SCOTLAND has surpassed its record for Commonwealth Games gold medals after a glittering fifth day of success.

The host nation now has 13 golds, ahead of the 11 medals it won at Melbourne in 2006.

Two golds and a bronze mean that Scotland has now equalled its record of 33 medals at the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh in 1986.

Alex Marshall and Paul Foster tipped the balance when they won the lawn bowl pairs final, handing Scotland their first Commonwealth Games bowls gold in eight years, as they beat Malaysia 20-3 in the pairs final at Kelvingrove.

The triumph is Marshall's third Commonwealth title after pairs victories in 2002 and 2006 but he said winning in front of a home crowd was his biggest achievement to date. He said: "This is just fantastic. I have won two golds before but this one tops the lot. Playing in your own back yard, in front of your own fans - you just can't beat it.

"It's definitely one of the highlights of my career."

Foster, who won a Commonwealth pairs gold in Melbourne eight years ago, feared his chances of landing a second had been ruined just a fortnight before the game when his prize bowls were stolen.

However, they were returned to the Troon taxi driver and he lapped up his latest triumph, saying: "I didn't think anything would beat 2006 but this tops everything. To win a gold on home soil is a feeling that will live with me forever."

Later Libby Clegg secured Scotland's first athletics gold of these Commonwealth Games with a T11/12 100 metres victory at a raucous Hampden Park.

The visually-impaired 24-year-old and guide Mikail Huggins were roared over the line by the crowd in a world-leading 12.20 seconds.

Louise Martin, chairwoman of sportscotland said: "It's been yet another fantastic day for Team Scotland with a historic 12th and 13th gold medal as well as a bronze - equalling our best-ever medal haul at a Commonwealth Games.

"To be in this position after only five days of competition is phenomenal. All the work done by experts at the sportscotland institute of sport, the Team Scotland support staff, and coaches ensured the team was the best ever prepared for a Commonwealth Games, but it is still down to every athlete to perform on the day."