By IANS,
New Delhi: India’s campaign in the Eight-Nation Invitational Lawn Bowls Event started with wins against England and Australia in women’s and men’s triples event.
India beat England 9-8, 9-8 in women’s triples while in the men’S triples they won 8-5, 4-14 against Australia via the tie-breaker at the renovated Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.
However, there was some heart-break for India, as they lost 7-6, 3-10 to New Zealand in the tie-breaker in the women’s singles. In the men’s singles, they went down 4-13, 4-13 to England.
Women’s singles:
Match 1: Australia beat Scotland 13-3, 8-5
Match 2: New Zealand beat India 7-6, 3-10, (NZ won in tie break)
Match 3: Malaysia beat England 10-7, 11-8
Match 4: South Africa beat Northern Ireland 11-6, 3-7, (SA won in tie break)
Men’s singles:
Match 1: Australia beat England 10-10, 15-3
Match 2: England beat India 13-4, 13-4
Match 3: Northern Ireland beat New Zealand 13-5, 5-7, (NI won in tie break)
Match 4: Scotland beat South Africa 8-7, 10-5
Women’s triples:
Match 1: New Zealand beat South Africa 8-7, 6-5
Match 2: Malaysia beat Northern Ireland 14-8, 12-7
Match 3: India beat England 9-8, 9-8
Match 4: Australia beat Scotland 8-4, 7-7
Men’s triples:
Match 1: India beat Australia 8-5, 4-14, (India won in tie break)
Match 2: Northern Ireland beat England 9-11, 12-4, (NI won in tie break)
Match 3: Scotland beat Malaysia 12-9, 11-7
Match 4: New Zealand beat South Africa 16-2, 10-7