But Australia come straight back. Knocking the jack away and pinning two of their own bowls to it.
Next up England remove one of the bowls to give Australia a single point if things were to end now.
Remember we have an extra end if it's a tie.
Zialor makes good start
Women's high jump final
A solid start for Laura Zialor, who again goes clear on her first attempt at 1.81m, but Emily Borthwick will require a second shot at that height.
Morgan Lake and Australia's Eleanor Patterson are still watching on from the sidelines for now. Confidence.
Lawn bowls
Women's pairs final
What a throw on the backhand from Amy Pharaoh.
England have a bowl pinned to the jack at the start of the final end. They lead 18-17.
Diving
Men's 3m springboard preliminary
Katie Falkingham
BBC Sport at Sandwell Aquatics Centre
Australia's Li Shixin continues to lead the preliminary, with England's Dan Goodfellow now hot on his heels in second, 4.20 points behind.
Jack Laugher scored 51.00 for his third dive, keeping him second from bottom as it stands. His next three dives have a higher degree of difficulty so nail those and it should be enough to push him into the all-important top 12. He's 26 points off it at the moment.
Gold medal - Wales - Gemma Frizelle
Rhythmic gymnastics
It's a golden start to day nine for Wales!
Gemma Frizelle has just taken gold in the rhythmic gymnastics hoop final.
She scores 28.700 to beat Cypriot Anna Sokolova to the title, with Canada's Carmel Kallemaa taking bronze.
Eng lead into final end
Women's pairs final
Australia bounce back winning one point in the 17th end.
This couldn't be anymore tense folks. England lead 18-17 going into the final end.
India win toss and will bat v England
T20 cricket semi-final: England v India (11:00 BST)
Alistair Watkins
BBC Sport at Edgbaston
High stakes at Edgbaston where England are preparing to face India for a place in the cricket final.
News just in that India have won the toss and will bat first.
That won't worry England too much - Nat Sciver has lost the toss in all four of the matches she has led the team in the absence of Heather Knight.
And in Katherine Brunt they have just the bowler to make an immediate impact - she took a wicket with England's first ball of the Games and also struck in the first over of win over New Zealand on Thursday.
Lawn bowls
Women's pairs final
Halfway through the second-to-last end and Australia have a bowl pinned to the jack. But England have plenty of bowls in the right position to limit them to just one score as things stand.
England are leading 18-16 with one round left remember.
Jamaica await England or Australia
Jamaica 67-51 New Zealand
Jamaica await either England or Australia in tomorrow's netball final.
The Sunshine Girls defeated New Zealand 67-51 earlier this morning to book their spot in the final, with England set to face Australia in a repeat of the 2018 gold medal match at 14:30 BST.
You do not want to miss that!
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England lead by two with two ends left
Women's pairs final
Another clutch end from England duo Amy Pharaoh and Sophie Tolchard who win another point.
They now have an 18-16 lead going into the penultimate end in their gold medal match.
Borthwick up and running
Women's high jump final
Emily Borthwick is also safely clear on her opening leap at 1.76m.
Morgan Lake and Aussie favourite Eleanor Patterson are saving their energy for the time being.
Diving
Men's 3m springboard preliminary
Katie Falkingham
BBC Sport at Sandwell Aquatics Centre
Phew. Jack Laugher gets it right on his second dive and scores 80.50. That's enough to lift him off the bottom.
Australia's Li Shixin has taken over at the top, with a total of 150.90, with Jamaica's Yona Knight-Wisdom a place behind.
England's Dan Goodfellow is third, with Jordan Houlden fourth, while James Heatly is the highest-placed Scot in eighth.
Remember, top 12 go through to the final tonight.
Davies bids for another medal
Women's 10,000m race walk
Race walking on the track! Well I never.
Wales' British champion Bethan Davies won bronze over the 20km race walk at the Commonwealth Games four years ago.
But the race has been halved for Birmingham 2022 - and moved from the road to the track.
That's up next at Alexander Stadium. Heather Lewis
also competes for Wales.
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Zialor clear on first attempt
Women's high jump final
Following a couple of early medal ceremonies, we have the biggest cheers of the day so far at Alexander Stadium as England's Laura Zialor comfortably clears 1.76m on her first attempt.
That will settle the nerves nicely.
England lead in lawn bowls final
Women's pairs final
England duo Amy Pharaoh and Sophie Tolchard take a one-point lead with two ends to go.
They lead Australia pair Ellen Ryan and Kristina Krstic 17-16 in the gold medal match.
England trio jump for gold
Women's high jump final
First up over in the track and field to begin a jam-packed weekend is the women's high jump final.
There are three home nations athletes to watch out for in this, with English trio Morgan Lake, Emily Borthwick and Laura Zialor all involved.
Lake earned silver four years ago and is the top medal
prospect among the three English women.
But it'll be tough for her to deny Australian Eleanor Patterson, who won this title as a teenager in 2014. Patterson's compatriot Nicola Olyslagers, the Olympic silver medallist and 2018 Commonwealth bronze medallist, does not start the final.
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Diving
Men's 3m springboard preliminary
Katie Falkingham
BBC Sport at Sandwell Aquatics Centre
At the end of the first round, Jamaica's Yona Knight-Wisdom - born and raised in Leeds - is top of the standings after scoring 77.50 in his opening dive.
England's Dan Goodfellow and Jordan Houlden are level on 71.40 in third, while as I said before, Jack Laugher is bottom of the pile after that failed dive.
There are 15 athletes competing in this preliminary, with 12 to progress to tonight's final.
England draw level
Women's pairs final
Incredible drama in the lawn bowls. Amy Pharoah sneaks an effort through a tiny gap and England get four from the 14th end.
You win big, we win big. England and Australia are level again at 16-16.
Laugher fails first dive
Men's 3m springboard preliminary
Katie Falkingham
BBC Sport at Sandwell Aquatics Centre
Jack Laugher's first dive has gone down as a fail, because he didn't perform the dive he was down to do - a forward two-and-a-half somersaults with two twists in pike.
That will put him rock bottom of the standings at the end of round one on zero points.
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Amy Lofthouse, Jonathan Jurejko, Craig Nelson and Tom Mallows
All times stated are UK
Lawn bowls
Women's pairs final
Australia have a gold-medal lie as things stand.
England have just one bowl left to throw.
Lawn bowls
Women's pairs final
But Australia come straight back. Knocking the jack away and pinning two of their own bowls to it.
Next up England remove one of the bowls to give Australia a single point if things were to end now.
Remember we have an extra end if it's a tie.
Zialor makes good start
Women's high jump final
A solid start for Laura Zialor, who again goes clear on her first attempt at 1.81m, but Emily Borthwick will require a second shot at that height.
Morgan Lake and Australia's Eleanor Patterson are still watching on from the sidelines for now. Confidence.
Lawn bowls
Women's pairs final
What a throw on the backhand from Amy Pharaoh.
England have a bowl pinned to the jack at the start of the final end. They lead 18-17.
Diving
Men's 3m springboard preliminary
Katie Falkingham
BBC Sport at Sandwell Aquatics Centre
Australia's Li Shixin continues to lead the preliminary, with England's Dan Goodfellow now hot on his heels in second, 4.20 points behind.
Jack Laugher scored 51.00 for his third dive, keeping him second from bottom as it stands. His next three dives have a higher degree of difficulty so nail those and it should be enough to push him into the all-important top 12. He's 26 points off it at the moment.
Gold medal - Wales - Gemma Frizelle
Rhythmic gymnastics
It's a golden start to day nine for Wales!
Gemma Frizelle has just taken gold in the rhythmic gymnastics hoop final.
She scores 28.700 to beat Cypriot Anna Sokolova to the title, with Canada's Carmel Kallemaa taking bronze.
Eng lead into final end
Women's pairs final
Australia bounce back winning one point in the 17th end.
This couldn't be anymore tense folks. England lead 18-17 going into the final end.
India win toss and will bat v England
T20 cricket semi-final: England v India (11:00 BST)
Alistair Watkins
BBC Sport at Edgbaston
High stakes at Edgbaston where England are preparing to face India for a place in the cricket final.
News just in that India have won the toss and will bat first.
That won't worry England too much - Nat Sciver has lost the toss in all four of the matches she has led the team in the absence of Heather Knight.
And in Katherine Brunt they have just the bowler to make an immediate impact - she took a wicket with England's first ball of the Games and also struck in the first over of win over New Zealand on Thursday.
Lawn bowls
Women's pairs final
Halfway through the second-to-last end and Australia have a bowl pinned to the jack. But England have plenty of bowls in the right position to limit them to just one score as things stand.
England are leading 18-16 with one round left remember.
Jamaica await England or Australia
Jamaica 67-51 New Zealand
Jamaica await either England or Australia in tomorrow's netball final.
The Sunshine Girls defeated New Zealand 67-51 earlier this morning to book their spot in the final, with England set to face Australia in a repeat of the 2018 gold medal match at 14:30 BST.
You do not want to miss that!
England lead by two with two ends left
Women's pairs final
Another clutch end from England duo Amy Pharaoh and Sophie Tolchard who win another point.
They now have an 18-16 lead going into the penultimate end in their gold medal match.
Borthwick up and running
Women's high jump final
Emily Borthwick is also safely clear on her opening leap at 1.76m.
Morgan Lake and Aussie favourite Eleanor Patterson are saving their energy for the time being.
Diving
Men's 3m springboard preliminary
Katie Falkingham
BBC Sport at Sandwell Aquatics Centre
Phew. Jack Laugher gets it right on his second dive and scores 80.50. That's enough to lift him off the bottom.
Australia's Li Shixin has taken over at the top, with a total of 150.90, with Jamaica's Yona Knight-Wisdom a place behind.
England's Dan Goodfellow is third, with Jordan Houlden fourth, while James Heatly is the highest-placed Scot in eighth.
Remember, top 12 go through to the final tonight.
Davies bids for another medal
Women's 10,000m race walk
Race walking on the track! Well I never.
Wales' British champion Bethan Davies won bronze over the 20km race walk at the Commonwealth Games four years ago.
But the race has been halved for Birmingham 2022 - and moved from the road to the track.
That's up next at Alexander Stadium. Heather Lewis also competes for Wales.
Zialor clear on first attempt
Women's high jump final
Following a couple of early medal ceremonies, we have the biggest cheers of the day so far at Alexander Stadium as England's Laura Zialor comfortably clears 1.76m on her first attempt.
That will settle the nerves nicely.
England lead in lawn bowls final
Women's pairs final
England duo Amy Pharaoh and Sophie Tolchard take a one-point lead with two ends to go.
They lead Australia pair Ellen Ryan and Kristina Krstic 17-16 in the gold medal match.
England trio jump for gold
Women's high jump final
First up over in the track and field to begin a jam-packed weekend is the women's high jump final.
There are three home nations athletes to watch out for in this, with English trio Morgan Lake, Emily Borthwick and Laura Zialor all involved.
Lake earned silver four years ago and is the top medal prospect among the three English women.
But it'll be tough for her to deny Australian Eleanor Patterson, who won this title as a teenager in 2014. Patterson's compatriot Nicola Olyslagers, the Olympic silver medallist and 2018 Commonwealth bronze medallist, does not start the final.
Diving
Men's 3m springboard preliminary
Katie Falkingham
BBC Sport at Sandwell Aquatics Centre
At the end of the first round, Jamaica's Yona Knight-Wisdom - born and raised in Leeds - is top of the standings after scoring 77.50 in his opening dive.
England's Dan Goodfellow and Jordan Houlden are level on 71.40 in third, while as I said before, Jack Laugher is bottom of the pile after that failed dive.
There are 15 athletes competing in this preliminary, with 12 to progress to tonight's final.
England draw level
Women's pairs final
Incredible drama in the lawn bowls. Amy Pharoah sneaks an effort through a tiny gap and England get four from the 14th end.
You win big, we win big. England and Australia are level again at 16-16.
Laugher fails first dive
Men's 3m springboard preliminary
Katie Falkingham
BBC Sport at Sandwell Aquatics Centre
Jack Laugher's first dive has gone down as a fail, because he didn't perform the dive he was down to do - a forward two-and-a-half somersaults with two twists in pike.
That will put him rock bottom of the standings at the end of round one on zero points.