Australian diving star Matthew Mitcham could not hide his frustration at missing out on a first Commonwealth Games gold medal after going down to English star Tom Daley in the 10m platform.

The 22-year-old fell short in his bid to add a Commonwealth title to his Olympic and World Cup triumphs on Wednesday night, giving him four silver medals from four events in Delhi.

Mitcham (509.15) and Daley (538.35) were neck-and-neck in an thrilling contest but a poor final dive - a backwards three-and-a-half somersault that scored just 66.60 - cost him any chance of victory.

"I knew that I blew it, that I gave it away, which I didn't really want to do," the usually-upbeat Mitcham said of his final dive.

"I was so close to winning and I knew that if I did a good dive I could win, but I did a bad dive and lost it.

"I did not dive even close to my best today and if I had of it would have been really exciting.

"If I had of, I could have smashed it but I didn't.

"But I've gone from not having a Commonwealth Games medal to winning a medal in every event I've competed in ...so I can't be too disappointed."

While Mitcham said he was fatigued after four days of competition and considering dropping springboard events in the lead-up to the 2012 London Olympics, he clearly feels he still has the potential to be the sport's next all-round superstar.

"I probably took on too much," he said. "But I was leading at one stage in every single event that I did so it shows that, even though I didn't win anything, all it will take is potentially a little bit more work and I could win everything - I could be the next Greg Louganis."

With Mitcham having to dive after England's 16-year-old world champion Daley, the Australian's coach Chava Sobrino said the pressure may have got to him.

Daley's impressive performance included one dive - an inward three-and-a-half somersault - that earned perfect 10s across the board, while the teenager also upped the stakes with an impressive 94.05 on his last dive.

"Matthew got a little bit of pressure and stress but this is great preparation for what is coming," Sobrino said.

"He's only human and he's still young and that (last dive) is relatively a new dive."

Mitcham finished behind Canadian legend Alexandre Despatie in the 1m springboard before teaming up with Ethan Warren to finish second in the 10m platform and 3m springboard synchro events.

Warren finished fifth in Wednesday's individual platform final, while Malaysia's Brian Lomas (487.15) won the bronze.

Earlier, Sharleen Stratton took out the women's 3m springboard final to give Australia two gold medals for the meet.

"It's such a relief because I really, really wanted to get a gold medal here," Stratton said.

Canada dominated the event, winning five gold, two silver and two bronze medals to Australia's two golds, seven silvers and six bronze.

Liam FitzGibbon
AAP