And while the likes of Cadel Evans, Richie Porte and Mick Rogers will be missing from Sunday’s cycling road race, Australia do have a gold medal prospect in 31-year-old Mark Renshaw.
Last day golds in the men’s hockey and women’s netball will also be on Australia’s radar but by then England could have cemented their place at the top of the medals table.
Wolverhampton-born artistic gymnast Kristian Thomas qualified in first place for the men’s vault final which takes place on Friday.
And there are decent gold medal chances for Rebecca Downie and Claudia Fragapane (beam), Max Whitlock and Nile Wilson (parallel bars), Hannah Whelan and Claudia Fragapane (floor) and Kristian Thomas and Nile Wilson (vault).
And England diving duo Jack Laugher, who has already won gold in the 1m springboard, and Chris Mears are vying for glory in the men’s synchronised 3m springboard final at Edinburgh’s Royal Commonwealth Pool.