Australia name 12-member lawn ball squad for Delhi CWG

Australia named a 12-member lawn ball squad, including six women, to participate in the Commonwealth Games to be held here from October 3-14.

New Delhi: Australia today named a 12-member lawn ball squad, including six women, to participate in the

Commonwealth Games to be held here from October 3-14. The squad will participate in the singles, pairs and triples competitions. At 19, Natasha van Eldik could become the youngest lawn ball player to represent Australia in the Commonwealth Games after she was included in the pairs team. Natasha lines up alongside reigning gold medallist Lynsey Armitage. The pair had won a silver medal at the eight-nation tournament, a test event for the Commonwealth Games, at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium lawn bowls facility here in April. The 20-year-old Kelsey Cottrell, a reserve four years ago, will make her debut in the women`s singles, while Sharyn Renshaw, Claire Duke and Julie Keegan will combine for the triples event, a release from the CWG Organising Committee said. In the men`s disciplines, world number two Leif Selby has secured the coveted singles place while Mark Berghofer and Aron Sherriff will play in the pairs. Brett Wilkie will partner defending Commonwealth Games champions Wayne Turley and Mark Casey in the triples. Australia topped the medal count in lawn ball in Melbourne four years ago with three gold, one silver and one bronze. The Team: Men: Singles: Leif Selby; Pairs: Mark Berghofer and Aron Sherriff; Triples: Brett Wilkie, Wayne Turley and Mark Casey. Women: Singles: Kelsey Cottrell: Pairs: Lynsey Armitage and Natasha Van Eldik; Triples: Sharyn Renshaw, Claire Duke and Julie Keegan. PTI