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national coach Holloway to play her in the second block.

“I am regarded as a long oil specialist… I am more confident on it. I had two high games of 234 and 236 and did a decent 192 in the final game, which was okay as the lanes were drying up,” she said.

After a subdued opening block, Malaysia opened a dominant 204-pin lead after the fifth game in the second block over Singapore.

It got difficult for them in the sixth game as the lanes were getting dry making it difficult to post high scores.

But Shalin and her teammates held on to win the gold by 61 pins over silver medallists Singapore while the Philippines took third with 6,075 pinfalls.

For the record, Malaysia have been a dominant force in the women’s team with six titles, including yesterday’s feat, in seven Sea Games editions.

With the win, Malaysia have already surpassed the four gold target with a haul of 5-4-2.

All six women bowlers will play in the women’s masters today.

In the men’s team, Malaysia failed to finish on the podium for the first time since the 1995 Chiang Mai Games by finishing fourth with a 6,239 total.

The Keith Saw-led Singapore won the gold medal by posting 6,399 pinfalls, followed by Indonesia (6,280) and Thailand (6,278).

Malaysia’s Rafiq Ismail, Adrian Ang, Ahmad Muaz Fishol and Alex Liew made the cut for today’s masters, while Timmy Tan and Syafiq Ridhwan Abd Malek failed to qualify.