires straight off the side of the pitch, because England need to

:03:41. > :03:49.get hold of that ball higher up the pitch, if they are going to do

:03:50. > :03:50.anything with it. Australia have got the? Goals and are be happier of

:03:51. > :04:24.the? Teams at the moment. Brogden slips and slides into an

:04:25. > :04:36.attacking position. Jackson takes it up for England. England have not

:04:37. > :04:44.finished yet. Michael Hoare drive it into the D, only as far as an

:04:45. > :04:47.Australian stick. Australia are getting in front of the England

:04:48. > :05:01.forwards and are cutting the ball out.

:05:02. > :05:05.Players down everywhere, to make English players down,

:05:06. > :05:17.Players down everywhere, to make Aussies is down and hurt as well.

:05:18. > :05:25.Brogden got in the way there, and obstruction, and fell over. Long

:05:26. > :05:54.ball to Mark Knowles. Good take for England, dealt with by

:05:55. > :06:01.Mark Gleghorne, he was robbed of possession. Matt Gohdes almost with

:06:02. > :06:05.a chance to break into space. That is where Australia thinks quickly,

:06:06. > :06:12.they win the ball high, and then they are away. It did not come off

:06:13. > :06:21.them. But they are thinking, Australia, England are playing a bit

:06:22. > :06:35.better now. Still yet to win anything meaningful upfront yet.

:06:36. > :06:44.Ashley Jackson for England. He it quickly. Nick Catlin just could

:06:45. > :06:47.not make contact. Taken by surprise, he was not expecting the ball to

:06:48. > :06:52.reach as far as his position. Australia with possession. England

:06:53. > :07:37.have 22 minutes to score twice. A backhand shot, over the top. Ollie

:07:38. > :07:41.Willars getting that backhand shot in, but Eddie Ockenden closed down,

:07:42. > :07:48.got a stick on it over the bar, so it is a long corner.

:07:49. > :08:00.The bushes, we are catching the end of the bushes, I know what is

:08:01. > :08:02.happening, cut it out. I don't want to do it, that is why I am speaking

:08:03. > :08:14.to you. OK? Pretty clear with his instructions,

:08:15. > :08:22.a little threat to the players for pushing. He nearly put his hand in

:08:23. > :08:29.his pocket. Eddie Ockenden got out quickly. He pushed the ball over the

:08:30. > :08:38.bar. Long ball for Australia from one end of the field to the other.

:08:39. > :08:46.It is behind. A silly mistake... That is looking for Michael Hoare.

:08:47. > :08:51.The umpire gave the freeze it for two players being under the ball and

:08:52. > :09:32.being dangerous to the defence. That is to be easy, and that is what

:09:33. > :09:38.Australia do. As soon as the first free yet goes, that is when they put

:09:39. > :09:50.their intensity in. A quick spin on the foot, and it is too easy. That

:09:51. > :09:56.is what we have just told you we are watching for.

:09:57. > :10:04.Australia are still discussing their options here. Chris Ciriello might

:10:05. > :10:09.be there go to man here, the number five. He is lined up ready to take

:10:10. > :10:17.this one. Australia's penalty corner, already 2-0, looking for

:10:18. > :10:27.their third. It comes to Chris Ciriello. Saved.

:10:28. > :10:35.Pressure over. Chris Ciriello went to the right, but saved by Michael

:10:36. > :10:44.Hoare, or cleared by Michael Hoare, off the line. Well done.

:10:45. > :10:55.Ashley Jackson on the left for England. The lead scorer in the

:10:56. > :11:04.tournament with seven. Can he adds to his tally? England have a goal!

:11:05. > :11:09.They are back in the match. David Condon's goal for England. He took

:11:10. > :11:15.the ball down the back line and forced that pressure in the back of

:11:16. > :11:17.the Australian defence. A lovely run by Ashley Jackson, look at that

:11:18. > :11:22.fantastic little ball off his backhand, and David Condon forces it

:11:23. > :11:26.back. It looks like it went back to Phil Roper it eventually, but a

:11:27. > :11:33.little ball inside to Jackson. David Condon found Roper. It could have

:11:34. > :11:37.been any of them. It could even have come off the foot of the defender,

:11:38. > :11:44.but great pressure thereby England, and they get their reward. Australia

:11:45. > :11:53.have moved playback to be at the end of the field. Less than 18 minutes

:11:54. > :11:57.to play. Australia threaten again. England with some momentum. Nice

:11:58. > :12:15.work from Govers. We think Harry Martin has been

:12:16. > :12:32.awarded the goal, and meanwhile, Australia almost to score another

:12:33. > :12:35.one. That was close! Alastair Brogdon there got a chance, put it

:12:36. > :12:40.at the keeper and did what he had to do, but did not really get a hold of

:12:41. > :12:46.it. Australia coming forward in numbers again.

:12:47. > :13:03.Taken quickly. Cleared by George Pinner. Lovely aerial there. It

:13:04. > :13:06.comes down to Alastair Brogdon. Plenty of attempts on goal in the

:13:07. > :13:15.last ten minutes. It is all happening. Kieran Govers with a

:13:16. > :13:20.missed shop there. Just over 16 minutes left to play. The game has

:13:21. > :13:25.suddenly opened up, and England have more confidence. They are retaining

:13:26. > :13:28.possession up high, but Australia are hitting back as hard as they

:13:29. > :14:51.can. Into the danger zone, as far as

:14:52. > :14:56.England are concerned. Nice work by Dixon to clear England's lines. Into

:14:57. > :15:12.the corner. They find a way out of here, trying to go up stairs.

:15:13. > :15:24.a couple of men forward. He cannot provide any service. High ball. The

:15:25. > :15:30.keeper gets right to the edge of the circle. He read that really early.

:15:31. > :15:38.He came up before the pass was played to be the sweeper on top of

:15:39. > :15:41.the circle for Australia. The Australian was held up and he did

:15:42. > :15:55.not like it come he continues on his way. Lots of attacking play, deep in

:15:56. > :16:13.the second half now. Mantell for England. Back to we're'

:16:14. > :16:36.Ashley Jackson, the creator of England's goal. Jackson to Nick

:16:37. > :16:40.Catlin. He tries to run all the way round to deliver the ball in and

:16:41. > :16:44.meanwhile Australia have come away with it. Middleton tries to tidy it

:16:45. > :17:01.up for England. He gets England possession here. Michael Hoare plays

:17:02. > :17:05.it forward to Dan Fox. There is space for England here. He flicks it

:17:06. > :17:13.down the right. Martin. The scorer of England's goal. No Australian

:17:14. > :17:32.feet on the ball. England have got possession. Highball forward.

:17:33. > :17:37.Looking for Jake Whetton. Barry Middleton, let's see if he can be

:17:38. > :17:43.creative for England. Pushes it behind. It will be an Australian

:17:44. > :17:50.ball. That looked like a big tackle for nothing, Barry Middleton

:17:51. > :17:53.crossing his stick. A wry smile. England have pushed their way back

:17:54. > :17:59.into the game come if they can just make another one... That is what

:18:00. > :18:01.they will be trying to do, putting Australia under pressure, but

:18:02. > :18:25.Australia have had too much for them in the skill department. Swann at

:18:26. > :18:32.speed. A bit of synchronised diving. Mark Gleghorn and Swann clashing.

:18:33. > :18:40.Getting a bit of a surf in on the turf. Chris Ciriello drives it in. A

:18:41. > :18:48.reverse shot and it bounces clear for England. Andrew Philpott. That

:18:49. > :19:05.is better from the England goalkeeper. Andrew Philpott has a

:19:06. > :19:13.bit of space in front. Mark Knowles. He finds a Simon Orchard. Penalty

:19:14. > :19:19.corner. Yes, it is tempting to get too close, isn't it? It is not easy

:19:20. > :19:22.to close them down. Well coming you cannot let him go, you have too

:19:23. > :19:32.close him down and realise he is looking for your feet all the time.

:19:33. > :19:40.Ten minutes to play, England are forced to defend. Australia are

:19:41. > :19:45.still deep in discussion. The question is, high or low to George

:19:46. > :19:52.Pinner. He has had one through the legs already. He has looked

:19:53. > :20:04.vulnerable early on. The steadier man now. They have all sorts of

:20:05. > :20:09.variations. Here it comes. Chris Ciriello's shot. Another penalty

:20:10. > :20:13.corner. They were looking for the option on his left-hand post as he

:20:14. > :20:34.is looking at the ball. There you are. Well, Dan Fox gets out to that

:20:35. > :20:41.one. I think it was Alastair Brogdon who got out. That is normally the

:20:42. > :20:44.job Dan Fox. Kavanagh might get his chance or will they use Chris

:20:45. > :20:55.Ciriello again? It is Chris Ciriello! Coal! 3-1 Australia.

:20:56. > :21:02.England are checking it. -- goal. They want to use their referral. The

:21:03. > :21:14.runner blocks him out. This is an umpire referral. Can you check the

:21:15. > :21:22.action happening in the middle? The runner out is being blocked. OK. Can

:21:23. > :21:30.you check for the blocking as well, please? And whilst you are at it, we

:21:31. > :21:35.will have a full-service! Everyone wants everything checked. It is a

:21:36. > :21:38.good finish, isn't it? It is stopped outside the circle but was there

:21:39. > :21:44.anything going on? He just does enough to move George Pinner out the

:21:45. > :21:53.way. There is nothing blocking the ball or the target. I do not think

:21:54. > :21:58.they are going to change that. I do not see any problems, there is no

:21:59. > :22:02.reason to change the decision. That is the worst news as far as England

:22:03. > :22:10.is concerned, the goal of Chris Ciriello will stand. Australia are

:22:11. > :22:15.leading 3-1 with eight and a half minutes to play. They picked out the

:22:16. > :22:16.head side of the goalkeeper where there is no line man, so if he can

:22:17. > :22:51.get the goalkeeper moved, here. I don't think there's any need

:22:52. > :22:55.for that now. Lots of chat between the umpires and players, that has

:22:56. > :22:58.been a feature of the match and a feature of the whole tournament.

:22:59. > :23:05.Jackson is forced to wait before he can take this. Good work from

:23:06. > :23:12.Jackson, until Chris Ciriello woke up to the threat and reacted. Iain

:23:13. > :23:19.Lewers goes down the line for England and he flicks it in. England

:23:20. > :23:31.did not get a favourable bounce. And Australia move forward again. Aran

:23:32. > :23:44.Zalewski chases after it. Michael Hoare tidies it up for England. Play

:23:45. > :23:48.on. Daniel Beale is back on after injury earlier, he was appearing to

:23:49. > :24:00.rove his ankle. He has been fixed up and sent back into play the last

:24:01. > :24:06.seven minutes of this second-half -- rub. That was a bit of a mistake,

:24:07. > :24:15.England with numbers. Alastair Brogdon with a flick inside. There

:24:16. > :24:19.will be a card here. Well, he knew he had done a foul and he hit the

:24:20. > :24:28.ball away. Swann tries to get it away before the whistle was blown

:24:29. > :24:34.but the umpire says no. Dan Fox is looking for a foot, and he does not

:24:35. > :24:38.get it. Five minutes on the sidelines for playing the ball away

:24:39. > :24:42.after the whistle. England will have a man over for much of the rest of

:24:43. > :24:49.the match but they have to defend this attack from Daniel Beale. He

:24:50. > :24:53.feeds it to Dixon on the left who continues on. Middleton has Jackson

:24:54. > :24:59.in support in front. Dixon is backing up. Middleton, the England

:25:00. > :25:06.captain. He whips it across the face of the goal but no England stick is

:25:07. > :25:09.there. Well, a good bit of work there. Always stretching to get the

:25:10. > :25:15.ball across, always slightly out of reach. Uncomfortable. That is what

:25:16. > :25:20.Australia do, they make it uncomfortable when you have got the

:25:21. > :25:23.ball, they are in your face. They are always getting half an edge to

:25:24. > :25:35.things, slowing the ball down and getting bodies in the way. Michael

:25:36. > :25:40.Hoare. Playing the ball away after the whistle. Exactly the same.

:25:41. > :25:45.Michael Hoare will have a five-minute suspension so they have

:25:46. > :25:49.even things up. Martin Madden is calling the play on the other side

:25:50. > :25:56.of the pitch as well now, so the players will be frustrated that he

:25:57. > :26:00.is dominating. Michael Hoare gets a five-minute suspension as well. That

:26:01. > :26:09.was for hitting the ball away after the whistle went. Ten aside for the

:26:10. > :26:14.next four minutes or so. Martin tries to get the ball forward. I

:26:15. > :26:24.thought that was the other way, actually. I must admit. That was

:26:25. > :26:31.Kieran Govers hitting the ball away. He thought it was his free hit

:26:32. > :26:34.and I did, too. He has been suspended. England are attacking and

:26:35. > :26:42.they are running out of time, five minutes remaining. Two guys on the

:26:43. > :26:48.bench, both for hitting the ball away, there are three players off

:26:49. > :26:54.the pitch now. You must not hit the ball away after the whistle has been

:26:55. > :27:00.blown. Kieran Govers and Swann out frustrating. England have a man

:27:01. > :27:07.over. Iain Lewers. Martin tries to turn and attack. Shouldered out of

:27:08. > :27:12.the ball and out of possession, there. It looks as though Mark

:27:13. > :27:16.Knowles has taken a knock frustrating and he is coming off as

:27:17. > :27:24.well. There is an injury change there. Just looking here, Harry

:27:25. > :27:30.Martin, well, he tries to stop it, but those are the times when you

:27:31. > :27:35.just are in the ascendancy, you see Ashley Jackson when the ball comes

:27:36. > :27:39.in, he does not miss it. England have now lost their goalkeeper and

:27:40. > :27:50.they have an extra outfield player. That is going to be interesting.

:27:51. > :27:55.Yes, well England have decided to take the goalkeeper off. Dan Fox has

:27:56. > :28:00.got an orange top on. They are allowed to do that which means they

:28:01. > :28:04.have an extra outfield player. I guess that means they have two extra

:28:05. > :28:10.outfield players because Australia have two off the pitch compared to

:28:11. > :28:14.England's one. Desperate measures for England. In the dying minutes of

:28:15. > :28:21.this match. The ball is bouncing, chance for a shot. England are still

:28:22. > :28:27.looking for the elusive penalty corner. Nothing is coming their way.

:28:28. > :28:30.The way things stand at the moment England will be heading to the

:28:31. > :28:37.bronze medal match. Australia looked like they are guaranteed a medal.

:28:38. > :28:48.Three and a half minutes left to play. This tactic is employed

:28:49. > :28:52.occasionally when you are down and chasing the game, take the

:28:53. > :28:55.goalkeeper off to give you a next outfield player but there is

:28:56. > :28:59.obviously a huge risk that if anything comes of the other end, the

:29:00. > :29:06.opposition is playing into an uncontested net. You have no

:29:07. > :29:15.goalkeeper. Chris Ciriello plays it forward. Jake Whetton arrives and is

:29:16. > :29:30.cornered by England. The urgency does not seem to be

:29:31. > :29:34.there for England. They need to get forward quicker than this. They have

:29:35. > :29:40.an extra player around this site if they need to transfer this ball.

:29:41. > :29:47.They need to do it quickly. Dixon goes round, leaves it for Lewers.

:29:48. > :29:48.Cleared by Australia. Good goalkeeping again from Andrew

:29:49. > :30:08.Charter. England are camped out in an

:30:09. > :30:10.attacking position. Nick Catlin heading towards the edge. An open

:30:11. > :30:24.goal in front. Under two minutes left. Australia do

:30:25. > :30:26.not need to go for goal, they just need to keep desertion of the ball

:30:27. > :30:47.when they get hold of it. We are into the last minute and a

:30:48. > :30:55.half of this semifinal. This is Australia, open goal, score.

:30:56. > :31:02.Australia finish it off, 4-1 in front. Eddie Ockenden with the

:31:03. > :31:07.simplest of finishes. That is all over. I think it probably was. It is

:31:08. > :31:12.only one minutes ago now. That is the danger, if you can get behind

:31:13. > :31:17.that defence into the D. An easy finish, three Australian forwards

:31:18. > :31:24.against one. A vain dive there to stop can then putting that ball in

:31:25. > :31:31.the net -- to stop Ockenden putting that ball in the net. You have got

:31:32. > :31:35.to try. It is the semifinal of the Commonwealth Games. There is nothing

:31:36. > :31:40.to lose. England will head to the bronze medal play-off tomorrow to

:31:41. > :31:46.play either New Zealand or India. The user of that will face England

:31:47. > :31:50.in the bronze medal match. Australia will face the winner of that match,

:31:51. > :31:53.coming up later this morning. Australia will play either India or

:31:54. > :32:02.New Zealand for the Commonwealth gold medal.

:32:03. > :32:19.The matches all but over, the last couple of. And Australia have

:32:20. > :32:26.demolished England by 4-1. ? In the first half, and two in the second.

:32:27. > :32:30.Including the score at the tail end of the match by Eddie Ockenden.

:32:31. > :32:36.England were unable to go all the way. They will have to regroup and

:32:37. > :32:42.return on Sunday and battle it out for the Commonwealth bronze medal.

:32:43. > :32:52.Australia have beaten England in the men's hockey semifinal. A good start

:32:53. > :32:59.to the second half by England. They fought back. They got themselves a

:33:00. > :33:02.goal. They could not really sustain the pressure and they used a a lot

:33:03. > :33:10.of energy, and Australia were just too strong in the end. You can see

:33:11. > :33:19.the difference in the opportunities created. Australia get four goals

:33:20. > :33:24.from 17. England get one from five. That was the story of the game,

:33:25. > :33:28.apart from the card count. Three yellow cards from Australia, tee

:33:29. > :33:36.green cards, and that was all about the umpire sending someone off in

:33:37. > :33:46.the last few minutes for hitting the ball away. Look at it I from the

:33:47. > :33:57.second half. Sorry, the first half. The first goal from Tristan White. A

:33:58. > :34:10.chance to slip across the top to Tristan White. Australia

:34:11. > :34:19.chance to slip across the top to another goal with 11 minutes ago.

:34:20. > :34:28.Simon Orchard finished off. The ball smashes past George Pinner's leg. A

:34:29. > :34:30.good finish. And in the second half, Jackson came down and did a

:34:31. > :34:33.beautiful ball inside the Jackson came down and did a

:34:34. > :34:41.David Condon, who forced the ball along the back line, and Harry

:34:42. > :34:44.Martin was creative with the goal at 52 minutes. This was a period when

:34:45. > :34:50.England thought they were back in the game, only one goal down. A

:34:51. > :34:53.lovely touch from Jackson. David Condon found Roper and Harry Martin

:34:54. > :34:59.in front of the keeper, but Australia came back at 61 minutes,

:35:00. > :35:05.Chris Ciriello, penalty corner, bottom corner again. They have

:35:06. > :35:11.exploited that lower area and the umpire was asked for a referral. The

:35:12. > :35:19.right-hand side, there is no stick stopper. A bit more difficult to get

:35:20. > :35:25.down quickly if you are tall. And right at the death, 69 minutes,

:35:26. > :35:31.England had a kicking back on, they were trying to force the pace of the

:35:32. > :35:34.game, but unfortunately, a huge aerial set Eddie Ockenden free. They

:35:35. > :35:44.had no chance, and it was an easy run to the goal for this Australian

:35:45. > :35:51.team. Barry Middleton is alongside me now, the England captain. It was

:35:52. > :36:00.a tough match. There were some moments you had a chance. In the

:36:01. > :36:08.second half, we showed we could cause some trouble. It was a bit

:36:09. > :36:12.hard at the end. We showed that we can contend with them and we can

:36:13. > :36:16.have a real go at them, but our final push, we did not quite have

:36:17. > :36:20.enough today. When you are up against a team at Australia and they

:36:21. > :36:25.score so early, how much of a body blow is that, and how difficult is

:36:26. > :36:29.it to recover from? It gives them some confidence and they can press

:36:30. > :36:32.on, while we have to open up a bit and play. But we showed in the

:36:33. > :36:38.second half and we could do it, we could get back into it. We were on a

:36:39. > :36:42.roll, the crowd were behind us, and probably the third one was the

:36:43. > :36:48.bigger body blow. You are an experienced England player. The

:36:49. > :36:52.difficulty in picking yourself up after a defeat, at its elitist jaded

:36:53. > :36:56.side as Australia, to get back the right attitude for the bronze medal

:36:57. > :37:03.match, how tough will that be? It comes around so quickly. We come

:37:04. > :37:07.back for a game in 24-hour is. But we have been through enough. That is

:37:08. > :37:13.what hockey is. We usually play back-to-back games, we have done it

:37:14. > :37:17.before. We will do everything professionally now and come out

:37:18. > :37:24.flying again tomorrow. We want a medal. It is not the colour we

:37:25. > :37:27.wanted. But we do not want to come in fourth place again.

:37:28. > :37:33.Commiserations. Go get that medal tomorrow!

:37:34. > :37:40.Australia have won every men's hockey Commonwealth gold medal,

:37:41. > :37:44.which is incredible. They are on the march for another. They will be

:37:45. > :37:47.taking on the winner of the match between New Zealand and India. You

:37:48. > :37:51.can watch that match online, starting at 12:15pm. Now we had

:37:52. > :37:58.across to Edinburgh for the final day of diving, and there has been

:37:59. > :38:05.plenty of action already. We join Helen Skelton and Leon Taylor.

:38:06. > :38:10.We thought we would get a late entry into the springboard. Obviously you

:38:11. > :38:17.did not get the memo! I am so sorry! We have had the winning's 3m

:38:18. > :38:21.springboard. All of the girls from the home nations are three. How

:38:22. > :38:27.impressed Whately with LEC black? She did not have a great day

:38:28. > :38:32.yesterday on the 1m, but she was diving very well on the preliminary

:38:33. > :38:35.this morning. She has got a point to prove, and she is out there and she

:38:36. > :38:41.will be in a good place for the final. Surprise gold medal for

:38:42. > :38:46.Alicia Blagg the other night, hammers confidence will that had

:38:47. > :38:50.given her? Becky did not go very well this morning, qualifying in 11,

:38:51. > :38:55.but I am sure she will be up in the final receiving. And Grace Reid was

:38:56. > :39:02.the darling of the crowd. Everybody was ecstatic for her, lots of people

:39:03. > :39:06.cheering. She seems to be really encouraged by that. Yes, a

:39:07. > :39:09.consistent performance yesterday and today in the preliminaries. She had

:39:10. > :39:15.some difficulty, but she made it through, which is great. You can

:39:16. > :39:30.hear the crowd, they are on good form. She's opting for some of the

:39:31. > :39:35.easier dives. She is so consistent, she will make it through. Is a she

:39:36. > :39:41.has opted for the easier dives, but we have noticed a lot of the easier

:39:42. > :39:53.divers -- other divers messing up on some of the more difficult dive this

:39:54. > :39:56.week. Yes, but Hannah starling is a force to be reckoned with. Will she

:39:57. > :40:01.stand on the podium? She will need mistakes from Jennifer Abel, he was

:40:02. > :40:06.the clear winner this morning, a silver-medallist four years ago.

:40:07. > :40:11.Jennifer is it a powerful driver, the champion last night on the 1m.

:40:12. > :40:16.She will be ready to upgrade her silver medal to a gold medal

:40:17. > :40:20.tonight. We set the Canadians would be wanted it before this

:40:21. > :40:27.competition, but they have not shown that debt. Jennifer Abel will dive

:40:28. > :40:48.Last into my's final. They died in reverse order.

:40:49. > :40:50.Three. But we look now to the men's 10m platform diving. A lot of people

:40:51. > :40:52.are here to see Tom Daley, as 10m platform diving. A lot of people

:40:53. > :41:01.are here to see Tom Daley, as well as the Scottish divers. It was such

:41:02. > :41:05.a close competition last night in the synchronised competition. Such

:41:06. > :41:09.theatre at the end. Tom Daley and James Denny were here or there. They

:41:10. > :41:12.have been put together at the last minute, so it is good to see them

:41:13. > :41:18.were laid off as they did. Their final dive, they ripped the roof

:41:19. > :41:24.off. It was incredible. They were just on the wrong side of the gold.

:41:25. > :41:32.The individual competition is up again. A rematch of Delhi. It is

:41:33. > :41:36.just the preliminaries this morning with the final later. Everybody goes

:41:37. > :41:39.through, only 11 in it, so the pack is shuffled and we will see what

:41:40. > :41:44.happens tonight in the medals are awarded. I will let you take up your

:41:45. > :41:51.commentary position, and a warning to your parents, if you are of a

:41:52. > :41:57.nervous position, -- disposition, do not let your children watch! Matthew

:41:58. > :42:01.Dixon is 14 years old and goes in this final against Tom Daley, James

:42:02. > :42:11.Denny and Matt Mitcham, who pulls in a big crowd here in Edinburgh.

:42:12. > :42:25.All of the 11 divers will be doing arm stands. The judges for the 10m

:42:26. > :42:28.preliminary, looking at Matthew Mitcham's programme, he does not

:42:29. > :42:36.have one big dive, but three big dives in this programme. Yes, it is

:42:37. > :42:40.common for most of the elite in the world, all six of their dives are

:42:41. > :42:44.going to be way up there. It is similar to Tom Daley's programme.

:42:45. > :42:49.Anything that you see is incredibly difficult, probably apart from

:42:50. > :43:09.Matthew Mitcham's first eyed, -- dies.

:43:10. > :43:13.or room for error when you are bursting at the biggest and most

:43:14. > :43:17.difficult dives, a limited degree of difficulty, if you like. So mistakes

:43:18. > :43:21.can be made. I don't suppose it matters very much this morning, but

:43:22. > :43:25.you want to be in a good position in the reverse order, so where ever you

:43:26. > :43:29.place placed this morning, that defines the order you start in the

:43:30. > :43:33.final receiving. All the athletes go through, so it is a chef of the

:43:34. > :43:36.pack. To make my day, we are starting with an arm stand. For

:43:37. > :43:45.those of you who don't know, I get the jitters at with arm stands.

:43:46. > :43:52.We saw him in Istanbul doing a windscreen wiper impression on the

:43:53. > :43:57.board because of the wind. Divers do this as a matter of routine. Arm

:43:58. > :44:00.stand, act double somersault, 2.5 twists in the free position for the

:44:01. > :44:09.first of the Australians, Domonic Bedggood.

:44:10. > :44:20.Nice dive for him. 3.6 difficulty. He is a very good twister. Look at

:44:21. > :44:23.this. Wrapping those arms in. 2.5 twists, checking out, he used to do

:44:24. > :44:28.some trampolining some stage in his training. That is a trampolining

:44:29. > :44:34.twist position with his arms down low. He cranks up the twist very

:44:35. > :44:38.quickly and get a good finish. 91.8 to open at this preliminary. And

:44:39. > :44:43.that is from a man who says that 3m is his favourite event! He is not

:44:44. > :44:49.very shabby on the 10m either. Good to see him back, he was with us

:44:50. > :44:53.earlier in the week. And our Indian diver on the ten-metre board now,

:44:54. > :44:58.Siddharth Pardeshi, who will go through to the final tonight,

:44:59. > :45:05.because we do not drop anybody. He is opening with a forward 3.5

:45:06. > :45:20.somersault. All quite high terrorist dives for the young Indian diver.

:45:21. > :45:30.is still to come. He was making a meal of this died in training. --

:45:31. > :45:35.dive. Only getting 6.5s from the judges. It is one that he struggled

:45:36. > :45:45.with in training. He has got his 57 and that is not bad start from

:45:46. > :45:52.Pardeshi. Tom Daley. This is something different from the arm

:45:53. > :45:58.stand that we saw earlier. He is the defending champion from Delhi.

:45:59. > :46:05.Double defending champion, although he did not defend his ten metre that

:46:06. > :46:13.form synchro last night -- platform. He is trying to defend

:46:14. > :46:17.this title. I am speaking in hushed tones after he said he could hear me

:46:18. > :46:28.last night. 3.5 difficulty for Tom Daley. CHEERING

:46:29. > :46:32.Well, that is consistent on the take-off and he has been working

:46:33. > :46:36.very hard, training at the London aquatic Centre now. Strong,

:46:37. > :46:43.squeezing into the pike shape, looking good, but he goes over

:46:44. > :46:47.vertical, add it of splash, so we will not be seeing the nines that we

:46:48. > :46:54.associate with this young man, we will be seeing 7.5s. 73.5, that is

:46:55. > :47:13.nice. And here it is his ten metre synchro

:47:14. > :47:18.partner, Silver medal yesterday, not quite in the 3.5s, 3.2 for James. He

:47:19. > :47:23.will go with an inward three in a hot summer starts -- somersaults in

:47:24. > :47:47.tuck. Steady opening dive from James

:47:48. > :47:54.Denny, big opening night last night next to Tom Daley in the synchro.

:47:55. > :48:01.They were unlucky to narrowly miss out on the gold medal. He will get

:48:02. > :48:06.eight is from the judges on this, exactly what he will be looking for.

:48:07. > :48:10.No hangover for James Denny from last night. Straight into the thick

:48:11. > :48:18.of the action and straight in with some good marks. We have an even

:48:19. > :48:23.younger Englishman still to come. When they had the line-up it looked

:48:24. > :48:32.as though he was in the wrong crowd. We will introduce him next after we

:48:33. > :48:36.have seen Li from New Zealand. He is back on the board at the retiring

:48:37. > :48:44.and becoming a coach for a while. Three and a half somersaults with

:48:45. > :48:48.pike for the New Zealander. That dive just got away from Li there.

:48:49. > :48:55.The take-off looked good, squeezing into the pike shape. Spotting the

:48:56. > :48:59.water each time. Talking in his chin and over rotating, lots of splash

:49:00. > :49:08.being thrown. The splash moves away from the diving board. -- tucking.

:49:09. > :49:18.Something to work on tonight for him. Five and a halfs do not really

:49:19. > :49:25.cut it, remember. Look at this show man. 14 years of age. From Plymouth.

:49:26. > :49:37.Bronze at the European Juniors last time. British champion. Personal

:49:38. > :49:48.best of just under 400. Three and a half somersaults, 3.0. Good work,

:49:49. > :49:53.Matthew Dixon. best of just under 400. Three and a

:49:54. > :49:56.half somersaults, 3.0. Good He is so short that his head barely comes

:49:57. > :50:02.above the safety bars on the ten metres. Beautiful pike shape. No

:50:03. > :50:08.daylight in between his chest and thighs. Squeezes into the pike

:50:09. > :50:14.shape. He needed more of a rip, you can see him spreading his arms to

:50:15. > :50:26.try to get the suction. His coach is giving him feedback. That will be

:50:27. > :50:30.welcome. That is a good start. Making his debut at the Commonwealth

:50:31. > :50:35.Games at the age of 14, he will have nerves, but they must be dissipated

:50:36. > :50:42.by now. Forward three and a half. That is a well executed dive. Good

:50:43. > :50:47.entry into the water, hardly any splash. Toes pointed. There is not

:50:48. > :51:02.going to be much change out of 8.5 for that one. These are the marks.

:51:03. > :51:09.Three eights. He represented Canada at the 2012 London Olympics. But

:51:10. > :51:18.with injuries, he came down to three and one, so his ten metre days are

:51:19. > :51:32.done. He suffered a terrible injury. Doing exhibition diving for a kind

:51:33. > :51:37.of circus really. He sustained very bad injuries indeed. He has a metal

:51:38. > :51:52.plate in his arm and everything else. Arm stand, triple somersault

:51:53. > :51:59.with tuck. 3.3 attached to this one. Just a bit short of vertical as he

:52:00. > :52:03.goes in but everything else was very precise, spot on come in fact.

:52:04. > :52:14.Squeezing into generate the rotation. His feet are flat. The

:52:15. > :52:31.judges were penalised him for being scruffy and slightly short of

:52:32. > :52:35.vertical. 72 for Bouchard. We have just had two Canadian divers back to

:52:36. > :52:41.back. Now Malaysia have two entrance. Australia have two.

:52:42. > :52:55.Forward three and a half somersaults with pike for Yiwei from Malaysia.

:52:56. > :52:59.We have seen good dives from him on the three metre board. We will see

:53:00. > :53:06.how it translates onto the ten metres. It is important to spot the

:53:07. > :53:15.water every time. One two, three, he has a look but he does not have the

:53:16. > :53:28.spot to line up for. The dive tips over. These are the marks. He is

:53:29. > :53:32.above Dixon and Li. And five other divers. Just to reiterate that the

:53:33. > :53:37.latecomers, there are only 11 divers. There will be no exclusions

:53:38. > :53:47.this morning, everybody will progress through unscathed into the

:53:48. > :53:55.final on the ten metre board. Liang Of Malaysia. Two and a half

:53:56. > :54:04.somersaults with one another half twists. We have seen some big dives

:54:05. > :54:15.in his programme. Very steady, strong opener. Only 3.2 degrees of

:54:16. > :54:24.difficulty, some of the divers have a more complex set of dives. Really

:54:25. > :54:32.good marks for this. It should be near the top three. I do not think

:54:33. > :54:41.anyone will catch him. That does take him into third place. Mitchell

:54:42. > :54:56.does not have one big dives, it is 33.6s. He does start with his

:54:57. > :55:07.easiest, 3.0. That is a beauty. Wow. Game on. Matthew starting with his

:55:08. > :55:11.easiest dive, and this will be nines across. Maybe 9.5 if any of the

:55:12. > :55:23.judges are feeling like flexing their judging fingers. On the

:55:24. > :55:29.scorecards. Rip entry. No splash. Nine, nine, nine, not quite

:55:30. > :55:32.emergency time yet for Tom Daley. Diving out of his socks come out of

:55:33. > :55:39.his boots. The first round is complete. An Australian one-two.

:55:40. > :55:55.James Denny being Blish men with 78.4 Afterburn first round. -- after

:55:56. > :56:01.the first round. A decent start for Pardeshi from India. A brilliant

:56:02. > :56:11.start from this Australian in round one. Dominic Bedggood, the gold

:56:12. > :56:24.medallist from the synchro. Inward three and a half somersaults with

:56:25. > :56:29.tuck. For the Australian. Well, after that exceptionally good

:56:30. > :56:32.opening dive, just throwing up a bit of splash as he enters the water,

:56:33. > :56:41.technically the dive is good until about now, he does a very fast

:56:42. > :56:53.forward role under the water and he throws up too much splash, he missed

:56:54. > :57:00.times the roll. Those three marks give him the lead for the time

:57:01. > :57:10.being, after his impressive opening dive. Pardeshi from India. A great

:57:11. > :57:14.boon to Indian diving to have him in Delhi four years ago. Quite a few

:57:15. > :57:24.have been inspired to come through after this young man. He is not last

:57:25. > :57:34.at the moment. He is avoiding the final spot which goes to Li from New

:57:35. > :57:42.Zealand. Well, Pardeshi was having a good think about that. Looking over

:57:43. > :57:46.quizzically. Why was he taking so long? I have no idea. He obviously

:57:47. > :57:51.come poses himself and think through what he needs to do, but that is the

:57:52. > :57:55.worst thing you can do on the edge of the diving board, Clayton mind,

:57:56. > :58:03.control your breath and off you go. He needed to extend into the water.

:58:04. > :58:10.Did you have a routine? I used to say, one, two, three, go in my head.

:58:11. > :58:14.You say it out loud for the synchro. Some people take a long time. Others

:58:15. > :58:23.like to get into action straight away. Some people like to get out

:58:24. > :58:33.onto the board quickly and others cogitate a bit. A big exhalation of

:58:34. > :58:37.breath. This is the dive he has been having challenges with. He has been

:58:38. > :58:45.talking through this with the sports science people. That is why he is

:58:46. > :58:56.taking a big breath, taking a little bit longer. Yes, he just loses it a

:58:57. > :59:00.bit on the take-off, composing himself, doing the right thing but

:59:01. > :59:04.he misses the leg extension, so he struggles to get the twists done.

:59:05. > :59:09.Running out of room a bit and the dive clearly finishes very short. He

:59:10. > :59:12.is not far away from getting it right. He is nearly there but he

:59:13. > :59:16.needs to be a little bit more patient on the take-off, he knows

:59:17. > :59:27.what he's doing. He will come back and that will be fine later. That

:59:28. > :59:40.seems a bit harsh from the judge. Eight back somersault with tuck from

:59:41. > :59:45.James Denny, off to a solid start in third place.

:59:46. > :00:09.He doesn't use a towel, like some people, for the arm stands.

:00:10. > :00:27.Nice! Steady arm balance, 3.3 degrees of difficulty. The chin is

:00:28. > :00:32.quite lifted, but he knows where he is. Is it crossover as he enters the

:00:33. > :00:35.water, and they banged together at the ankles, so not quite in the

:00:36. > :00:40.control of the position that he needs. Amateur of that though the

:00:41. > :00:47.judges see? There is a lot to take in in 1.5 seconds. The judges watch

:00:48. > :00:58.this all the time. They can recall what happens in 1.8 seconds.

:00:59. > :01:18.Hopefully. Onto Fengyang Li. 3.5 somersault with tuck. 3.2.

:01:19. > :01:25.Just a little ambitious on his exit from the dies. He needs to wake

:01:26. > :01:35.slightly longer in his tuck position. That is Flash. Just a bit

:01:36. > :01:42.too ambitious he needs to wake a fraction of a second longer. Still

:01:43. > :01:56.good. All right, 7.5. Never bad to get that. Eight and nine will be the

:01:57. > :02:01.real deal later in the day. A lot of the future is around this week for

:02:02. > :02:09.English and British diving. Matthew Dixon, 14 years old, 2.8 for the

:02:10. > :02:20.young man. Reverse 2.5 somersault with tuck. Dwarfed by that platform.

:02:21. > :02:31.Go on! Beautiful dies. -- dive. The degree of difficulty is of course

:02:32. > :02:39.low because he is of course low because he is only 14 years old. He

:02:40. > :02:41.reaches back, let's give him hate. He gets into the water with a bit of

:02:42. > :02:56.splash. He wants to know all about it from

:02:57. > :03:07.his coach. 8.5s discarded, but thumbs up from Matthew Dixon.

:03:08. > :03:14.Vincent Riendeau, doing an arm stand. We saw Tom Daley do the

:03:15. > :03:20.triple somersault, now we see Vincent Riendeau with the back

:03:21. > :03:23.double somersault, 1.5 twists in the free position, 3.2 for the first of

:03:24. > :03:38.the Canadians. Very well executed, good technique,

:03:39. > :03:43.fast twist. The all-important vertical entry into the water, he

:03:44. > :03:47.does lose his seat bid as he is twisting, rolling over for a

:03:48. > :03:48.fraction into the water. Other than that, it is good. 3.2 degrees of

:03:49. > :04:11.difficulty. 73.6 is the total mark for him.

:04:12. > :04:13.Maxim Bouchard, one of the divers who retired and decided to come back

:04:14. > :04:14.into the fray. Forward 3.5 who retired and decided to come back

:04:15. > :04:24.into the somersault is. Good take-off, strong, throws his

:04:25. > :04:30.arms forwards to generate the rotation. It all looks good so far,

:04:31. > :04:36.just lining up into the water and letting the dies move a fraction

:04:37. > :04:47.over the vertical. Still a very good dive. The marks are fairly similar.

:04:48. > :05:10.All around 7.5 or eight. We are seeing the same dies back to

:05:11. > :05:15.back here by the Malaysians, a slightly different version by

:05:16. > :05:23.Matthew Mitcham afterwards. Arms down, the two Malaysians will do the

:05:24. > :05:48.same dies here. Good technique from here.

:05:49. > :05:56.again, he lets it overrun a bit, so the splash coming towards us. 6.5,

:05:57. > :06:29.rather than something higher. The Australian Matt Mitch is still

:06:30. > :06:45.to come, with a slight variant on what you are about to see now.

:06:46. > :06:54.Much better from Ooi Tze Liang. A bit better than his team-mate, who

:06:55. > :06:58.let the dive rollover. He is very precise on the entry. He reaches

:06:59. > :07:14.forward with his arms. This will be 8.5. Very good dive. 78.40. In

:07:15. > :07:19.effect, what you will see now from Matt Mitcham is an extra twist being

:07:20. > :07:27.added. So instead of it being 3.3, we are up to 3.6. He has three in

:07:28. > :07:34.his locker that are 3.6. An extra degree of difficulty. 78 will take

:07:35. > :07:37.in both Domonic Bedggood. At the moment, Tom Daley is in last place,

:07:38. > :07:55.if this goes well for Matt Mitcham. Search good twists. Not quite as

:07:56. > :08:02.good as his team-mate, Domonic Bedggood. There is the extra twist,

:08:03. > :08:08.so much more complicated, so much more can go wrong. Matt Mitcham just

:08:09. > :08:11.goes over the vertical, so he will probably be getting seven for that,

:08:12. > :08:19.but it is a good degree of difficulty. A bit of work to do on

:08:20. > :08:22.that. He goes into second place. You can see something in a caption in a

:08:23. > :08:28.moment that you don't see often in international competition. Where is

:08:29. > :08:38.Tom Daley? Is not on that page. James Denny is the first of the

:08:39. > :08:50.English men in fourth place. Tom Daley is right at the bottom. Just

:08:51. > :08:55.to reiterate, it is the morning preliminaries, nobody goes home.

:08:56. > :09:04.Everybody progresses, and there is work to be done on both those

:09:05. > :09:08.opening two dives. Round three. We will be halfway when this round is

:09:09. > :09:13.completed. Domonic Bedggood, the Australian, has had a fantastic

:09:14. > :09:20.opening. Let's see what he can do on his third round dive, which is a

:09:21. > :09:23.back 3.5 somersault with tuck, 3.3. This is the dive that was weak for

:09:24. > :09:28.him in the synchronisation yesterday. He had some difficulty

:09:29. > :09:32.spinning backwards. You can only see where you have been, not where you

:09:33. > :09:36.are going. He is just turning into banana man at it as he hits the

:09:37. > :09:38.water, arching through his entire body. A drop dies from Domonic

:09:39. > :09:52.Bedggood. He is getting worse in terms of the

:09:53. > :09:55.programme, he started well. A little chat going on there in the

:09:56. > :09:56.background with Matthew Dixon as he prepares for his third round, coming

:09:57. > :10:09.up in a few dives time. Siddharth Pardeshi, one of a couple

:10:10. > :10:20.of Indian divers here at the Commonwealth Games. 2.9, one of the

:10:21. > :10:43.lowest dives we will see. Back to .5 somersault with Pike.

:10:44. > :10:51.I am not sure whether the long think at the end of the diving board is

:10:52. > :10:57.doing him the world of good. Thinking, thinking, thinking, at it

:10:58. > :11:05.can get in your way. Clear your mind, Breeze, take-off. Mind you, it

:11:06. > :11:10.is pretty scary up on the 10m board. I know what the mind games are that

:11:11. > :11:13.you sometimes play on yourself when you are standing up there. You are

:11:14. > :11:20.like a rabbit in front of the headlights. With the dies or the

:11:21. > :11:32.coach decide that? Is it instinctive when you are up on the board? Each

:11:33. > :11:38.diver varies. Tom Daley. Time to go. Show us why you are world champion,

:11:39. > :11:43.Olympic wants medallist, which we have not so far seemed.

:11:44. > :11:53.He is in last ways, not where he wants to be. 3.2 on this. There you

:11:54. > :11:58.go. There is to answer. Com posed, ready to rock and roll, and that is

:11:59. > :12:05.a beautiful inward 3.5 somersault in the tuck position. That is what many

:12:06. > :12:21.people have come to expect in competition. We will not see too

:12:22. > :12:26.many nines. He is entering the water at about 35 mph. You can just see

:12:27. > :12:39.the shoulders and the back just take it.

:12:40. > :12:53.If you land at a skewers angle, it is landing on concrete. A big dive

:12:54. > :13:05.for James Denny, back 3.5 somersault is with pike, with all the dangers

:13:06. > :13:12.that come with your ante. Much better from James Denny. This is one

:13:13. > :13:19.of the dives that he made a mistake on last night. He has corrected his

:13:20. > :13:23.errors. Now, he is upright into the water, throwing up a bit too much

:13:24. > :13:28.splash, so he will only get 6.5 from the judges. This is a huge degree of

:13:29. > :13:32.difficulty, but he has done well this morning. Well done. A couple of

:13:33. > :13:39.6.5s in there, and a 6.0. He is talking to his coach about how

:13:40. > :13:53.that went. Fengyang Li of New Zealand. He is

:13:54. > :14:11.attempting his third round dive, 2.3, back 3.5 somersaults with tuck.

:14:12. > :14:19.Beautiful dive from the New Zealander. He is the only one in

:14:20. > :14:22.this competition, Fengyang Li, opting for the back 3.5 in the tuck

:14:23. > :14:27.position, bending at the knees and hips. He has got his feet flat

:14:28. > :14:35.there, which is where we have got the expression, he has got his boots

:14:36. > :14:44.on, from. A beautiful dive, great rip entry into the water, hardly any

:14:45. > :14:49.splash. 8.0 from the judges. That is where am posing yourself, waiting at

:14:50. > :14:54.bit, worked well. It worked well for the New Zealander. Great to see this

:14:55. > :15:15.young man, 14 years old. gymnastics, and he plays football.

:15:16. > :15:31.Arm stand, forward, double somersault with twist. 3.1.

:15:32. > :15:40.That was a solid, steady tide, good balance and he was unfazed by the

:15:41. > :15:45.enormity of the occasion. -- dive. It is tricky to get the rotation,

:15:46. > :15:51.flicking your legs, getting out, one twist, there is a lot going on. One

:15:52. > :16:03.of his more complicated dives. He does a really good job on this. It

:16:04. > :16:09.takes longer to say it than do it. 6.5s across-the-board. For the

:16:10. > :16:14.14-year-old. He won gold in the English schools championship when he

:16:15. > :16:17.was ten. We knew that he would be one of the future and here he is at

:16:18. > :16:29.the Commonwealth Games four years later. Riendeau Of Canada. A decent

:16:30. > :16:38.start. This will very shortly be a reverse three and a half somersaults

:16:39. > :16:43.with tuck. Very nice. He holds the dive dutifully into the water. This

:16:44. > :16:47.is dangerous and tricky, you have two jump away from the diving board

:16:48. > :16:52.but spin back towards it. His head is frighteningly close to the

:16:53. > :17:00.concrete. That it was a safe enough distance for Vincent. A little bit

:17:01. > :17:18.of splash as he goes in. Yes. Curious. The other Canadian in the

:17:19. > :17:26.programme in this event. Bouchard. A reverse three and a half with tuck.

:17:27. > :17:31.3.4 difficulty on this. The Canadians are pretty much joined at

:17:32. > :17:56.the hip. They are in fifth and sixth position after round three.

:17:57. > :18:04.It worked for him, that was an unusual technique, standing there as

:18:05. > :18:07.if he was facing inwards. Anyway, whatever the technique he needed to

:18:08. > :18:13.use in order to get off the diving board obviously work for him, he did

:18:14. > :18:17.not have a lot of room to finish the dive. Pointing his toes to the

:18:18. > :18:24.ceiling. That is very good. He will get over 80 points. I fought he was

:18:25. > :18:28.going to go but then he did not go on that dive. Very strange. We will

:18:29. > :18:36.see how it goes tonight when he does it. That has taken him into the

:18:37. > :18:50.lead. That dive. Three still to come. Two can overtake Bouchard at

:18:51. > :18:58.this stage. He is going with a 3.3. He has a 3.4 still to come. I am not

:18:59. > :19:18.sure he will hold onto his lead but it is possible. Three and a half for

:19:19. > :19:24.Yiwei in the tucked position. He botches that dive. It shows you how

:19:25. > :19:30.complicated the dives are. It is easy to make a mistake. The take-off

:19:31. > :19:34.looks OK. He has do squeeze in. He lets go away too early and he drops

:19:35. > :19:44.his feet, arching his spine. He lands very short of vertical. Not

:19:45. > :19:51.many marks will be coming his way. He is looking back to see what he

:19:52. > :19:55.did wrong. His coach and he will now have a discussion about it. They

:19:56. > :20:03.need to repair the damage done this morning. He will have to make sure

:20:04. > :20:11.he moves on to tonight. Tze Liang Is next up. Forward three and a half

:20:12. > :20:19.somersaults with pike. The most basic dive. 3.0. Once again,

:20:20. > :20:26.spotting the water on each somersault, his head moves slightly,

:20:27. > :20:35.and he has enough time to punch a hole in the water in the grab

:20:36. > :20:43.position. Fabulous dive. Some divers use towels and others not. Is there

:20:44. > :20:47.any reason? They preferred to have the comfort of having a towel

:20:48. > :20:57.although it is a nonslip surface. It provides a bit of comfort or grip.

:20:58. > :21:04.He is in second place but he is set to pounce on the lead once again. 72

:21:05. > :21:15.on the reverse three and a half somersaults with tuck. That is

:21:16. > :21:20.superb from Mitch. -- Mitcham. We knew it would be a closely fought

:21:21. > :21:23.final later. Matthew Mitcham is in good shape, he has been injured

:21:24. > :21:31.quite a few times over the past six years as he was Olympic champion.

:21:32. > :21:37.But now he is on the middle form and this is an example of that. I

:21:38. > :21:45.suppose he is laying down the gauntlet. Matthew Mitcham is looking

:21:46. > :21:51.very strong as he has done on the one and three meter boards this

:21:52. > :22:04.week. He is going right through the ranks. Tze Liang In second and James

:22:05. > :22:13.Denny is the best placed Englishman. Matthew Dixon has a lower tariff

:22:14. > :22:16.programme. Just behind Tom Daley. All 11 of these divers will progress

:22:17. > :22:22.to the final on the 10-metre platform this evening. It is just a

:22:23. > :22:25.case of jockeying for position, getting the best start place and

:22:26. > :22:32.trying to go through your routine as best you can. Three and a half

:22:33. > :22:39.somersaults with tuck for one of the Australians. Sixth place so far,

:22:40. > :22:48.Dominic Bedggood. Not one of his favourite dives. His last round dive

:22:49. > :22:52.was three and a half, similar to this one. Jumping forward and

:22:53. > :22:56.spinning back towards the diving board but not looking back as he

:22:57. > :23:03.entered the water, that is what he needed to do to improve it. Going

:23:04. > :23:15.from short of vertical to upright. Ultimately that is why he scores

:23:16. > :23:24.7.5s. Siddharth Pardeshi, he already has a 3.2 in his programme. This is

:23:25. > :23:30.his second highest tariff dive. Reverse to another half somersaults

:23:31. > :23:58.with pike. The only Indian diver in this competition. -- two and a half.

:23:59. > :24:06.It is not working for him, is it? I think the crowd reaction says it

:24:07. > :24:11.all, he jumps away from the diving board, it is a long way round when

:24:12. > :24:15.you are in the pike position. He is looking for extra difficulty but he

:24:16. > :24:18.does not know where he is. His aerial awareness is faltering. He

:24:19. > :24:29.lands on his back. Look at the splash. I do not like to tell him

:24:30. > :24:32.what to do, but I do not think that 25 seconds or whatever it is taking

:24:33. > :24:39.him to complete the dive is doing him any favours. He is not where he

:24:40. > :24:43.wants to be. Let's hope that changes. We should put a clock on

:24:44. > :24:49.him next time to see how long it takes. Forward forerunner half --

:24:50. > :25:03.fora and a In the tuck position for Tom Daley.

:25:04. > :25:08.Wow, wow, wow. Very similar to the forward four and a half he performed

:25:09. > :25:12.last night in the sink rope next to James Denny. This is very difficult.

:25:13. > :25:21.3.7 degrees of difficulty, the most complex dive. If you get this right

:25:22. > :25:27.you could get 100 points and he has smashed it. He left himself some

:25:28. > :25:43.work to do after round 2. But that is good work from Tom Daley. He was

:25:44. > :25:47.at the bottom of the pile, that is not where we expect you to be, and

:25:48. > :25:57.now he is at the top, for the time being at least. Here is James

:25:58. > :26:02.Denny's three and a half somersaults for the second of the English

:26:03. > :26:18.divers. The one who, after round three, was doing the best. Well, bit

:26:19. > :26:22.over vertical as he went into the water, great take-off. It was better

:26:23. > :26:27.than last night in the singular event. He jumps a little bit

:26:28. > :26:33.far-away from the board so he makes it's difficult for him. His toes are

:26:34. > :26:36.a bit high towards the ceiling. He needs to exit a little bit sooner to

:26:37. > :26:43.stop himself from over rotating but that is good from James Denny. No

:26:44. > :26:48.longer the best being wish men. He moved alone Tom Daley and Dominic

:26:49. > :26:59.Bedggood as well, James Denny. The win the silver medal the synchro. --

:27:00. > :27:08.winner of the Silver. Two entrance for New Zealand, no females, just to

:27:09. > :27:28.males. -- two males. 3.4 attached to this one. A reverse three and a half

:27:29. > :27:34.somersaults with tuck. The same dive as we saw from James Denny. James

:27:35. > :27:41.Denny over rotated. Li from New Zealand under rotated. Short and

:27:42. > :27:45.vertical. Hitting him on the back of the cards. Short of vertical. --

:27:46. > :28:05.calf s. Now, the next four divers, five out

:28:06. > :28:12.of the next six, will all do this dive. Inward three and a half

:28:13. > :28:38.somersaults with tuck. The only one who will not is Tze Liang.

:28:39. > :28:49.Rot and entry into the water. My goodness. -- what an entry. That is

:28:50. > :28:55.remarkable. He looks younger than 14 when he is diving but what an entry

:28:56. > :28:59.into the water. It is not unusual to have strapping on the wrists. It is

:29:00. > :29:04.working out well for Matthew Dixon. He needed to straighten out quicker.

:29:05. > :29:10.That is why the marks were only 7.5s. He did not straighten out in

:29:11. > :29:18.one movement. You have seen the future of British diving. Victoria

:29:19. > :29:28.Vincent, 13 years of age, and he is 14. It is amazing that we have such

:29:29. > :29:42.talent coming through. Vincent Riendeau from Canada. 3.2. Currently

:29:43. > :29:47.ranked in fifth place. He was almost exceptional, it is still a very good

:29:48. > :29:52.dive. The take-off is bang on the money. Really good, spin, spin,

:29:53. > :30:06.spin, look at that. A clever little pike. His feet flat around a bit in

:30:07. > :30:11.the air. More to come from that young man. It will be quite a

:30:12. > :30:17.competition tonight. Not quite as good and stride as some people

:30:18. > :30:20.thought. There will be some others knocking at the door, and Vincent

:30:21. > :30:37.Riendeau might be one of those. Maxim Bouchard, we will see this

:30:38. > :30:38.dive, inward 3.5 somersaults, and it needs eight to go

:30:39. > :30:51.dive, inward 3.5 somersaults, and it needs above Tom Daley.

:30:52. > :31:07.Just marginally over rotation. He squeezes into the tights took shape,

:31:08. > :31:20.and a fraction of over rotation. But close to the top of the leaderboard.

:31:21. > :31:21.He gets two 7.5s, and 18, just about enough to leave him ahead of Tom

:31:22. > :31:33.Daley. Chew Yiwei of Malaysia will carry on

:31:34. > :31:58.with the same dive. He was down at the bottom of the

:31:59. > :32:09.pack before this round, in 10th place. That will help. That was much

:32:10. > :32:20.more like it. He opted to use a towel, for comfort. 80 points, good

:32:21. > :32:22.work. It helps his cause. It is not moving up the leaderboard is

:32:23. > :32:27.terribly much, but he moving up the leaderboard is

:32:28. > :32:28.terribly much, but might get a slightly more fortuitous start later

:32:29. > :32:42.on. Back 3.5 somersaults with tuck. This

:32:43. > :32:44.man has been right on form this week, very good indeed. Ooi Tze

:32:45. > :33:05.Liang. Is mashed it! That was beautiful. He

:33:06. > :33:15.was the 3m Commonwealth champion. Here he is, doing all the events,

:33:16. > :33:16.just arching his back excessively. But his entry into the water was

:33:17. > :33:30.good. He is just getting the feedback from

:33:31. > :33:37.the coach. And then forget it, because it is done, there is nothing

:33:38. > :33:45.you can do now. Next dive. The next dive is the current leader, Matt

:33:46. > :33:50.Mitcham. He has got two more 3.6s in his locker yet. This is mid range

:33:51. > :33:56.for him. The inward 3.5 somersaults, well within his comfort

:33:57. > :34:05.zone. This could take him back into the lead. It will get more than

:34:06. > :34:15.seven, but that is one of his easiest dives. His entry into the

:34:16. > :34:16.water, not quite straightening out completely. His backside is sticking

:34:17. > :34:33.out. He just eases in front of Ooi Tze

:34:34. > :34:39.Liang. We had a few scraps opening up here, with Matthew Mitcham just

:34:40. > :34:42.in front of Ooi Tze Liang, the leaders have two big dives at the

:34:43. > :35:05.end. We have seen this dive a lot, and we

:35:06. > :35:15.have seen it go wrong. Performed well, it is a thing of beauty. 3.7

:35:16. > :35:21.is the degree of difficulty. A pivotal dive for every dive. When it

:35:22. > :35:29.does go wrong, it can be very costly. When the water slaps you,

:35:30. > :35:34.you certainly know about it. That is what happens to dominate a good

:35:35. > :35:38.year. He gets a slap from the water. Lots of splash is thrown up. Our

:35:39. > :35:46.round one leader will now be tumbling back towards the bottom of

:35:47. > :35:59.the leaderboard. Ouch! He does not even make it to 30 points. That will

:36:00. > :36:05.send him hurtling down, possibly down into Siddharth Pardeshi range.

:36:06. > :36:08.This time he will run, so he will not be waiting at the end of the

:36:09. > :36:19.board. Forward 2.5 somersaults. There you go. He did not spend so

:36:20. > :36:27.much time thinking about it, just let the dive happened. He did well.

:36:28. > :36:32.One twist. A low degree of difficulty at 2.9. One of the best

:36:33. > :36:56.dives we have seen from him. 46.4. We have seen a varied

:36:57. > :37:04.performance from Tom Daley. 3.6, another big tariff dive for the

:37:05. > :37:11.Olympic bronze-medallist, and the defending champion from Delhi four

:37:12. > :37:18.years ago. This should take in well over his current score.

:37:19. > :37:30.Will they give it tens? It is perfect. At 3.5 somersaults in a

:37:31. > :37:37.pike position. He waits, now you see me, now you don't. Come on, judges,

:37:38. > :37:43.warm up! I know it is only the preliminary, but that should not get

:37:44. > :37:47.any change out of 9.5. Beautiful dive, great fifth round dive for Tom

:37:48. > :37:58.Daley. We are seeing a real mix from him

:37:59. > :38:19.this morning. James Denny was in the higher

:38:20. > :38:24.echelons because of the people were not doing quite what they should do.

:38:25. > :38:31.What he has to do is perform this 3.6 agree of difficulty, another big

:38:32. > :38:42.tariff dive for him, back to .5 somersaults, 2.5 twists.

:38:43. > :38:52.That is really good for James Denny. This is the dive that he had

:38:53. > :38:55.difficulty with in round two. He just loses his seat at it in the

:38:56. > :39:00.twist. The judges were penalised that. He does well to get round on

:39:01. > :39:05.the finish. A bit too much splash. The take-off is good. Well done,

:39:06. > :39:10.James Denny. That is five and systems dives from this young man. A

:39:11. > :39:15.nod of approval from him. I think the coach is quite happy. They will

:39:16. > :39:21.talk about the nuances of what can be better.

:39:22. > :39:30.With an arm stand, you are allowed to wait for as long as you like. Arm

:39:31. > :39:37.stand, back double somersaults, 1.5 twists for Fengyang Li of New

:39:38. > :39:44.Zealand. He has a towel up there to cushion the hands.

:39:45. > :39:53.Just letting the dive run over vertical as he goes in. It is very

:39:54. > :40:00.complicated, because you have to get the twist done before you get into

:40:01. > :40:14.the pike, and he has over rotated on entering the water. Less than 50.

:40:15. > :40:31.49.6. Due to his age, the lower tariff, but this is his biggest one.

:40:32. > :40:36.This is the back 3.5 somersaults with tuck. This is a giant for him,

:40:37. > :41:05.3.3. I thought Tom Daley was diving well.

:41:06. > :41:09.Not too many flashes there. Matthew Dixon did not really get this one

:41:10. > :41:13.down as he did in training. He squeezes into the tub shaped, but

:41:14. > :41:17.runs out of room, ending short of vertical. A big dive for such a

:41:18. > :41:31.small teenager. The future is here, and it is now,

:41:32. > :41:39.for Matthew Dixon. He knows he will be back for the final tonight.

:41:40. > :41:45.Vincent Riendeau has shown some signs that he could be a medal

:41:46. > :41:53.contender tonight. It is just a case of going through these dives as well

:41:54. > :42:00.as possible for tonight. Back 3.5 somersaults. That his well honed.

:42:01. > :42:05.Just dipping his feet as he enters the water, so he will not get

:42:06. > :42:09.eights on this, but he will not be far off. Take-off is good, but his

:42:10. > :42:17.feet need to improve. They are flapping around. The entry into the

:42:18. > :42:22.water is good. A great dive. A bit of room for improvement, and he will

:42:23. > :42:27.be knocking on the door of the top three. Vincent Riendeau, up into

:42:28. > :42:40.second place for now, with four or dives still to come -- four more

:42:41. > :43:03.divers still to come. Maxim Bouchard, currently in third place.

:43:04. > :43:17.Another good entry from the second Canadian. The same dive. They have

:43:18. > :43:21.been matching it yet exactly, so we can do a Canadian comparison all the

:43:22. > :43:25.way through. This is almost as good as his team-mates. It might be

:43:26. > :43:31.slightly lower on the total score. It was not quite as neat and tidy as

:43:32. > :43:35.his team-mate, Vincent Riendeau. Not bad for Maxim Bouchard. 75.9, which

:43:36. > :43:55.will put him in behind Tom Daley. Chew Yiwei is number ten in the

:43:56. > :44:02.pecking order right now, and he will be looking to improve on that. He

:44:03. > :44:04.has in his dive list a reverse 3.5 somersaults with tuck. This is a big

:44:05. > :44:32.dive. Good from Chew Yiwei. He really made

:44:33. > :44:37.a mess of this in practice just before this competition. It is a

:44:38. > :44:47.dive is not so confident with. Just entering the water marginally short

:44:48. > :44:56.of vertical. He is trying his hardest to keep the splashdown. Goes

:44:57. > :45:01.over 300, as everybody except for Siddharth Pardeshi has done.

:45:02. > :45:11.Ooi Tze Liang of Malaysia. His second -- it is second behind

:45:12. > :45:32.Matthew Mitcham. that with a 3.6. That was good from

:45:33. > :45:40.Tze Liang. He is doing well this morning. He is able to remain calm

:45:41. > :45:45.and consistent, we will see if he can do the same this evening. The

:45:46. > :45:58.Malaysian goes head-to-head with the best in the Commonwealth. He has

:45:59. > :46:03.done very well today. He is a real contender for a medal. Getting the

:46:04. > :46:20.gold-medal at three metres. Onto the leader. Reverse three and a half

:46:21. > :46:28.somersaults. He has two and a half twists at the end of his programme.

:46:29. > :46:34.Eight will put him above Tom Daley and back into the lead. That will

:46:35. > :46:41.not be good enough for him to top the leaderboard. Making difficult

:46:42. > :46:45.work of that dive. It is a difficult dive. Tom Daley got a perfect ten

:46:46. > :46:54.for this dive from one of the judges. Daly drops in round two and

:46:55. > :47:01.Mitchell in round five. And now we shuffle the pack once more. It is

:47:02. > :47:09.amazing how things can change so radically in the ten metre diving.

:47:10. > :47:16.Going from first to fifth as Matthew Mitcham just did with that dive. Tom

:47:17. > :47:17.Daley is now in first. A round of applause as they are announcing it

:47:18. > :47:50.on the big screen. A benchmark set by Tom Daley.

:47:51. > :47:57.Dominic Bedggood, 3.6. Like his Australian team-mate on the final

:47:58. > :48:09.dive. This man started so well but he has faltered. He is a good

:48:10. > :48:18.twister. This is his effort on the twist. It is as difficult as it

:48:19. > :48:23.gets. This is the dive that Tom Daley chose to do second and he did

:48:24. > :48:30.not do very well. Dominic Bedggood did OK. Like all of the other ten

:48:31. > :48:39.will return for the final tonight, just in case you are feeling as

:48:40. > :48:45.though the order was important. Siddharth Pardeshi. A bit of

:48:46. > :48:48.though the order was important. Siddharth Pardeshi. A bit leeway on

:48:49. > :48:54.this one. Arm stand, backed double somersault with half a twist in the

:48:55. > :49:10.pike position. Arm stands are often undervalued. He's off. What a

:49:11. > :49:14.combination. He went really quickly. Showing steady balance is important

:49:15. > :49:20.with an arm stand so he may be penalised. He has nailed the entry.

:49:21. > :49:26.A low degree of difficulty, but little splash. The judges will

:49:27. > :49:32.penalised him for not showing steady balance at the start. Only half a

:49:33. > :49:44.second. That is why the marks are as they are. A real range from

:49:45. > :49:51.Pardeshi. You have to look up and see what he is doing. He needs

:49:52. > :50:04.better rhythm in his routine. Tom Daley is looking more comfortable up

:50:05. > :50:17.there. He is in decent form in 2014. He has shown a few spasms here. It

:50:18. > :50:25.is good, very good. Stunning dive. Front four and a half. In round

:50:26. > :50:35.four. Around five, as good as perfect, and this is on the money.

:50:36. > :50:38.He will get nines. A big dropped died in round two. There is much

:50:39. > :50:43.more to come from this young man. -- dive. That is his new coach from

:50:44. > :51:07.London. Only three scores count. The next Englishman to go is James

:51:08. > :51:14.Denny. Forward four and a half. 3.7 degrees of difficulty. He is

:51:15. > :51:22.preparing himself, he once every little thing to be perfect before he

:51:23. > :51:35.sets off. -- he wants. Forward four and a half. A little short of

:51:36. > :51:42.vertical from James Denny. They really put in a lot

:51:43. > :51:45.vertical from James Denny. They the hard work but he needed to wait

:51:46. > :51:52.a fraction longer before stretching out for the water. He will go over

:51:53. > :51:59.400. A good programme of dives from James Denny. That is just a marker

:52:00. > :52:10.for tonight. We will see if he can improve later. Tom Daley followed by

:52:11. > :52:22.James Denny, one and two. It is unlikely that James Denny will be

:52:23. > :52:31.taken off second place by this. Very steady finish from Li. Opting for an

:52:32. > :52:36.easier dive. An easier degree of difficulty. You can see how the

:52:37. > :52:40.degree is calculated, you get an extra 0.4 for an extra twist in this

:52:41. > :52:50.particular category. Playing it safe, doing well. Taking a good

:52:51. > :52:57.score into the final. Bunching up around second, third and fourth. He

:52:58. > :53:08.has made it worse by doing that! Matthew Dixon. He could well be

:53:09. > :53:13.pushing for a medal. Using his experience. Enjoying the atmosphere,

:53:14. > :53:19.enjoying a major international event. Forward two and a half

:53:20. > :53:29.somersaults with one twist from the 14-year-old from Plymouth. As you

:53:30. > :53:34.requested, on the money. A bit of a launch pad take-off. He threw

:53:35. > :53:37.himself into the middle of the diving board. Into the twist and the

:53:38. > :53:42.rest of the two and a half somersaults. Clean and tidy. A bit

:53:43. > :53:45.of over rotation and throwing up a bit more splash than he would have

:53:46. > :53:53.wanted. It has been a good programme of dives. Big smile. I would say he

:53:54. > :53:59.was nervous. But he does not show any signs of it being his first

:54:00. > :54:07.major international competition. There is no expectation. He can go

:54:08. > :54:14.out and have fun. Possibly one of the medal contenders for to night.

:54:15. > :54:22.Riendeau Has to be one of those if he can replicate this morning and

:54:23. > :54:27.slightly improve upon it. Back two and a half with one and a half

:54:28. > :54:31.twists. He has done very well. A few more of those than I expected. One

:54:32. > :54:41.and a half twists. Two and a half somersaults. Over 70 points when you

:54:42. > :54:43.do it like that. Outclassed by a diver doing an extra twist.

:54:44. > :54:46.Especially when they get it right. do it like that. Outclassed by a

:54:47. > :55:02.diver doing an extra twist. There is a risk reward balance. Very nice.

:55:03. > :55:13.7.5s across-the-board. We will see Ooi and Bouchard doing that as well.

:55:14. > :55:19.He has changed his programme around. He does not have a big, big

:55:20. > :55:35.dive at the end any more. It is not the same dive. It is the same dive.

:55:36. > :55:38.Maxim Bouchard from Canada. Well, Canada like-for-like. Following his

:55:39. > :55:46.synchro partner with the same dive, the previous four, just a little bit

:55:47. > :55:50.low on the take-off. One and a half twists with two and a half

:55:51. > :56:08.somersaults. They are much of a muchness, these two. Yes, and they

:56:09. > :56:33.are getting back together as well. Bouchard is just a smidgen ahead.

:56:34. > :56:46.Chew Yiwei The that is a lot to expect -- that is.

:56:47. > :56:55.That is a marvellous dive for Chew Yiwei to finish on. Moving away from

:56:56. > :56:58.the diving board a bit too much which adds to the chances of over

:56:59. > :57:05.rotate in which is exactly what he does on the finish here. We will see

:57:06. > :57:14.him of course as we will everyone into night 's final. It looks like

:57:15. > :57:30.he will be going in third or fourth in the final tonight. The gold-medal

:57:31. > :57:33.threat. Certainly a medal threat for Malaysia. He should not be a threat

:57:34. > :57:42.to Tom Daley but he could spoil the party somewhat. Tze Liang from

:57:43. > :57:47.Malaysia. Three and a half somersaults. Matthew Mitchell is the

:57:48. > :57:55.last diver to go next. -- Matthew Mitcham. Interesting from Tze Liang,

:57:56. > :58:01.opting for inward three and a half, one of his easiest dives. He makes a

:58:02. > :58:06.hash of it. He comes out way too early. And he lands completely flat

:58:07. > :58:13.on his face. That is a huge error from this man. Right at the final

:58:14. > :58:26.curtain call. And he will fall down into fourth with Mitchum still to

:58:27. > :58:36.come. Tom Daley, Bouchard, and now Tze Liang is in fourth. It is now up

:58:37. > :58:43.to Matt Mitchum. He cannot actually overtake Tom Daley. The best he can

:58:44. > :58:49.do is second. He will not have enough to get into first place. A

:58:50. > :58:58.good dive could put him into second place. That is all that is

:58:59. > :59:06.mathematically possible, he could not catch Tom Daley because he had

:59:07. > :59:10.two big of a lead. -- too big. Two and a half somersaults with two and

:59:11. > :59:13.a half twists in the pike position. A really good dive. We saw him

:59:14. > :59:21.winning Olympic gold in fine style performing this live, four perfect

:59:22. > :59:26.tens. It was carrying a difficulty of 3.8 back then. Nowhere near those

:59:27. > :59:30.lofty march today but he is back in the action, into second overall

:59:31. > :59:40.behind Tom Daley. That is what through him. You cannot get 3.8

:59:41. > :59:47.these days, it is 3.6. We do not lose anybody but Tom Daley will get

:59:48. > :59:54.to dive last. Virtually the same programme at the back end. Matthew

:59:55. > :00:00.Dixon will go after Siddharth Pardeshi in second place in the

:00:01. > :00:05.final tonight. Pretty much all of the medals, it is wide open, but

:00:06. > :00:10.second to fourth are only separated by ten points, so the bronze medal

:00:11. > :00:16.and silver medal are going to be hard fought for. Tom Daley, have to

:00:17. > :00:31.add very difficulty opening 38 points, better than Matthew Mitcham.

:00:32. > :00:37.It just goes to show what you can do when you are on top form. A slightly

:00:38. > :00:41.average opening dive from Tom. His twist not going very well this

:00:42. > :00:46.morning, but it will go well this evening, I am sure, and then rocking

:00:47. > :00:52.and rolling on his last four, to get pretty close to 500, with two

:00:53. > :00:59.mistakes. Mitcham on good form. Yes, one mistake from him, he ended up

:01:00. > :01:07.second, in the end. Siddhartha Pardeshi from India. That was a good

:01:08. > :01:15.dive. An impressive montage. That one, not so much. Here's Tom with

:01:16. > :01:21.his back three and a half, got ten from one of the judges on that one.

:01:22. > :01:26.He looks very composed, as he always does. Just that second dive is the

:01:27. > :01:28.only time these days you have seen him get slightly stressed, slightly

:01:29. > :01:37.nervous, slightly anxious about a dive. He really wants to do it well

:01:38. > :01:43.but it is just one he nosy has a little bogey with. Yes, I guess that

:01:44. > :01:51.is a fair observation. He knows what he is doing, working on what he

:01:52. > :01:56.needs to work on, and, look, Mitcham made a mistake, Tom Daley made a

:01:57. > :01:56.mistake, they are all human. We will wait and see.

:01:57. > :01:58.mistake, they are all human. We will wait All right, we have talked about

:01:59. > :01:59.him, we wait All right, we have talked about

:02:00. > :02:07.him, have seen him, let's hear from him.

:02:08. > :02:14.You have to preserve your triceps like you preserve chicken breasts,

:02:15. > :02:19.they last longer. So this is not an injury, just a precaution? It is

:02:20. > :02:22.just an ongoing thing, just preventative to make sure I am ready

:02:23. > :02:27.for tonight 's final, it is a recovering thing, and I have my

:02:28. > :02:32.thumb in ice as well. What frame of mind are you going into tonight's

:02:33. > :02:36.final? It is a bit, but when you did it was brilliant. It is always tough

:02:37. > :02:39.going into a preliminary knowing that you have already made the

:02:40. > :02:45.final. It is tough to get yourself going for that. What I needed was a

:02:46. > :02:48.couple of bad fives to think, I don't want that, I want to go up

:02:49. > :02:56.there and lead the way. In the end -- a couple of bad dives. Would you

:02:57. > :03:00.say you thrive under pressure and expectation? Pressure is something

:03:01. > :03:04.you have to deal with in any way of life. If you can deal with it and

:03:05. > :03:07.handle it, that is how you get the best results. Without the pressure

:03:08. > :03:14.and without having to do it, you will not give it 110%, which is what

:03:15. > :03:18.I had to do the last four. I know divers don't really do trash talk,

:03:19. > :03:23.but Matt Mitcham's last dive was the closest thing to say, I am coming

:03:24. > :03:27.for you. It will be a really tight battle the night, anything can

:03:28. > :03:30.happen on the day with diving, the littlest thing can be the biggest

:03:31. > :03:35.mistake, so you just after wait and see how it goes. You missed out so

:03:36. > :03:42.closely on that gold last night, how determined did it make you to retain

:03:43. > :03:46.your title? It makes you want to do it, because being .2 away from a

:03:47. > :03:50.Gold is pretty tight margin in diving. I have to give it my best

:03:51. > :03:56.shot and hopefully be top of the podium. 14-year-old Matthew Dixon is

:03:57. > :04:01.making quite a stir, his first Commonwealth Games, what you make of

:04:02. > :04:05.him, inevitable comparisons? He is a great kid, he is really fun, he

:04:06. > :04:11.works hard and his diving is great. Maybe 2016 but definitely 2020. Look

:04:12. > :04:16.after yourself, we will see you back in the final. That is incredible, he

:04:17. > :04:18.has ice wrapped around his triceps and his thumb in a bag of ice. They

:04:19. > :04:20.just goes to and his thumb in a bag of ice. They

:04:21. > :04:23.just goes show what these guys are putting their body through all of

:04:24. > :04:30.our entertainment, and they are putting on quite a show. It will be

:04:31. > :04:35.another epic battle the night in the story of Daley and Mitcham. Hasn't

:04:36. > :04:41.Matthew Dixon won the hearts of many people this morning? Will he be

:04:42. > :04:46.winning medals? The final of the ten metres platform starts at 10:30pm.

:04:47. > :04:51.Hasn't it been such a busy morning so far? Just behind me at the SECC,

:04:52. > :04:55.we have a semifinal going on in netball between Australia and

:04:56. > :04:58.Jamaica. Earlier on this morning, New Zealand backed their place in

:04:59. > :05:03.the final at the expense of England, but in Australia -Jamaica, I can

:05:04. > :05:09.tell you at half-time Australia led by just one point. 24-23. The second

:05:10. > :05:32.half is just underway so let's join the commentary team.

:05:33. > :05:40.COMMENTATOR: As a result, she has put out nine from ten. Just nice

:05:41. > :05:59.shooter to shoot work from the Aussies.

:06:00. > :06:12.Stacey. Stacey and Facey, beautifully quick, the young

:06:13. > :06:32.defence, as they call her Stacey Facey for short? I like to.

:06:33. > :06:38.Again, Midhurst really carving up Jamaica at the moment. Is it not

:06:39. > :06:43.having to do much, other than keep her defender busy and it is all busy

:06:44. > :06:55.-- open for the Australian goal attack.

:06:56. > :07:03.I guess that is the team mascot, is it Thumper? Matt Robinson -- Maddie

:07:04. > :07:17.Robinson. Brilliant take. I was going to say they were made to

:07:18. > :07:30.pay, Jamaica, with a poor centre pass, but they have got away with

:07:31. > :07:32.one here. Not a lot of structure about their play, just players

:07:33. > :07:34.trying to find some space against the tight Australian defence. Not

:07:35. > :07:41.wasting too much ball, that is why they find themselves well and truly

:07:42. > :07:42.in this game. Now she has possession. A much harder contest,

:07:43. > :08:01.though. Look at the speed of Natalie

:08:02. > :08:19.Medhurst, coming right around for that ball.

:08:20. > :08:47.Oh, Stacey Facey. Stacey and Facey, beautifully quick, the young gold

:08:48. > :09:15.offence. -- gold offence -- goal defence.

:09:16. > :09:20.Medhurst really carving up Jamaica at the moment. All open for the

:09:21. > :09:38.Australian goal attack. Ten from 11. Maddie Robinson just swept through,

:09:39. > :09:47.I will have that. That is Maddie Robinson just swept through,

:09:48. > :09:58.that is a beautiful ball through the Bassett. -- through to Bassett. One

:09:59. > :10:04.of the leading interceptors on the court, Maddie Robinson. A very good

:10:05. > :10:08.game, doing her job in attack, and then defensively to get a couple of

:10:09. > :10:14.intercepts, that is very precious to a team. Yes, that must have been

:10:15. > :10:19.close, and it is. Three seconds. Good work, Australia. Yes, danger

:10:20. > :10:22.time for Jamaica. They may well see a time out shortly. 7-2 to

:10:23. > :10:40.Australia. And you were quite correct. Lorna

:10:41. > :10:44.Thompson developing a limp as she goes across to the sideline. Just a

:10:45. > :10:49.change in the mid-court has just added some speed to Australia.

:10:50. > :10:53.Jamaica have not changed what they have been doing that much. They have

:10:54. > :10:57.just made some errors, and when they make an error, Australia make you

:10:58. > :11:01.pay, particularly on a centre pass will stop if you lose that centre

:11:02. > :11:07.pass, it is then the opposition's, so really it is a 2-goal turnaround.

:11:08. > :11:12.There she is, Maddie Robinson, we have not really talk about her in

:11:13. > :11:18.the early stages of the game but she is coming into her own. She has most

:11:19. > :11:20.but her hand up as the key wing attack. There was some uncertainty

:11:21. > :11:23.coming into the tournament whether she would be in the starting seven,

:11:24. > :11:28.and she was not to start with, but she has certainly worked her way

:11:29. > :11:33.into the Australian line-up. At her best, she just creates so much,

:11:34. > :11:37.create space, creates opportunities, and even for someone of her stature,

:11:38. > :11:43.manages to get some intercepts, so a good defensive game, too. So

:11:44. > :11:57.Thompson, it looks like she might be off, in fact she is. It looks like

:11:58. > :12:08.Williams on at the Centre for Jamaica. Would that be could eg

:12:09. > :12:20.Williams? -- could I job Williams -- Khadija Williams. Banjo Lee Williams

:12:21. > :12:30.-- Vangelee Williams and Khadija Williams for Jamaica. The ball falls

:12:31. > :12:33.awkwardly for Aiken. Important for Jamaica that they score of this

:12:34. > :12:43.because Australia has had a run of goals.

:12:44. > :13:09.Yes, great defence by Helen on the pass. Well done Renae Hallinan.

:13:10. > :13:15.OK, Jamaica and getting a bit sloppy now, and sometimes this does get

:13:16. > :13:23.into their game when they are not travelling so well. It looks like

:13:24. > :13:34.there is a warning there to Facey. Overly physical. That is the first

:13:35. > :13:40.time Jamaica has been in the goal circle for what seems like a long

:13:41. > :13:45.time. They add one more. Just too easy on the centre pass, Robinson,

:13:46. > :13:49.just a clear way to the ball. It has always been their problem. They have

:13:50. > :13:53.often had a good shooting circle, Jamaica, but they are just not used

:13:54. > :13:55.to playing opposition that generate such speed, like Australia does, and

:13:56. > :14:22.eventually it wears them down. Read, trying to lift her side. --

:14:23. > :14:50.Reid. Not easy when you are playing the best team in the world.

:14:51. > :14:59.Yes, Bassett just moved a bit too early. Just ran out of court,

:15:00. > :15:05.Kimberley Ravaillion. I think it was stepping, was it? Yes, she was on

:15:06. > :15:10.the run a bit too much. Straightaway, Jamaica make an error.

:15:11. > :15:22.They need to make some changes here, Jamaica. Maybe put Reid and Aiken

:15:23. > :15:28.down the other end. That is why Romelda Aiken is where she is. They

:15:29. > :15:32.have still scored 11 goals so far, Australia, so they need to do

:15:33. > :15:36.something to their defence, and they have only scored four, so I would

:15:37. > :15:48.put Aiken down the other end, just to change it up. What a pick-up of

:15:49. > :15:52.the line. Vangelee Williams. Hallen and may working her way back into

:15:53. > :15:56.the starting seven for Australia. -- Renae Hallinan. She does not like

:15:57. > :16:05.being on the bench. It is all about matchups, if Australia win this,

:16:06. > :16:10.Renae Hallinan is better, or you could have the benefit of Sharni

:16:11. > :16:16.Layton's height over Leona Leota's pass. You can bet that she will want

:16:17. > :16:20.to be in the first seven, she talks about the agony of Delhi, and she

:16:21. > :16:25.would love to be out there, turning the tables. She had to deal with a

:16:26. > :16:28.double disappointment, missing out on Delhi and then the World

:16:29. > :16:31.Championships the year after. It was a lot of pain in a short period

:16:32. > :16:33.Budgie has not looked back since then. She has been very good. -- but

:16:34. > :16:59.she has not looked back. Right over the top of Laura Geitz.

:17:00. > :17:02.Sloppy. And the defender knows, if they start doing silly things, you

:17:03. > :17:09.know you are on top, it just lifts your game. Contact called against

:17:10. > :17:15.Bassett. It is getting a bit untidy out

:17:16. > :17:32.there. Reid is in position. Now she has

:17:33. > :17:46.moved. Four minutes left in the third

:17:47. > :17:54.quarter, which has been all Australia. Good effort by Facey, did

:17:55. > :17:58.not get up, just generated bit more pace to get a hand to the ball. That

:17:59. > :18:04.is the pressure she needs to put on Medhurst. She needs to run with.

:18:05. > :18:12.Medhurst is having a field day. -- to run with her.

:18:13. > :18:33.It will be interesting to see what Australia do at quarter time. They

:18:34. > :18:36.have one eye on the big game tomorrow and it is all about the

:18:37. > :18:40.players remaining fresh. New Zealand have had a tough one against

:18:41. > :18:44.England. If they can rest some key players, that will give Australia a

:18:45. > :18:46.major advantage if they are to get up and win this one. In the final

:18:47. > :19:00.quarter, yes. But if you get it wrong, can to make

:19:01. > :19:03.a comeback? You have do have confidence in the players you are

:19:04. > :19:05.putting on. The players on the bench have some good form. -- you have to

:19:06. > :19:11.have. As you mentioned before, that is the

:19:12. > :19:29.difference between the In fact, some of the Jamaica's have

:19:30. > :19:35.not had a quarter way from the court in all of their games, Sasher-Gaye

:19:36. > :19:45.Henry being one of them. -- a quarter way from the court.

:19:46. > :19:50.Into the final two minutes of the third quarter, 38-31. The bench are

:19:51. > :20:18.looking on. A warning against Williams,

:20:19. > :20:27.persisting too much. -- too much, on the edge of the circle. A nice wall

:20:28. > :20:43.of defence from Australia, slowing Jamaica up from the centre pass.

:20:44. > :20:52.That has advanced all the way down. The wheels are falling off, here,

:20:53. > :20:55.for Jamaica. So good for a certain period of time but then they often

:20:56. > :21:02.lose their way. This is no different.

:21:03. > :21:08.But Australia have really shut them down. Look at this defence, starting

:21:09. > :21:29.with Robinson and Medhurst. It makes it so much easier for the backline.

:21:30. > :21:35.She has opened up, but not given. And then they give the wrong one,

:21:36. > :21:49.and Australia getaway again. Terrific defence.

:21:50. > :21:57.Can they get it into the shooting circle? Not quite, Australia. A very

:21:58. > :22:11.good quarter, for Australia, who lead Jamaica by eight, 40-32.

:22:12. > :22:17.A similar number of goals scored by the Jamaicans as in the first, but

:22:18. > :22:24.the Australians piling on 16 goals in that period of play. The shooting

:22:25. > :22:26.percentage is good from both teams but Australia are smothering

:22:27. > :22:33.Jamaica. They are not working hard enough. They are choosing the wrong

:22:34. > :22:40.option into foul read, which suggests that Australia will rest

:22:41. > :22:44.some of the big guns. More errors to Jamaica, forced by the strong

:22:45. > :22:49.defence that Australia are imposing. At the moment, it is all Australia,

:22:50. > :22:58.a really good quarter, 16-9, and they are in good form ahead of the

:22:59. > :23:01.final tomorrow. Robinson has been so good in defence which is a bonus

:23:02. > :23:06.when you are attacking players, getting those intercepts. Bassett

:23:07. > :23:14.has been nice and steady. You cannot ask for a lot more than what they

:23:15. > :23:17.have done. Nowhere to go, they are just suppressing them, crushing

:23:18. > :23:26.them. No options for them. Helpful, there. Foul read doing her best but

:23:27. > :23:29.they are not giving it to her. -- Reid doing her best. They are

:23:30. > :23:54.pushing back and pushing back. It looks as though Jamaica are

:23:55. > :23:56.making a few changes. Khadijah Williams on at wing attack, and

:23:57. > :24:15.Thompson returning to the court. So, final huddles in this second

:24:16. > :24:16.semifinal. Australia lead by eight. The captain will be pleased with the

:24:17. > :24:43.way things are travelling. Jamaica, ringing the changes. Kelly

:24:44. > :24:51.to goal defence, Kasey Evering on at wing defence. Big changes. The

:24:52. > :25:00.fourth and final quarter under way, in the second semifinal. Australia

:25:01. > :25:06.leading Jamaica 40-32. Thompson is back on at centre, for Jamaica.

:25:07. > :25:12.Williams to wing attack. They are trying to generate something,

:25:13. > :25:15.Jamaica. Got away with that one. Contact against Laura Geitz.

:25:16. > :25:21.Interesting or what you were referring to earlier, OK, they have

:25:22. > :25:26.removed Romelda Aiken from the other end but the bench don't seem

:25:27. > :25:29.interested in taking off Reid. Interesting, and she has shot 24

:25:30. > :25:33.goals which is not one of her outstanding performances. I'm not

:25:34. > :25:49.sure what the thinking is because we know how good Romelda Aiken can be.

:25:50. > :25:57.Player not happy to give it to Reid. When they play well, they let it go

:25:58. > :26:02.but they have not done that all game, other than perhaps in the

:26:03. > :26:17.seventh quarter -- second quarter, when they got on top.

:26:18. > :26:25.This might be a little clue as to why Aitken is staying on the

:26:26. > :26:28.sideline. A bit of ice on her ankle. They certainly want her in good

:26:29. > :26:32.order for the bronze medal match tomorrow against England.

:26:33. > :26:35.Interesting, they are only six goals down. This is a winnable position.

:26:36. > :26:41.They just have to believe they can win. John McIntosh was talking about

:26:42. > :26:46.this before the competition began, when she thought Howard the

:26:47. > :26:56.Jamaicans would go. She said they needed patience and self belief.

:26:57. > :27:17.Yes, the push off their from Fowler Reid. -- there.

:27:18. > :27:29.This is a good game for Medhurst, with that distinctive, high shot.

:27:30. > :27:43.She has only missed two. Great, just got that one away.

:27:44. > :27:49.That is one area of her game that she can work, Fowler Reid. She is

:27:50. > :27:52.such an easy target. If she was able to land some long shots, she would

:27:53. > :28:24.be more phenomenal Van der Schueren years. -- than she already is.

:28:25. > :28:29.It is interesting that Australia have chosen not to change their

:28:30. > :28:32.line-up. Perhaps they are looking at this as their main starting seven

:28:33. > :28:37.tomorrow. If that is the case, they want to give them some time on

:28:38. > :28:43.court. Just off the hands of Bassett. Madi Robinson is in the

:28:44. > :28:54.thick of everything. Brilliant. How good has she been in defence?

:28:55. > :29:03.She is a pocket rocket. She has had a good game. A good tournament, in

:29:04. > :29:09.fact. Again, the push off called, contact. It proves costly for

:29:10. > :29:11.Jamaica. Score here, and Australia will have built up a ten goal

:29:12. > :29:22.buffer. Bassett just dodging, ducking down,

:29:23. > :29:26.and letting me flying defender go through. It is all about timing and

:29:27. > :29:37.a lovely release from Kimberley Ravaillion, on the run.

:29:38. > :29:46.Struggling to get on the edge of the moment, Australia. Good defence from

:29:47. > :29:56.Jamaica. Medhurst to Bassett, such a good combination when it is on song.

:29:57. > :30:04.Renae Hallinan, how good is that? It is amazing what a little opportunity

:30:05. > :30:08.does. Sharni Layton was in the starting seven today and probably

:30:09. > :30:11.will be there tomorrow, but Renae Hallinan has been given a sniff and

:30:12. > :30:18.looks really impressive. Selection headaches for Australia. I always

:30:19. > :30:23.wonder about that. Is it perhaps easier for the player coming on, in

:30:24. > :30:28.a way? Because the player up who was their first has warned the opponent

:30:29. > :30:34.down? I was just wondering. No, it does not work like that! It is like

:30:35. > :30:42.in cricket, with an opening batsman taking the shine off the new ball?

:30:43. > :30:48.Ella macro not quite. -- not quite. At this level, the fitness of the

:30:49. > :31:00.players should be such that they can run all day.

:31:01. > :31:07.Facey trying to call a time-out from goalkeeper, with a suspect knee

:31:08. > :31:11.injury. But it is not allowed. We have seen that a bit in this

:31:12. > :31:13.tournament. The umpires are wise to the players. Certainly nothing wrong

:31:14. > :31:31.with her knee. Romelda Aiken is standing up on the

:31:32. > :31:40.bench. Now he has given it. Australia are streaking away with

:31:41. > :31:46.this game. They will be well pleased with this outing. We have not seen

:31:47. > :31:55.the two shooters in this game. Score a quick ten and goals you are back

:31:56. > :32:00.in the game. So I guess if there are any changes they have to involve

:32:01. > :32:03.Facey. They do. And that is often a mistake that teams have made during

:32:04. > :32:06.Facey. They do. And that is often a the course of the week, have an

:32:07. > :32:10.organised time-out and then realise the person calling it was not who

:32:11. > :32:17.they wanted involved in the change. So much to think about. These two

:32:18. > :32:25.women are going very nicely in this match, Robinson and Medhurst. Do we

:32:26. > :32:29.dare to look ahead, Australia against New Zealand in the final

:32:30. > :32:35.again? There has never been anything different at the Commonwealth Games.

:32:36. > :32:42.49-36, and Romelda Aiken has returned to the court at the other

:32:43. > :33:03.end for Jamaica. Back in the goalkeeper position.

:33:04. > :33:12.Talk about Hallinan working her way into the starting seven, Ravaillion

:33:13. > :33:18.may have done it, in terms of accommodation, these three mid-court

:33:19. > :33:21.players work well together. It would make for an extraordinarily quick

:33:22. > :33:33.mid-court, not that Australia ever has a slow one.

:33:34. > :33:42.They will be hoping to come out of this game unscathed now. I thought

:33:43. > :33:47.you were going to say alive. That would have been the instructions

:33:48. > :34:02.from the bench now, just stay alive. Quicker ball but Geitz is onto it.

:34:03. > :34:12.Interesting to see Kasey Evering on at wing defence. She affective --

:34:13. > :34:46.was effective at goal defence earlier.

:34:47. > :35:22.Are unstoppable in this match, Natalie Medhurst. 51-38, just under

:35:23. > :35:24.six minutes left in this game. And, really, Jamaica being forced into

:35:25. > :35:47.all sorts of errors, like that one. New Zealand defeated Jamaica by

:35:48. > :35:50.eight goals, 50-42, and Australia will make the comparison when they

:35:51. > :35:53.step off the court. The margin is greater. They will think they are a

:35:54. > :36:04.better team. You just look for what ever edge you can get.

:36:05. > :36:22.We have seen a lot of Corletto, in terms of her exciting intercepts,

:36:23. > :36:29.but she has certainly shut Beckford down. In this tournament, she has

:36:30. > :36:32.shot something like 16, 17 on average, so a good job from the

:36:33. > :36:44.Australian goal defence, without being too flashy. And again Maddie

:36:45. > :36:53.Robinson winning the contest. I don't think it is too early to look

:36:54. > :36:55.ahead to tomorrow's old medal match. Just such a terrific rivalry -- gold

:36:56. > :37:00.medal. It comes Just such a terrific rivalry -- gold

:37:01. > :37:04.medal. It down to Commonwealth Games -- when it comes down to

:37:05. > :37:08.Commonwealth Games, both have one gold medals twice and both want to

:37:09. > :37:13.be the first one to win three. There is no such thing as a form guide for

:37:14. > :37:17.those two countries either, it just comes down to their performance at

:37:18. > :37:29.that very time. All eyes will be on New Zealand.

:37:30. > :37:37.Catherine lah to unavailable, will she be able to play tomorrow, or

:37:38. > :37:42.will Jodie Brown get the nod again? Different parts to the gold-medal

:37:43. > :37:46.game. Australia have cruised, and they will cruise past Jamaica, they

:37:47. > :37:54.don't have any injury concerns, so it will be a battle for the Kiwis.

:37:55. > :38:00.And New Zealand -- New Zealanders would say it always is! They say

:38:01. > :38:05.that setbacks they have had with injury have actually brought the

:38:06. > :38:09.team closer together. But also, too, they will have come through an

:38:10. > :38:13.exhausting semifinal today against England, I mean physically and

:38:14. > :38:19.emotionally. They looked gone in that first semifinal. Then a

:38:20. > :38:24.fabulous piece of work and they are through. There has been talk about

:38:25. > :38:27.the scheduling, playing the semifinals and the final straight

:38:28. > :38:34.after each other, virtually, 24 hours later, whereas it could have

:38:35. > :38:39.been quite easy for them to schedule the semifinals with a gap in

:38:40. > :38:46.between, a day off to freshen up. But not to be. You just have to deal

:38:47. > :39:10.with it. Those games coming your way in about 24-hour 's or so.

:39:11. > :39:24.Aiken got the tip, but it was not enough to put it far-away. In the

:39:25. > :39:31.end, a scramble, away Jamaica come. One of the few occasions they have

:39:32. > :39:39.flowed down court nicely, Jamaica. That was a bang to the floor. She is

:39:40. > :39:45.up, Khadijah Williams. Yes, I think without doubt Australia will go into

:39:46. > :39:54.the final as favourites. 12 players in form, but you never write the

:39:55. > :39:58.Kiwis off. It has just been extraordinary for New Zealand that

:39:59. > :40:10.all of those injuries have come in the shooting circle. Yes, unlucky.

:40:11. > :40:17.Into the final minute, 57-42. Jamaica simply have had no answers

:40:18. > :40:23.today for the way Australians. Really putting the effort down now,

:40:24. > :40:27.Australia, 17 goals. The highest number they have scored. That is a

:40:28. > :40:28.great way to finish. That gives you real omentum, going ahead to

:40:29. > :40:57.tomorrow. Romelda Aiken still battling. And it

:40:58. > :41:04.will be Jamaica meeting England in the bronze medal match, because

:41:05. > :41:10.there is the whistle for full-time. A significant victory for Australia,

:41:11. > :41:28.57-42 over Jamaica. Australia move through to the gold-medal match.

:41:29. > :41:35.I guess it was the result most people expected, but until it is

:41:36. > :41:39.settled, you just never know. It is sport, you never know, but they came

:41:40. > :41:42.in as favourites, they have been building as the tournament

:41:43. > :41:46.progressed, and they have put in a pretty solid performance. They lost

:41:47. > :41:49.one quarter, but overall they will be very satisfied. They have put

:41:50. > :41:52.some different commendations out there, Australia, they have come

:41:53. > :41:58.through injury free, and I think they are the team to beat.

:41:59. > :42:03.So it is an Antipodean final in the ladies netball tomorrow, Australia

:42:04. > :42:06.will be taking on New Zealand, and what an incredible battle that will

:42:07. > :42:11.be. It has been an amazing day of sport so far on BBC Three. In just

:42:12. > :42:14.over four hours, we have covered over a third of all sports here in

:42:15. > :42:19.the Commonwealth Games. Iced Hinckley still have some time to --

:42:20. > :42:24.I think we still have some time to fit in a couple of others.

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:42:41. > :42:58.Back to Glasgow after a quick update on Three.

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:43:08. > :43:10.Baby Gammy was abandoned with his surrogate mother

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:43:14. > :43:17.Thousands have been raised to help him.

:43:18. > :43:20.A cyclist from Sierra Leone who vanished from the Glasgow

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:43:41. > :43:47.More from us later, right now back to Lee

:43:48. > :43:58.I leave the ashram, travel halfway across the world to find my father,

:43:59. > :44:06.Oh, well. As Vashrati says, gotta keep smiling!

:44:07. > :44:08.We don't tend to use the bathroom together here.

:44:09. > :44:10.All right, well, I'll catch you later.

:44:11. > :44:14.This ashram of yours, it might be a cult.

:44:15. > :44:18.I take it back, he's definitely Cuckoo's son.

:44:19. > :45:32.ring yesterday. It promises to be the same again today. We put our

:45:33. > :45:40.expert panel together to discuss the forthcoming action. It is the first

:45:41. > :45:43.time women's boxing has been in the Commonwealth Games so to have the

:45:44. > :45:49.chance to win a medal is unbelievable. At the end of the day,

:45:50. > :45:52.I want to win gold. I can't afford to get distracted. I've got to go

:45:53. > :45:58.there and focus on me. I'm going to win gold. Lavelle's determination,

:45:59. > :46:05.hard work, a big engine and a big heart has got him through. Northern

:46:06. > :46:14.Ireland's Audley-Murphy, a spirited performance. I motivated to do the

:46:15. > :46:18.job and win the gold. A right hand, the best punch in the contest.

:46:19. > :46:24.Williams is all over him, great finish by the Welshman. Walsh has

:46:25. > :46:29.got herself a medal hardware, now the only question remains, what

:46:30. > :46:33.colour will it be? I'm the defending champion, so anything less than a

:46:34. > :46:36.gold medal will be the disappointment. Every time I get in

:46:37. > :46:43.the ring, I have to bring my a game. There is the chance to make history

:46:44. > :46:47.again. Guys, a big session of boxing head, 13 finals, three Philly women

:46:48. > :46:50.and ten to the men, something you have both experience before,

:46:51. > :46:53.Auckland champion and the silver medallist from Delhi, four years

:46:54. > :46:57.ago, and at this stage of the competition, a few days before the

:46:58. > :47:02.gold medal bouts, what will the boxes be feeling ahead of the gold

:47:03. > :47:05.medal contest? They are going to be excited. This is what you wake up in

:47:06. > :47:12.the morning for, what you train hard for. Obviously they will be excited

:47:13. > :47:15.and a bit nervous as well, being in Scotland, it is pretty much a home

:47:16. > :47:20.games all of them. They will be excited and nervous but eager to do

:47:21. > :47:25.well and win the gold medal. I think it is tough at this stage is because

:47:26. > :47:29.mentally, they will have had five contests, some of them and they

:47:30. > :47:33.might not have experienced that before, some of the more

:47:34. > :47:36.inexperienced boxers. They waltzed or that way and they have to remain

:47:37. > :47:40.focused and get over the line. It will be a tough ask because it is no

:47:41. > :47:43.good performing so well earlier in the tournament and failing at the

:47:44. > :47:47.final hurdle. They have to get over it. Mentally, it is going to be

:47:48. > :47:52.three tower. As you sake, the fifth contest for some of them in the

:47:53. > :47:55.battle for gold. What will they be feeling physically? Cuts

:47:56. > :47:59.notwithstanding, how will their joints be holding up, their ribs,

:48:00. > :48:03.having been tickled a few times, how will they be feeling physically,

:48:04. > :48:07.preparing for the gold medal bouts? They will be feeling it. The

:48:08. > :48:11.Commonwealth Games will be first tournament I had boxed in that went

:48:12. > :48:17.over ten days. I had five fights in ten days. It was hard, hard to make

:48:18. > :48:22.the weight as I went on. I had some tough fights over boxing the youth

:48:23. > :48:26.Olympic champion, a big Nigerian that punch like a horse. I boxed

:48:27. > :48:32.another lad from Kiribati E. By the time I got to the final, I was tired

:48:33. > :48:36.and fatigued and I learned from that for the Olympics, two years later.

:48:37. > :48:40.But your best win was in the semifinals. I boxed Vijender Singh,

:48:41. > :48:45.who is in the final this time around, who was world number one at

:48:46. > :48:50.the time. Fighting him in India comedy was the golden boy, the

:48:51. > :48:54.pin-up. I boxed him, 400 million people watched the fight on TV,

:48:55. > :48:58.live. It was a massive win for me and I was just spent afterwards and

:48:59. > :49:02.could not replicate that form in the final, two days later. A lot of

:49:03. > :49:06.these guys need to remember that this is the final. Every ounce of

:49:07. > :49:10.energy they have got, they need to expend in the final. This is when

:49:11. > :49:17.you see boxes like Paddy Barnes, who has boxed well all tournament, how

:49:18. > :49:20.he saved himself in certain contest in the last round, eased off the

:49:21. > :49:22.pace because he knows he wants to perform his best in the final. Some

:49:23. > :49:25.of the more inexperienced boxes might have given everything in the

:49:26. > :49:29.first couple of bouts and now they are feeling it. They have to draw on

:49:30. > :49:33.every minute they have spent in the gymnasium. This is where it counts,

:49:34. > :49:37.all the flexibility work, all the extra sessions, it is like putting

:49:38. > :49:41.money in the bank and now they have to draw it out and perform at their

:49:42. > :49:45.best in the final. Let's look ahead to the finals, beginning with the

:49:46. > :49:51.biggest, brightest of the games, Nicola Adams, MBE, reigning Olympic

:49:52. > :49:53.champion, going up against Michaela Walsh of Northern Ireland in the 51

:49:54. > :49:56.kilograms flyweight final. Overwhelming favourite but how will

:49:57. > :50:00.she vary against the talented youngster from Northern Ireland?

:50:01. > :50:04.Nicola Adams will be looking to win gold. She is a confident, always

:50:05. > :50:07.brimming with confidence. In the last two years since the Olympics,

:50:08. > :50:11.she has not boxed as well as she could have, has lost a couple of

:50:12. > :50:15.times, dropped a decision now and again. She seems to have got it

:50:16. > :50:19.right with the TV cameras on her, she likes to perform and be a big

:50:20. > :50:23.star. Michaela Walsh is a divisional fighter, though. She looked very

:50:24. > :50:29.good in the semifinal yesterday. I think her camp will know they can

:50:30. > :50:33.take Nicola Adams' scalp. Michaela Walsh has done brilliantly get to

:50:34. > :50:37.the final. She is a bit better than most of the girls here. But I think

:50:38. > :50:41.Nicola Adams is on another level above her, with notices Bectu

:50:42. > :50:47.Michaela, who is still learning and has done brilliant. -- no disrespect

:50:48. > :50:51.to Michaela. Nicola has taken to the games. It is a showcase for her. She

:50:52. > :50:55.will perform well and it will be difficult for Michaela to win.

:50:56. > :50:59.England against Northern Ireland, the rivalry will be there and there

:51:00. > :51:03.is a bit more bite. I can see Nicola. For the middleweight women,

:51:04. > :51:07.it is a battle between the reigning world champion and an athlete with

:51:08. > :51:11.previous world titles under her belt, Savannah Marshall and Ariane

:51:12. > :51:15.Fortin. Experience against a younger boxer. How does it pan out? It is

:51:16. > :51:19.interesting because Savannah Marshall is a talented girl but she

:51:20. > :51:23.does not always produce her best. In the World Championships in 2012, she

:51:24. > :51:27.won the gold medal and boxed brilliantly but in the Olympics, a

:51:28. > :51:32.few months later, she was poor, not just by her standards but generally.

:51:33. > :51:37.She was not there mentally. It got to her and it may happen again. She

:51:38. > :51:41.says she has put that experience out of her mind and learn from that as

:51:42. > :51:45.she has gone. That is what experience is. You can't buy it. She

:51:46. > :51:49.will be a better boxer for doing that. I watched the Canadian

:51:50. > :51:53.yesterday, she got into a fight and she is a southpaw, she swings the

:51:54. > :51:58.right hook in, and Savannah Marshall, she boxed yesterday and

:51:59. > :52:02.although the Nigerian was a few levels below her, she did not really

:52:03. > :52:07.pick up as well as she could have done. Men's light flyweight, 49

:52:08. > :52:10.kilograms, Paddy Barnes of Northern Ireland looking to defend his

:52:11. > :52:14.title. He was the nailed on favourite to do that coming into the

:52:15. > :52:18.championships. How has he fared unperformed and how will you get on

:52:19. > :52:24.against unperformed and how will you get on

:52:25. > :52:29.Paddy Barnes has been very efficient. He never waste the shot.

:52:30. > :52:32.What I admire more than anything is his ability to suss out his

:52:33. > :52:37.opponent, the tactics he gets right. He goes to the first round looking

:52:38. > :52:41.for opportunities. If he finds more opportunities on the inside, you

:52:42. > :52:45.will take the contest. -- he will take the contest at that stage. If

:52:46. > :52:49.he thinks he has to go along, you will go at range. He says himself,

:52:50. > :52:53.boxes clever. He is in against a good Indian, but he has beaten him

:52:54. > :52:58.before, I think and I see Paddy Barnes with a gold medal, no

:52:59. > :53:07.problem. 56 kilograms, bantamweight, Michael, -- Michael Conlon coming in

:53:08. > :53:16.with the serious cut, if you work Casado break's on, what would you be

:53:17. > :53:19.doing to target him? I was in breast with his speed and balance and

:53:20. > :53:25.movement yesterday. He needs to target the cut and open it up. He

:53:26. > :53:30.needs to use his advantage. One of the advantages he has is speed and

:53:31. > :53:33.his opponent has a nasty cut on his forehead. It is not a nice way to go

:53:34. > :53:37.into a contest, targeting your opponent, who has a cut but at the

:53:38. > :53:42.end of the day, you have got to win. I think it will be a good test for

:53:43. > :53:45.Michael Conlon. I think he is a good all-rounder. You can boxed well at

:53:46. > :53:49.range, have a terror on the inside but he will have the box at range

:53:50. > :53:56.and protect the cut. Maybe that will bring Qais Ashfaq on his front foot.

:53:57. > :54:00.He is a total counterpuncher. That will be a clash of styles. He will

:54:01. > :54:04.go over the front foot first but Michael Conlon has do keep it long

:54:05. > :54:08.and protect is cut. The lightweight, 60 kilograms, is

:54:09. > :54:11.between Charlie Flynn and Joe Fitzpatrick, Scotland against

:54:12. > :54:14.Northern Ireland, but at 64 kilograms, light welterweight, the

:54:15. > :54:18.poster boy for the tournament, Josh Taylor has delivered, he is in the

:54:19. > :54:23.gold-medal bout, facing Jonas Olsson media, a slippery operator. Josh has

:54:24. > :54:27.dealt brilliantly with the occasion and use the grant of his advantage

:54:28. > :54:30.so far but how will he fare in the gold-medal match? I like Josh

:54:31. > :54:34.Taylor, you say to read a fighter and he was unlucky not to win a

:54:35. > :54:36.medal in London, two years ago. He had a tough draw but he learned from

:54:37. > 1:32:19it. He decided to remain an