Van Barneveld comes through close tie with Parry and McGrath dumps out Smith at Auckland Darts Masters

As well as that Raymond van Barneveld came through 6-4 against Warren Parry in a repeat of the scoreline from twelve months ago.
In terms of McGrath, the English-Kiwi moved into a 4-2 lead due to slack darts from Smith then ‘Bully Boy’ came back with two more legs only for McGrath to go on and claim the win.
With New Zealand’s number one on their tour, Haupai Puha; as well as Cody Harris and Tahuna Irwin to come there could yet be more shocks.
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Friday August 3
First Round
8am-12pm
Simon Whitlock (92.22) 6-5 (89.49) Ben Robb
Rob Cross (87.7) 6-5 (86.83) John Hurring
Michael Smith (83.45) 4-6 (83.46) Mark McGrath
Raymond van Barneveld (95.34) 6-4 (91.12) Warren Parry
Kyle Anderson v Haupai Puha
Peter Wright v Tahuna Irwin
Michael van Gerwen v Cody Harris
Gary Anderson v Tim Pusey