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
claps 0visitors 4
Just in
Popular news
Latest comments
- He has Guillerme Barre Syndrome. Nerve damage due to autoimmune response. Could take him months to recover if at all.medinabello23-12-2024
- I have a nickname for him Ni I man.medinabello23-12-2024
- C'MON HEMPS!!medinabello23-12-2024
- He looks very healthy. I doubt he can run or anything. You need carbs for that. Carbs fuel your brain also. It is the preferred energy source for the brain. Carbs get broken down into glycogen fuel for your muscles. As a rider I totally need carbs. However for a dart player who doesn't need a brain or be fit this diet is perfect.medinabello23-12-2024
- F the bettors. Mugs they are. Anyone could tell this is a 50 50 game or Hempel slight favourite going on form.medinabello23-12-2024
- Hard to play slow players. Does your head in.medinabello23-12-2024
- What do you mean again?medinabello23-12-2024
- Get his wife to work so that he can retire. Do the seniors tour, Modus, exbos. He'll still be doing alright.medinabello23-12-2024
- He used this kind of anger as motivation to get past this round. Next round he will revert to his usual form. 90 or below ave and a defeat.medinabello23-12-2024
- Once again Madhouse bottles it just like last year v Graf. Not sure why he's been brilliant all year. Definite similarities between this year and last though. He has to sort it out.medinabello23-12-2024