That's the hat-trick. Grace Balsdon scores her third with a drag flick.

England women have blown Wales apart this afternoon. Around two minutes remain.

A solid start by England's Adam Gemili. He's got plenty of space around him as he cruises to victory in hit six, winning in 20.92 seconds. Job done.

Jamaica's Kadrian Goldson takes second.

Jersey's Zachary Saunders finishes fourth with a personal best time of 21.35, while Jersey's Joe Chadwick also runs a PB to come home sixth in 21.54.

Giselle Ansley has just added a fourth for England women.

The hosts are cruising to a first-place finish in Pool A.

Ghana's Joseph Paul Amoah takes heat number five in 20.58 seconds, with Trinidad and Tobago's Kyle Greaux in second.

Three more heats to go. There will be several athletes sweating over the remaining non-automatic places now...

Women's high jump qualifying has come to an end and England's Morgan Lake, Laura Zialor and Emily Borthwick have all progressed to Saturday's final.

A clearance of 1.81m was enough to determine the top six athletes in both Group A and B.

Heat number four, the halfway point of these men's 200m qualifiers, sees defending champion Jareem Richards of Trinidad & Tobago take to the track.

Never in doubt. Richards wins in 20.68 seconds from fellow automatic qualifier Sibusiso Matsenjwa of Eswatini.

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England's Zharnel Hughes spoke to BBC Sport after qualifying comfortably in the men's 200m:

"I'm enjoying myself. This is my event and the crowd is amazing. It absolutely blew my mind when they introduced my name just now.

"They gave me the energy I needed and I'm just having fun out here, executing round by round.

"What happened in Oregon is behind me now. This is my main focus. I'm here, with a home crowd and looking forward to participating well.

"There's a lot more there - as you see I was having a nice stroll in the park, just a little training session just now.

"I felt pretty good, felt relaxed, trust my speed , trust my speed endurance, do what I have to do to and qualify."

England seem content to keep possession as the third quarter finishes without too much incident.

While we wait for the fourth and final quarter to begin, check out our interview with Rio Olympics hero Maddie Hinch.

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Over in the badminton, England number one Toby Penty beat Australia's Nathan Tang 2-0 in his men's singles last 32 match this morning.

There was also success for Scotland's Callum Smith, who beat Ghana's Kelvin Evans Alphous 2-0.

Off to a solid start, English pair Callum Hemming and Jessica Pugh are currently in mixed doubles last 32 action against India's Ashwini Ponnappa and B. Sumeeth Reddy.

Later, England's Freya Redfearn takes on Sri Lanka's Viara Sahasni Vidanage in the women's singles event and the Scottish mixed pairing of Christopher Grimley and Eleanor O'Donnell will play their last 32 match against South Africa duo Jarred Elliot and Didre Jordaan.

Experienced England pair Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith are also in mixed doubles action later.

Impressive! Zharnel Hughes is running his own race out in front, to the delight of the Alexander Stadium support.

He wants to put on a show and doesn't ease up much, a speedy 20.30 seconds ensuring he finishes well clear of Kenya's Mike Mokamba Nyang'au.

England's Zharnel Hughes goes in heat three of the men's 200m qualifying next.

A huge cheer from the crowd catches him slightly off-guard and he raises his arms aloft once more.

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Scotland's Neil Gourley and Jake Wightman spoke to BBC Sport's Jeanette Kwakye after qualifying for the men's 1500m final:

Neil Gourley on recovering from Covid:

"It's been a refreshing couple of weeks to start feeling like myself again. It couldn't really be worst preparation than last time - so we're winning there.

"Glad to do the job today alongside Jake, finishing very cleanly."

Jake Wightman on life as a world champion:

"That was the bit I was most looking forward to because it was the first realisation that happened was being announced as it, so yeah a nice moment.

"Even though I'm wearing a Scotland vest I feel like every English fan got behind us a bit there as well, which is always nice."

On deciding what to run at the Commonwealth Games:

"It was tough to decide what I was going to do here - try and do the 1500m after the Worlds and the 800m but the more I got into my training, I thought it would be nice to try and add a commonwealth title to it so anything from this season on is a bonus.

"I don't feel any more pressure but a bit more hype around it, for sure."

Pakistan's Shajar Abbas claims the win in heat two in 21.12 seconds, ahead of Nigerian Udodi Onwuzurike who appeared to struggle a little in the closing stages to finish in 21.18.

Brilliant from Grace Balsdon.

England women start the third quarter with a bang, adding a third goal through a Balsdon drag-flick.

That's Balsdon's second goal today and her fifth of the Commonwealth Games.

It's a long way back for Wales now.

Cameroon's Emmanuel Eseme is first over the line in the opening men's 200m heat in a time of 20.44 seconds, followed by Trinidad and Tobago athlete Dwight St. Hillaire.

Nigeria's Ifeanyi Emmanuel Ojeli, in third, will hope his 21.12 will be enough to secure him a semi-final spot.

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Over to the men's 200m heats now.

There will be eight in total, with the top-two spots guaranteeing a semi-final place.

Three of the top medal contenders have withdrawn, in 2018 silver medallist Aaron Brown, world finalist Luxolo Adams and Rasheed Dwyer of Jamaica.

Who's left? Well, England’s Zharnel Hughes returns after crossing the line first in the 2018 final - before being disqualified during his lap of honour for impeding eventual champion Jereem Richards. He goes in heat three.

Elsewhere, in heat two we'll see Nigerian Udodi Onwuzurike, winner of the world under-20 title a year ago, and in heat four is defending champion Richards.

England's Adam Gemili is in heat six, along with Guernsey's Joe Chadwick and Jersey's Zachary Saunders.

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A blockbuster first half comes to a close in Pool A of the women's hockey.

England lead Wales 2-0 thanks to a Grace Balsdon p-flick and a Hannah Martin strike in the second quarter.

One thing's for sure, there'll be no pineapple on the half-time pizzas in the England dressing room.

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Jake Wightman had to turn the burners on a little bit, which you can do when you are the world champion,

But no chance of fastest loser spots.

The nice thing for Jake is that he got to stretch those legs a little bit.

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Jake Wightman surges clear in the final 50m to take the second men's 1500m heat in three minutes 48.34 seconds.

He's joined by Kenyan Abel Kipsang, Scotland’s Neil Gourlay, England's Matthew Stonier and Australian Samuel Tanner in the automatic qualification spots.

And there is England women's second as Hannah Martin squeezes a shot in at the near post to finish off a brilliant counter-attack.

Two minutes remain of the first half.