By Scott Dougal, PA International

Jason Queally believes the camaraderie in the English camp will win out over Australian aggression in tonight's team sprint.

Queally, together with Andy Slater and Jamie Staff, were the fastest qualifiers for the second round - completing the three laps in 45.192 seconds, marginally ahead of the Australians who finished in 45.571.

The men in green and gold swept the medal placings in the individual event, inspiring silver winner Sean Eadie to claim the the English sprinters lacked the aggression needed to compete at the highest level.

Queally - an Olympic gold medallist in the 1km time trial - agrees, but insists that will count against the Aussies tonight.

"A lot of us are not true sprinters," he admitted. "Usually the world's best sprinters are very aggressive.

"There's a lot of infighting among the Australian sprinters. They're constantly fighting for positioning on the team."

His comments were borne out by the performance of Eadie, Ryan Bayley and Jobi Dajka who were denied top slot by a ragged-looking performance.

Dajka in particular looked disheartened as he held his head in the pits, but with seven out of eight golds going the way of the Aussies there should be no underestimating them.

Queally, however, is desperate to hear anything but 'Advance Australia Fair'.

"Either us or the Scots, that's what I'm hoping for," he said.

The Scottish team were third fastest, finishing in 46.149. They raced without Craig McLean who won Olympic silver for Britain with Queally and Chris Hoy in the team event in Sydney.

MacLean, who broke his collarbone racing in Japan earlier this year, fell badly in the minor final for the individual sprint placings and is still sore.

However, the 31-year-old will be back when the real battle commences this evening.

"We've got four rides today - this is just the qualifying - we'll be turning it on tonight," said team manager Alasdair MacLennan.

He pulled a tactical surprise by placing time trial winner Chris Hoy in the second rather than third and final slot.

Scotland's first meeting will be with sixth fastest Malaysia while England go up against Trinidad and Tobago.

Australia face South Africa while what promises to be a tight contest between New Zealand and Canada will decide the other tie.