3 Mar 2011

New Zealand wrap up trans-Tasman bowls series

6:23 pm on 3 March 2011

New Zealand's wrapped up the overall trans-Tasman bowls series by beating Australia 5-3 in the second of three tests in Invercargill.

It was 2-all going into the afternoon matches after Jan Khan won her singles match 21-20 and Ali Forsyth skipped the men's four to a 23-14 win.

Khan and Jo Edwards skipped the women's triples and pairs to 14-10 and 16-10 wins respectively and Richard Girvan led the winning men's triples.

However the men's series will be decided tomorrow after Australia won the men's pairs to take their test on differential.