Silver Ferns

The White Ferns' penalty for playing their worst cricket in Birmingham will be a match against the best team in the world. Australia, naturally, advanced ...

The trio of Val Smith, Tayla Bruce and Nicole Toomey will face Malaysia for a spot in the gold medal match. The women's triples lawn bowls team advanced to the semifinals after defeating Australia 14-10. Brooke Halliday ran herself out in comical fashion before Hayley Jensen fell to an ugly off-side hack. The women's Black Sticks have secured a spot in the semifinals of the Commonwealth Games after a 4-1 win over South Africa. The win sees New Zealand finish second in their pool, behind Australia, and will face the unbeaten English in a semifinal on Saturday morning. After the first heat was run in a winning time of 3.37.57, the second heat was much slower, meaning that only the top five finishers would advance to the final. Instead, the Cantabrian with a personal best of 74.61m threw it wide, and was left with her hands on her head in anguish after a third foul throw eliminated her from the competition. Tanner had to fight for position multiple times and stumbled before the closing straight in a physical race, but regained his position and then sprinted well in the mass finish to claim fifth. That left England to chase a straightforward target and, despite Kerr picking up a couple of wickets, left New Zealand to tackle the most unenviable task in cricket. And despite Fran Jonas striking in the first over of the chase, the answer soon became clear, the hosts roared on to reach their target in the 12th over. Williams, who took silver in the road race in 2018, added another medal to her collection with a calculated, well-paced ride, crossing all of the four time checks on the 28.8 kilometre course in third place. All you need to know from a relatively subdued day at the Commonwealth Games for New Zealand athletes, at least compared with the roaring success of the past six days.

The Silver Ferns have fallen to defending champions England 54-44 at the Commonwealth Games. New Zealand's campaign continues though - they'll face Jamaica in ...

Wins over Northern Ireland, Uganda, Malawi and Trinidad and Tobago saw New Zealand secure their place in the semi-finals. Te Paea Selby-Rickit and Kate Heffernan were injected into the game in the second quarter which helped New Zealand close the gap and create better flow feeding into the circle. New Zealand's campaign continues though - they'll face Jamaica in the semi-finals.

The Commonwealth Games gold medal is not out of the question as far as Silver Ferns coach Dame Noeline Taurua is concerned.

"There were moments when we did have the ball in hand and we should have secured it and we got caught up in the zero phase of England giving us the bash." But the Silver Ferns coach Dame Noeline Taurua made two changes for the second quarter and they had an immediate impact. England had the Silver Ferns on the back foot in the first quarter, going out to a 15-8 lead.