Rob Cross and Michael Smith will face off in tonight's World Matchplay final and an interesting statistic has been released ahead of this.
It will be an all-English final at the World Matchplay for the first time since 2013 where Phil Taylor defeated Adrian Lewis in an epic.
Before that there was only ever five finals in history that weren't all English with of course Taylor dominant as well as Rod Harrington, Peter Evison and Colin Lloyd all taking glory; with only American Larry Butler taking victory who isn't English. Richie Burnett and John Part are among the other names to reach the final.
Since the last final it has been Michael van Gerwen who has been involved in three of them; winning two and losing one to Taylor.
Peter Wright was involved in the 2017 final losing to the retiring 'Power' and last year it was an all non English final with Gary Anderson beating Mensur Suljovic.
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- @UndartedWaters I totally agree with your thoughts! I totally respect Kirk but in this instance I was disappointed with his lack of crowd control. I even turned to my husband and said "Could you imagine this happening if Russ Bray was the referee tonight? At least there would have been a crowd admonishment- Ladies and Gentleman please." I so felt for Mike DeDecker...MamaVenus15-11-2024
- Many fans had a sour taste in their mouth by the end of this match. Mike was cruising to victory, playing beautiful darts, when the whistling started in earnest, particularly on his doubles. You could see in Mike's face that it was really affecting his concentration. The referee should have asked for order, just to show that the whistling is unacceptable, and Luke Littler could also have done his part to quieten down the crowd instead of "taking full advantage.:" I put that down to his age though. He needs some good advice on this from his management team and/or more seasoned players. It's got to be about who's best on the night, not who is being harassed by the crowd. Luke Littler played well to get back into the game and win, but it was a hollow victory. If he goes on to win the tournament, that triumph too will be tainted because of this match.
UndartedWaters15-11-2024 - Agree. Van der voort will be the one taking a break when he loses his tour card. Everyone saying about how bad Wright's last 18 months have been, and in that time he's won several Euro tours and the European Championships.Matilda6215-11-2024
- When Littler has at least five ranking Majors he’s in the discussion, until then, forget it.Mysstree14-11-2024
- This is the difference between other players and Phil Taylor. Phil would be completely motivated even before his walk on and didn't need anything else to do so.richieburnettrocks14-11-2024