Darren Cundy (pictured left) from England averaged 257.66 during the second six-game block on long oil and posted a 1546 series en route to claim the top spot for the men's Masters finals in the IV Commonwealth Tenpin Bowling Championship at Dundonald International Ice Bowl in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Starting the day in third place, Cundy rolled an 826 series for the first three games including games of 268, 280 and 278. He finished his series with a 290 game for 1546 and 2905 pinfall total, an average of 242.08 for 12 games.

In the opening match of the stepladder finals in best-of-three games format, Joe Ciach from Canada will take on Cundy's compatriot Paul Moor.

Ciach (right) jumped from 6th to second place behind the second-best 1431 series and 2753 pinfall total (229.42).

Short oil leader Moor (left) slipped to third place behind a 1351 series and 2749.

Mohd Nur Aiman, Malaysia, and Mark Buffa, Canada, missed the cut by 23 and 26 pins to land in fourth and fifth place with 2726 and 2723.