The trio of Nur Ain Nabilah Tarmizi, Syafiqa Haidar Afif and Azlina Arshad put up a strong fight early on before succumbing to England’s Jamie Lea Winch, Natalie Chestney and Sian Honnor in a game that went up to 17 ends.

The team has now won one silver and one bronze.

In the third-placed match, New Zealand beat Cook Islands 26-7 to take home the bronze.

Syafiqa said they were disappointed at not being able to deliver the gold despite coming so close.

“We did the best we could … but we still have to be satisfied with the silver. It is disappointing because we are the first Malaysian (lawn bowls) team to qualify for the final … if we had won gold it would have been a real morale boost,” she said.

Syafiqa, who is making her Commonwealth Games debut, admitted that they “lost rhythm” when they found themselves trailing 9-12.

Nur Ain Nabilah also admitted that that was the turning point of the game.

“We tried to catch them but our attacking game just fell apart,” said Nur Ain Nabilah, who is also making her Games debut.