Bowls: Australia hold advantage

Andrew Lauder and Kevin Harper edged out Australia's Michael Brown and Gary Willis to give Scotland hope in the first session of the Under-25 Test in Glasgow yesterday.

The Australians were close to taking a 3-0 lead when Brown and Willis were 20-16 ahead with three ends to play, but the Scots finished with a three and two singles for a 21-20 victory.

Earlier, Paul Harman and Tom Ellem held off a late fightback from Graham Chambers and Alex Kelly before Australia went further ahead when Troy Somerville and Brett Duprez capitalised on their 20-15 lead in the last end against Robert Menzies and Graeme Campbell.