PGAs of Europe international team championship Day 2

SCOTLAND JUST INSIDE TOP TEN IN SPAIN Scotland are lying joint ninth in a field of 24 countries after two rounds of the PGAs of Europe international team golf championship at Roda Golf Club, Murcia in south-east Spain. Colin Gillies had a three-under-par 69, five shots better than his opening effort, while Robert Arnott repeated his opening 72. Mark King, 80 on the first day, had another non-counting effort, a 77, in the best two from three daily scores format. The Scots are on level par 288, nine shots behind leaders England who have a two-shot advantage over Wales at the top of the leaderboard. Wales turned up the heat in the Spanish sunshine to cut England's first-round lead. Jason Powell led the way for Wales by firing a four-under par 68 while team-mates Andrew Barnett and James Lee both finished under par, carding rounds of 70 and 71 respectively. England's Paul Simpson, who had opened with a six-under-par 66, carded a 71, the same as team-mate Jeremy Robinson for a 142 round-two total. Wales's achievement in reducing England's daunting advantage will have encouraged France and Holland, who share third place on 285, as well as Switzerland and Finland, a shot further back in joint-fifth. SECOND-ROUND TOTALS Par 288 (4x72, two from three individual scores to count daily). 279 England 137 142 (P Simpson 71, J Robinson 71, non-counting: P Wesselingh 76). 281 Wales 143 138 (J Powell 68, A Barnett 70; non-counting J Lee 71). 285 France, Holland. 286 Finland, Switzerland. 287 Austria, Ireland 144. 288 Scotland 147 141 (C Gillies 69, R Arnott 72; non-counting M King 77), Belgium. 289 United Arab Emirates. 291 Italy, Sweden. 292 Spain. 295 Denmark. 298 Czech Republic, Slovenia. 299 South Africa. 300 Croatia, Germany. 303 Poland. 305 Norway. 313 Luxembourg. 315 Slovakia.