Malaysian ladies storm into lawn bowls semis

Malaysian ladies storm into lawn bowls semis

The trio overcame Wales to win their quarterfinal 25-22.

Nur Ain Nabilah Tarmizi (left) and Syafiqa Haidar Afif line up a throw during a match on Wednesday. (Bernama pic)
BIRMINGHAM:
Lawn bowlers Nur Ain Nabilah Tarmizi, Syafiqa Haidar Afif and Azlina Arshad produced a scintillating performance en route to marching into the semifinals of the women’s triples event at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham today.

The trio overcame Laura Daniels, Ysie White and Anwen Butten of Wales 25-22 in the quarterfinals at Victoria Park, Leamington Spa to set up a last four clash against New Zealand’s Nicole Toomey, Tayla Bruce and Val Smith.

Siti Zalina Ahmad and Emma Firyana Saroji meanwhile beat siblings Rebecca Louise Rixon-Connie-Leigh Rixon 20-16 in their third Group A match in the women’s pairs event.

The Malaysians, who aim to defend the pairs gold medal they won at the 2018 edition in Gold Coast, Australia, suffered a 17-22 loss to Norfolk Island’s Shae Wilson-Carmen Anderson in their final group match.

However, Siti Zalina-Emma Firyana, with three wins out of four, managed to top Group A and qualify for the quarterfinals, where they will face Northern Ireland’s Megan Devlin-Shauna O’Neill on Aug 5.

Malaysia’s Fairul Izwan Abd Muin, fresh from recording two wins in Group C of the men’s singles event, fell 12-21 to Namibia’s Carel Aron Olivier but managed to bounce back to win his final group match by defeating England’s Jamie Walker 21-8 and advance to the quarterfinals.

Fairul Izwan, who topped Group C with nine points, will face Ross Davis of Jersey in the quarterfinals.

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