MOST DRAMATIC FINAL EVER? 2012 World Cup Final | England v Australia

Taylor opened the game in style with 14 points to secure the first leg, but Nicholson responded with one of his own to level the game in the second We resumed action at the start of the third Your commentators are Wayne Martin and Nigel Pierce We look at his face, no they are happy. To be honest I expected Phil to be a bit more consistent because he performed well to beat Mark Webster 4-1 and then the match played in the double win over Wales. people believed he was getting close to his best but there was still a bit of inconsistency but they n

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We've heard Phil in a few interviews this week so now he's been trying really hard because it's the cup of the

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and said. playing in a pairs event is different from playing alone there is more pressure there is different pressure but they reached the

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a reminder that it is likely to move on to the doubles match to decide the

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cup the only way it will not happen as if a team won the singles four to nil and the word in the practice room is that Phil and Eddie hit a nine earlier in practice which is something special when you play double darts changing back 57 well he left the big one , you can see devin holding the

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n flag like you said nige, some other players here are supporting this good stuff, they are joining in the fun in the audience, he is at 116 and now nicholson at 170, lovely first outing, another one of those would do .

It's interesting for a 117 a 2-1 lead with 116 to go 2-1 up, well this would be typical taylor. He did it in pairs with 111 against Wales. Can he do it now against Paul Nicholson? Yes, you can't fail against him. Can you that's the difference, Wayne? I would have said yesterday as soon as Phil had that first hat-trick, you still wouldn't have fenced him in to go on and finish the job tonight. It's a different story. He's playing better as soon as he got that first hat trick. He had a feeling that he would go on and finish the 116.

That's just why he won what he won, but he wouldn't have done it yesterday, right? He could have done it, but probably not, probably not, probably not, you're right. still and probably wouldn't have done it probably the best player in the world absolutely brilliant the crowd loves this here in hamburg paul nicholson less than a minute ago it looks like he was going to go 2-1 up now in the blink of an eye and with six majestic dances by phil taylor looks like he's going to lose 3-1 how to turn the game around and he's been very complimentary about Hamburg.

He loves the area. He loves downtown. He said before that he enjoyed walking. the shops and relax he's staying right in the center of hamburg phil taylor look at this from nicholson but how he would love to top off this visit to germany with the world cup he said he would actually like to stay a couple more days and relax and enjoy it, but he has to prepare for the Premier League on Thursday in Manchester, of course 80. Well, we see the mark left by that unfortunate darts data on the 20. That can be a bit unpleasant, as you can see there. in the middle of the black part there is a little bit of 140.

Here to change it, we'll see, but Phil wants 110 116, no problem, here we go for a maximum of one hundred and ten seven to the cable, Australia, right? Now Nicholson has no choice but to take this out with Taylor breathing down his neck over the top, he's got 21 left so five double eight for Nicholson, he's got 12 now, oh dear, oh dear, surely 3-1 England, wow, what a disaster, sixteen are going to be relevant. He thinks about what he has left, he has to go right, it's two of them in a leg 20. He went right, but he missed it, Australian, how much closer can you get without actually hitting the double right?

No luck, Phil Taylor and a chance for Paul Nicholson, now last. from the double board three the target well paul's darts rise so he has to move there is a bright spot in three more you are in danger of being crushed by taylor and he is blowing a kiss to a fan and he is happy to know that he has turned this match because at 3-1 with the way that format is going with his cups away, momentum towards the other because he is going to throw first, but Taylor again magnificent, yes, the loser throws first the rules in the world cup and uh, while in the shorter format. the magic figure really to arrive with three legs but this time it's six legs, isn't it?

He has a quick one from Chelsea, hasn't Mr. Rooney scored two penalties? man in the match done well wine 96 how phil would love to come in the short break with a 3-2 lead first to seven get a point on the board once again four singles matches and if a doubles match is necessary to decide it, but if one of the nations wins all four singles matches there will be no need for the doubles, but it would be a surprise to me if that happened, four top players who are capable of beating each other in the singles 130. even though Phil at 61 he was right on top of the bed and like we know he likes to put it on top so he moved and it was one three six what if nicholson could score one three four here?

Well that's unfortunate 98 England Uruguay Super game 100 average for Taylor 98 Nicholson double 16 to move 3-2 lead at half time important dart 76. what's going on seven missed shots in a double for taylor now here's a chance for nicholson 136 ouch so taylor will have another chance at double eight to take a 3-2 lead here double eight phil taylor and

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I didn't see ten missed shots coming on a double 17 in Nicholson's box, it could easily have been a story different, but Australia and Paul Nicholson have the lead here by three games for the top two to seven plus World Cup

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dance action ahead.

In a few moments, welcome back to the darts world cup where paul nicholson leads phil taylor 3-2 in the opening match of this final between

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, thank you ladies and i used to check out gentlemen, the devin peterson dance school, i think devon on The crowd tonight is great entertainment by South Africa in this world cup. We are seeing new stars emerge. Devon Peterson Kim Hybrix from Belgium and brilliant immediately after the break is Devon Peterson from South Africa. A character like that always has a smile on his face. He really enjoys it. his game and that will help 45, in short, the story of the first five games was that Phil Taylor did not score doubles.

Paul Nicholson was very good, as was Phil on the scoreboard, but the doubles let Phil Taylor down. 17, right, yeah, 10 missed doubles. from the power, such an uncharacteristic play you gave the point to Wayne just before the break that you felt with the first shot of the double he blocked the bet while we see Nicholson taking the trips for fun here, that's brilliant, that's his first 180 match for Nicholson. I have a switch that is a great dart for Phil place one on top it was again I wouldn't have done it yesterday the two treble 19 probably wouldn't have done it yesterday I was ahead of myself what I needed a Nicholson dart you need another one you didn't understand it, you didn't need pressure on Phil, no pressure at all, looking to level the match, three a piece, first to seven, remember to get a point on the board, problem 20 for double eight, he got into trouble, brilliant 20, double eight to level.

At three a piece went to Taylor as Nicholson could not punish him for two more missed doubles, but Taylor was not so lucky in the eighth as the Australian level of the match Taylor missed three darts in the double eleven we rejoined the action at beginning of the ninth 95 we are level at four stages each in a race to seven great start brilliant things and the crowd shouting aussie aussie aussie and paul nicholson was orchestrating them good level very good level in fact just what we expected to see in a final world of cup 10 average for phil 55 just 55 there now well, you're doing some hard work taylor, aren't you? because he could easily have been in a comfortable position at this stage, he could have been off the stage knowing he won the match, but To be fair, when Nicholson was presented with the opportunity, Wayne took it, yes, some people in life They see the opportunities and others take advantage of them, and Paul has in this game of the 50s, another one who is great is John Park and the opportunity presents itself. he takes it and all credit to paul nicholson for walking on these legs because he could have easily been overwhelmed by the power score but nothing as good as a determined character from nicholson and that served him well here in this match 99 couldn't go away either .

In this case, I have spoken to Paul many times and the reason he plays darts is because he loves to compete and if you want to be a top athlete or sportsman, you have to want to fight and that is what he will have. what to do to stay in this match second 180 for the power phil sitting on 114 that's it, he can have problems 18 at

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now he has only got one right but there is no pressure on it 42 only one problem seven there he is also disappointed with that, but australia follows 249. Paul Nicholson is way behind so it looks like at this stage taylor will still be 5'4 at this stage and if he misses 72, Paul is able to take the 1-5-2 now he wants another single. 20. double 16. phil's face why did he come in there what is happening no matter what happened in the past the present is taylor leads 5-4 and is the first to seven and nicholson knows that he has to win this stage because if taylor Going up 6-4 surely there is no turning back from there for Nicholson Adrian Lewis and Simon Whitlock waiting for the second singles match of this cash converters world cup final the pressure is on these guys who go first trying to win the first point for their country, they don't want to let their country or their partner down, so it's like a triple whammy of pressure and it's good for the players because we don't play this enough, this system on the board, taylor, lovely problem 19. another. of those who do well, much more, it must be said, although there is nothing wrong with his score in this match with an average of 99 and a half 15 tons four tons 40 a couple of 180 there is no mistake with his scoring power phil taylor 100. has let nicholson off the hook on a couple of occasions and nicholson has been there to jump in and take advantage of his opportunities, there are the double stats, look at all those missed doubles for Phil, so uncharacteristic, but Nicholson has been there with a payout ratio of 50 to take advantage of his opportunities, but if Phil wins this. leg will have up to six fours in one leg to go for the win and even if he loses the next leg he will still have the darts to throw for the match so it's a big match like this for Phil to win Phil was hit 21 triple 19 alone in this match 57. he is an incredible star if you think about the number of problems 20 he is also here now 130 what scoreboard can't fail, isn't he in the hat trick? 20 wow that's amazing what first put him on top now nicholson has to go for this taylor at 65. nicholson started down the board that's not going to happen and now it's a real opportunity for taylor to lay the foundation for a win in the first singles of this world cup final 65. need 14 for maximums now for six four maximums the target 45 australia was n

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hard enough never up never as they say in golf 93 every time phil has failed the double paul nicholson has been there to clean up, he will go for the triple 18 here Now that he leaves the target, he had to go for the treble because he blocked it 40 yes, although it was blocked, he got a little closer than that double 10 for the power , the light of darkness did him no favors, Taylor now doubles five for 6. '4 and he knows it, he has to win three games in a row and if he wins the next two, Taylor will still have the darts for the match, it seems ominous For Nicholson, he now has to win two matches against Taylor's shot to win this first one. point for his country, Australia, who will want to put one on top of those 16.

Wow, overall, not quite on Phil. I would also love to finish it at this stage and just go backstage and prepare for his match against Simon Whitlock, a replay. from the world final a couple of years ago, of course, 59. Whitlock made it to the final and gave a good account of himself against taylor at the alexandra palace and that's the third match in the singles phil taylor and simon whitlock adrian lewis and simon whitlock is next 113. the current world champion against the wizard of oz. Well, throughout the world cup we have been saying that phil taylor has been struggling, certainly not in this game, he is scoring, he has been up to the task. as good as ever 17. him It's ending a little badly, but it seems very likely, doesn't it?

We see another problem followed by another 140, fifth made, 40 for Taylor, he was looking for everything, although he was not good? It looks promising for England that they can take an early lead here in this world cup of darts, but good darts, Taylor is going for it, now he's just looking to prepare for the latter stages. Paul Nicholson hasn't really been in the race. He has been left behind. by Phil and his average has now dropped to 90 paul, so from an average of 900 the last three four stages have not been what he wanted even a little bit 89 out of 98, but he will have a chance 75 for Taylor 18 for the top,now he is 18. for the match and a point for england oh double five australian amazing really amazing and now nicholson stays in the match he really wants to see this first dart reach the hat trick 20 otherwise life is made very difficult for him now he wants 54 24 well i think it was because of the double 18 there to leave no he didn't it was just unfortunately he wouldn't have left anything double 15 for taylor now this time and next up is the current world singles champion adrian lewis against simon whitlockwelcome from Back to the world cup of darts final, england lead australia one to nil in this first of four points contests as phil taylor beats archrival paul nicholson next world champion adrian lewis takes on arguably player of the tournament in the first two games the players broke their opponent's shot we join the action in the fifth game the scores are level at two each the annual commentators are rod harrington and stuart pike 81. well, lewis thought that the first outing It's a little bit of a problem when it falls like that that's exactly what happened having to cross it will surely have to go down the stairs this time too often for the world champion, you can see it says, come on, but that first darkness when it comes down from the high 20s. the way Lewis darts come in those 45 degrees force him away from the high 20's.

You're absolutely right and I mean what I'd like the 80 to do, that first point is still going to come down or you know, the second dart. straight to 19 because you know. you're at the top of the board, you go down not very often, you're going to be low in the 19s as we see a slowdown at 140, but you stay up there and they keep going down, you get a little bit of now, that's it. a perfect dart for louis you hope to fill this now we were with the darts but they were wrong for lewis that first one was very correct and look at this what response in the world cup final now then lewis has not done it he missed a double still 66 australia, But when we talk about setting up the shot in the last two matches, Whitlock made it perfectly 24 in the previous game to take a 3-2 lead.

Australia's lead didn't last long as Lewis claimed sixth helped by another 180 to level the scores once again we rejoined the action the best world championship we have ever seen means business in this world cup final whitlock seeks answering in some sort of final was just a matter of winning it hamilton was tired Also, he threw his best dance when we got to the world final and Adrian Lewis was much better. You know, I think Adrian proved to himself that he knows that he can be a grinder and that all brilliant players have to do that. He learns that and he certainly did against the wide.

He very much proved to himself that he would never ever give up a leg, as we see another two innings luck, but now Whitlock is in this staging area. He's done it perfectly over the last three legs. Can he do it again? on the one, seven, six, well it's not going to get to 100, that's pretty good, so Lewis might just get one damn hit on the bullseye, but I'd look at the triple 19 for the double 12, this for get the break from the backswing, which could be so important if you go the distance double 13. 68. Well, the Australian requires 76.

He has had his opportunities and in three of the stages he lost he has darts to win the double 18 for the Australian 58 Well, he again achieved the double top in the last stage he won and he opts for the double 18 but 80 now five sometimes that's the hardest thing that's right in the middle of the big five just taking a breath to calm the nerves. now just a long easy throw a good guide lewis missed the ball for a one, two, three finish, allowing Blocks the leveling chance that Julie took. This is the start of the ninth with the score level at four, 114.

I know sometimes when you're up there, you're just on autopilot, you don't tend to think that you're looking for favorites. and uh, but if I was hitting the double top like Simon Whitlock is right now, that'll be the first one on my agenda, well, three of the stages Adrian Lewis lost, he's got darts to win 100, he was unlucky with the first ones two dark You feel like some of them are just starting to change things up a bit now, don't you? Yeah, man, they're both feeding off each other's big score and there's two in and Lewis, oh, that was just thrown and thrown and whatever you want. call it like it's just going to come in, but if Whitlock now does a 180, this is what we call setting up the absolutely perfect shot now maybe a little tighter with the lift, he just threw that third in the old way, what a moment. to make a big check, brilliant and we have seen adrian lewis achieve great results in the 98 world championship against james wade in the semi-final, save the match, remember he literally kept it in the semi-final and the rest?

Let's say it's history, but I imagine you can tell us one of the

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difficult ball changes, but if you're in the rhythm, from triple 20 to double 19. It's difficult. It's stupid, but what you're usually not going to do is go low on that double 19. You know, because you're coming from HD, sometimes you're going to overdo it or you're going to go and hit it on the first outing, you're not going to. very often he comes down and uh lewis in the mood that he's in, he's so fluid you know, he seems to be very relaxed up there, so the shots are so natural to him anyway 95 australian 117 whitlock four out of four and his individual world cup in hamburg sixty can look at the treble, not the leather, a stack of treble 19, another would be good 79. unfortunately, unfortunate, it means they cannot finish the knight scored with whitlock in hand on this flag 47, first seven behind England who are looking to take a two-nil lead. in the world cup final well if eddie can hit it good he needs a ton now because whitlock comes back moans to get a point in the double he'll get that double dark sixteen now oh crucial level up australia five england five 140 well Lewis often runs with a 40 ton.

I wonder if he has the look of going to a late lag, but here comes Wetlock again. Excellent things from both. 60. There is a lot of space next to it. Well, he's deviated on the right side. I think Go to the left side now, what's another 428 against the throat? That's what you have to do. This is going to be a fundamental delay. 100. Brilliant start from Lewis. Excellent things from both. The crowd here in Hamburg loves it. I have four of the best in the world. They have the first two finishers in this tournament. Who will take the title.

Oh, bullseye for Lewis. The champion took it by himself. I am a world champion. Fantastic. Well he got 98. a leg earlier and that was like a walk in the park and that six one was exactly the same and what a time to do it, taking a 6-5 lead one leg away from a two nil win for England 58 and there he is also so natural in those shots, right? You know he's a joint to watch when he's just bang bang bang in the middle? 96 oh look at this again five highs now for the world champion, he's really piling on the pressure on his opponent here one more is responding, Lewis would love to win it here 93.

Well he went chasing the threes around the bullseye, found the treble 18 to leave 170 Whitlock, now it looks like it should be at 140, what will a ton be now? 100. So realistically England will have six outs of this 170, maybe they only need three 98. He's disappointed, he thought that was going to happen again, he thought he was ready to follow up 161 with 170. But Lewis will be back here to claim what could be a huge requires well double 18 for Lewiston's match against youngster's talent proves to be the telling factor Adrian Lewis swings his leg and England goes two nil in the match getting closer to the world cup of darts we will see brilliant from world champion simon whitlock now you feel you have to beat phil taylor next to keep the australians in the contest welcome back to the world cup darts final where england took a two nil lead against the Australians in the first two singles matches.

The following is one of the qualifying matchups when Simon Whitlock takes on Bill Taylor We join the action at the start of the third match The world number one is two to none after four lost starts in doubles cost him his shot in the first leg and two others in the second prevented him from going back. Its commentators are Wayne Marshall and Rod Stud England, who begin this tournament as firm favorites. They are now even firmer favourites, but there would be a good chance that Phil Taylor played four singles matches and lost three of them, that was before this, he rectified that by beating Nicholson, so now he has two wins and three losses, but losses to Mcneil Morrison and Burnett 100.

It's a good start to this stage from Simon, another 140 possibly good, there have already been six 140s. In this match and we're only halfway through the third match and Whitlock is averaging 103. 100. And Whitlow will be disappointed with the way he played against Adrian Lewis. Will he not weigh? You know Lewis produced some brilliant finishes at the right time. at the right time but that was the worst Whitlock had played 43 yes it wasn't bad it was a 90 average but the way Simon Whitlock has been playing was poor for him the way he played in the championships global. recently brought that form here and this is more like 83 England, here we go again, the question remains can Phil Taylor achieve a double score?

He's doing well, earning chances to have a shot at doubles. He's going to try. Cutlets 52 Australian, you need 135. Good. you like to use the bullseye, you're going to have to use it here, well, that leaves 85. that leaves 40 100 at least 20. I'm just sure you think this is a rod that should surprise us, we missed the three, really wood, which are eight darts. he missed a double, that's nine, have you ever seen Phil Taylor lose the first ten dollars in a match, now you have Australia, well, Simon Whitlock has played Phil many, many times and he must be thinking he's never seen the man Powerful to miss so many guys.

It was the Australian's turn for the doubles in the fourth leg, which allowed Taylor to go off the mark and reduce the deficit to two legs. We joined the action in the fifth for Phil Teller to miss his first ten on a dart, a double is uh. Absolutely unbelievable, but he has resumed normal service. Can he now enter the game or has he already left himself too much to do? Wayne, I don't know, you think he has to break up here, don't you? 4-1 at half-time. It will be too much because of the away cups we are playing here 4-1, of course it can come back, but that is a different story, this 100, this is a huge flag, yes, it is not the Phil Taylor of the last game against Paul . nicholson gets a rebound brilliant recovery excellent so many players would have deflated distracted disturbed by the rebound it made no difference to taylor when he found the triple bed again as we mentioned he scored beautifully in this game that just ended unfortunately he averages 94 taking he threw 10 darts effectively missing all those doubles scoring smoothly 130 brilliance again now simon really needs one you would think two big triples there is one really brilliant again from the aussies putting all the pressure on england man phil taylor this has to go and that's a great start he'll stay there to leave double 11. double 11 is amazing darts hang gentlemen three two legs is australia to throw the first game the mysteries of darts continue phil taylor couldn't buy a double in a figurative sense and still The 1-4-2 final keeps it in this match now England is up as seen at the top of the screen, if Taylor wins to reach three to zero, that would mean that if Adrian Lewis defeats Paul Nicholson in England's reverse singles match without bothering to show up for the doubles it will be four to zero the lead will be unassailable they will be the world champions the pressure builds and builds on the Australians Phil has already started one seven four nine was in no It's now that we look at it and Lewis has a great chance with the nine daughters in the tag team game, right?

Phil missed the 19th hat trick. The best effort we've seen this week, yes, seven parts of the way would have been wonderful to see, he's made nine daughters. around the world taylor won in a world cup his teammate adrian lewis would have been sublime well the one for two was vital he has the first ten doubts and a double a bit of amateur calculations I calculate that this happened six times in every thousand games so incredible but it's back to normal now that taylor normal service has resumed and the pressure is on whitley england you need 100 that's a slip by the australian phil taylor has a great chance to counterattack he needs another one of those to leave the target he needs the ball for a one seven 45. whitlock won the first three legs in phil taylor's shot is the power that's going to be packed uh just totally turn that round two wins three in whitlock's shot england you need 25 there's the nine now this double eight no has been his doublefriend four for a level game 21. frustration oh double four, he did it, he went for it, didn't he, he did it, yeah, I think you've started something there again, phil taylor, Mrs.

Dots, who doubles to win legs, you can't keep making mistakes against someone, the quality. by simon whitlock said it earlier in the set again you will still be punished 140. what a strange performance in the final doubles by phil taylor he missed the first 10 hits the next two he missed the next three he is missing nothing when it comes to really top score in phil taylor's burger house phil taylor's average there is good, it's incredible considering he only has a 13 percent verification which could very well be if you put a bar of 40 which could very well be up to 110 111 Possibly, but look at that Simon Whitlock brilliance, oh wonderful, of Taylor lining them up like three dots on a bar, three jugs on a bar here in Hamburg, right, it's an incredible performance with triples and double faults of 100.

Let's see what happens here, Wayne with the 46 46 well, he seems better in combinations than when he has three in a double double 16. Now the unfriendly double eight game maybe feels like he's becoming your friends, they probably threw 110 darts or so in this match and 14 of them. They've practically not counted for anything, they're all missed doubles, so it's an incredible average. The stats are he missed 14 starts with a power double and can hardly miss the uh, yeah, Whitlock, he missed seven himself, since the good game, well, the phil taylor that appeared at the beginning of this world cup 16. was like grinding over the average of 90, the average of 92, now he has an average of 100 and really the doubles are surprising.

You won't need to be Albert Einstein to know what Phil Taylor will be practicing ahead of his Premier League clash with Eddie Lewis on Thursday. Another good visit from The Australian is in control of this stage, even if Phil hits two triple 19s, he will still be behind and Simon will have to shoot too, so it looks like 5'3, but there is still work to do. I have to change 58. There are not enough opportunities for Tyler. looking to tie this match at four a piece, he's going to realize that Wayne, doesn't Taylor have in mind that he has six darts from here, that's going to be his philosophy and he's throwing it in the highs and what a time to put how much of it? of pressure on the Australian well, 63 gone, there you go for 39.86, which he did, England, he missed it now, double 14, that's uncomfortable, that's even more uncomfortable. 14, well, the Australian himself again, said that only blockers simply cannot avoid them. 17 sheets cut double ten big dart big mistake well could have done it phil taylor has the perfect shot and a perfect light on the board for low doubles can't play well for double seven the next two stages quickly went with throwers both players found accuracy with His doubles once again level the competition with the scores now at five.

All this is the beginning of stage 11. 100. If Phil Taylor could break here, he would prepare a great finish, wouldn't it be like we said before? If Phil Taylor wins this match. and adrian lewis beats paul nicholson there will be no pear fight in this final if simon whitlock is victorious here there will be a power fight irrelevant of the score against lewis and nicholson nothing will faze taylor 15 world championships hidden he is saving these oh sweet sweet phil taylor this is right up there with the best he has produced in terms of scoring and there is no doubt about it with something like that in the doubles the average would be similar to 110 something like that, well we see. the fraud is in phil's game about the best of seven format now its a race to seven which is a good format its not too short its not too long and the longer the format the better phil taylor plays , he seems to relax when he has 41 chances left, so it should be 9 8 32 england 9 32 for taylor, that's 9 now 32 double 16. come on, says bill taylor 12th, he's australian, he's on the brink of victory , as we know with this format. cups go if Phil Taylor loses this leg and gets to six, whatever he will bowl first for the match is the important factor here, so effectively in this leg he has a free roll, he can do whatever he wants, he can relax when all the pressure is on the big aussie, that's right, whitlock has to do the basics first, score a lot, hit his double, hold his shot, then it becomes the decisive last leg, but you say wayne taylor could have all the aces the way he's pitching.

Whitlock would have to go 12 or less against the shot look at this, it's a triple hitting exhibition, it's like throwing cans off a wall. I can't remember the last time I saw someone average a hundred, which is what someone seems to do and be completely outscored. Really, can't this just be like you said a display of punctuation? We saw a rusty tailor earlier in this tournament. This is the man who is the undisputed king of world diets in the best game of the tournament so far against a man who plays in At the top of his game, two super triple 18s, he was going for two triples and the double in the 18, what he could do, but is this the end of this match?

He wants the 60, now he will go to the 20, now he wants the double five to put. England in such a dominant position, well, they were a well-thrown horse, weren't they? I think when he let it go he thought he was in it. I think he felt good about his hand, that east side double six for Whitlock to send us to a last over. leg the game probably deserves it but he'll get it he'll get it simon selects the clowns taylor applauds sportingly he's often said that the games that have gone the distance, even the ones he thinks of as barney in the circus in 07, are the games that he has really enjoyed it more and is enjoying this he has the shot he has the dance to put England three nil up phil taylor 103.93 average simon whitlock 99.79 average you have been treated to a brahma this is wonderful this is absolutely majestic taylor is in his element, he He's having fun, he's feasting on a wonderful game of darts and I think as time has gone on over the last few years, he realizes that it won't last forever and these moments are what he lives for and what he enjoys. .

Whitlock Two 43 is what he enjoys but he won't enjoy it and I think we may be seeing the beginning of the end 180 plays 43. ah well you'd bet against him oh he's so unlucky in Whitlock's mind that he's not a defeated statute , it's more or less a The reality that he is giving me can be seen in his body language, by the speed with which he threw the darts, he didn't even throw at him. Taylor has broken it literally and metaphorically. He has an average of 106. And he was missing 19, but that statistic is. Really irrelevant to keep repeating is a disservice to this magnificent performance from Phil Taylor, the best we have seen in the competition to put three points on the scoreboard for England and you would think that an unassailable lead 15 times world champion for a reason presents a performance in which he is present with the best he has done in his career England three Australians Nil Adrian Lewis and Paul Nicholson to come Nicholson must win welcome back to the world cup of darts England are just one point away from achieving a famous victory and be crowned world cup champions the australians must win the next match to remain in a tie paul nicholson has the unenviable task of having to beat the current world champion adrian lewis the first two matches have gone to shoot lewis winning the second with an impressive 13 data to level we join the action at the beginning of the third stage your commentators are nigel pearson and stuart pike perfect start of the stage lovely follow up can reach two in eighty that was the answer is the world champion looking add also the dance world cup to his resume what a leg start three words never in doubt 100 let's see if we can follow it freely isn't it just the feeling that Lewis believes the world cup can be won? here and now with the next 20 minutes half an hour and Paul Nicholson at this moment has doubts, but we know that Nicholson is a tough customer, he has guts and determination to spare, he will not let Lewis get away with this which is for sure absolutely brilliant 56 now he needs lewis to race to a 2-1 lead 11 data against the shot is what's in perspective here for the world champion is he about to continue with the big world cup crown 58 england 56 summits for a 2-1 advantage double 10. 36. well, again playing freely, no pressure on him because nicholson is not done and lewis will be back for double 10. the inaugural world cup of darts won by the netherlands of course in december from 2010 89. raymond van barnavel and company stompy now lewis for the double ten double five well he already missed four shots in the double in this game adrian lewis will pounce on him and punish him for that what opportunity was just careless, I think since adrian started the leg at 118 he has looked like the winner throughout i will tell you this would be a huge steal if Nicholson can find a way 87 he knows how close it was there, so close that double two for Lewis finally gets there but he what it means is that adrian lewis needs five more legs of darts to crown england world cup champions he has to dig deep and fight for everything here now the number one seeds dominate the number two seeds only miss 40. here louis can take advantage of the moment 59. adrian lewis's weak link on this day of the final in the semifinals and in the final has been his coverage shots in the triple 19.

I think he has struggled throughout the process to find the triple 19, but his scoring and overall finishing have more than made up for it. So what Paul Nicholson says curiously, an average of 83 again 59. He averaged 105 and a half when he beat Mark Webster four to nil in the England semi-final against Wales and then beat Richie Burnett 4-3, what battle. went and then england secured it in doubles 4-2 first to seven in the darts world cup final england leads three points to nil if lewis wins this is over the best match of the tournament so far taylor and whitlock 7-6 phil taylor but these players really struggle to get rhythm and it is such a vital match that Lewis wants to finish the world cup here and now this is more of the world champion, well whisper it quietly paul nicholson in such a big game with an average of 68 and a half is getting more and more frustrated throwing darts like that pressure to get to Nicholson 65 needed that last outing but it looks good for Adrian here that a triple 100 and England could be about to take a 3-1 lead with an advantage increasingly closer to its objective. to win the world cup here in hamburg tonight 20,000 pounds each for the winning pair ten thousand each for the runners up england you need eighty five this is not about the money i assure you pride in the shirt while lewis watches double five australia That you needed that would have been something special and now Nicholson is really swimming against the current right now, right?

And that's a bad start on this visit, Lewis will be back for five, well double two with Adrian Lewis down the stretch. he hopes it happens again here 73. England you need five for three oh he's ruining the score he's ruining the score wouldn't you believe he looks tired shakes his head yeah not very happy Phil Taylor well I think that it is simply due to possible fatigue oh beautiful problem double four now for nicholson to tie at two apiece to maintain the magnificent finish at australia's home australia lewis regained the lead in the fifth game when he was again the first to reach the goal, but Nicholson tied it once again in the sixth determined to keep his country in the final we rejoined the action at the start of the seventh eight missed shots in a double 27 exactly the same as Nicholson Good player Paul Nicholson A good old character, of course, but also a good player in his day.

A great year ahead for him. he has to deliver the goods on the big stage, vote, I think you're fine, how often do we see this at darts matches? I mean, brilliant, the last one, Taylor and Whitlock and they were playing, they were playing on each other's coattails, right? They were brilliant for one, they are brilliant for the other, completely the opposite, here one player is fighting, the other is fighting too and neither of them is able to shoot. There have been some real characters in this world, a couple of days tournament, too, Devon Peterson, one of them. the south african who is having a great time watching the action tonight, peter right behind him who represented scotland alongside gary anderson of course there is still a way to go in this match the first to win seven matches lewis will finish off tie with a win here or will nicholson take us to a decisive doubles match 57 57 58 57 59 world champion nicholson's scores incredibly here he could catch another one you know he could shoot he should have been 4-1 down going into the break louis Nicholson leading five missed the big one and Boston hit 20 and is struggling here, isn't it?

Isn't it 43? He's giving this away to Australia, he just threw that last outing against, though come on,Paul has it and I will have the 15 shot for the double 16 now for Paul Nicholson to take. a 4-3 lead here is target 13. England are still 67 way behind at 167, but it's a beautiful start. As he fights to keep Australia, it is Adrian Lewis who loses this match. It's disconcerting, so it's a good start to the stage. Are we going all the way on this one? There were 13 stages for Taylor and Whitlock. We'll need the same here for Lewis and Nicholson.

I wonder and will need that devil's match to decide the winners of the world cup. If Nicholson wins this, it will be 3-1 in Australia, where doubles will be three and a sudden death darts will decide the title. Now, Paul Nicholson, we know him. As a street fighter, Ockee will never give up, but he has an average of 77 and is ahead against the world champion who left his game on the play, only 60 for the world champion, he is still far ahead in the stage, but here is a big score for Nicholson. could make it interesting a stuttering display from adrian lewis it's fair to say he can pull something special out of the bag here diana yeah one one six one look so that's okay, he took out 161 brilliantly in enormous circumstances to win the The eleventh leg of his singles match against Whitlock Nicholson starts with a 140 which keeps him interested, but I wonder if that one six will galvanize the world champion's tungsten.

Well, that's your immediate answer. I shouldn't do it, right? Well, well, there is still a way. Going into this one or two twists and turns forward for a piece of just 60 for Nicholson, so a shot here for Lewis with a big score of 85 might have worked with more than that, though the world champion, but that 1-6-1 was sensational and I would have hoped to be able to take advantage of that, but it has not had the best start in this ninth stage of the match. He has carried Phil Taylor for much of this dance world cup, but the power has deepened with the wins. on Nicholson and Whitlock to create a chance to win the match for Adrian, just think that darts not reaching the high 20s indicate a bit of fatigue in the world champion's throwing arm Adrian Lewis and Paul Nicholson are playing well, I'm sure he'd admit it badly by his own standards, but he has a chance to advance once again, well, if Adrian's feeling tired, he doesn't want it to be that way.

Going to the pairs will be 100 Australian constant time 16. Nicholson's identical doubles statistics as Adrian Lewis nine missed shots in a double 31 16 for the best now for a one one six 76 but that's not a problem because Adrian is a mile behind, for what nicholson will be back on top australia you need votes fighting desperately to keep australia in the world cup final here in hamburg paul nicholson against all odds you have to say let's see what adrian lewis could do here he wasn't I think he thought that That was going to happen 5 -4 in favor of Nicholson in a game that he has to win well, speaking of having to win it 140 for Nicholson keeps him at 59 only 59 for Aegin there is a way to go in this still two more games for Nicholson and enters A decisive double encounter, Adrian, is simply baffling.

All I can attribute is to fatigue and tiredness, he simply lost concentration, but he will still believe that he can do it again, right?, because he has enough confidence in his own ability. Sorry, two-time world champion. phil watching backstage wondering if they're going to need him again australia you need an hour backstage watching these two guys lewis should have been 4-1 up probably should have been out of sight in this match 77. he's made one six one He can already do it twice 61. Here is the answer and now Nicholson if he gets this he will be one leg away from victory you reach six legs and you are in a great position 64 necessary 16 for the double 16 for a 6-4 to keep the stakes high Australia's hopes Lewis now to avoid entering a decider also has to win three matches against the pitch how on earth has Adrian Lewis done badly and England look like we are going to have the doubles? the couples who could still decide fate, but simon whitlock, well he's celebrating as much as nicholson whitlock is warming up backstage because he thinks he'll be back on stage very soon, they're serious, phil taylor goes to the warm up area because he may as well be needed again 112 surprising change here you would have expected adrian to start, but phil warming up practicing those two preparing as if they were needed for a decisive doubles match in the world cup final 100 true fighter nicholson has shown it in this match the tension has been the Achilles heel for adrian lewis now a big ton 40 here for nicholson will make it interesting he hit four in the match lewis hit nine but we remind you that under the world cup format if paul loses this leg he will have the darts in the next match and if he loses that one he will also have darts in the decider, so everything points to Nicholson being the favorite to start from here, but you can never rule out world champion, well, incredibly Nicholson. have won four of the last five matches you just wouldn't believe it when it was oh this could be for the match look at this how close to keeping alive Australia's hopes of taking the world cup final to a decider in doubles.

Topsy needs Adrian Lewis. has lost his good game will return to the stage the world cup final will come to hamburg welcome back to the world cup of darts in hamburg where paul nicholson has just beaten the world champion adrian lewis in a match he must win to stay Las Australia's hopes alive in the final must now win the doubles match worth two points to force a sudden death match and in the first two matches the Australians increased the pressure on the England team with an early break in the first leg and then quickly. taking second by a tuna lead, we join the action at the start of the third, your commentators are Rod Stud and Wayne Model, it's the start of this match, but with the away cup format we are playing in 81 , even has a two-leg advantage. great, it would be an extraordinary counter attack and in many ways the typical Australian battle so many times in so many sports has continued to dig itself out of holes with this 100 winning mentality.

What can Mr Taylor do to get his nose in front of him at this stage? the bed is open for him one hour of the pairs game, one each, both countries played three games of doubles before England won all three. Canada, the states and Wales, the Australians beat the Republic of Ireland, Belgium and the Netherlands, none of them lost. the doubles play in this tournament this week well, at the moment I'm afraid the world champion is fighting, fighting 40. there is no enthusiasm, there is a resistance on the part of the champion, I have to cheer up well, maybe Phil Taylor should talk to he's actually talking to indra right at the back of your shot, that bill was having to work with adrian lewis and it would be something like come on, get up yourself, this is a world cup final, man who plays the role of captain wanted the 54th to leave. the ball didn't get it now 91 get the 54 that time Australia well, an early stage in this final that could have been half a curtain, couldn't it be three to zero? 80.

England you need 32 just a curtain then double 16. Come on he says no score australia you need defective yes get up phil taylor says look at that on the back of the shot double top for nicholson as taylor and lewis debate the issue in stage four taylor finally he took england off the mark with the eleventh dart of the pair and a double in the game we picked up the action again in leg five sixteen each leg gets bigger and bigger and you feel that if the australians go four one up four one up at half-time, if it goes that way it could be an uphill task from there, but they always have that sudden death leg coming out of clause 45, well the Aussies haven't really taken advantage of this lackluster dream team effort English, this could easily be four to zero and five to zero and discard about seven.

Nothing so there is a glimmer of hope here for England that the Aussies haven't made the most of if this man can score anything can happen which is Adrian Lewis' typical average and then anything but England take this stage and It's 3-2. at half-time and frankly they have been shooting like drains for five matches and they are only three two behind, they know very well what they can produce, they can still win this doubles game, I tell you, look at this, a 180 from lewis and now a one seven seven master like you said well if it goes 3-2 believe me, Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis will come off that stage at half-time and say look six, we're pumped up and all of a sudden we're back to it, we're not.

It will take a lot to win the double 16. Okay, it's a deficit, but we have game with Whitlock and Lewis trading 180 in the sixth, but it was the Aussies who won the leg and regained their two-legged cushion at 4-2. the beginning of the seven 59. well, really in many ways when everything went wrong during their singles game where paul nicholson, who was averaging 70 for much of the game, somehow won, lewis should have criticized him now in england, i have a problem and the problem keeps getting bigger and bigger, well that's the sixth 180 in this match, oh we saw taylor and lewis get seven ninths of the way to the world tag team cup, nine facts there , semi-success over the Welsh well, that's a good dart. but he really shouldn't have tried in all honesty because his favorite finish for his mate, the Whitlock signature, shot at the top of tent 92.

Australia, who gets the chance to raise the roof here in the sports hall? The roof knife is ready to throw the ball 145 well, closer would definitely require 36. look at that taylor, so if you see he literally said to paul nicholson, get your darts back buddy, i want to throw double nine, will you be a moment of genius or could it be a mistake? That's the mistake of him being the one to undo England's Australian team in the world. The three stage bar is a big advantage in this format so it means England have to hold on here and then start breaking 140.

And I think I'm going to have to break them three times according to my mathematical method, correct sir, you're back at 100. Well, Simon will be disappointed with that, as you can see by the look on his face at a perfect 60, he didn't use it 100. Well, sports psychology is fascinating. And I wonder if Australia wins the doubles match how both teams will feel going into the sudden death stretch. Suddenly, Nicholson is rejuvenated. Well, don't forget that England was already in the situation of a sudden death leg and they surpassed that 96. The Canadians. the opposition this time is much tougher and the other point of course, England were moving forward, they just won the doubles themselves, the Canadians were reeling this time, the roles are reversed aren't they?

This is happening in Australia and the time has passed. so I guess they set their alarms for 6am. to start watching this enjoying this transmission of tungsten under the target maybe 64. well, the outside ball leaves exactly half of what it started 65 taylor wants the ton this is something he must get this he has to go to the eighth match England look at that from Adrian The Australians still have this match in the palm of their hands the doubles match that is England have to break three times and if the Aussies hold on here Wayne will have to break three times on the trot well the bottom line is that every leg must be won now for the english duel 137 big shot by phil played wonderfully today phil taylor the game against simon whitlock with an average of 106 and he couldn't score a double 44, not literally his percentage was very very low and his score was and needs more of that here for England to get back into this competition from the two-time world runners-up.

Lewis looks like he's almost ready to fall asleep. He's so exhausted in the back, but he is. He's going to have to get up even if they lose, he's going to have to get up because I'd like to play poker with Adrien Lewis because he just showed his hand, yeah, and it was about Jack High, right? he scored 95. he certainly wasn't showing aces, it was a great hat trick here, he dropped his dart now he has to be in big trouble, put pressure on your opponents 60. australia, you need 122. there must be a lot of people who just feel like they want to get a herring wet and slap Lewis in the face and wake up man you're in a world championship nine final welcome 154 32 left for the Aussies if they come back when they come back well Phil took 100 in the last leg couldn't take If you need 32 to going up the hill, it's not impregnable, but 6'3 would be and like you said, three of them will be if it happens against the pitch.

Yeah, you can't say 60. It can't happen and I think I'll probably be prepared to say that it won't happen in this case and it certainly won't happen if the wizard wielding it keeps shooting at the red well, that'snine 180 turns in the match, great response, well, if it comes to sudden death. The leg that seems most likely is that England will shoot first at the target and in the game with Canada, Phil Taylor took on that responsibility for 40 years, so we can only assume that it will be Phil Taylor's duty again and that he will be the captain, but he hasn't done it.

Come to that, we still remember Phil Taylor playing in many secondary games. We remember the 2007 final against Raymond Van Barnevold, but he lost in that decisive match. We remember him beating Kevin Painter in the decisive legend 0-4 in the Circus Hundred, as Gregory. To do that, he may have to dig into his talent pool again fifty-five and Lewis will have to make it 133. Well, that was a bad warm-up shot from 80 and he knows he started with the 19 and didn't make it. the treble required more again wow, he's made a mess of the three england, you need one again, you need to think 14 to leave the double 16. for a 106. a pair of legs back he can barely get up from his face stool to the final round of a The heavyweight competition his age to do so is 57-year-old Phil Taylor.

Another trip would help, that's unfortunate, isn't it? This is the simple scenario. England have to win three consecutive matches in the Australian toss and if they don't they can. suddenly there will be 83 a one leg shootout to be crowned world champions in pairs play 95 good dart from adrian simon whitlock has played fantastically well in this doubles game there is another one who turns 180 in the match every time he hits one it seems uh he takes it out best of the English pair 135 well sometimes the statistics we use darts tell the porcupines because England have a higher average than the Australians in this game in the bears averages but I don't think there is anyone here who would say that England has played better than Australia in this doubles match the Australians deserved to win it there is no doubt about sending us to extra time in Hamburg to extra time single 14 for the target today we are going to sudden death for those who become world cup champions an amazing fight by the Australians With both teams tied at three points each in this first of four contests, the world cup final will be decided by a sudden death leg.

Who throws first was determined by a throw. Throwing the ball first gives you such an advantage that it's a wonder you can't. oh wow wow is that the dart no way after seven consecutive outside balls taylor hit the middle will be the old saying of middle to diddle for England and taylor and lewis 16 only 60 to go wayne simon whitlock wants to see this first outing in the treble which were changed more or less to 60. That was a great start, you have to make your opponents travel, put them under pressure, this is pressure 80. Wayne when Lewis's dart hit one of the oohs and ours from the crowd.

They were amazing England for 40 minus these, the level of scoring this dart puts off, well you can feel the pressure, you can feel the tension in the air, every dart means everything feels like it has a switch looking for the green 57. One again, 134 shine from the fifteenth time. world champion, forced an error, forced an error, 40 Australians reached this sudden death stage flying 95, well that's enough for me, even a 140 is not really what normally you'd think he's hurt, now he doesn't take a big hit here hundred. brilliant for the first outing in the circle fantastic things excellent bottle of nicholson only points between the teams it could hardly be much closer taylor has hit five 44 only 14. not having a target shot and trying to prepare for it will be that will be the biggest mistake in the history of the world cup no this for the world cup for the world champion can still make him travel 17 could still make him triple 17 for double 16. no no no no now and that's why we are now potentially two darts away from winning the world cup for the Australians pure nerves of Adrian Lewis Nicholson takes his time wants a double top to be crowned world champion hello double 10 to be the winner of the world cup 36. he has missed two dances so that Australia can be crowned world champion maybe Don't be 56 and now you can't wish for a better man to achieve glory taylor 15 times world chops champion for double 10 for england 46. even the man who has won everything is too much, you can see from the players who are face Nicholson and Taylor they have wasted their chances, can Whitlock take his double five, he can't come in, he has come in, well, three of them had to go and perhaps it is quite appropriate that it is the world champion himself who is required to man who scored two doubles. to win the world championship, who has the chance now?

Well, Adrian Lewis looked like the most nervous man up there to win it. They couldn't turn England into winning the world cup. Every player on that stage had the opportunity to win the world cup for their country. but in the end it was the world champion himself who kept his nerve and hit the double five and England won the world cup here in Germany. It is England who defeated old enemy Australia to win the

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world cup of darts. 17 world championships individually between them. for phil taylor and eddie lewis but now the world cup and look what it means for nicholson nicholson this inconsolable consulate england wins the world cup 24 teams came to hamburg germany competing for the title but it is england who is crowned champion of the world cup world