Commonwealth Games 2014: day nine as it happened | John Ashdown and Scott Murray

Usain Bolt wows crowd in 4x100m relayTom Daley wins silver in 10m synchronised platformEnglands women reach hockey finalSilver for Scotlands Lynsey Sharp in the 800mMedal table: all the latest Glasgow 2014 standings

10.14pm BST

And that, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, is that! Heres how todays action has left the medal standings, with a day and a bit of action still remaining! Nighty night!

10.13pm BST

Hampden falls silent as the women line up for the 100m hurdles. But its not silent for long! A mere 12.67 seconds later, and the place erupts as Sally Pearson, who sprang out of the blocks, takes the tape! She was always leading, and though Tiffany Porter came at her over the last three hurdles, she simply applied the booster rockets to glide over the line. Never in doubt. As smooth a race as youll see! Porter settles for silver with a wry smile. Angela Whyte of Canada takes bronze, completing the 1-2-3 most people would have called. So it seems Pearson knew what she was talking about regarding her preparation, huh?

10.02pm BST

One more big race to go, one title to be decided. Sally Pearson of Australia is the hot favourite in the womens 100m hurdles, though Tiffany Porter of England is hoping to challenge. Theyll be skittering down the track at Hampden in ten minutes. But before then, news of the mens doubles table tennis. Singapore have won gold, Ning Gao and Hu Li beating Indias Sharath Achanta and Anthony Arputharaj 3-1. In the bronze play-off, its another medal for Singapore, Zi Yang and Jian Zhan pipping Paul Drinkhall and Liam Pitchford of England in a 3-2 thriller.

9.56pm BST

After The Lord Mayors Show (aka heat three):

9.54pm BST

Bolt speaks! Live, on the British Broadcasting Corporations television service! Did he say... yknow... that the Games were a bit... well... yknow? I would never use that word if I was going to say that. I love the fans, I want to be at the Commonwealth. Just like the London Olympics, the crowd is great. It was good, and I would never say something like that! Everything has been great. Just the weather. Its been cold! He ends with a laugh. Or does he? He grabs the mic to light-heartedly call out the BBCs Gabby Logan for suggesting on telly earlier this week that the Games were fine with or without him. Logan, to her immense credit, takes it in good humour and clarifies that she thinks the Games are even better with him. Theres lovely.

9.49pm BST

And heres Usain! All eyes on the big man. Some high jinks with the young lady in charge of his kit box. Then a wee dance just before the getset-go, waving a pair of flat hands around in the style of Harry Enfields Scousers. But the denizens of Hampden refuse to calm down, calm down. Its absolute bedlam. Yet for a second it doesnt look as though Bolt is going to take the tape, because hes handed the baton by Nickel Ashmeade neck and neck with the Nigerians. Mark Jelks isnt of a mind to give way, but eventually Bolt turns on the burners 30 metres out, and hes home and hosed. Sheer class. Jamaica win in 38.99, with Nigeria also qualifying in 39.11.

9.39pm BST

Its the turn of the boys. Modern sport being what it is, everybodys waiting for Usain Bolt, but theres the first heat to run before he turns up. Its a blistering run from Trinidad & Tobago, who take the tape in 38.33s. Canada threatened but settled for the second certain qualification spot: 38.41. The Bahamas will have to wait to see: a new national record in 38.52. Kenya, the Cayman Islands and Sierra Leone traipsed home.

9.34pm BST

England are fine. Theyre confirmed in second place. But the Welsh team, who would have reached the final with a national best time, have been disqualified. Hannah Thomas and Mica Moore, with their second changeover, failed to manage what the aforementioned Bloor and Nelson just about pulled off. They swapped the baton a good half-metre outside the box, and theyre out.

9.29pm BST

And now the second heat. Jamaica are the favourites here, with Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce anchoring. And pretty much as expected, she takes the tape with country miles between her and the second-placed English. Canada in third. But theres some concern that Louise Bloor still had hold of the baton as Ashleigh Nelson took off for her leg. England look like theyve just about managed a successful handover, but only just! That was too close for comfort.

9.21pm BST

But first the womens 4x100m heats. Nigeria storm to first place in the first heat, running 44.13 despite a scrappy first changeover between Gloria Asumnu and Patience George. No red flag; theyre safe. A photo finish between Australia and Trinidad & Tobago; it looks like that order with the Bahamas not far behind. The first three qualify automatically; the others will have to wait.

9.10pm BST

Just over half an hour until Bolt Time.

8.56pm BST

Silver for Sharp and Scotland! Sum leads at the bell, which rings at 58.24s. Sharp is boxed in. Meadows is on Sums tail. At the final bend, it looks like Judd might take the world champion on the outside, but Sum kicks on and races clear. She wins by a mile - but in the silver position is Lynsey Sharp, who gives it everything on the home stretch and pips Nanyondo by an inch! She raises the saltire, and looks like she wants to sob with glee, but she simply doesnt have the energy to pump out any tears! Shes the picture of happiness. That was probably her realistic limit, so dominant is Sum, and shes celebrating a magnificent achievement! Jessica Judd, who wasnt far behind Nanyondo in fourth, looks distraught at missing out on a medal, but the 19-year-old can be proud of her run and is almost ordered to celebrate it by her elder team-mate Meadows! However, this is all about Sharp, who was boxed in and stormed through brilliantly. Well, its all about Sum and Sharp, but you know what home crowds are like.

8.50pm BST

The womens 800m final! A big one, this. Eunice Sum of Kenya the world champion and favourite, Winnie Nanyondo of Uganda the hot new kid on the block. Lynsey Sharp is the home favourite, while Jessica Judd and Jenny Meadows carry the hopes of those down south. (England, not East Kilbride.) And theyre off! Sum and Meadows are the leaders after a fairly pedestrian first 200m.

8.44pm BST

Who Needs Mo Farah? dept. What an astonishing finish to the mens 10,000m final! For most of the last lap, it looked like Cameron Levins of Canada was going to pull off the mother of all surprise victories. He held off surges from both Josphat Kipkoech Bett of Kenya and the defending champion, Moses Kipsiro of Uganda. Levins held his lead most of the way down the closing stretch, but Bett pipped him just before the line on the outside. Only problem for Bett was, Kipsiro was bombing along on the inside, and first overcame Levins and then, with milliseconds to spare, Bett! He made it to the tape 0.03 seconds ahead of Bett, to claim another gold! What a race! What a run! And perhaps most wonderfully, Levins is still grinning from ear to ear, despite coming so close to golden glory. Hed have taken bronze before the race, I suppose.

8.29pm BST

High drama in the mens pole vault! Steve Lewis and Luke Cutts were the only men to clear 5.55. Neither could make 5.60, so the English pair were forced into a jump-off, which Lewis won with another jump of 5.55! He scampers about the middle of Hampden while the mens 10,000m final unfolds around him. Cutts looks knackered rather than gutted. Canadas Shawnacy Barber takes bronze with a vault of 5.45, beating the home hero Jax Thoirs to the consolation tin. Thoirs can count himself very unfortunate, as he wasnt far away from clearing 5.55, but ended up empty handed.

8.23pm BST

Kenya is to steeplechase as Singapore is to table tennis. Its a one-two-three for the Singaporeans in the womens singles. Tianwei Feng has beaten Mengyu Yu 4-1 in the gold medal match. The bronze has gone to Ye Lin, the 18-year-old besting the 41-year-old veteran Jian Fang Lay of Australia 4-0 in the play-off match. And heres our resident Dundonian, dipso (see 7.11pm) and only reader, Simon McMahon: Kenya is to running as Scotland is to ... eh, maybe better leave that one there, actually.

8.15pm BST

News of a gold medal for Scotland! Darren Burnett has beaten Ryan Bester of Canada 21-9 in the mens singles final to take the gold! In the bronze play-off, Aron Sherriff of Australia beat New Zealands Shannon McIlroy 21-8.

8.06pm BST

The mens 3,000m steeplechase has ended in a one-two-three for Kenya. Jonathan Ndiku has taken the gold with a run of 8:10.44, a Games record! Jairus Birech followed him home in 8:12.68, and Ezekiel Cheboi secured bronze with a run of 8:19.73. Time for a bit more Kenyan nostalgia? Ooh yes please! And its that man again ...

7.59pm BST

Nope! Synchronicity out the window! Bouchard and Riendeau end the event in fourth and last position, and Daley and Dennys stunningly difficult and well-executed last jump has earned them a silver medal! So close to the gold, too. Theyll really rue their slow start, and that abysmal 1970s municipal pool style third dive. Still, what cojones to pull that one round! Look how close this was:

7.55pm BST

Back at the diving, a dramatic finale! After five dives, Daley and Denny were languishing in last place ...

7.45pm BST

Meanwhile in the womens discus, Dani Samuels of Australia blew away the field with a majestic throw of 64m 88cm, over three metres further than Seema Punia of India. Englands Jade Lally, with a seasons best, took bronze with a throw of 60.48.

7.44pm BST

Back to the diving at the business end. Because some medals have been decided back at Hampden. In the womens high jump, Eleanor Patterson of Australia has won gold with a leap of 1m 94cm. She beats Englands Isobel Pooley into second place, with Levern Spencer of St Lucia taking bronze.

7.40pm BST

The third round, and Daley and Denny practically dive-bomb into the pool. Not many points for entry on offer there. Also not allowed in the pool: running, pushing, ducking, smoking, eating, petting.

7.33pm BST

The second round of dives, then. Daley and Denny, with their reverse one-and-a-half somersaults with half twist. Not particularly synchronised, and not particularly ideal. A total of 48.60 and theyre up to 102.00. Bedggood and Mitcham perform an inward dive with pike: 51.00 for a total of 105.00. Laing and Yiweis reverse with pike: 52.80 for a total of 105.00 too. And finally Bouchard and Riendeau, also performing reverse with pike: its 52.20 for a total of 105.60.

7.29pm BST

The first big medal event of the evening is away from the athletics, away from Hampden Park, and away from Glasgow. The Royal Commonwealth Pool is over in Edinburgh, and its where Tom Daley and James Denny are competing in the final of the mens synchronised 10m platform. The English pair are first up, and performing a forward one-and-a-half somersault with pike. A total of 53.40, and its a pretty good start. Next up, the Australians Domonic Bedggood and Matthew Mitcham: a total of 54.00 for the same dive, even better. Then the Malaysians Ooi Tze Liang and Chew Yiwei. An inward dive with pike, and theyre not in complete tandem: its 52.20 for their first dive. And finally - a small field here - its Matthew Bouchard and Vincent Riendeau of Canada. Their inward dive with pike earns 53.40; theyre tied with Daley and Denny after the first round.

7.11pm BST

The medals have been decided in the womens 1m springboard diving. Jennifer Abel takes the gold for Canada, with the Australians Maddison Keeney and Esther Qin, the latter a very useful word in Scrabble as well as a diver of some renown, taking silver and bronze. Dear Dr Murray, begins Simon McMahon, mistaking this live blog for... well, the good lord alone knows what hes thinking. My wife and kids are away for the weekend, leaving me at home alone. I know I should do the washing and ironing, a spot of gardening, mop the floors and have tea ready for when they return on Sunday. But my pal lives just round the corner, and his wife and kids are away too on the same trip (we have girls and its a girls weekend). We both have lots of booze. But drinking it all conjures up only one image. What should I do? Make an appointment with a good divorce lawyer for Monday lunchtime?

6.58pm BST

And now the second heat. Not a particularly great run from Englands Christine Ohuruogu in anchor, who gives up a large third-leg lead, but she rallies down the straight and takes the tape from Ada Benjamin of Nigeria. Canada qualify in third - but the Scots wont make it to the final as fast losers, as this leg was too brisk. The Bahamas and India take the slots.

6.52pm BST

The first heat in the womens 4x400m relay. Jamaica won this one by a mile. Scotland had been second at the bell, after a storming run from Gemma Nicol, but Zoey Clark, fuelled by the Hampden Roar, went off too quickly in the final lap and, energy soon spent, was overtaken by the representatives of Australia and Trinidad & Tobago. Fourth for the host team, and no guarantee of a place in the final. I kinda run out of steam at the end, but hopefully our time will bring us through, says a breathless and disappointed Clark, who crossed the line with her head in her hands. As gestures of immediate despair go, its been bettered in this calendar year only by Liverpool defender Kolo Toure, who gifted West Bromwich Albion striker Victor Anichebe the chance to score an equaliser back in February, and skittered across the pitch holding his noggin and screaming while Anichebe calmly slotted the ball away.

6.40pm BST

The teenage Nigerian weightlifter Chika Amalaha has been stripped of her gold medal. The 16-year-old, who won gold in the womens 53kg competition, failed a doping test, providing positive samples containing prohibited diuretics and masking agents. Dika Toua from Papua New Guinea is now the gold medallist, with Santoshi Matsa and Swati Singh of India claiming silver and bronze. Amalaha had been the youngest women to win a weightlifting title in Commonwealth Games history.

6.33pm BST

And now the second heat. The 18-year-old Kenyan Ronald Kwemoi is highly fancied to win a medal, perhaps the gold. And hes immediately at the head of the pack alongside his compatriot Elijah Motonei Manangoi, a veritable veteran at 21 years of age. Kwemoi still leads at the bell, with the South African Johan Cronje (32!) right on his shoulder. At which point Kwemoi tears clear. He takes the tape in 3:39.90, ahead of Charlie Grice of England, Cronje and Chris Gowell of Wales. Here, a Kenyan winning a 1,500m race. It only conjures up one image, doesnt it?

6.18pm BST

The first heat of the mens 1,500m. And theres something to cheer early doors for the Hampden faithful. Scotlands Chris OHare has qualified for tomorrows final. I was kinda blunt but Im happy with that, he shrugs after finishing fourth in a time of 3:40.80. It was a blanket finish, with the New Zealander Nick Willis taking the tape 0.04 seconds ahead of OHare, then Jeffrey Riseley and James Kiplagat Magut coming second then third. Here, a New Zealander winning a 1,500m race. It only conjures up one image, doesnt it?

6.07pm BST

Evening. Anyone up for the 1978 BBC theme tune, which sounds like a milk float crashing into a village pond? Good, good. Here you are, then.

5.57pm BST

Thats that for the gymnastics at this Commonwealth Games. Which seems like as good a time as any for me to hand over to Scott Murray, who will be your guide for the evening action.

5.53pm BST

Canadas Kevin Lytwyn is the final competitor. Can he wreck the GB medal party? He can he pips Baines and nabs the bronze.

5.48pm BST

Kristian Thomas is next up. He gets the same score as Wilson, but Wilson still leads on the judges scorecards.

5.44pm BST

Frank Baines puts himself in with a shout of a medal with his routine. He goes into silver spot with three gymnasts still to perform.

5.39pm BST

After his first big jump his hands slip from the bar and he crashes into the mat. Ouch.

5.38pm BST

Englands Nile Wilson moves into gold medal position with a superb routine. Daniel Keatings of Scotland is up next

5.32pm BST

Anderson Loran is next up and he also takes a tumble. Its a much heavier impact after missing the bar. He gets back on. Then misses the bar once more. He should probably give it up as a bad job, but he gets on once more. Hats off.

5.28pm BST

So to the final gymnastic event of these Commonwealth Games the mens individual horizontal bar. Australias Sean OHara is first up. He starts well, but then plops off after losing his momentum.

5.10pm BST

Theres a bit of a lull now. Indias Sharath Kamal Achanta is two sets up against Paul Drinkhall in the table tennis, but thats pretty much all the action at the moment. So its a good time to point you in the direction of this piece on the emergence of Barry McGuigan at the 1978 Games.

5.04pm BST

And neither Elsa Black nor Charlotte Sullivan can beat the youngsters mark. So Fragapane takes a third gold of the games.

4.57pm BST

Claudia Fragapanes turn to compete on the floor. The 4ft 6in 16-year-old scores 14.541 and moves into gold medal position. Two gymnasts are still to perform, but those who know rather better than I reckon the gold is Fragapanes.

4.48pm BST

Rebecca Downie isnt happy with her beam routine from earlier:

Well I think that was the worst beam routine of my life but I'm still a double commonwealth GOLD medalist & I'm walking away safe !! #Proud

4.46pm BST

The womens floor final, the blue riband gymnastics event, is under way. Wales s Jessica Hogg sets the early pace, but she has just been ousted from the gold medal spot by Lauren Mitchell.

4.24pm BST

This is rather brilliant. Kiribatis first ever gold medal winner, weightlifter David Katoatau, is currently serenading Hazel Irvine in the BBC studio:

4.17pm BST

Back to the gymnasium because there has been a gold for Scotland! Dan Purvis has got it on the parallel bars. Englands Nile Wilson wins silver, with Max Whitlock picking up the bronze.

4.14pm BST

England 3-1 New Zealand Wide from Michelsen, who didnt look confident. So more penalty agony for New Zealand on British soil.

4.13pm BST

England 3-1 New Zealand Wide! Bray rushes the shot. A lifeline for New Zealand.

4.13pm BST

England 3-1 New Zealand Glynn, the New Zealand goalscorer, tumbles over Hinch. She looks for the foul, but nothing doing Hinch just got to the ball first. So England are one penalty from the final.

4.11pm BST

England 3-1 New Zealand Gilbert does just enough to squeeze the ball past Rutherford.

4.11pm BST

England 2-1 New Zealand Punt has the ball flicked off her stick by Hinch. Advantage England.

4.10pm BST

England 2-1 New Zealand Danson twirls around the keeper and slaps home.

4.09pm BST

England 1-1 New Zealand Whitelock goes left too, and then lifts the ball over Hinch.

4.09pm BST

England 1-0 New Zealand Twigg goes wide and flicks over Rutherford.

4.08pm BST

New Zealand were beaten on penalties in the 2012 Olympic semi-final. Will they fare better here?

4.03pm BST

England cant force the ball home. So weve got a penalty shootout. [INSERT YOUR OWN OBVIOUS JOKE ABOUT ENGLAND AND PENALTY SHOOTOUTS HERE]

4.02pm BST

Penalty corner to England. With eight seconds to go. New Zealand arent happy Richardson-Walsh took a free pass with her protective mask on which youre not allowed to do but theyre going to have to defend this.

4.00pm BST

New Zealand hit the post! Seconds after the equaliser Stacey Michelson pokes the ball against the woodwork (or metalwork perhaps) from close range. And now New Zealand have a penalty corner. Its all going on.

3.59pm BST

GOAL! New Zealand 1-1 England (Glynn). Heartbreak for England. Forgesson pings the ball into the danger zone and Glynn neatly deflects the ball home with little over 90 seconds to go.

3.56pm BST

Yellow card for Danson. So England will finish with 10 on the pitch. And Petrea Websters sinbinning has come to an end so its evened up at 10 v 10.

3.55pm BST

Five minutes to go. Its heated, fiery stuff, but theres not a great deal of goal threat from either side now. England are looking to run down the clock, New Zealand are striving to get forward but are understandably struggling for attacking numbers.

3.53pm BST

A bit of confusion here. New Zealand seem to have too many players on the field. They had someone in the sinbin box but still had 11 players on the field. And that offence means the NZ captain has to go off too. So New Zealand will play for the next five minutes or so with only nine players on the field. Its 11 v 9.

3.51pm BST

Englands Alex Danson, who has to be Ted to her friends, thwacks a shot at goal and it takes a decent save from Sally Rutherford to keep New Zealand in the game.

3.48pm BST

New Zealands turn for a penalty corner. Punt sees her effort deflected over the bar.

3.47pm BST

The sports quiz of the week: Ali, transfers and Commonwealth Games. See if you can beat my score of seven. You should.

3.44pm BST

Penalty corner to England. Georgie Twigg pulls it back, Kate Richardson-Walsh shoots, and in the melee that follows Twigg sees her close range effort deflected over the bar.

3.40pm BST

Twenty minutes stand between England and a gold medal match against Australia. New Zealand are piling on the pressure without really threatening Maddie Hinchs goal.

3.33pm BST

Susie Gilbert (sporting philosophy/motto: Be happy in life) has a decent chance for England but her shot is heading wide and her fellow attackers cant deflect the thing goalwards.

3.29pm BST

The second half is well under way in the womens hockey. With half an hour to play its still 1-0 to England, but New Zealand are piling the pressure on.

3.28pm BST

And the final competitor, Canadas Elsabeth Black, trumps them all to take the gold. Australias Monckton gets silver, the 17-year-old Hockenhull the bronze for Wales.

3.22pm BST

Waless Elizabeth Beddoe is next up on the terrifying beam. And she moves into the silver spot. Her compatriot Georgina Hockenhull is on next and she goes past Beddoe. So with one athlete to go, Wales are in silver and bronze places.

3.19pm BST

Peep! PEEEP!! Half-time in the hockey semi-final. England lead 1-0.

3.16pm BST

Frangapane goes into silver medal position, with three gymnasts still to perform.

3.14pm BST

After four routines on the beam, Mary Anne Monckton leads for Australia. But Englands 16-year-old Claudia Fragapane has just completed a very solid effort. Could this put her in the medal mix?

3.08pm BST

All over in the lawn bowls: Scotland have hammered England 16-8 to take the gold. Weve not seen the auld enemy beaten so emphatically since [INSERT YOUR PREFERRED MEDIEVAL ENGLAND V SCOTLAND BATTLE HERE].

3.06pm BST

Referral rejected! The goal stands. And with just over seven minutes to go in the first half England are ahead.

3.05pm BST

GOAL! New Zealand 0-1 England (Owsley) Against the run of play Lily Owsley turns the ball home from close range. New Zealand opt for a DRS referral, claiming the ball hit and England boot before being tapped home. Is this going to be scratched out?

3.00pm BST

The next gymnastics gold up for grabs is on the womens beam. Englands Rebecca Downie, already a double gold medal winner, is first up. She slips from the bar not a Youve-Been-Framed-style horror fall, but a gentle wobble off. Its enough to end her chances here. A score of 9.833 wont be enough.

2.56pm BST

In the hockey semi-final New Zealand have a penalty corner. Englands players arent happy. But it comes to nought Katie Glynn slaps the shot wide. You may remember Glynn from the London Olympics two years ago, when she played on in the semi-final against the Netherlands despite a nasty head injury:

2.52pm BST

Heres the full story on the womens flyweight boxing earlier. Since then Muhammad Waseem of Pakistan and Australias Andrew Moloney have set up a gold medal match in the mens fly, while Michael Conlon of Northern Ireland and Englands Qais Ashfaq have been victorious in their bantamweight semi-finals.

2.43pm BST

Its gold for Canada in the mens vault. Scott Morgan wins it, Kristian Thomas picks up the silver, with Singapores Wah Toon Hoe winning bronze.

2.41pm BST

Were under way in the second of the days womens hockey semi-finals. With 10 minutes gone its England 0-0 New Zealand.

2.28pm BST

Young Frank Baines, Frank the Tank to his friends, botches his landing from the first vault but nails the second. He goes fourth. At 19, though, hes got a big future ahead of him. The bad news for the future is that hes missed out on the domain name frankbaines.com (unless hes got a sideline in saddles that hes not previously mentioned).

2.24pm BST

In the gymnasium Indias Ashish Kumar lands flat on his back with his second vault. That means a score of nul points for the second jump. After five jumps, Canadas Scott Morgan leads.

2.19pm BST

A quick check on the lawn bowls: Scotland have picked up another shot in the 10th end. With five to go theyre 11-5 up on England.

2.15pm BST

Nicola Adams has been speaking after her earlier semi-final win in the flyweight division.

I am looking forward to the finals. It is going to be exciting fighting in front of a crowd of 11,000 it is going to be amazing. I am prepared and ready and I hope you guys are ready for the action.

2.13pm BST

Back at the badminton Amelie-watching, brunch-loving Kirsty Gilmour has routed Michelle Chan in the second set to go through to the semi-finals in the womens singles.

2.12pm BST

Thomas nails his second jump, after which the PA blares out Mr Brightside by the Killers, which might be someones idea of a hilarious gag. He bags 14.499, taking him ahead of Hoe despite that tumble.

2.09pm BST

Thomas is second up on the vault. He over-rotates on the landing and ends up having to perform a backwards roll on the mat. Its a very fine backwards roll, but you dont tend to get points for them in this event.

2.08pm BST

Back on the lawn, Scotland have nabbed another point in the ninth end to lead 10-5. The gold is all but theirs.

2.07pm BST

The days individual gymnastic finals kick off with the quite-incredible-but-also-quite-terrifying vault. Kristian Thomas goes in this one for England, as does Scotlands Adam Cox and Frank Baines. First, though, is Singapores Wah Toon Hoe. He scores 14.195.

2.00pm BST

Back at the badminton Gilmour has a narrow 7-5 lead in the second set. She lists her favourite film as whimsical Audrey Taotou comedy Amelie and her favourite food as brunch, which I reckon is a pretty fair shout.

1.57pm BST

Scotlands bowlers take another two points in the eighth end and now have a sizeable 9-5 lead over England, who (and even to my frankly untrained eye) seem to be having a bit of a shocker.

1.54pm BST

Over in the badminton arena, Scotlands Kirsty Gilmour has cruised to the opening set in her quarter-final against Michelle Chan. This is Gilmours third event of the Games her mixed team and womens doubles stints ended pretty early, but she seems bound for the semi-finals in the singles.

1.47pm BST

Sounds like things are getting a bit desperate for England towards the close of the seventh end. Maybe nibble it in there, says one of the quartet to the man with ball in hand. Give it a dart. In the end Jamie Chestney has the chance to make it 6-6 but leaves the final ball short and Scotland take a 7-5 lead.

1.40pm BST

Right, so after that big-hitting, left-hooking, double-jabbing start to the afternoon, we head over to the more sedate surroundings of the lawn bowls green. There may be fewer punches being thrown but the tension is just as high after six ends Scotlands four lead England 6-5 in the gold medal match of the mens fours.

1.35pm BST

Adams speaks to the BBC afterwards, and like all good Yorkshire folk on this day of all days, she manages to make sure she mentions the fact that its Yorkshire Day.

By the way, did I mention its Yorkshire Day? It is. Its Yorkshire Day. Today? Yes, Yorkshire Day. Today.

1.32pm BST

Adams wins by unanimous decision. Shell take on Michaela Walsh in the final.

1.30pm BST

Bujold is forced onto the attack in the fourth and final round, but Adams is happy to stay at range. The Canadian might have squeaked the round, but I dont think itll be enough.

1.28pm BST

Ding, ding. Round three. Another couple of solid blows from Bujold as Adams gets caught on the inside. Its fairly scrappy stuff in the main, with few shots landing cleanly. And having typed that, Adams lands with three huge right hands to end the round. Thats enough to convince the judges, all three of whom award the round to the English fighter.

1.25pm BST

Adams is controlling the centre of the ring, Bujold skirting the ropes. A better round for the Canadian, and two of the three judges give her the nod. So after two rounds, two judges have the scores level, one has Adams two points to the good.

1.23pm BST

Its a fairly fiery opening round, with the referee having to tick off Bujold after almost finding himself on the receiving end of a wild Bujold haymaker. Adams looks comfortably the classier boxer, and the judges agree they all have her ahead after round one.

1.22pm BST

A few things you didnt know about Adams opponent Mandy Bujold: she reads the same bible verse before very bout; and she has a burger named after her at The Works Gourmet Burger restaurant in Ontario, Canada. Here she is tucking in (to the burger, not the bible).

1.18pm BST

Nicola Adams is next up. She hops into to the ring to the sound of loud cheers and Blurs Song 2.

1.15pm BST

Michaela Walsh does indeed get the verdict on a split decision. Shes guaranteed a gold or silver and, understandably, is absolutely beside herself with joy.

1.13pm BST

The fourth and final round is going to be pivotal. Its better from Walsh that should be enough to see her edge it.

1.10pm BST

A strong round from Rani. This is going to be very close.

1.08pm BST

Over to the boxing arena then, where Northern Irelands Michaela Walsh is taking on Pinki Rani of India in the first of the womens flyweight semi-finals. After two rounds the judges have Walsh narrowly ahead on the scorecards.

1.03pm BST

1.15pm (BST) There are boxing semi-finals throughout the afternoon but much of the focus will be on the Olympic gold medal winner (and former Guardian diarist) Nicola Adams, who takes on Mandy Bujold of Canada in the boxing flyweight semi-finals.

2pm (BST) Five golds are up for grabs in gymnastics mens vault, paralllel bars and horinzontal bar, and womens beam and floor

12.56pm BST

First, a quick run-down of the day in Glasgow so far:

12.41pm BST

Hello all and welcome to live coverage of day nine of the 2014 Commonwealth Games. What have to got to look forward to today? Well, funny you should ask, as weve got the full schedule right here:

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