ENGLAND ARE INTO THE SEMI-FINALS! 🏴 Incredible drama on stage there as all three matches go to a deciding leg but it's England who secure their place in the semi-finals! It's a fourth World Cup quarter-final exit for Austria... 📺 Up next 👉 Wales v Australia
England are the latest through to the World Cup of Darts semi-finals after surviving a tense pairs decider against host nation Austria to take it 2-1 with the second game in a row going the full distance.
To start off, it was Mensur Suljovic against Michael Smith with the former producing a sensational comeback to come from 3-0 down to defeat Michael Smith with a brilliant 109.5 average in a 4-3 victory.
This included 50% on the doubles from 'The Gentle' as he put Austria in a great position and Rodriguez nearly made it insurmountable with a 3-1 lead but it was firmly a huge let off for England as Cross went onto survive four match darts as he made a comeback of his own.
As a result for the second match in a row, it was set for pairs. They were firmly level to begin the tie but three missed darts at doubles from Cross put them on the brink at 2-2.
Smith though returned to the foray and hit double six to make sure of going one away at 3-2. Suljovic made it even more tense with double 20 to send it all the way. Double 10 saw it through for England though as they survived.
World Cup of Darts 2020 schedule
Quarter-finals
Canada 1-2 Belgium
Singles 1: Jeff Smith (97.57) 1-4 (108.32) Kim Huybrechts
Singles 2: Matt Campbell (97.56) 4-1 (94.42) Dimitri van den Bergh
Pairs: Smith/Campbell v Huybrechts/Van den Bergh
England 2-1 Austria
Singles 1: Michael Smith (101.54) 3-4 (109.52) Mensur Suljovic
Singles 2: Rob Cross (89.36) 4-3 (83.54) Rowby-John Rodriguez
Pairs: Smith/Cross (82.28) 4-3 (79.88) Suljovic/Rodriguez
Wales v Australia
Singles 1: Gerwyn Price v Simon Whitlock
Singles 2: Jonny Clayton v Damon Heta
Netherlands v Germany (TBC)
Singles 1: Michael van Gerwen v Gabriel Clemens
Singles 2: Danny Noppert v Max Hopp
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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
- Say what? It happens in other countries; Littler in January - this year (Holland), go and watch the evidence on YouTube. If it is going to be done to English players, then we are more than entitled to dish the same back when players face off in England. When it happened to Littler in Holland in January... where was your outrage then? ABE attitude.MrYnyslas197117-11-2024
- I dont like individuals or crowds trying to put any player off when they are trying to check out, how anyone can think its okay for the crowd to whistle or shout as someone is throwing for a double is beyond me but it does seem to have become part and parcel of the modern game. I no longer play now, darts is as good as dead at a local level round my way but when i did play many years ago, no matter how intense the rivalry you never shouted out or whistled when an opponent from the other team was throwing for a double.Mysstree17-11-2024
- 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