Draw released for Players Championship 22: Anderson-Gurney, Wright-Pallett and Humphries-Durrant set for first round

The draw has been confirmed ahead of Players Championship 22 which is the first of the latest double header of ProTour action taking place today in Barnsley, plays begins at 12pm BST with £12,000 to the winner.

Nine players in total haven't entered today's Players Championship tournament with Adrian Lewis and Callan Rydz the only players from the original entry list not involved. The others include Damon Heta, Jonny Clayton and Michael van Gerwen.

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As a result, Luke Humphries, Peter Wright, Gerwyn Price and Michael Smith are among those to lead today's tournament.

Intriguing first round ties includes Humphries facing Glen Durrant, Wright will face recent Challenge Tour winner David Pallett, Gary Anderson in his first match since the World Matchplay faces Daryl Gurney who he lost to in Blackpool. While Rob Cross faces Richie Burnett.

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Draw Players Championship 22

Last 128

Luke Humphries - | - Glen Durrant

Connor Scutt - | - Joe Murnan

Scott Williams - | - Kevin Doets

Jeff Smith - | - Danny van Trijp

Brendan Dolan - | - Ron Meulenkamp

Danny Baggish - | - Josh Rock

Daryl Gurney - | - Gary Anderson

Boris Krcmar - | - Jeffrey De Zwaan

Ryan Searle - | - Bradley Brooks

Nathan Rafferty - | - David Evans

Madars Razma - | - Karel Sedlacek

Kenny Neyens - | - Gordon Mathers

Joe Cullen - | - Jamie Hughes

Ricardo Pietreczko - | - Gian van Veen

Martin Lukeman - | - Jon Worsley

William O'Connor - | - Boris Koltsov

Rob Cross - | - Richie Burnett

Stu Wilson - | - Martijn Kleermaker

Simon Whitlock - | - Darius Labanauskas

Damian Mol - | - Geert De Vos

Jose de Sousa - | - Cameron Menzies

Mervyn King - | - Krzysztof Kciuk

Stephen Bunting - | - Darren Webster

Jason Lowe - | - George Killington

Nathan Aspinall - | - Ian White

Shaun Wilkinson - | - Jamie Clark

Ross Smith - | - Steve Lennon

Jim Williams - | - Lewy Williams

Dave Chisnall - | - Ryan Joyce

John Brown - | - James Wilson

Andrew Gilding - | - Mario Vandenbogaerde

Scott Waites - | - Robert Owen

Michael Smith - | - Adam Gawlas

Max Hopp - | - Ritchie Edhouse

Vincent van der Voort - | - Keane Barry

Jake Jones - | - John Henderson

Martin Schindler - | - William Borland

Jules van Dongen - | - Jack Main

Gabriel Clemens - | - Scott Mitchell

Nick Fullwell - | - Andy Boulton

Peter Wright - | - David Pallett

Geert Nentjes - | - Keegan Brown

Rowby Rodriguez - | - Steve West

Raymond van Barneveld - | - Jermaine Wattimena

Danny Noppert - | - Radek Szaganski

Mike De Decker - | - Maik Kuivenhoven

Chris Dobey - | - Matt Campbell

Luke Woodhouse - | - Brian Raman

Gerwyn Price - | - Alan Soutar

Berry van Peer - | - Devon Petersen

Mensur Suljovic - | - Jimmy Hendriks

Peter Hudson - | - Luc Peters

Krzysztof Ratajski - | - Jose Justicia

Tony Martinez - | - Kevin Burness

James Wade - | - Mickey Mansell

Florian Hempel - | - Eddie Lovely

Dirk van Duijvenbode - | - Stephen Burton

John O'Shea - | - Jason Heaver

Ricky Evans - | - Danny Jansen

Ryan Meikle - | - Ross Montgomery

Dimitri Van den Bergh - | - Brett Claydon

Steve Beaton - | - Rusty Rodriguez

Kim Huybrechts - | - Adam Hunt

Ted Evetts - | - Niels Zonneveld