Australia crush Barbados in record 20-1 win

Unbeaten Australia set a Commonwealth Games scoring record by romping to a 20-1 victory over Barbados in their final pool game in the men's hockey competition on Tuesday.

Two Australian players -- Craig Victory and Michael McCann -- scored four times each as the Olympic silver medallists booked a semi-final berth with maximum points from their three group outings.

Australia, who have amassed 30 goals in all while conceding just three, had been leading 17-1 when a thunderstorm interrupted play 10 minutes from time.

The game was held up for 15 minutes but, once it resumed in steady rain, the Australians scored three more goals to eclipse the previous Games record set by Australia's women, who beat Malaysia 18-0 on Monday.

India hold the world scoring record with their 24-1 victory over the United States at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics while Australia's highest goal-rout was 22-0 against Taiwan at Jakarta in 1975.