Bowls: Men's four claim prize

The England men's fours team followed the women to Commonwealth Games gold on another wet day at Heaton Park.

It was the turn of John Ottaway, Simon Skelton, Robert Newman and David Holt to step on to the winners' rostrum following the success of Ellen Alexander, Shirley Page, Gill Mitchell and Carol Duckworth yesterday.

The England men's quartet produced a magnificent performance to comfortably brush aside South Africa's Duanne Abrahams, Theuns Fraser, Kevin Campbell and Neil Burkett, 22-8.