Fatigued Scotland show their Commonwealth Games mettle as defiant statement issued after Uganda netball tussle

The Thistles, who were involved in an epic contest on Wednesday as they ran 2022 silver medallists Jamaica close, struggled to overcome fatigue in the opening two quarters against the She-Cranes, who arrived fresh after enjoying a day off.

It showed in the early stages as Scotland looked flat and were struggling to impose themselves as they trailed 36-22 at half-time before producing an encouraging late rally to win the second half.

However, it wasn't enough to prevent them from falling into the seventh versus eighth play-off tomorrow afternoon, where they are expected to face Malawi.

Defeat leaves Scotland sitting fourth in Pool B on four points, having already guaranteed their highest ever finish at a Commonwealth Games.

“We know we are a lot better than that,” said Goal Keeper Cerys Finn. “I think we're probably a little bit disappointed we didn't come out firing in the first half. We won the second half, which was great, but unfortunately we just couldn't produce that for the entire game.

“Even though we lost today, I think we still have to go into tomorrow's game fighting. We want that seventh-place finish because it would represent our highest ever, so that is super exciting.

"This whole experience has given us confidence to take forward. We know that we can fight against the best nations in the world, even if we didn't show it today. I think our performance showed that even when we are tired, we can pull through and not let our heads drop.

“I think that tiredness probably harmed us in the first half. We probably built up a bit too much adrenaline yesterday, but we know we can win the game tomorrow and hopefully get that seventh position."

Marshall and Foster motor on after recording hat-trick of wins

Elsewhere, Scotland’s most decorated bowls duo of Alex ‘Tattie’ Marshall and Paul Foster secured a third successive win in the Men’s Pairs with a convincing straight-sets win over the Norfolk Islands.

Aiming to back up dominant displays over Kenya and the Isle of Man on Wednesday, the experienced home favourites have yet to drop a set and are tracking nicely in their latest gold medal quest.

Primary school teacher Sophie McGrouther returns to action in the Women’s Singles later today eyeing a hat-trick of wins, having recorded back-to-back successes over Fiji’s Elizabeth Moceiwai and Eunice Wambui Mbugua of Kenya.

The former world indoor champion, who is the youngest member of Scotland’s bowls team at 23, faces Diana Viljoen of Namibia this evening.

Burns comes close to medal in Men’s 110kg weightlifting class

Over at the Weightlifting, Glasgow’s Drew Burns narrowly missed out on a podium finish in the Men’s 110kg category. The 22-year-old found himself among the medal spots at the halfway stage but had to settle for fifth with a points total of 319.

After making three successful Snatch lifts at 140kg, 143kg and 146kg, Burns was unable to set a new personal best in the clean and jerk, failing in his attempt to press 176kg overhead.

Madeline Rosher secured fifth (214) in the Women's 69kg class and Agata Herbert was sixth (205) in the 77kg division, while Tom Wright failed to complete the Men’s 94kg.