:00:35. > :00:43.Good afternoon, we are live at the Lakeside for the women's final and
:00:44. > :00:51.the first men's semifinal 2016 BDO darts championship. Frimley Green is
:00:52. > :00:57.already a mass of tomfoolery, we start with Scott waits and Jamie
:00:58. > :01:43.Hughes. They will need fire in their heart and ice in their veins.
:01:44. > :01:52.Game, shot and the match, Jamie Hughes. Watching the drama unfold
:01:53. > :01:59.here from the balcony is the coolest customer that darts has ever
:02:00. > :02:08.produced, Sir Bobby George, are you all right? Quarterfinals, we are
:02:09. > :02:15.left with a semifinal line-up that most people would not predict. I did
:02:16. > :02:18.not expect Adams to go out in the first round and then yesterday, the
:02:19. > :02:26.number one seed, a great game but he has gone. The world champion, he has
:02:27. > :02:31.gone, four left. We like that it is uncertain. If you have been working
:02:32. > :02:36.all week and not had a chance to catch up, see what this weekend of
:02:37. > :02:41.dances going on today at the Lakeside. We have the silencer from
:02:42. > :02:48.Canada but when he got to the semifinal last year, a fell off the
:02:49. > :02:54.cliff, getting whitewashed, 6-0. He takes on another Dutch staff
:02:55. > :03:02.bursting through the ranks. And this afternoon, we know what is going
:03:03. > :03:05.down, Waites against Hughes. Scott Waits has been returning to some of
:03:06. > :03:08.the form that won him the title and the grand slam of darts not long
:03:09. > :03:24.ago. COMMENTATOR: Jamie Hughes told us he
:03:25. > :03:32.was capable of it and he has proved it. The real ill Jamie Hughes turned
:03:33. > :03:38.up there. It showed everyone that I can play darts. I am happy because I
:03:39. > :03:48.proved to myself more than anyone else that I can do it on the big
:03:49. > :03:57.stage. It will be 5-3, I played a great game of darts and I lost to a
:03:58. > :04:07.better player. That is his seventh 180. He is relentless. It was 4-4, I
:04:08. > :04:17.thought I had nicked it. He has done it again, 3-1 down, 4-2, somehow he
:04:18. > :04:20.has come back from the very brink. I always struggle against him. Reason,
:04:21. > :04:26.even when he had his shoulder trouble, he would always beat me. I
:04:27. > :04:32.went up there determined that we would see what happened when we got
:04:33. > :04:35.up there. The crowd this week have been phenomenal, the atmosphere on
:04:36. > :04:40.the stage has been a electric. As soon as you walk up to throw your. ,
:04:41. > :04:47.it goes silent and you have to compose yourself the best you can. I
:04:48. > :04:51.am in new territory, I reached the last 16 last year, I was not
:04:52. > :04:56.expecting much last year to be honest, this year, I am quietly
:04:57. > :05:02.confident, I shall say, stranger things have happened. After watching
:05:03. > :05:07.him play, he played really well. If he plays that well and I play the
:05:08. > :05:13.same game as I have played, we will get another really good semifinal
:05:14. > :05:19.game. Jamie Hughes said himself that Scott Waites is a bit of a bogeyman,
:05:20. > :05:24.the only stat I would take into account is the experience, the
:05:25. > :05:30.younger and the fearless, the less experienced, or the guy who has been
:05:31. > :05:34.here and done it. Scott was injured for a serious amount of time before
:05:35. > :05:39.that head to head match. But we know that Jamie Hughes will need to
:05:40. > :05:45.produce the type of darts that he produced spurts yesterday, including
:05:46. > :05:51.in the first two sets where he had an average of 105 if he is to beat
:05:52. > :05:56.Scott Waites, who is back to the top of his form. I have never seen Jamie
:05:57. > :06:03.Hughes play that well, particularly in the first two sets, he will feel
:06:04. > :06:08.like Houdini now. He comes back after a break and gets out of jail.
:06:09. > :06:14.Against Glenn Durrant, the number one seed yesterday, he was 3-1 down
:06:15. > :06:20.in the race to five, and he got through, in the quarterfinals he was
:06:21. > :06:25.3-0 down and he won 4-3. Jamie is the underdog but he also knows that
:06:26. > :06:30.if he goes ahead, he is in trouble. He has not been there, he does not
:06:31. > :06:36.know what it is like. That is the way to do it, come from behind.
:06:37. > :06:43.Predictions, you are going for the obvious Scott Waites win? I will go
:06:44. > :06:52.for Scotty too hot tea, Houdini. We are in a situation that is a longer
:06:53. > :06:57.format again. How do you do the age, experience, how will that be a
:06:58. > :07:03.factor? Scott has done it a few times, he is used to it. A nosy has
:07:04. > :07:06.to be up there for a while, if you are playing well, it does not seem
:07:07. > :07:12.to take long but if you are playing badly, you wonder how many sets are
:07:13. > :07:17.left and you are in trouble. I still have to go for Waites because he has
:07:18. > :07:22.fought back and he has come up and he has been the number one seed and
:07:23. > :07:26.done it all this week. We do not talk enough, you played with a
:07:27. > :07:30.broken back at this stage but the fitness is everything and the
:07:31. > :07:34.operation for Scott has brought him back to competing for major
:07:35. > :07:38.trophies. He had a shoulder operation, his rotator cuff or
:07:39. > :07:43.something, I have done that myself, it is painful, you have to have two
:07:44. > :07:49.or three months with your arm in a sling. He does snatch his darts a
:07:50. > :07:57.bit. But it is working for him, he has to keep going as he is going.
:07:58. > :08:01.Let us go down to the stage, we will go to the master of ceremonies,
:08:02. > :08:09.Richard Ashdown. Ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the British
:08:10. > :08:19.Darts Organisation, welcome to the 2016 Lakeside World Championships.
:08:20. > :08:27.It is semifinals day at the Lakeside. We now introduced to the
:08:28. > :08:35.stage, the reigning British champion, a former world Masters,
:08:36. > :08:38.grandson of darts and Lakeside world champion, it is Scotty to hottie,
:08:39. > :09:58.Scott Waites. We now introduced a former world
:09:59. > :10:03.Masters finalist, the reigning Swedish open and Jersey classic
:10:04. > :11:21.champion, the boy from the Black Country, Jamie Hughes.
:11:22. > :11:30.Jamie reckons that come Sunday night, he can be Hughes of the world
:11:31. > :11:42.but Scott Waites wants to be the daily Star. We go to our
:11:43. > :11:46.commentators. COMMENTATOR: There will be an Englishman in the final
:11:47. > :11:52.but will it be Jamie Hughes, the highest seed left in the draw?
:11:53. > :11:58.Finally can he produce the darts he is capable of to win his
:11:59. > :12:02.quarterfinal or will it be this man? The 2013 world champion from
:12:03. > :12:09.Huddersfield, back from a shoulder injury and almost near his best and
:12:10. > :12:17.twice this week back from the dead, they will meet either a Dutchman or
:12:18. > :12:25.a Canadian in the final. Scott will throw first, game on. A Welshman
:12:26. > :12:30.gets us underway in the first semifinal here at Lakeside. The
:12:31. > :12:38.auditorium is already jumping. The atmosphere before a dart was thrown
:12:39. > :12:43.was fantastic. Tony, this is what it is all about, semifinal Saturday?
:12:44. > :12:47.And we have the greatest arts supporters in the world, they have
:12:48. > :12:55.been fantastic this week. -- darts. They are in for a spectacular day.
:12:56. > :13:02.In the semifinals, all four men know they will be back next year by dint
:13:03. > :13:07.of qualifying for the last four, they also know they have earned at
:13:08. > :13:13.least ?15,000 this week which is not a bad week 's work. And sometimes
:13:14. > :13:21.you see absolute classics in the semis, as we did last year with
:13:22. > :13:35.Martin Adams and Len Durrant. -- Glenn. Scott Waites with the first
:13:36. > :13:40.time. On the big screens around the Lakeside, any scores over 100 are
:13:41. > :13:56.marked up in red, all of the rest are in blue and there is another red
:13:57. > :14:04.one. Leaves 131, and out shot. Treble 20 with the first one, cannot
:14:05. > :14:11.finish now. The first to six sets, each set is a race to three legs.
:14:12. > :14:21.Scott Waites with the darts in this leg so he would expect to hold. To
:14:22. > :14:30.win the leg where he throws first. He is thinking about it, which way?
:14:31. > :14:34.Must make sure he leaves the finish. 164 the finish. Scott Waites, double
:14:35. > :15:05.16. Quickfire Waites. Scott Waites the 2013 world
:15:06. > :15:12.champion. And after his shoulder troubles he is back to his best as
:15:13. > :15:22.you can see already. With a maximum to get them out of their seats. So
:15:23. > :15:35.much grouping there. Off we go again. He hits another treble. That
:15:36. > :15:43.is the one he wanted though. Six troubles so far from Scott Waites.
:15:44. > :15:55.It will be very interesting, this match.
:15:56. > :16:11.77 scored. He needed that 140, Jamie Hughes. It is a chance, Scott has
:16:12. > :16:19.left 177 and cannot finish. Jamie with the darts in this leg. And he
:16:20. > :16:26.can't finish, not with three darts, 170 is the highest number you can
:16:27. > :16:32.check out, to macro treble 20s and the bull's-eye. That takes a big
:16:33. > :16:42.chunk out of 177 and he will be back for double top. He will come down
:16:43. > :16:56.having blocked the bed. Double top for Scott.
:16:57. > :17:14.He is happy. Good timing with the 140s. Very impressive in this set,
:17:15. > :17:22.Scott waits, averaging 94 and hitting 43% of his doubles. Jamie
:17:23. > :17:41.Hughes averaging just 87 with 32% of doubles.
:17:42. > :17:52.To get him going, those are the average is so far this week. And
:17:53. > :18:00.those are the doubles, as you can see, Scott Waites has had to win
:18:01. > :18:05.many more legs. Taken to a deciding set in both his second round match
:18:06. > :18:17.and his quarterfinal. A good leg, this one. No finish. 132 four Jamie
:18:18. > :18:31.when he comes back. To break the throw. Treble 20, could
:18:32. > :18:40.go 25, good thinking, treble 19 would have left the ball which was
:18:41. > :18:46.blocked. What they call Shanghai for the set, triple, single, double.
:18:47. > :18:59.That is the easy one, how about the double? He is right on it. He is in
:19:00. > :19:08.the mood, Scott Waites, make no mistake. Up and down they go. This
:19:09. > :19:18.is the best world darts show in the world. Did not miss a dart at the
:19:19. > :19:27.double in winning back step 3-0. Five away from the final.
:19:28. > :19:59.Good cover shot. Awkward now. Sensible there, no clowning about.
:20:00. > :20:02.Not from Waites. Usually practices in the Frimley Green working men's
:20:03. > :20:07.club, just getting away from the hustle and bustle of the Lakeside
:20:08. > :20:14.country club but not today, an early start, read it in the early, early
:20:15. > :20:23.in darts terms, 2:30pm. So he has been here all day. The extension of
:20:24. > :20:28.the arm with his throw, there we go, right the way through. He is on a
:20:29. > :20:50.finish, Jamie, 124. Treble 18, bull's-eye. Cannot take
:20:51. > :21:23.it out but with Scott back on 256, he will be back. 32 left. Double 16.
:21:24. > :21:38.One to go. Not a bad finish, 156, two trebles. Got to hit one to
:21:39. > :21:45.settle himself down. Four missed in a row and that has blocked it, can
:21:46. > :22:07.the thread one through? Yes. What a good start. -- dart. There it is.
:22:08. > :22:13.Certainly rushing, getting on with the match. In the moments leading up
:22:14. > :22:22.to the start of the semifinal, while Scott was gently throwing at the
:22:23. > :22:27.double 18 and double 12 and double 16 that he likes, backstage. Jamie
:22:28. > :22:34.sat down and watched a bit of Wycombe Wanderers against Aston
:22:35. > :22:37.Villa in the FA Cup. He is not a Villa fan but he does come from the
:22:38. > :22:52.West Midlands, a big Wolves fan. He said his aim this week was to
:22:53. > :22:57.reach the semifinals, not just because of the prize-money jump but
:22:58. > :23:03.it takes the pressure off, he does not have to qualify for Lakeside
:23:04. > :23:08.next year. He has had to re-evaluate what he will be satisfied with now.
:23:09. > :23:14.I had a drink with him in the bar last night and he was so happy to
:23:15. > :23:17.have produced his best darts on the stage in the quarterfinals and to
:23:18. > :23:22.have achieved his ambition of reaching the semis. It is sometimes
:23:23. > :23:27.difficult to get up again after that? If he has reached his
:23:28. > :23:30.ambition, he should not have done because he has every chance of
:23:31. > :23:40.winning this match and the title with the way he is playing. Scott
:23:41. > :23:51.has come back here, what has he got here? Double 5, just low. 2184
:23:52. > :24:10.Jamie. Just asking what was remaining.
:24:11. > :24:19.There is Lucy, Scott's partner, who hopes he will hit this double two,
:24:20. > :24:24.11. Having hit his first three doubles, he has now missed four in
:24:25. > :24:33.this leg and a sniff of a chance for Jamie Hughes but he needed the
:24:34. > :24:36.treble 19 to start it. What is happening he is asking himself. A
:24:37. > :25:05.strange leg, one, double two. Yes. Jamie really has to start now. He
:25:06. > :25:23.lost the first set but Scott had the darts, hold your throw. No fluency
:25:24. > :25:35.really. Scott was back game. Some big scores and then he goes off the
:25:36. > :25:48.boil. Consistency, he knows it as well. Not the explosive start to
:25:49. > :26:03.this semifinal we were hoping for. But there is still time. Yes, no
:26:04. > :26:11.fireworks at the moment, a bit of a lapse. Still no one is running away
:26:12. > :26:35.with the match. Awkward to get it over the top
:26:36. > :26:42.there. Both players just struggling with their scoring at the moment.
:26:43. > :26:48.They cannot get a rhythm, strange but it is affecting both of them. If
:26:49. > :27:05.they start enjoying themselves, nice they out. Finally they are both on a
:27:06. > :27:22.finish, Jamie first. Treble 19 four bull's-eye, Scott to break, 136.
:27:23. > :27:44.Treble 20, yes. Treble 20, Hughes is on 68. That is close, oh dear. With
:27:45. > :27:49.Scott on 36. He missed the big 16 so did not get a dart at the double to
:27:50. > :27:53.hold his throw and here are three to break the throw. You did not really
:27:54. > :28:17.doubt it, did you? A strange game, this one. Missing
:28:18. > :28:31.some of the simplest finishes. There should be no nerves up there. A good
:28:32. > :28:42.marker. The only man at Lakeside with more jewellery than Bobby
:28:43. > :28:54.George. Back-to-back 140s for Scott Waites in this leg. Throwing for a
:28:55. > :29:05.two set lead. He is livening up. Jamie is really struggling.
:29:06. > :29:20.Good scoring from Scott Waites, 140, 140, 83, leaving a finish of 138,
:29:21. > :29:37.382 Jamie Hughes. Needs this to get him going. Treble 20, no.
:29:38. > :29:50.78 for the set when he comes back. As good as he was in his
:29:51. > :29:56.quarterfinal, Jamie Hughes, he is struggling equally today. Tops, for
:29:57. > :30:14.the set. Think you need to get this one now,
:30:15. > :30:35.Scott Waites, and 40, double top. Finish now, get the treble? Here we
:30:36. > :30:49.go. Double top. Double 10. 55. Oh! He left the best till last. 2-0 up
:30:50. > :30:59.now, in sets. You have to do feel for Jamie Hughes. Unless you are
:31:00. > :31:08.Scott Waites, that is! Scott is putting the big ones away, now.
:31:09. > :31:16.His scoring has just deserted him. In the first couple of sets in the
:31:17. > :31:28.quarterfinals Jamie Hughes was averaging 105. Today he is averaging
:31:29. > :31:36.73. You won't win matches of this calibre with those scores and those
:31:37. > :31:50.averages. Go on! Look at that from Scott, 140, one could, 140. -- 140,
:31:51. > :32:07.100, 140. On the finish already, Scott Waites. It would be the
:32:08. > :32:17.highest of the championships so far. Bullseye, for 164, for Scott Waites.
:32:18. > :32:31.How close was that? 78. 25? Yes. Double eight. 44. --
:32:32. > :33:00.double four. It is all going the way of Scott
:33:01. > :33:15.Waites. That's the way. Glanced off the
:33:16. > :33:50.barrel. Room left for another one? All English semifinal and all
:33:51. > :34:00.English women's final still to come. Deta Hedman against Trina Gulliver.
:34:01. > :34:05.When old friends made! A fascinating story, will Deta win a title that
:34:06. > :34:10.everyone in the world of darts says that she deserves, or will Trina win
:34:11. > :34:16.another title? She's played herself into form this week, Trina Gulliver.
:34:17. > :34:22.Name macro is a force to be reckoned with. -- Deta is a force to be
:34:23. > :35:05.reckoned with. Tough one to call. Have two get it, Jamie, two
:35:06. > :35:07.troubles, lose your double. -- two trebles. Scott is coming back for
:35:08. > :35:37.80. Nothing you can do. Trouble 20, single 20, double top.
:35:38. > :35:52.To hold his role. -- to hold his throw. Yes, two darts at double 10.
:35:53. > :36:04.He needed that. Will that get him going? Only the second leg that he
:36:05. > :36:16.has won in the match, Jamie Hughes. This is better. Much better. There's
:36:17. > :36:20.Matt Baker and Tony Hatch, who wrote the theme to Crossroads. And the
:36:21. > :36:41.theme to neighbours. Goes back a few years, does Tony.
:36:42. > :37:11.And so do I! OK, treble 20, treble 17, ball.
:37:12. > :37:28.Let's see it. Unlucky. Jamie in trouble. Scott on 24. Just not
:37:29. > :37:55.happening. The Jamie. Double 12, then, for Scott Waites. 33. Doesn't
:37:56. > :38:10.matter if you hit it. Off he goes. 2-0 in sets, 2-0 in this set. Just
:38:11. > :38:24.hasn't got going, Jamie. He is a really nice guy, Jamie Hughes.
:38:25. > :38:29.Gentle, pleasant. Amble. -- humble. Occasionally on a dart board he can
:38:30. > :38:43.be anything but, but today it is all a little tame.
:38:44. > :38:48.Plenty in from Tipton, supporting Jamie. We got a glimpse of his wife
:38:49. > :39:04.Jane and his brother Shane. We did, there they are. From the Black
:39:05. > :39:11.Country. His nickname is Yosser, it is something to do with Boys From
:39:12. > :39:17.The Black Stuff and a cousin of his who now lives in India. But all that
:39:18. > :39:22.into a cold room and the nickname Yosser comes out! Well they have a
:39:23. > :39:41.lot of corn in India! Only the second maximum score of the
:39:42. > :40:02.match. Single 19 now. He has missed Ed! A chance for Scott. For a 3-set
:40:03. > :40:14.lead! Not looking nice up there. 3-0, Scott Waites is leading. I
:40:15. > :40:20.mentioned that I sat down and watched a bit of the FA Cup tie with
:40:21. > :40:25.Jamie before this semifinal. I had a word with Scott as well, wanted to
:40:26. > :40:29.know how he was feeling. He was at pains to point out that once, in the
:40:30. > :40:36.quarterfinal, I miss counted and I thought he had left himself 159 when
:40:37. > :40:43.in fact he had left himself 158. A big difference because 158 as a
:40:44. > :40:44.finish and 159 is not. So officially, I apologise, Scott. He
:40:45. > :41:04.was quite cross about it! We have, this week, seen the most
:41:05. > :41:06.dramatic darting U-turns, not least in the second-round match between
:41:07. > :41:27.good divorce and Scott Waites. Geert de Vos looked as if he was
:41:28. > :41:31.going through, it was almost exhibition stuff, suddenly he came
:41:32. > :41:36.within one set of victory and it was as if the match was played in a
:41:37. > :41:44.mirror. Geert de Vos lost all confidence and Scott Waites won a
:41:45. > :41:57.match. He's now going in for double 16. What great throw. To go further
:41:58. > :42:25.in the lead, double 16, the shot, the market is there.
:42:26. > :42:36.We've had some great players from Yorkshire, and Scott Waites is
:42:37. > :42:38.certainly one of them. The only player left in the drawer who knows
:42:39. > :42:51.what it is like to win the world title. Only lost five sets in all of
:42:52. > :42:57.2013, when he was crowned world champion, Scott Waites. Then he had
:42:58. > :43:00.shoulder problems, he had an operation, his throwing arm is
:43:01. > :43:03.completely free and he says it is the best thing he has ever done,
:43:04. > :43:08.deciding to have that operation, and all of us and in we are looking at
:43:09. > :43:20.the Scott Waites of three years ago, again. Look at this, 140, 100.
:43:21. > :43:32.Relentless. Jamie though with two terms, he's got a chance in this
:43:33. > :43:36.one. -- with two tonnes. Not a semifinal that will live long in the
:43:37. > :43:42.memory, not the first three sets of it anyway but this is a race to six
:43:43. > :43:48.sets and there is still time. We are holding that hope, and we? It is
:43:49. > :43:52.like everything. The longer the distance, you think you've got more
:43:53. > :44:00.time, and then suddenly you are in trouble.
:44:01. > :44:09.Leaves double top. Jamie, you cannot finish. Scott with double top when
:44:10. > :44:43.he comes back to the Gorky. -- oche. Come on, Jamie. Only 13 legs so far
:44:44. > :44:46.and Scott Waites has won 11 of them. Those five doubles missed by Jamie
:44:47. > :45:12.Hughes were in a leg that he won. His mum and his grandmother there
:45:13. > :45:14.together, having a bit of a chat and asking what is happening to my son,
:45:15. > :45:36.my grandson. There is Hugh, who is, for the time
:45:37. > :45:43.being, refereeing his final match. An emotional day for him. He had a
:45:44. > :45:53.hint of a tear in his eye as he will walk into the venue this morning.
:45:54. > :46:03.Hugh is 22. He needs to sort out a career. The refereeing was taking up
:46:04. > :46:11.too many weekends. It is a shame, she is absolutely magic. I know how
:46:12. > :46:17.difficult it is up there. Total concentration, permanent
:46:18. > :46:25.concentration. I mentioned my mistakes, the referee cannot get
:46:26. > :46:34.away with them. Bull for double 16. That was for the set. Jamie,
:46:35. > :46:43.something like 144 to getting going. Oh, can't finish now. Only a
:46:44. > :46:50.fraction away. Having some bad luck. His darts were flowing yesterday,
:46:51. > :46:53.today he is trying to force them. So for a 4- set lead, double top. And
:46:54. > :47:21.there it is. Scotty Too Hotty, and he is too hot
:47:22. > :47:29.for Yosser just now. Here we go, the fifth set, leading 4-0. Scott can
:47:30. > :47:35.average 90, he can throw much better than this, he just doesn't need to.
:47:36. > :47:44.He is rattling away the doubles. Not giving Jamie any chances. Jamie has
:47:45. > :47:51.only had darts at a double twice, all match, in two legs, all match.
:47:52. > :47:57.He won them both so if he can sort out his scoring, maybe we will have
:47:58. > :48:02.a semifinal to savour. There's a break after this set but if it is
:48:03. > :48:20.5-0 you think it will come too late for Jamie, even if he comes a
:48:21. > :48:33.different player. I believe in your! Trouble 20, troubled 17, and the
:48:34. > :48:48.bull. 161 is still the highest checkout of the week. Not this time.
:48:49. > :48:55.So is God will come back for 71. Treble 13, double 16, I would think.
:48:56. > :49:13.Single 18. It is double top. And it is there.
:49:14. > :49:30.There is shame, Jamie's brother. -- there is Shane. We'll be so upset.
:49:31. > :49:35.When he does go back to Tipton and reflects on his week at Lakeside, he
:49:36. > :49:44.did what he came to do, which is, reached the semifinals. Though good
:49:45. > :49:49.thing is as well, he is amassing league points, to come back next
:49:50. > :49:54.year. That is a good thing. That's why he wanted to reach the last four
:49:55. > :49:58.because you are automatically invited back, or four semifinalists
:49:59. > :50:02.back next year, no matter what, zooming they want to, and he does.
:50:03. > :50:19.-- assuming that they want to. Not much doing for Scott, either.
:50:20. > :50:24.He's only been here once before, Jamie Hughes, he lost in the second
:50:25. > :50:29.round to an inspired Glen Durrant last year. He almost made it in
:50:30. > :50:33.2012, reached the last qualifying round in Hull but was timed at
:50:34. > :50:39.contrition and before his match with Andy Bolton. Again he reached the
:50:40. > :50:52.final qualifying round in 2013 but he lost, 2-1. So, 144. Go on, Jamie.
:50:53. > :50:56.Yes. Treble 16, maybe treble 8. Anyway he will be back. There's a
:50:57. > :51:21.chance. 16, double 16 will give him the leg.
:51:22. > :51:25.Every time he has had a dart at the double he has won the leg. That is
:51:26. > :51:35.only the third time that has happened. If he can find a way to
:51:36. > :51:43.break, and this has become a little tougher, maybe all is not lost. You
:51:44. > :51:59.never know. 5-0, you probably do. Never give in. Never. Your motto?
:52:00. > :52:05.Yes, without shadow of a doubt. And around the game too long. I have
:52:06. > :52:11.seen so many times when you think you are just on the last double. And
:52:12. > :52:30.you are three sets behind and lose the match. Good last dart, finding
:52:31. > :52:41.be treble. It is not a finish, he has a lead. Get the music on. It
:52:42. > :52:43.will not be long. There are not any actual edges on a dart board but we
:52:44. > :53:21.have some in the crowd. OK. Treble 19, maybe. 99. -- double
:53:22. > :53:28.nine. He is quick. To break the throw. Ten. He made sure of that. A
:53:29. > :53:38.dart at tops to break the throw for Jamie Hughes and he has had it! --
:53:39. > :53:46.he has hit it. Come on, Jamie, they scream. He is throwing first, he
:53:47. > :53:57.could win a set here. The best cheer of the match is for Jamie. Remember
:53:58. > :54:01.there is a break after this set. So often we see it, a player struggles,
:54:02. > :54:12.goes backstage for five minutes and comes back rejuvenated. A chance to
:54:13. > :54:15.just take five. Take stock. Get off that stage, which is a very lonely
:54:16. > :54:25.place if you are not playing your best.
:54:26. > :54:36.Scott will be hoping to keep the metaphorical foot on the throat.
:54:37. > :54:52.Good marking, that one. Needs a treble. Only 60. Back comes Scott.
:54:53. > :54:59.Punishing, punishing. 100 native! -- 180! Just when you thought it was
:55:00. > :55:12.safe to go in the water, a maximum, from Scott.
:55:13. > :55:23.The way that he's been throwing, you wouldn't back Jamie to take this
:55:24. > :55:33.out, but no pressure. The biggest finish that there is, 170. A 13 dart
:55:34. > :55:50.finish. And to break back more importantly. Double 10. Double five.
:55:51. > :55:54.Set point, Jamie Hughes. 18 four bull. One dart at the bull's-eye to
:55:55. > :56:01.win the set. Double five! That is way out! But
:56:02. > :56:27.that is not. Scott Waites with the darts. And
:56:28. > :56:42.throwing for a five set lead. And seemingly in no mood to let Yosser
:56:43. > :56:52.back in this. That will rattle his cage. 140. Keep going, Jamie. 140,
:56:53. > :57:15.100, coming so close. Tonnes are not enough for Jamie
:57:16. > :57:25.Hughes committee needs to break the throw. Look at that again, another
:57:26. > :57:34.140 from Scott, terrific matchplay. 121 left. Nice finish. Treble 20.
:57:35. > :58:16.That would have been 17. 88. -- double eight. Well, well,
:58:17. > :58:22.Scott Waites is leading 5-0 in a race to six. Jamie Hughes looks a
:58:23. > :58:32.forlorn figure as he walks offstage for a short break. STUDIO: We said
:58:33. > :58:37.the players would need eyes in their veins today but Jamie Hughes is
:58:38. > :58:45.frozen and it would take a Disney storyline to bring anything other
:58:46. > :58:50.than a win for Scott Waites. Bobby, we love darts but when we come on
:58:51. > :58:57.this alchemy we take the truth cell sometimes and that was grim.
:58:58. > :59:04.Terribly grim. Jamie Hughes has not played like he did yesterday. He's
:59:05. > :59:09.got 80 averages and normally the semifinal is better than the final.
:59:10. > :59:15.Unless he does what Scott does and comes back to beat him. An
:59:16. > :59:19.interesting situation, in the last couple of games he has come back
:59:20. > :59:28.from the dead and a man who knows all about the ups and downs is the
:59:29. > :59:30.former champion and our friend, Steve, Scott has come back from the
:59:31. > :59:37.dead twice, this is the opposite of that. And not a bead of sweat. He
:59:38. > :59:42.doesn't have to play great darts at the moment to win legs. The thing
:59:43. > :59:47.is, she's been here before and he knows what it is like to win the
:59:48. > :59:52.title. Jamie is probably trying to hard. Now he's got to try to stay in
:59:53. > :00:00.the match. One more set for Scott Waites and it is game over. If you
:00:01. > :00:03.are backstage, trailing 5-0, is there any consolation, any
:00:04. > :00:05.motivation? At least he has the darts in the next set. That is a
:00:06. > :00:26.starting place. He might relax and may win this next
:00:27. > :00:31.set. He was 3-0 down in his first match and you can see it in some of
:00:32. > :00:34.Scott's play because he is incredibly self-motivated. He has
:00:35. > :00:40.not been in this position all week, he has always been behind, this is
:00:41. > :00:45.like a practice session, he has been hitting his doubles, he can score,
:00:46. > :00:55.no pressure, a different game, if you are both doing it, it becomes a
:00:56. > :01:00.good game but it is a shame. It is a small list that come here and win at
:01:01. > :01:08.their first attempt, some win on their second attempt, it is almost
:01:09. > :01:11.the moment before the dream, Jamie Hughes is a capable player,
:01:12. > :01:16.averaging 100 through the season but having the nightmare right now. He
:01:17. > :01:23.has proved on the circuit that he is quite high up. He is a fantastic
:01:24. > :01:28.player, away from it, he is a lovely lad as well. I was tipping him to
:01:29. > :01:36.win the Lakeside last year. The experience he had coming into this,
:01:37. > :01:40.but to win this title you need to be at 100% of your best, especially
:01:41. > :01:47.against Scott Waites playing as well as he can, it will be difficult. You
:01:48. > :01:51.make a good point, it is a long format, you go from your second
:01:52. > :01:54.round and then your next day, quarterfinal and next day,
:01:55. > :02:01.semifinal, if he goes out and wins this in straight sets, he will feel
:02:02. > :02:08.like he has had a half day off. He will too be honest. He will want to
:02:09. > :02:12.get it done 6-0 and get off and probably go down to the working
:02:13. > :02:15.men's club and get ready for tomorrow's final. He is probably
:02:16. > :02:20.already in the backroom celebrating and thinking he is in the final,
:02:21. > :02:24.Jamie has to come out firing and take that set and put the pressure
:02:25. > :02:29.back on Scot to win the game rather than labouring over the line. The
:02:30. > :02:34.problem is one set does not put on any pressure, he would have to win
:02:35. > :02:39.three in a row for any pressure but do you understand what Stephen is
:02:40. > :02:44.saying? Scott Camero get ready for tomorrow's final or are we jumping
:02:45. > :02:49.the gun? He is not going to think he is through, he will think he has to
:02:50. > :02:54.get one more set and then he is through. You have the final the next
:02:55. > :03:00.day, and there would be no pressure but if he can do that, it is a
:03:01. > :03:11.lovely feeling, going through a semifinal with no one taking games
:03:12. > :03:16.off you. That is the Lakeside. I cannot see him coming back from 5-0,
:03:17. > :03:23.it is a big fight back. That cheer as well was for him coming out, the
:03:24. > :03:28.crowd trying to GM up, even Scott Waits's family want to see him win a
:03:29. > :03:32.set. It is that kind of atmosphere backstage, no one wants to see the
:03:33. > :03:41.whitewash but we are on the cusp of it right now. We will go back to the
:03:42. > :03:52.Lord of the darts, but he is only getting paid per set. LAUGHTER
:03:53. > :03:55.COMMENTATOR: I have a great page of notes, and the way it has panned out
:03:56. > :04:01.so far, it looks as though I could have had an extra half an hours kip.
:04:02. > :04:05.He is so much better player than what he has shown so far? Jamie, I
:04:06. > :04:16.wonder if psychologically, having proved a point, is showing that he
:04:17. > :04:19.is more than a pub player. I wonder if psychologically part of him
:04:20. > :04:23.thought he has done that and this is a bonus from here. That is what he
:04:24. > :04:27.was saying, I spoke to him last night in the bar and he said he
:04:28. > :04:31.would be relaxed and you never know and that he could produce his best
:04:32. > :04:37.darts but ahead of a semifinal, you need to be thinking the better then
:04:38. > :04:41.maybe produce your best darts, you have to persuade yourself that you
:04:42. > :04:47.will. And the fact that Scott has been there and done it, his problems
:04:48. > :04:52.on and off have been well charted but he is something back to the form
:04:53. > :04:56.that he is capable of. He has the big stage experience, winning this
:04:57. > :04:59.title and the grand slam, it will clearly play in his favour and he
:05:00. > :05:08.will take some beating in this tournament now. I think he will be
:05:09. > :05:17.favourite to win it. He is the only man who knows what it takes to do
:05:18. > :05:24.it. Why not, spin them up. His first of the match. C if we can get a one
:05:25. > :05:46.to four from Scott Waites. Bull's-eye. Double 13. To hold his
:05:47. > :05:50.throw. Well done. That is good, he had Scott Waites in his slipstream,
:05:51. > :05:54.poised to pounce if anything had gone wrong with that bubble macro
:05:55. > :06:04.13, that may have settled him down a touch. Scott Waites has been the
:06:05. > :06:13.comeback king. The crowd would just like to see it go for a set or two
:06:14. > :06:18.longer, possibly meet included. The bank manager will anyway. I will
:06:19. > :06:29.remind everyone of what happened in the 2007 final, Martin Adams was 6-0
:06:30. > :06:38.up against Phil Mickelson -- Nixon, he came back after the break, 6-1,
:06:39. > :06:43.6-2, 6-3, 6-4 and all of a sudden a deciding set. You never know, that
:06:44. > :06:55.is darts, I remember that one vividly, that match, Nixon, bless
:06:56. > :07:06.him, what a nice man. No finish here for Waites.
:07:07. > :07:23.That was an attempt at triple 18 but it went in the treble 1.
:07:24. > :07:41.Dear Oded, when it is not your day. To hold his throw, double extreme.
:07:42. > :07:46.There we go. Jersey classic last year, Hughes beat Waites in that
:07:47. > :07:56.final, 5-4, this is their first televised meeting. Good start. His
:07:57. > :08:06.scoring is a lot better since the break, it could not be much worse if
:08:07. > :08:08.we are being honest. Hughes in the black
:08:09. > :08:19.Hughes in the ways of the Blackstone was all heart, he takes his name
:08:20. > :08:26.from that, his nickname, Jamie, he wants to prove he is not falling
:08:27. > :08:35.apart but it is a big task to make a decent fist of it from here. Alan
:08:36. > :08:48.Bleasdale wrote that. I am told that it was. You are not 14. Having said
:08:49. > :08:57.that, you probably were at the time it was broadcast, if that. He has
:08:58. > :09:03.won the Romanian classic, the Jersey open and the Swedish classic, Jamie,
:09:04. > :09:06.but this is a televised event, a whole different set of circumstances
:09:07. > :09:14.and pressures and not least of which, the huge financial incentive
:09:15. > :09:24.of getting to the final. ?100,000 for the winner. 98, to hold his
:09:25. > :09:34.throw, he will be back if he misses triple 18. Jamie said last night "Of
:09:35. > :09:44.all the world champions who have been crowned, if he wins it, it will
:09:45. > :09:49.change his life the most." It looks as though he will have to wait
:09:50. > :09:53.another year. He does have the game, a lot of people watching this for
:09:54. > :09:57.the first time might say it does not look like it but he does have the
:09:58. > :10:09.game, I promise, if he could just put it together and play on the big
:10:10. > :10:13.stage. If we are going to see a comeback, even the start of a
:10:14. > :10:22.comeback, he has do hit this and he does. That is more like it, his
:10:23. > :10:33.supporters up there on the player 's balcony Webb the families sit. Scott
:10:34. > :10:41.has a retinue with him. Has indeed has Jamie.
:10:42. > :10:50.Waites, throwing, absolutely with his back to the wall has been the
:10:51. > :10:54.highlight of the week for me. He has played wonderfully, I said at one
:10:55. > :10:59.point in commentary, when he was playing Glenn Durrant, the betting
:11:00. > :11:06.exchanges when he was 4-2 up clap, had Glenn Durrant as 1-33 favourite
:11:07. > :11:14.but Scott still came back. 1-33 in a two horse race. That is Mike Tyson
:11:15. > :11:27.against Buster Douglas. And then some. He beat him 5-4 from 4-2 down,
:11:28. > :11:32.winning his previous match 4-3 from 3-0 down. If he comes through this
:11:33. > :11:35.you will be in the final against either a Canadian or a Dutchman and
:11:36. > :11:43.I think he will get a fair measure of support if he gets through to the
:11:44. > :11:50.final. The other semi will be a good game, but we thought this one would
:11:51. > :11:54.be mind you. That is true but on paper it was. Unfortunately, sport
:11:55. > :12:06.is not played on paper, not this one anyway.
:12:07. > :12:14.Hughes has to jump all over this, if he ever needed a 180, never a better
:12:15. > :12:31.time, somewhere towards that, a good first dart. Can he find another one
:12:32. > :12:37.somehow? The answer is negative. Double 16 to level the set, very
:12:38. > :12:43.impressive, it really is. It is not always easy to find those doubles
:12:44. > :12:52.when your opponent is struggling as much as Jamie is but Scott Waites
:12:53. > :12:57.has been very steady. You just have to play your game and try and focus
:12:58. > :13:13.but he is on the cusp now, on the verge. Easier said than done. Must
:13:14. > :13:20.hold his throw or he is out. That does not help a great deal. Waites
:13:21. > :13:23.watching on, he thinks he can close this one out. There is one treble
:13:24. > :13:45.and two of them. Yes, well done. Keeping his hopes
:13:46. > :13:51.flickering, not on a finished yet but Waites might be after this. A
:13:52. > :14:01.loose last one but two great trebles. Wants to take a big chunk
:14:02. > :14:10.at the 192, not doing at the moment, treble 20 helps. 154, for the match,
:14:11. > :14:17.there is the treble, that is not in trouble 18, missed by a whisker so
:14:18. > :14:23.it is not on this time. Hughes's flickering hopes not quite
:14:24. > :14:35.extinguished yet. Treble 19, treble 18 for double 12, eight. To stay
:14:36. > :14:42.alive and win a set, yes. Happy days and a wry smile from Scott Waites
:14:43. > :14:50.and a celebration from Jamie Hughes, they are pleased for him. They are
:14:51. > :14:58.on their feet all around Lakeside. You have never seen such a reaction.
:14:59. > :15:10.That is a pretty good reaction as well. They had only just barely sat
:15:11. > :15:20.down. That was Scott's fifth maximum of the match, six in total. And his
:15:21. > :15:29.13th of the week, Jamie has had 15 but only one today. He really did
:15:30. > :15:34.play so well against Wesley Harms, and since he came back from the
:15:35. > :15:41.break, he has not been anything like at the same level, only averaging
:15:42. > :15:51.82, Hughes. He loved the moment though, didn't he? That is
:15:52. > :16:03.acknowledging the huge cheer he got for winning that set. Yes, there it
:16:04. > :16:06.is. His second of the afternoon. 134 is makeable but not now, Hughes is
:16:07. > :16:28.not on a finish. Waites will come back with eight
:16:29. > :16:35.treble 20, double 8 possibility. Hughes is an 80, that complicates
:16:36. > :16:45.things a little bit, 11 would leave bull's-eye, here he goes with Hughes
:16:46. > :16:54.waiting. Good dart. Lucy his girlfriend, smiling happily. First
:16:55. > :17:13.winning bull's-eye of the match. Oh dear. Only 39.
:17:14. > :17:20.In the first two sets against Wesley Harms, Jamie Hughes averaged 105,
:17:21. > :17:24.that is why he was so pleased, he did not give up that standard for
:17:25. > :17:28.the rest of the quarterfinal but not far off it and that is why he was so
:17:29. > :17:34.pleased that he had finally shown at the darts he was capable of on that
:17:35. > :17:39.stage but today, it has not followed him. The pros will say it is all
:17:40. > :17:43.right doing it on one day but you have to do it repetitively, that is
:17:44. > :17:51.what separates the players at the highest level. And this is
:17:52. > :17:58.amplifying that particular sentiment because with the darts he is under
:17:59. > :18:14.all sorts of pressure again. With a 39 and a 28 to his name already.
:18:15. > :18:21.Add a 43 to that mix. Not good. Waites is too long in the tooth to
:18:22. > :18:38.let that opportunity go. Coming back with tops, this one is
:18:39. > :18:51.to go two up and within a leg. Always nice to take out 220 with
:18:52. > :19:04.four darts. Good play, he is not going to let this one slip, surely.
:19:05. > :19:16.Serving for the match. A steady 100 to start.
:19:17. > :19:23.The good news for Jamie Hughes is that he will be back next year and
:19:24. > :19:32.he knows with what happened last night that he can produce on the big
:19:33. > :19:37.stage. Waites is storming towards the finishing line now, just 261
:19:38. > :19:47.remaining between him and a place in the final. He won the title three
:19:48. > :19:56.years ago, Scott Waites. Only dropped five sets in that entire
:19:57. > :20:00.tournament. He is on a finish, 161, that would be a spectacular way to
:20:01. > :20:06.take it out, equalling the best finish of the week by Scott
:20:07. > :20:18.Mitchell. Let us see if he can do it. All yours, Scott. Yes, treble 17
:20:19. > :20:26.for the bull's-eye, do it in style. The crowd would have loved that one
:20:27. > :20:35.to go in. Lucy knows it. Hughes is not on a finish so Scott will
:20:36. > :20:48.return. 25 when he comes back for a 14 dart leg and a place in the
:20:49. > :20:53.final. There is the single nine. Double four, there it is, never
:20:54. > :21:01.really in doubt. Never in any doubt at all. Scott Waites through to his
:21:02. > :21:06.second Lakeside final, Jamie Hughes will be back and throw an awful lot
:21:07. > :21:18.better when he does come back but today, this afternoon, belongs to
:21:19. > :21:27.Scott Waites. Ladies and gentlemen, a round of applause for Jamie Hughes
:21:28. > :21:44.and the man contesting his second world final, Scott Waites.
:21:45. > :21:49.Scotty to hottie did not need to be more than lukewarm to own a place in
:21:50. > :21:54.the final, maybe a step too far for Jamie Hughes this year under the
:21:55. > :21:59.microscope that is the Lakeside stage. Electric performances in the
:22:00. > :22:04.quarterfinal and second round, and easy Saturday afternoon, must make
:22:05. > :22:15.him hot favourite for his second Lakeside title tomorrow. As you
:22:16. > :22:25.said, Jamie might make a set but too far to come back. Too hard. From 6-0
:22:26. > :22:30.down, it you can do it but you have to be right on your case and he was
:22:31. > :22:37.not on his game today. If it had been yesterday and not today, he is
:22:38. > :22:43.not the same guy. Waites did his job, just averaging over 93, he has
:22:44. > :22:48.gone along this session in his head like he is practising with no
:22:49. > :22:56.pressure. But he did not play as well as he did before. He has done
:22:57. > :23:02.his job, he is in the final, this one was like a walk in the park for
:23:03. > :23:07.him but tomorrow, he has to play well, whoever he meets in the final.
:23:08. > :23:11.From Scott's point of view, you do what you have to do, whether it is
:23:12. > :23:17.your back against the wall of being streets ahead, he has done what he
:23:18. > :23:26.had to do so credit to him. You have to switch that off, he is thinking,
:23:27. > :23:31.would he do the same to him because it can happen, he did his job,
:23:32. > :23:38.scored well and finished well, average nearly 94. You know he wants
:23:39. > :23:46.to get away, he likes to go somewhere quiet with his partner.
:23:47. > :23:53.Congratulations. That could not be any more different than the other
:23:54. > :23:58.couple of games? No, it seemed a bit more straightforward today, than the
:23:59. > :24:04.previous two days. Difficult with a friend on stage and he is having a
:24:05. > :24:08.nightmare and you are comfortable ahead,. His first two games, he was
:24:09. > :24:13.saying how badly he was playing and then the last game he played really
:24:14. > :24:19.well. In the practice room, we have had a bit of banter because we are
:24:20. > :24:24.decent mates. He has been practising pretty well and then he got on
:24:25. > :24:29.stage, like playing a completely different player. He is such a
:24:30. > :24:37.fantastic player and he knows he did not perform today. From your point
:24:38. > :24:42.of view, and you are playing someone averaging in the high 70s, you were
:24:43. > :24:47.still taking out your doubles, 45%, and still averaging over 92, way
:24:48. > :24:52.ahead of what was needed, from that point of view, you are showing the
:24:53. > :24:58.same deadly finishing you have all week. It is difficult because you
:24:59. > :25:02.have to keep your focus. You are up there for one thing, to win the
:25:03. > :25:05.game. It does not matter how much you want your opponent to try and
:25:06. > :25:12.get back into it or feeling sorry for him, because I did, I wanted him
:25:13. > :25:18.to get a set but in some respects I did not because I was 6-0 up but I
:25:19. > :25:24.want the lad to play darts and he did not. He is darted playing after
:25:25. > :25:29.we came back after the break and I was thinking "Don't start playing
:25:30. > :25:34.now." Those who have been watching during the week, you were warning
:25:35. > :25:39.us, the shoulder is better, Scott Waits has won the grand slam of
:25:40. > :25:43.darts and you do not do that with Mickey Mouse arrows. He won the
:25:44. > :25:47.grand slam, he got his shoulder done, I have had mine done, it is
:25:48. > :25:52.horrible but you have worked at it and played good darts, I said he was
:25:53. > :25:59.hiding, but he cannot hide any more because he is in the final. Will you
:26:00. > :26:04.watch the other semifinal tonight? Will you leave it alone? I tried to
:26:05. > :26:08.watch the other game last night and fell asleep halfway through. I was
:26:09. > :26:16.shattered after my game and that was it. I will keep an eye on it but I
:26:17. > :26:20.have a 50-50 chance of winning. Congratulations, feel free to give
:26:21. > :26:25.the crowd wave on the way out, thank you so much your time. Scott Waites
:26:26. > :26:31.through to the final, the second men's semifinal, we will have
:26:32. > :26:36.highlights later on tonight but join us at 4:30pm on BBC Two for the
:26:37. > :26:40.women's final, no one predicted it but anyone who knows the story
:26:41. > :26:46.behind it would not dare to miss it. Join us.