ENGLAND ARE THROUGH 🏴 It was scrappy at times but Rob Cross shows his class in the end as he defeats Mindaugas Barauskas 4-2 to secure England a quarter-final clash with Austria!
England are safely through after a fourth straight clean sweep of the afternoon session at the World Cup of Darts and they are now through to the Quarter-Finals where they will face host nation Austria.
Smith gave England a perfect start against a dangerous opponent in Darius Labanauskas coming through in a 4-0 whitewash victory to add the first point onto the board.
He averaged 91 which was ten points more than his opponent and proved pivotal with 4/11 on his doubles (36%) while Labanauskas hit a solitary 180 and 0/3 on his doubles to hand the pressure onto his teammate, Mindaugas Barauskas.
Barauskas who has looked good as of late and has made his European Tour debut since the restart showed some of that form to begin his tie against Rob Cross taking out 82 to go 2-1 up on 'Voltage'.
But the former World Champion returned to the foray and took out 68 to make it 2-2 before he claimed a 10-dart leg to break throw and move 3-2 ahead. It was concluded from there as England made it through unscathed.
World Cup of Darts 2020 schedule
Second round
Afternoon session (12:00 GMT)
Canada 2-0 New Zealand
Singles 1: Jeff Smith (88.32) 4-1 (88.41) Haupai Puha
Singles 2: Matt Campbell (96.2) 4-2 (87.84) Cody Harris
Austria 2-0 Portugal
Singles 1: Mensur Suljovic (86.48) 4-2 (93.52) Jose De Sousa
Singles 2: Rowby-John Rodriguez (81.36) 4-1 (74.22) Jose Marques
Belgium 2-0 Latvia
Singles 1: Kim Huybrechts (87.13) 4-0 (69.43) Janis Mustafejevs
Singles 2: Dimitri Van den Bergh (83.56) 4-3 (82.76) Madars Razma
England 2-0 Lithuania
Singles 1: Michael Smith (91.09) 4-0 (81.48) Darius Labanauskas
Singles 2: Rob Cross (92.74) 4-2 (75.95) Mindaugas Barauskas
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UndartedWaters18-11-2024 - Am not outraged and as said above i dont like anyone from any country doing it to anyone from any country. Whoever is going for a double should have best of order.Mysstree17-11-2024
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- The pundits glossing over the other factor at play in that match. They appear to be somewhat constrained in what they can say publicly.UndartedWaters16-11-2024