:12:54. > :13:00.It looks like Paul Foster had it. It was always going to be difficult.
:13:01. > :13:11.Just the little between these two Macs. Two single shots. My goodness
:13:12. > :13:17.me, and there was nothing much in it, was there?
:13:18. > :13:22.The tournament favourite gets it in a tense tiebreak. Through to the
:13:23. > :13:33.semifinals. , Stuart Anderson against the former
:13:34. > :13:35.semifinalist, Darren Burnett. Darren Burnett fought back with an
:13:36. > :14:00.excellent display to take the second set. Darren Burnett turned his back
:14:01. > :14:28.on Taiwan. Very quickly. -- that one.
:14:29. > :14:42.Both would have liked their opening bowlers a little bit closer. He must
:14:43. > :14:46.be close. Going all the way. It comes. Perfect. The back bowl comes
:14:47. > :15:25.into play. Very interested in this. It gives
:15:26. > :15:42.him a chance. He starts to seriously think about edging the bowl off.
:15:43. > :15:59.Darren Burnett decided to play for hand for this. Doing well to pull
:16:00. > :16:06.back for this one. It is not bad. It must almost be over. He must be
:16:07. > :16:10.prepared to play the run-up. And take the bowl. I think it is a
:16:11. > :16:23.percentage shot. There is still room to draw this
:16:24. > :16:33.shot. They will try to half the green away. Even if he takes his own
:16:34. > :16:43.bowl off, it does not matter. He was so close in the last. He has to play
:16:44. > :16:54.this. He is going for the takeout. Controlled weight. He has not got it
:16:55. > :17:03.clean. That would have been perfect on the runthrough. Darren Burnett,
:17:04. > :17:16.he needs another bowl in the back position. Stuart Anderson has the
:17:17. > :17:29.best back bowl, I believe. The choice is Darren's. He will probably
:17:30. > :17:38.do a second shot. It is narrow. He is trying to block. He is playing
:17:39. > :17:49.the block. Has given them a guide to it. I am surprised. He cannot see it
:17:50. > :17:56.coming. He did not answer that one. Still, it is the same available shot
:17:57. > :17:58.for Stuart Anderson. He cracked it. A touch more pace to half the green
:17:59. > :18:24.one out. He got the inside edge. It does not
:18:25. > :18:33.matter which were you get it. They were flicking the bowl out either
:18:34. > :18:38.way. That is why we thought that Darren Burnett the analogue bowl in.
:18:39. > :18:50.-- needed another. A good shot selection as well from
:18:51. > :19:02.Stewart Anderson. Stewart Anderson. A great opening
:19:03. > :19:15.goal. He needs a runner. Darren Burnett
:19:16. > :19:32.100 plus in the tiebreak. Stuart Anderson had the last hand of
:19:33. > :19:43.the lost bowl. He did not make it. Different bowl
:19:44. > :20:06.does not help. A small correction from Stewart
:20:07. > :20:17.Anderson. Totally in control. The loan is good. He just needs to stop.
:20:18. > :20:25.A little bit on the quick site. A chance for Darren Burnett. He feels
:20:26. > :20:36.like the first man in on this and. There will be control. Is he up? Has
:20:37. > :20:49.he sent it? He sent it enough. Yes, he has. That might just block the
:20:50. > :20:53.draw a little bit. Stewart Anderson to change. He played 94% of his
:20:54. > :21:24.bowls in his forehand. Chasing the line. I think it is
:21:25. > :21:35.perfect. He had the jack with a gap from one metre out.
:21:36. > :21:44.Darren Burnett needs another bowl in the head. He needs to do it at this
:21:45. > :21:53.time. He will use his time out to study the head. Darren Burnett has
:21:54. > :22:04.two timeouts remaining. The problem in the forehand for
:22:05. > :22:11.Darren Burnett is that he plays the bowl on the forehand and just drops
:22:12. > :22:17.off into this area. That is highly dangerous. Darren Burnett has
:22:18. > :22:21.preferred the backhand in this direction. A high percentage on the
:22:22. > :22:35.forehand but he prefers the backhand. The shoulder for Stewart
:22:36. > :22:42.Anderson as well. It is not easy to get rid of. A good effort. That is
:22:43. > :22:50.what I was talking about. Dropping off the red bowl and drop it off his
:22:51. > :22:56.own. Surely, Stewart Anderson will be thinking about this now. If I was
:22:57. > :23:10.a coach, I would say to him to draw. There is a good runner available.
:23:11. > :23:14.If he gets it absolutely perfect, it is in good shape. If not, the back
:23:15. > :23:30.bowl can serve the play. There are many options. He can draw
:23:31. > :23:37.the short and the backhand. I feel the draw is a better option. If it
:23:38. > :23:41.is successful, he will leave Darren Burnett absolutely no shot. It looks
:23:42. > :23:45.good. The lion looks good. He needs to hurry. It is coming across a
:23:46. > :23:56.little bit quicker. The forehand runner, he was assured
:23:57. > :24:19.of making a head. An early drop shot. It has cost him.
:24:20. > :24:27.It has been quality stuff all the way since one o'clock, as we have
:24:28. > :24:33.expected. Stewart Anderson and Darren Burnett.
:24:34. > :24:42.This one is really tasty as well. Paul Foster and Alex Marshall face
:24:43. > :24:43.up against each other. No what professional singles titles between
:24:44. > :24:55.them. -- nine world. It does not get much better than
:24:56. > :24:57.that. They will do well to live up to this point. This will be a great
:24:58. > :25:07.game. A decent start-up. Securing a place in the semifinals.
:25:08. > :26:05.Who will produce the magic? Looking for a nibble. You have to
:26:06. > :26:06.nominate it. If he killed the end and the nominate, you have to go
:26:07. > :26:54.respot. -- did not nominate. to spin away. A slight advantage to
:26:55. > :27:05.Darren Burnett. He has opened up enough. I do not think that bowl
:27:06. > :27:08.will win in the end. Four bowls to come. The winner will come from one
:27:09. > :27:37.of these four bowls. A wonderful crowd. They are really
:27:38. > :27:48.enjoying this match. I cannot think he has nominated the kill, David.
:27:49. > :27:52.He's happy on the respot. He has got the other green. Now he is in a lot
:27:53. > :28:04.of trouble. Darren Burnett has to put on the
:28:05. > :28:13.respot. Think about it. If you do not put one day and he kills it, you
:28:14. > :28:19.lose, mates. If we look forward to what Stewart Anderson is going to
:28:20. > :28:25.do, he might play into the bowl. The respot position for Darren Burnett.
:28:26. > :28:33.This is where the problem is, over here. If the jack was over there,
:28:34. > :28:39.that bowl becomes clear. That is where the problem is. It is possible
:28:40. > :28:54.to take the two green bowls out as well. You can be closer to the spot.
:28:55. > :29:10.There is any on-baller left after this. -- only on bowl.
:29:11. > :29:22.The crowd is responding to that. There is no respot position. He has
:29:23. > :29:36.to kill the end. A third drive in a row. Let us see what he does.
:29:37. > :30:23.Very close. It looks a little bit under two.
:30:24. > :30:31.The defending champion is out. Time to look back on the match. Next,
:30:32. > :31:04.Andy Thomson versus Robert Paxton. From Robert's point of view, this is
:31:05. > :32:03.important. He needs to score. He certainly made a correction. It
:32:04. > :32:40.is enough as it is. As long as you have good width. For
:32:41. > :32:48.some reason, he is trying to pass his own bowl.
:32:49. > :33:02.Andy Thomson, very aware. He does not want to drop a single. He wants
:33:03. > :33:03.to control the set. If he loses a single, Robert Paxton will slide
:33:04. > :33:20.another one in. Very good. That will protect him
:33:21. > :33:26.from the red. It will make life difficult for Andy Thomson.
:33:27. > :33:36.He will decide. He could play the central and rub it in. There is a
:33:37. > :33:50.possibility of striking his own shot into the jack. Andy Thomson has
:33:51. > :33:58.three timeouts remaining. That is a bit of a gap. The green would
:33:59. > :34:02.disappear. One would go that way. The other would go that way. We keep
:34:03. > :34:13.this red bowl into position for shot. Robert Paxton still has
:34:14. > :34:19.another bowl left. You might leave a totally open draw for Robert Paxton.
:34:20. > :34:25.Many options for Andy Thomson. He might choose play a conservative
:34:26. > :34:31.draw. No, he is calling for a big strike.
:34:32. > :34:36.He played up because it was not an easy draw. He was well inside his
:34:37. > :35:18.target bowl. Robert Paxton, looking at this bowl
:35:19. > :35:42.coming down the ring. It'll be close to the drops back. -- rink.
:35:43. > :35:50.Can Andy Thomson choose the right shot? This will be work for the
:35:51. > :36:21.umpire. Normally in the circumstances, you
:36:22. > :36:32.favour the bowl in the back. That does not look right. Looks well out.
:36:33. > :37:31.It is the right time to get a three. He is looking for a good open
:37:32. > :37:42.enough. Not far away. A very good opener from Robert Paxton. Just what
:37:43. > :37:46.you need. UMPIRE: The gap is 1.5 inches. A good set to win by either
:37:47. > :37:56.player. Andy got himself into a good
:37:57. > :38:14.position. Even a three loss, it was not a bad
:38:15. > :38:22.three. It would have been a good and. -- end.
:38:23. > :38:32.Anything past the jack is good. It is tidy there.
:38:33. > :38:35.I do not think Andy Thomson will attack the early. He will build up
:38:36. > :38:56.the target. His with this. It is right down on centre-line. If
:38:57. > :39:07.he needs a drive, he is in trouble. He's not happy with one. When you
:39:08. > :39:19.play one, you get off the matter to quickly.
:39:20. > :39:33.A very handy bowl. It'll be difficult to negotiate on forehand.
:39:34. > :39:45.He needs one shot. Robert Paxton has played a perfect and at the moment.
:39:46. > :39:53.-- end. A silver fox, he has a cunning plan to get himself out of
:39:54. > :40:04.this. He has to have absolutely perfect line and wait. -- weight.
:40:05. > :40:13.I think Robert Paxton has played perfectly here. Difficult to
:40:14. > :40:16.negotiate on beforehand. It Andy Thomson goes on the backhand and
:40:17. > :40:29.stretches the jack through, he might get to the green. He might consider
:40:30. > :40:41.blocking the forehand draw. He might be the bowl in the drawing line. He
:40:42. > :40:51.hasn't got too much on. If you feel the line up, it might be awkward.
:40:52. > :40:59.That is what he is doing. He is trying to drop it down on the short
:41:00. > :41:07.line. He is making it awkward for Andy Thomson. Not on the line but it
:41:08. > :41:21.will take his eye on the mat and make it difficult for him.
:41:22. > :41:37.Andy Thomson needs a super bowl here. He has to wait. Past the short
:41:38. > :41:49.green. This needs to hurry. Struggling. They are not himself,
:41:50. > :41:54.losing this one. -- annoyed. Robert Paxton never let Andy Thomson
:41:55. > :41:58.go back in. He went on to win comfortably.
:41:59. > :42:03.Congratulations to Robert Paxton, through to the semifinals. Jonathan
:42:04. > :42:23.Ross and Mervyn King. There is more to life about this
:42:24. > :42:29.one. Close now. He needs the bowl in the jack. It didn't really matter.
:42:30. > :42:37.He was going to get their shot. By telling the jack, he has made his
:42:38. > :42:39.own goal third. Mervyn King has found a really big lost bowl. Just
:42:40. > :43:04.when he needed it. Going for the runner. Trying to get
:43:05. > :43:06.the green bowl out. A bad result. It has cost him another shot, I think.
:43:07. > :43:55.Certainly going to be close. To good bowls there. Put him in a
:43:56. > :44:04.good position birth. Certainly playing well at the moment. Mervyn
:44:05. > :45:35.will have to keep the pressure on. A good line again. It just rolls
:45:36. > :45:46.through. A couple of feet away. That's another shot. There is still
:45:47. > :45:53.plenty of room for Jonathan. John needs to find a really good bowl
:45:54. > :46:00.here. Just to take some pressure off himself. You wouldn't want to leave
:46:01. > :46:10.it to be vast bowl. This is a good line in again. A very good line. It
:46:11. > :46:17.just needs to stop. Jonathan is going to need a big last bowl to
:46:18. > :46:24.recover from this. You always think with him, that he has the chance of
:46:25. > :46:33.playing a bad in. If he does, you have two capitalise. The three back
:46:34. > :46:44.bowls are against Mervyn. I don't think he is close enough to secure
:46:45. > :46:54.the shot. He has covered the back. It is quite a defensive bowl. He was
:46:55. > :47:17.worried about leaving a target and dropping the count. Jonathan going
:47:18. > :47:23.for the jack now. He is getting close. He is on the right line with
:47:24. > :47:32.this one. It certainly looks a bit better. Rather than lose three or
:47:33. > :47:43.four shots he decided to just leave the head alone. Yes, and Jonathan
:47:44. > :47:51.Julie obliged. A good bowl, a good weight. Spot on. It is difficult,
:47:52. > :47:58.because the way Mervyn plays, nine innings on top of the jack, if
:47:59. > :48:03.Jonathan misses it, it is all over. It is hard to know what to do. I
:48:04. > :48:28.think the scoreline will pick date it. -- dictate. It is still good for
:48:29. > :48:37.Mervyn. 53 in this set. -- 5-3. Jonathan Ross. From northern
:48:38. > :48:49.Ireland. He lost the first set against Mervyn King. He has been
:48:50. > :49:31.fighting back in the second set. At 5-3, there are three set to go. --
:49:32. > :49:58.sets. It's another good one. This match is definitely not over yet.
:49:59. > :50:14.Six inches. It is not going to stop in time. Now then, Jonathan. Do you
:50:15. > :50:19.go in on the other side? I don't know why he has changed his hand. He
:50:20. > :50:30.just had to good walls with the backhand. He is putting pressure on
:50:31. > :51:03.Mervyn King to play the weird shot. A good bowl. He has played it well.
:51:04. > :51:12.It is a better too. -- two. Mervyn trying hard with this. Has he got
:51:13. > :51:22.the jack? Does he ever! What a wall. -- bowl. Mervyn came back and heat
:51:23. > :51:38.Jonathan Ross's too will wonderful bowls. -- two wonderful bowls. This
:51:39. > :51:47.is a big effort for Jonathan Ross. He just needs to bend to be jack. He
:51:48. > :51:59.is so close. That was so I'm lucky. Brilliant attempt. Brilliant. I
:52:00. > :52:09.can't remember whether he has for touch is. He definitely has three
:52:10. > :52:25.touches but does he have for Rose -- touchers. Jonathan Ross has done
:52:26. > :52:40.very well. By the end he has for touchers. -- four. His patch has
:52:41. > :52:50.fallen off his arm as well! Yes, get the sponsor back. Jonathan Ross
:52:51. > :53:28.probably deserved a bit more than losing a one. You don't normally see
:53:29. > :53:46.that happening. I think that has only happened once or twice before
:53:47. > :53:50.in a televised event. First time in the World Championships. It is a
:53:51. > :54:07.fine achievement. He attempts to get back in the set. Only two players
:54:08. > :54:12.have managed that in the last four years. It is a remarkable
:54:13. > :54:23.performance. It was a very good head of walls. As I said, normal
:54:24. > :54:31.circumstances, he would have been very disappointed not to score. But
:54:32. > :54:59.it was a tremendous set of roles. He needs to get the shot here. --
:55:00. > :55:05.bowls. This is very good from Mervyn. He is worried about a place
:55:06. > :55:13.in the semi-final. Jonathan is playing very well here, but Mervyn
:55:14. > :55:22.is from that miracles that of bowls. -- set. He has got a marvellous
:55:23. > :55:28.ability to play a brilliant bowl when required. So often it is the
:55:29. > :55:43.draw shot. John Ross will have to shoot it this. -- hit. He is only
:55:44. > :55:54.three behind. He needs to keep this to give himself a chance. He needs a
:55:55. > :56:21.good connection. It is not bad actually. Mervyn will run for cover
:56:22. > :56:34.here. The last time anyone got four touchers eat was Robert Paxton. --
:56:35. > :57:01.it. We have two make sure that John Price was right about these things.
:57:02. > :57:13.I definitely think that Jonathan is going to play the same bowl here. He
:57:14. > :57:22.has got to. It is in the area. Very close Jonathan. Is it going to get
:57:23. > :57:38.the edge of the jack? No. Very close. A good shot from Mervyn King.
:57:39. > :57:43.He takes the first set. Mervyn King was looking good in that match. He
:57:44. > :57:50.didn't play quite as well as he has, but he had some great shots at
:57:51. > :57:59.the right time. So he is the semi-final lineup for the
:58:00. > :58:10.championship. -- here. It is set to be a very exciting week here.
:58:11. > :58:38.We are getting closer to the climax of a wonderful week. We hope you can
:58:39. > :59:00.join us on Saturday. Subtitles by red Bee Media Ltd.