It's a home-nations thriller in the first men's doubles squash semi-final at the University of Birmingham.

Darryl Selby and Adrian Waller of England have taken the first game 11-8 against Greg Lobban and Rory Stewart of Scotland.

The English duo are Commonwealth silver medallists from 2018, while the Scots were world silver medallists earlier this year.

It's been tough going at both ends.

Image source, Getty Images

Image source, Getty Images

Earlier, England's men successfully defended their 4x100m title, before the women's quartet clinched silver behind Nigeria.

Mark Cavendish and the peloton are around two minutes 30 seconds behind the lead group on the road, containing Geraint Thomas and Fred Wright.

This is quickly slipping away from those in the main group. A chasing group, featuring Scotland's Mark Stewart, are 50 seconds down on the leaders.

Becky Grey
BBC Sport at NEC Arena

OK the fans at the NEC are back in full voice.

They stomp their feet to make the whole arena rumble as England try to claw their way back into this bronze-medal match.

That is better from the Roses.

A New Zealand pass goes awry with less than a minute on the clock and straight into the hands of Laura Malcolm and England manage to reward under the post and then take the ball to goal on their centre pass.

Stacey Francis-Bayman has moved to goal defence and Layla Guscoth is on the bench.

Half-time and England have got five goals to make up in the second half.

Andy: Watching the cycling road race on the TV from the Commonwealth Games. My hometown of Leamington Spa and Warwick looking splendid in the August sunshine.

New Zealand have scored 14 goals to England's seven in this second quarter. They really just haven't got going in this bronze medal match at all.

England just need to keep their heads here - there's been a few times now that they've worked hard to get the ball back only to give it away again seconds later. It's the same issues as yesterday and they are going to need to try and turn the tables here.

Becky Grey
BBC Sport at NEC Arena

The NEC crowd almost sound a bit panicky now.

England beat New Zealand by a comfortable 10 goals in the group stage but it seems like they're struggling to get going again after yesterday's semi-final performance.

A long ball sails way over Eleanor Cardwell's head and off the court.

There is a lot of encouragement from the New Zealand bench happening and it is working. The Silver Ferns are quietly starting to build a lead here.

By contrast England head coach Jess Thirlby is shaking her head on the bench, the Roses just can't find the rhythm today.

The lead group of 15 riders are in charge here, increasing their advantage over the chasing group to 50 seconds.

It features nine home nations riders, including Geraint Thomas and Fred Wright among the favourites.

That group is working together, unlike the peloton which is struggling to organise and is now over two minutes down.

That's not good news for Mark Cavendish...

Wasteful from England, so wasteful. Geva Mentor does so well under the post up against Grace Nweke and puts her under enough pressure to win the ball for England.

It's not a speedy break but England work the ball down the court but a New Zealand pair of hands gets to the ball before Helen Housby's and the Silver Ferns have the chance to take it to goal.

It's England v Scotland for a place in the squash men's doubles final.

England's Adrian Waller and Daryl Selby are just about to start their semi-final meeting with Scottish pair Greg Lobban and Rory Stewart.

You can watch that here.

Becky Grey
BBC Sport at NEC Arena

You can't question whether England wing defence Laura Malcolm is up for this. She thought she'd won a tip for England then and celebrated like they'd just taken gold.

Back underway for the second quarter and it's carrying on much in the same way as the opening 15 minutes.

One difference is that New Zealand are managing to find the space a bit easier and are playing with a little more directness and speed. England are struggling to get the ball in to the shooters at the moment.

Defending champions Liam Pitchford and Paul Drinkhall of England are going for gold once again and it’s a rematch of the 2018 final against India’s Sharanth Kamal and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran.

For Kamal, now 40, it’s a fourth successive doubles final - he won gold in 2010.

Pitchford and Drinkhall will become the first pair to retain the title if they win.

Their match follows the bronze medal tie between Chew Zhe Yu Clarence and Poh Shao Feng Ethan of Singapore and Nicholas Lum and Finn Luu of Australia.

Into the final 100km of the men's road race.

Geraint Thomas and Fred Wright will be among those who fancy their chances from this leading group, if it can stay away.

They're now around 30 seconds ahead of the main peloton - which includes Mark Cavendish.