Schedule and preview Friday afternoon session 2022/23 PDC World Darts Championship including Cross-Williams, Ross Smith and Dobey

Practice partners and close friends will collide as Scott Williams makes his return to the Ally Pally stage to face a former World Champion in Rob Cross who will start his campaign to headline the last afternoon session before Christmas at the PDC World Darts Championship.

Williams has gained status as a player firmly to watch after his superb opener against Ryan Joyce and will hope to seal the bragging rights against 'Voltage' who is seen as a potential finalist out of this quarter.

Chris Dobey reached the fourth round last year albeit through good fortune with a positive COVID-19 test for Michael van Gerwen but it is confidence nonetheless for the ever improving 'Hollywood' who will face Martijn Kleermaker who will expect a sterner test than Xicheng Han.

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To start the session, Brendan Dolan will hope for the same Jimmy Hendriks that turned up in a match that gained headlines for all the wrong reasons against Jamie Hughes due to being a real grueller. That begins the session.

While the penultimate match sees a current major champion make his first World Championship appearance as such in Ross Smith who will face Darius Labanauskas.

A player that will feel aggrieved not to be in the evening session after a superb year but will hope to let his darts do the talking against 'Lucky D'.

Friday December 23

Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

4x Second Round

Brendan Dolan v Jimmy Hendriks (R2)

Chris Dobey v Martijn Kleermaker (R2)

Ross Smith v Darius Labanauskas (R2)

Rob Cross v Scott Williams (R2)