Scotland made the perfect start to the competition at Kelvingrove, with both the men and women winning all of their matches.

Paul Foster and Alex Marshall - world indoor and outdoor champions and Melbourne winners of the Commonwealth title - played only one game yesterday and, as expected, came through with flying colours, beating Zambia 25-4. They had a bye in their second match and sit in second place in the standings to New Zealand with a game in hand. Niue and South Africa are next up today.

Darren Burnett skipped David Peacock and Neil Speirs to a 27-6 win over India and they, too, have a full schedule today against Niue and Namibia and lie second behind Wales with a game to spare.

In the women's exchanges, Caroline Brown came through both her singles matches, but in differing styles. She stood at 5-5 with Guernsey's Lucy Beere then hit a purple patch and reeled off the required 16 shots over the next seven ends to post a 21-5 victory. She then had to fend off a determined challenge from Caroline Taylor from Wales. Leading 16-7 and 19-12, it took her another six ends before scoring the vital match shot to win 21-18.

Brown is the only unbeaten player in her section, two points clear of Australian Kelsey Cottrell, who lost to Matimba Like from Zambia 21-19, and Taylor. She continues today against the Zambia and Isle of Man.

Margaret Letham and her team of Claire Johnston, Lorraine Malloy and Lauren Baille finished strongly to beat Cook Islands 16-11.

In the visually impaired mixed pairs, Irene Edgar and Robert Conway chalked up wins over Wales and England and lead the standings, three points clear of the pack. A draw against Australia today would take them to the knock-out stages.