Paul Foster and Alex Marshall, the Commonwealth and world indoor pairs champions, are just one step away from adding the world outdoor title to their impressive list.

In yesterday's knock-out stages in Adelaide, the Scots turned on the style to book a place in tomorrow morning's final.

As section winners, they were given automatic immunity from the play-off stages, earning a place directly into the semi -finals, and yesterday, England earned the right to that semi-final showdown when they crushed Welsh duo Jason Greenslade and Robert Weale 23-9.