Whitlock and Cross avoid early exits at Auckland Darts Masters

Whitlock started off as he returned down under and survived match darts against Ben Robb who looked good on his TV debut.
Robb of course took the place of Corey Cadby and used that to it’s full pushing ‘The Wizard’ to his limit.
Cross on the other hand had moments of brilliance but kicked off 180 before getting two more darts in the nine dart combo. This broke the throw of Hurring when he was one away.
This allowed ‘Voltage’ to squeeze over the line in a first game also for Hurring on TV. It shows the standard in Australia/New Zealand is improving all the time.
Friday August 3
First Round
8am-12pm
Simon Whitlock (92.22) 6-5 (89.49) Ben Robb
Rob Cross (87.7) 6-5 (86.83) John Hurring
Michael Smith v Mark McGrath
Raymond van Barneveld v Warren Parry
Kyle Anderson v Haupai Puha
Peter Wright v Tahuna Irwin
Michael van Gerwen v Cody Harris
Gary Anderson v Tim Pusey