Now then, is that a crucial moment? New Zealand earn a turnover and take the lead with 10 seconds on the clock for quarter one. that could be a big moment in shifting the momentum in this bronze medal match.

Until then, it was feeling a little flat. 15 minutes down.

Becky Grey
BBC Sport at NEC Arena

The crowd are still cheering England's every move at the NEC, but the loudest chant is actually one of 'defence' in support of New Zealand.

I think they've got a few family members in who are bringing the noise.

We really are going goal for goal here at the NEC, neither team have managed to find that turnover to get out of this rut.

Ellie Cardwell is cutting it fine with the three seconds and that is where we might see an opening for New Zealand. But for now it's as you were.

Wales' Geraint Thomas, English trio Fred Wright, Ben Turner and Sam Watson, Scotland's Sean Flynn and Sean Crockett, and Northern Ireland's Matthew Teggart are among a leading group that has managed to break up the main peloton.

They've got a decent advantage now of around 18 seconds to the main group.

Sarah-Jane Perry and Alison Waters of England are through to the squash women's doubles final after coming from behind to beat Malaysian pair Rachel Arnold and Aifa Azman in their semi-final.

The pair will face New Zealand's Joelle King and Amanda Landers-Murphy in the final tomorrow after a 8-11, 11-6, 11-9 win.

Birmingham-born Perry will now have the chance to try and better the silver she won in the singles last year.

Here we go then. Laura Malcolm gets us underway and England take it straight to goal, New Zealand do the same on their centre pass and I think we may be going like this for quite a while.

It is definitely a bit quieter at the NEC than yesterday.

Becky Grey
BBC Sport at NEC Arena

This is not the match England would have wanted to play today, but the crowd are doing their best to bring the energy.

They've been dancing solidly for the last 20 minutes.

Lauren Smith will contest two finals on Sunday. She and Chloe Birch came from 9-15 down to win it and book their spot in the gold medal match.

They saved two game points in the second game, and won 21-14 24-22 over Australia's Hsuan-Yu (Wendy) Chen and Gronya Somerville.

This morning England defender Eboni Usoro-Brown has announced she will retire from netball after this Commonwealth Games to spend more time with her family and pursue her career in law. Usoro-Brown has made 116 caps for England, winning Commonwealth gold and bronze and three World Cup bronze medals.

That means two of England's most experienced defenders will not put on the Roses dress again after today, Stacey Francis-Bayman also announced her retirement earlier this year.

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The Australian team is trying to shut down an attack, with a group of 10 riders just out in front.

It looks like this one will also be brought back. Nothing doing so far...

Becky Grey
BBC Sport at NEC Arena

England's Eleanor Cardwell returns to the starting side for their bronze-medal match against New Zealand.

Cardwell was benched in favour of the more experienced Jo Harten for the defending champions' semi-final defeat to Australia yesterday.

But their roles are reversed today as Cardwell partners Helen Housby in the shooting circle.

Laura Malcolm starts too, replacing Stacey Francis-Bayman at wing defence.

New Zealand: Nweke, Selby-Rickit, Crampton (capt), Souness, Heffernan, Karaka, Jury.

England: Cardwell, Housby, Metcalf (capt), Clarke, Malcolm, Guscoth, Mentor.

England might be facing the world champions but will take comfort in the fact that they have already beaten them in the group stage at this Commonwealth Games.

The Roses secured a comfortable 54-44 victory over the Silver Ferns to finish top of Pool B, but it will be a tough ask for Jess Thirlby to pick up her side after a disappointing performance yesterday.

Having not managed to secure a medal for the first ever on the Gold Coast four years ago, New Zealand will be up for this one.

It wasn't to be yesterday for England against top-seeded side Australia.

The Diamonds managed to run out to an early lead and the Roses had nothing in the tank to combat the shooting of Gretel Bueta and the dominance of Ash Brazill in mid-court.

But, today is a new day and there's a bronze medal up for grabs, with New Zealand the opponents.

Here's what's been happening so far on the penultimate day of action at Birmingham 2022:

• England's men successfully defended their 4x100m title, while the women's quartet won silver behind Nigeria;
• England's Matt Hudson-Smith was denied men's 400m gold by Zambia's Muzala Samukonga, before Victoria Ohuruogu took silver in the women's race and team-mate Jodie Williams claimed the bronze;
• England's Cindy Sember also won bronze in the women's 100m hurdles;
• Scotland's Neah Evans won silver in cycling's women's road race;
• Scotland's Sam Hickey and Sean Lazzerini won boxing golds, as Rosie Eccles won the women's light middleweight title for Wales;
• England's Demie-Jade Resztan took silver in the women's minimumweight final and team-mate Kiaran MacDonald also won silver in the men's flyweight final;
• Para-table tennis player Joshua Stacey won Wales' sixth gold of the Games after defeating Lin Ma in the final of the men's table tennis singles classes 8-10;
• New Zealand denied England cricket bronze in an eight-wicket victory.

Wales have strength in numbers at the front of the race.

A lead group of 10, featuring three Welsh riders, is hanging a few seconds off the front of the main group with eight laps of the circuit to come.

Rosie Eccles won light middleweight gold for Wales by stopping Australia's Kaye Scott in the second round of their final.

Geraint Thomas has shown his face at the front of the men's road race, but the main group is all back together again after a couple of early attacks with 130km to go.

Birmingham 2022 will go down as Scotland's most successful Commonwealth Games outside of Glasgow 2014 following boxing golds for Sam Hickey and Sean Lazzerini, after Neah Evans took cycling silver.

That's all the action from Alexander Stadium for now.

The finals will continue from 19:05 BST tonight. Until then, here are some of the highlights from Sunday's early session.

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Here's England's gold-medal winning team, speaking to BBC Sport:

Jona Efoloko: "Honestly it was amazing. I am loving more and more. Second time, second medal. It's a lot of pressure and you want to do well."

Zharnel Hughes: "I was just focusing on getting the job done and I trusted Jona because we have run together. Ran into Nethaneel and once he made up the ground I knew that was it."

Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake: "I didn't hear him calling hand he called out three times, I knew we would be in a shot and that's what we delivered."

Ojie Edoburun: "I am just so happy to come in and fitting right in with the boys. I didn't want to miss out on this special generation of athletes and I want to take this confidence into the Europeans."