Both men extended their winning runs to seven matches with two further victories on day three of the men's competition at the Warilla Bowls and Recreation Club.

Kelly defeated Tan Kah Hock from Singapore and Ryan Dixon from Norfolk Island to remain top of section one, while Aquilina maintained his dominance in section two with wins over Moti Polak from Israel and Fiji's Kusha Pillay.

Home favourite and defending champion Jeremy Henry is still looking a strong bet to earn a seventh title, however, having lost only one match so far in section two - to Aquilina, 12-5, 6-9, 3-2.

Australia's Aaron Teys, Henry's Warilla club-mate - and the New Zealand representative Seamus Curtin are also going well in section one with six wins out of seven, each having lost to Kelly.

Meanwhile after five rounds the women’s section one and two are headed respectively by Siti Zalina Ahmad of Malaysia and Colleen Piketh of South Africa, who have four wins each.

Favourite Jo Edwards, of New Zealand, has also won four out of five so far in section two,  where defending champion Lucy Beere of Guernsey has a 3-2 record.

The women’s section matches will conclude on Sunday (March 10), and the men's section matches the day after, on March 11.

The World Cup concludes on March 13.