Ball and pilot Matthew Rotherham twice finished behind Scotland’s Neil Fachie and pilot Aaron Pope, winning silver in both the 1000m time trial and sprint in the men’s tandem B competition.
The 35-year-old was pleased with his performances but leaves Glasgow wanting more after narrowly missing out on top spot on the podium.
“I’ve won quite a few silver medals now, but of course I always want another gold,” he said.
“We’ve got the World Championships coming up in Apeldoorn. After seeing the Aussies today, it’s going to be quite a battle again.
“We’ve obviously learned a lot today, and all the other nations will have been watching what happened as well. They’ll probably be training even harder after that.
“We’ll just keep training and keep working hard. I’m happy with what we did today.
“Do I feel like I’ve let people down at home? Yes, probably. Months of preparation go into something like this and you want to deliver. You have everyone back home watching and supporting you, and there’s a lot of pressure that comes with that.
“It’s disappointing to come away without the result we wanted, and I’m a bit upset. But at the same time, I’m still proud to come away with a medal.”
There was plenty of drama to go with Ball’s second silver medal, after Fachie and Pope crashed in the deciding race of the sprint event.
It was momentarily unclear whether that had earned Ball and Rotherham gold, until Fachie and Pope got back on the bike and the race was restarted.
Rotherham felt aggrieved at the decision, as the Scottish duo returned to the track and sealed victory.
“When it comes to track cycling, it really is all about the fine margins,” said Rotherham.
“We definitely took it to the Scottish lads today. We didn’t qualify at our best and I think the margin was closer in the final, which showed. We got it back to 1-1.
“We weren’t really at the races in the first ride, we were solid in the second, and then tactically in the third we took control of the race.
“After the restart following the Scottish boys’ crash, we weren’t allowed the position that I think we should have been given. It was a bit of a funny one today.
“To my understanding of the rules, if there’s a recognised mishap in the first lap of the race and you cause that mishap, you don’t get first choice of start position for the restart.
“My feeling is that we rode pretty much in a straight line and they rode into us. Therefore, they caused the incident. If we’d caused it, we’d have been relegated. The race was stopped, but we weren’t relegated, so that suggests it wasn’t our fault.
“If it’s not our fault, then they caused the crash and we should have been given first choice of position at the restart, which would have made a very big difference.
“I’m annoyed but that’s sport.”
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