Luke Littler v Brendan Dolan LIVE: World Darts Championship quarter-final score after Rob Cross stuns Chris Dobey

180! Luke Littler opens the deciding leg in good trend then follows up with a few first rate scores to depart 170 after 9 darts.

He’s fairly a manner forward and will get the gang very excited after hitting treble 20 twice. He goes for the checkout however misses the bullseye by a large margin.

Still, Dolan can’t assert any stress and Littler tidies as much as declare the opening set from two legs down!

Dolan lands the primary most at a a lot wanted time. Littler was edging forward however that 180 helps Dolan attain a end first. He wants 143 however doesn’t get it.

Littler in response has to take out 70. He does! A double 8 end places the opening set again on observe.

There’s a little bit of stress on Littler now who hasn’t settled into the kind of rhythm that noticed him blow Van Barneveld away. He’s scoring properly on this leg although and leaves 24 with Dolan again within the mid 200s.

Littler hits double 12 and takes his first leg. He wants to interrupt now to remain within the set.

Throughout the event thus far, Luke Littler has solely ever surrendered a 3 of units. One every towards Andrew Gilding, Matt Campbell and Raymond van Barneveld.

After a few missed throws with each gamers giving up probabilities to say the leg, Dolan hits the double and strikes two up within the set.

Luke Littler has the opening throw and begins off with a 58. He will get away with it as Brendan Dolan replies with simply 60. Both gamers ought to take their time to construct as much as the massive scores.

Littler leaves 150 as the primary shot at a checkout with Dolan on 101. The teenager misses his first dart at a treble and with it the prospect to complete goes away.

Dolan leaves double 16 to nick the open leg. He’s obtained one dart at it and lands! Break of throw instantly.

Luke Littler is first to make the stroll to the stage. He hugs his household close to the stage as he has achieved in every spherical thus far. If something, the 16-year-old appears extra nervous for this one than he has thus far within the event.

Brendan Dolan is taking part in in his fifteenth World Championship. Will he attain the semi-final stage at present?

Rob Cross speaks after his sensational victory. “Four-nil down, I’ve not really played, I didn’t really feel like myself. But towards the end I just felt like, ‘just push on, push on’. I still believe even when I’m four-nil down. I’ve done it to Chris before in the match play. He’s an amazing player, he deserves a lot of credit, he kept on stepping up.”

On probably dealing with 16-year-old star Luke Littler: “If he comes through [his quarter-final against Brendan Dolan], he’s got to be favourite [against me]. But for me, it’s head down now and it can’t happen again tomorrow.”

Rob Cross managed to get himself forward on the averages ultimately as properly.

The second half of that match was simply unbelievable. Chris Dobey couldn’t regain management of the match beneath the sheer weight of how brilliantly Rob Cross was throwing.

Let’s hope the remainder of this event lives as much as that match.

What an extraoardinary match, and one of many all-time nice comebacks in championship historical past. Rob Cross was 4-0 down, lifeless and buried. Somehow he reemerged to win 5 consecutive units, the final of which was snatched 5-3. Wow. Chris Dobey is devastated.

Rob Cross holds his personal throw within the fifth leg of this last set to return into the lead… however a second later Dobey lands one other 180 after which takes the sixth leg – on the seventh time of asking! Six missed doubles revealed his nerves, however Cross wasn’t in place to take benefit.