Bronze proves silver lining for Drinkhall

Drinkhall linked up with his off-table partner Jo Parker to get on the podium in the mixed doubles – seeing off Australian duo William Henzell and Miao Miao.

But while delighted with that medal, Drinkhall's quarter-final defeat in the singles competition at the hands of Yang Zi troubled him.

"It's great to have got another medal and to make it two for the Games," said Drinkhall who claimed team men's silver on Saturday.

"I am only 20 and so to have a couple of Commonwealth Games medals is a great achievement but defeat in the singles was disappointing."

Sheffield squash player Nick Matthews is on the verge of adding doubles gold to his singles title after joining forces with Adrian Grant to defeat Australian duo Ryan Cuskelly and Cameron Pilley.

"The doubles have been hard for me mentally but Adrian has been buzzing so I fed off his energy," said Matthews who is in line to emulate Peter Nicol's achievement in 2006. "Pete did the double four years ago and that's an inspiration to me."

Harrogate's Jenny Duncalf endured a day of mixed emotions after exiting the mixed doubles quarter-finals with James Willstrop before setting up a women's doubles final with New Zealand alongside Laura Massaro.

Defending champion Nathan Robertson and partner Jenny Wallwork, from Leeds, came back from the brink of defeat to reach the badminton mixed doubles final beating Malaysian fourth seeds Chan Peng Soon and Goh Liu Ying 19-21 21-13 23-21.

In the final they will face unseeded Malaysians Koo Kien Keat and Chin Eei Hui or Singaporean third seeds Chayut Triyachart or Yao Lei.

England's rugby sevens team missed out on the medals after defeats against New Zealand and South Africa.

England's hopes of claiming gold ended with a 33-12 semi-final defeat against New Zealand, who went on to beat Australia 24-17 in the final.

And the bronze medal slipped from England's grasp, too, with a 17-14 defeat against South Africa, after they had led 14-5.

Scotland faced Samoa in the Plate final and went down 34-0.

Wales bowed out after their

38-12 defeat against Samoa.