"They can't win everything between them" - Rob Cross insists it's not all about Luke Littler & Luke Humphries

This Thursday night in Brighton, the Night Five of the 2025 Premier League Darts will be completed. In the quarter-finals, Rob Cross faces off against table-topper Luke Humphries.

Cross realizes it will be a tough assignment against Humphries, who has been one of the dominant forces in the darts world for the last year and a half along with Luke Littler. "I think consistency-wise at the minute, it's probably fair to say that they're the two best players in the world and by a little way," Cross told Sky Sports. "That's not saying that darts is sporadic every week. We've all got a threshold, including the two Lukes. If you put pressure on them, then maybe on certain days that you will get results. They can't win everything between them. But at the minute, they're probably the most consistent two players on the planet."

The 34-year-old Cross, himself world champion in 2018, watched with amazement as Littler captured his first world title at the age of 17. "I tip my hat to him, I was a little bit surprised of how well he handled his first world championships. But every day since, he's showed his class and going forward, I'm never really sort of too surprised with him, to be honest," says 'Voltage'.

"He's like a celebrity now, isn't he? And for him doing all these great things, I think every dart player is going to benefit from it," continues Cross. "The PDC will benefit, the players will benefit if the money goes up and other stuff. As ambassadors of the game we have to look at the bigger picture and if it drags more sponsorship in and stuff, I think it's brilliant for everyone involved. You should be grateful that you're there and embrace what you've got in front of you."

Cross himself is not entirely satisfied with his performance in recent months, even though he won the Dutch Darts Masters earlier this year. "I've been a little bit up and down with form. I've had some really great games and then I've had some sort of mediocre games, I would call them, where it's not quite happened," he concludes. "Going forward now, though, I'm just trying to get a grip of being consistent every week. If I can do that, I'll be absolutely fine. I'm still enjoying it. It's just sometimes it just doesn't seem to sort of click on the night or in a game."