Diamonds edge Poms in thriller

Leiston Pickett produced a blistering final stretch to claim gold in the women's 50m breaststroke at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

Australia's Caitlin Basset shoots against England. Source: Getty Images

WELCOME to our rolling coverage of Day 3 of the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Scroll down to find all you need to know from a jam-packed day of action. The latest updates are on top. All times AEST.

8.45pm — AUSSIE SWIMMER BREAKS OWN WORLD RECORD

AUSTRALIA'S Daniel Fox has lowered his own world record in the heats of the para-sport 200m freestyle.

Fox stopped the clock in 1:57.16, just over half a second quicker than his previous best time from the selection trials in April.

Fox, Mitchell Kilduff (2:01.17) and Josh Alford (2:03.99) will all race in the final again tonight.

Australian pair Josh Beaver and Ben Treffers tied as second fastest qualifiers for the 50m backstroke semi-finals in 25.28s while 100m silver medallist Mitch Larkin also progressed to the final 16 in seventh place in 25.53s.

Australia's Brittany Elmslie overcome a split swimsuit to qualify second fastest in the 50m butterfly heats in 26.18s.

Elmslie's suit broke just prior to the race, with her teammate Madeline Groves doing some quick repairs in the marshalling room to ensure she could still race.

Groves qualified ninth in 26.74s with Alicia Coutts fourth in 26.43s.

Stephanie Morton has broken Anna Meares' Games sprint record at Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome. Picture: Adam Head Source: News Corp Australia

8.35pm — MORTON SMASHES MEARES RECORD

EMERGING Aussie star Stephanie Morton has broken Anna Meares' Commonwealth Games record — and beaten the dual Olympic gold medallist in the process of qualifying fastest for the women's sprint in Glasgow today, Reece Homfray writes.

Morton, 23, was the only woman in the field of 13 riders to go under 11 seconds when she clocked 10.984 in the flying 200m at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome to better Meares' previous best of 11.140.

Meares was second fastest in qualifying with 11.171 from England's Jess Varnish with 11.279.

Quarter and semi-finals will be held this afternoon and the medal rides are scheduled for tomorrow.

8.25pm — CLARK SCORES HAT-TRICK IN SEVENS

YOUNG gun Cameron Clark bagged a hat-trick as the Aussie sevens side opened up their Commonwealth Games with a powerful 62-7 win over Sri Lanka, Iain Payten writes.

It was a one-sided affair for the Australians as they ran in 10 tries in the second game of the tournament at Ibrox Stadium, including three directly from the regathering of kick offs.

Clark scored the first and last tries of the match in his haul, and James Stannard (2), Pama Fou, Con Foley, Jesse Parahi, Tom Lucas and Greg Jeloudev also crossed the stripe.

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Sri Lanka were badly outclassed and at one point the big Glasgow crowd took to cheering each tackle. The noise levels went through the roof when tiny Sandun Herath scored a try midway through the second half to get the minnow nation on the scoreboard.

Australia will play Uganda in their next pool match.

Earlier, New Zealand registered a comfortable 39-0 victory over Canada in the first match of the day.

8.05pm — ROOKIE McKEOWN PROGRESSES TO FINAL

ROOKIE Taylor McKeown has qualified third fastest for tonight's 200m breaststroke final in 2:26.38 as three Australians progressed to the medal race, Todd Balym writes.

McKeown used her fast finish to swim past teammate Sally Hunter, who qualified in fourth in 2:26.69 while Tessa Wallace was sixth fastest into the final in 2:27.77.

Earlier, Australia's three 200m butterflyers all reached the final with rookie Mitch Pratt (1:57.95) fourth, Daniel Tranter (1:58.30) sixth and Grant Irvine (1:58.39) in seventh.

Caitlin Basset in action for the Diamonds. Source: Getty Images

7.55pm — DIAMONDS BACK FROM BRINK IN THRILLER

AUSTRALIA'S Diamonds have dragged their gold medal hopes back from the brink with a stunning comeback against netball rival England, Jon Ralph writes.

England had threatened to "take down" one of netball's superpowers and looked certain to inflict a defeat that would have thrust Australia into a semi-final against arch-rival New Zealand.

Australied trailed at every break, taking a three-goal deficit into the last quarter.

But they finally locked the game up at 42 all with nine minutes left, with scores still level with just a minute left.

But just as Australia looked in mortal danger English shooter Joanne Harten missed a shot under the post, allowing the Diamonds to spirit the ball to Caitlin Bassett who goaled with just 15 seconds left.

It was an extraordinary end to this tough contest, with English players warned about their physical conduct repeatedly.

England continually buffeted and bruised an Australian side that was often left sprawling on the court, making good Australian defender Bianca Chatfield's promise that they were the toughest side in netball.

Australia has three more pool games — Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, and South Africa — but New Zealand is likely to win its pool ahead of Jamaica and take on the second-ranked side from Australia's pool in that sudden-death semi-final.

7.40pm — 'THERE IS NO TOMORROW'

AUSTRALIA'S netball coach Lisa Alexander is pulling out all the apocalyptic stops to rally her troops, who are three goals down to England at quarter time.

Her three-quarter-time spray included the line "There is no tomorrow".

Looks like it's time for the Diamonds to step up or risk veering off their chosen path to the gold medal match.

Australia's Caitlin Basset is in good touch against England. Source: Getty Images

7.15pm — DIAMONDS FIGHT BACK AGAINST ENGLAND

OUR netballers have surged against the young and hungry Poms after falling six goals behind at quarter time.

A dominant second-quarter performance led by 100% accuracy from goal shooter Caitlin Basset left the Diamonds just a goal behind at half-time, 27-26.

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