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Good afternoon, we are live at the Lakeside for the women's final and

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the first men's semifinal 2016 BDO darts championship. Frimley Green is

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already a mass of tomfoolery, we start with Scott waits and Jamie

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Hughes. They will need fire in their heart and ice in their veins.

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Game, shot and the match, Jamie Hughes. Watching the drama unfold

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here from the balcony is the coolest customer that darts has ever

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produced, Sir Bobby George, are you all right? Quarterfinals, we are

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left with a semifinal line-up that most people would not predict. I did

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not expect Adams to go out in the first round and then yesterday, the

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number one seed, a great game but he has gone. The world champion, he has

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gone, four left. We like that it is uncertain. If you have been working

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all week and not had a chance to catch up, see what this weekend of

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dances going on today at the Lakeside. We have the silencer from

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Canada but when he got to the semifinal last year, a fell off the

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cliff, getting whitewashed, 6-0. He takes on another Dutch staff

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bursting through the ranks. And this afternoon, we know what is going

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down, Waites against Hughes. Scott Waits has been returning to some of

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the form that won him the title and the grand slam of darts not long

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ago. COMMENTATOR: Jamie Hughes told us he

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was capable of it and he has proved it. The real ill Jamie Hughes turned

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up there. It showed everyone that I can play darts. I am happy because I

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proved to myself more than anyone else that I can do it on the big

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stage. It will be 5-3, I played a great game of darts and I lost to a

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better player. That is his seventh 180. He is relentless. It was 4-4, I

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thought I had nicked it. He has done it again, 3-1 down, 4-2, somehow he

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has come back from the very brink. I always struggle against him. Reason,

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even when he had his shoulder trouble, he would always beat me. I

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went up there determined that we would see what happened when we got

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up there. The crowd this week have been phenomenal, the atmosphere on

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the stage has been a electric. As soon as you walk up to throw your. ,

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it goes silent and you have to compose yourself the best you can. I

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am in new territory, I reached the last 16 last year, I was not

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expecting much last year to be honest, this year, I am quietly

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confident, I shall say, stranger things have happened. After watching

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him play, he played really well. If he plays that well and I play the

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same game as I have played, we will get another really good semifinal

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game. Jamie Hughes said himself that Scott Waites is a bit of a bogeyman,

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the only stat I would take into account is the experience, the

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younger and the fearless, the less experienced, or the guy who has been

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here and done it. Scott was injured for a serious amount of time before

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that head to head match. But we know that Jamie Hughes will need to

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produce the type of darts that he produced spurts yesterday, including

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in the first two sets where he had an average of 105 if he is to beat

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Scott Waites, who is back to the top of his form. I have never seen Jamie

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Hughes play that well, particularly in the first two sets, he will feel

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like Houdini now. He comes back after a break and gets out of jail.

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Against Glenn Durrant, the number one seed yesterday, he was 3-1 down

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in the race to five, and he got through, in the quarterfinals he was

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3-0 down and he won 4-3. Jamie is the underdog but he also knows that

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if he goes ahead, he is in trouble. He has not been there, he does not

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know what it is like. That is the way to do it, come from behind.

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Predictions, you are going for the obvious Scott Waites win? I will go

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for Scotty too hot tea, Houdini. We are in a situation that is a longer

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format again. How do you do the age, experience, how will that be a

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factor? Scott has done it a few times, he is used to it. A nosy has

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to be up there for a while, if you are playing well, it does not seem

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to take long but if you are playing badly, you wonder how many sets are

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left and you are in trouble. I still have to go for Waites because he has

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fought back and he has come up and he has been the number one seed and

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done it all this week. We do not talk enough, you played with a

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broken back at this stage but the fitness is everything and the

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operation for Scott has brought him back to competing for major

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trophies. He had a shoulder operation, his rotator cuff or

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something, I have done that myself, it is painful, you have to have two

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or three months with your arm in a sling. He does snatch his darts a

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bit. But it is working for him, he has to keep going as he is going.

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Let us go down to the stage, we will go to the master of ceremonies,

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Richard Ashdown. Ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the British

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Darts Organisation, welcome to the 2016 Lakeside World Championships.

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It is semifinals day at the Lakeside. We now introduced to the

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stage, the reigning British champion, a former world Masters,

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grandson of darts and Lakeside world champion, it is Scotty to hottie,

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Scott Waites. We now introduced a former world

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Masters finalist, the reigning Swedish open and Jersey classic

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champion, the boy from the Black Country, Jamie Hughes.

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Jamie reckons that come Sunday night, he can be Hughes of the world

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but Scott Waites wants to be the daily Star. We go to our

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commentators. COMMENTATOR: There will be an Englishman in the final

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but will it be Jamie Hughes, the highest seed left in the draw?

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Finally can he produce the darts he is capable of to win his

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quarterfinal or will it be this man? The 2013 world champion from

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Huddersfield, back from a shoulder injury and almost near his best and

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twice this week back from the dead, they will meet either a Dutchman or

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a Canadian in the final. Scott will throw first, game on. A Welshman

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gets us underway in the first semifinal here at Lakeside. The

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auditorium is already jumping. The atmosphere before a dart was thrown

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was fantastic. Tony, this is what it is all about, semifinal Saturday?

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And we have the greatest arts supporters in the world, they have

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been fantastic this week. -- darts. They are in for a spectacular day.

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In the semifinals, all four men know they will be back next year by dint

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of qualifying for the last four, they also know they have earned at

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least ?15,000 this week which is not a bad week 's work. And sometimes

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you see absolute classics in the semis, as we did last year with

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Martin Adams and Len Durrant. -- Glenn. Scott Waites with the first

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time. On the big screens around the Lakeside, any scores over 100 are

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marked up in red, all of the rest are in blue and there is another red

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one. Leaves 131, and out shot. Treble 20 with the first one, cannot

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finish now. The first to six sets, each set is a race to three legs.

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Scott Waites with the darts in this leg so he would expect to hold. To

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win the leg where he throws first. He is thinking about it, which way?

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Must make sure he leaves the finish. 164 the finish. Scott Waites, double

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16. Quickfire Waites. Scott Waites the 2013 world

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champion. And after his shoulder troubles he is back to his best as

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you can see already. With a maximum to get them out of their seats. So

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much grouping there. Off we go again. He hits another treble. That

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is the one he wanted though. Six troubles so far from Scott Waites.

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It will be very interesting, this match.

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77 scored. He needed that 140, Jamie Hughes. It is a chance, Scott has

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left 177 and cannot finish. Jamie with the darts in this leg. And he

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can't finish, not with three darts, 170 is the highest number you can

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check out, to macro treble 20s and the bull's-eye. That takes a big

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chunk out of 177 and he will be back for double top. He will come down

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having blocked the bed. Double top for Scott.

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He is happy. Good timing with the 140s. Very impressive in this set,

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Scott waits, averaging 94 and hitting 43% of his doubles. Jamie

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Hughes averaging just 87 with 32% of doubles.

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To get him going, those are the average is so far this week. And

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those are the doubles, as you can see, Scott Waites has had to win

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many more legs. Taken to a deciding set in both his second round match

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and his quarterfinal. A good leg, this one. No finish. 132 four Jamie

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when he comes back. To break the throw. Treble 20, could

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go 25, good thinking, treble 19 would have left the ball which was

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blocked. What they call Shanghai for the set, triple, single, double.

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That is the easy one, how about the double? He is right on it. He is in

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the mood, Scott Waites, make no mistake. Up and down they go. This

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is the best world darts show in the world. Did not miss a dart at the

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double in winning back step 3-0. Five away from the final.

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Good cover shot. Awkward now. Sensible there, no clowning about.

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Not from Waites. Usually practices in the Frimley Green working men's

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club, just getting away from the hustle and bustle of the Lakeside

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country club but not today, an early start, read it in the early, early

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in darts terms, 2:30pm. So he has been here all day. The extension of

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the arm with his throw, there we go, right the way through. He is on a

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finish, Jamie, 124. Treble 18, bull's-eye. Cannot take

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it out but with Scott back on 256, he will be back. 32 left. Double 16.

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One to go. Not a bad finish, 156, two trebles. Got to hit one to

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settle himself down. Four missed in a row and that has blocked it, can

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the thread one through? Yes. What a good start. -- dart. There it is.

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Certainly rushing, getting on with the match. In the moments leading up

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to the start of the semifinal, while Scott was gently throwing at the

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double 18 and double 12 and double 16 that he likes, backstage. Jamie

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sat down and watched a bit of Wycombe Wanderers against Aston

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Villa in the FA Cup. He is not a Villa fan but he does come from the

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West Midlands, a big Wolves fan. He said his aim this week was to

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reach the semifinals, not just because of the prize-money jump but

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it takes the pressure off, he does not have to qualify for Lakeside

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next year. He has had to re-evaluate what he will be satisfied with now.

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I had a drink with him in the bar last night and he was so happy to

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have produced his best darts on the stage in the quarterfinals and to

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have achieved his ambition of reaching the semis. It is sometimes

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difficult to get up again after that? If he has reached his

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ambition, he should not have done because he has every chance of

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winning this match and the title with the way he is playing. Scott

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has come back here, what has he got here? Double 5, just low. 2184

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Jamie. Just asking what was remaining.

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There is Lucy, Scott's partner, who hopes he will hit this double two,

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11. Having hit his first three doubles, he has now missed four in

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this leg and a sniff of a chance for Jamie Hughes but he needed the

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treble 19 to start it. What is happening he is asking himself. A

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strange leg, one, double two. Yes. Jamie really has to start now. He

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lost the first set but Scott had the darts, hold your throw. No fluency

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really. Scott was back game. Some big scores and then he goes off the

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boil. Consistency, he knows it as well. Not the explosive start to

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this semifinal we were hoping for. But there is still time. Yes, no

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fireworks at the moment, a bit of a lapse. Still no one is running away

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with the match. Awkward to get it over the top

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there. Both players just struggling with their scoring at the moment.

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They cannot get a rhythm, strange but it is affecting both of them. If

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they start enjoying themselves, nice they out. Finally they are both on a

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finish, Jamie first. Treble 19 four bull's-eye, Scott to break, 136.

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Treble 20, yes. Treble 20, Hughes is on 68. That is close, oh dear. With

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Scott on 36. He missed the big 16 so did not get a dart at the double to

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hold his throw and here are three to break the throw. You did not really

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doubt it, did you? A strange game, this one. Missing

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some of the simplest finishes. There should be no nerves up there. A good

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marker. The only man at Lakeside with more jewellery than Bobby

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George. Back-to-back 140s for Scott Waites in this leg. Throwing for a

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two set lead. He is livening up. Jamie is really struggling.

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Good scoring from Scott Waites, 140, 140, 83, leaving a finish of 138,

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382 Jamie Hughes. Needs this to get him going. Treble 20, no.

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78 for the set when he comes back. As good as he was in his

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quarterfinal, Jamie Hughes, he is struggling equally today. Tops, for

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the set. Think you need to get this one now,

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Scott Waites, and 40, double top. Finish now, get the treble? Here we

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go. Double top. Double 10. 55. Oh! He left the best till last. 2-0 up

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now, in sets. You have to do feel for Jamie Hughes. Unless you are

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Scott Waites, that is! Scott is putting the big ones away, now.

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His scoring has just deserted him. In the first couple of sets in the

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quarterfinals Jamie Hughes was averaging 105. Today he is averaging

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73. You won't win matches of this calibre with those scores and those

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averages. Go on! Look at that from Scott, 140, one could, 140. -- 140,

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100, 140. On the finish already, Scott Waites. It would be the

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highest of the championships so far. Bullseye, for 164, for Scott Waites.

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How close was that? 78. 25? Yes. Double eight. 44. --

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double four. It is all going the way of Scott

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Waites. That's the way. Glanced off the

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barrel. Room left for another one? All English semifinal and all

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English women's final still to come. Deta Hedman against Trina Gulliver.

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When old friends made! A fascinating story, will Deta win a title that

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everyone in the world of darts says that she deserves, or will Trina win

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another title? She's played herself into form this week, Trina Gulliver.

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Name macro is a force to be reckoned with. -- Deta is a force to be

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reckoned with. Tough one to call. Have two get it, Jamie, two

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troubles, lose your double. -- two trebles. Scott is coming back for

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80. Nothing you can do. Trouble 20, single 20, double top.

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To hold his role. -- to hold his throw. Yes, two darts at double 10.

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He needed that. Will that get him going? Only the second leg that he

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has won in the match, Jamie Hughes. This is better. Much better. There's

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Matt Baker and Tony Hatch, who wrote the theme to Crossroads. And the

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theme to neighbours. Goes back a few years, does Tony.

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And so do I! OK, treble 20, treble 17, ball.

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Let's see it. Unlucky. Jamie in trouble. Scott on 24. Just not

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happening. The Jamie. Double 12, then, for Scott Waites. 33. Doesn't

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matter if you hit it. Off he goes. 2-0 in sets, 2-0 in this set. Just

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hasn't got going, Jamie. He is a really nice guy, Jamie Hughes.

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Gentle, pleasant. Amble. -- humble. Occasionally on a dart board he can

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be anything but, but today it is all a little tame.

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Plenty in from Tipton, supporting Jamie. We got a glimpse of his wife

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Jane and his brother Shane. We did, there they are. From the Black

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Country. His nickname is Yosser, it is something to do with Boys From

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The Black Stuff and a cousin of his who now lives in India. But all that

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into a cold room and the nickname Yosser comes out! Well they have a

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lot of corn in India! Only the second maximum score of the

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match. Single 19 now. He has missed Ed! A chance for Scott. For a 3-set

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lead! Not looking nice up there. 3-0, Scott Waites is leading. I

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mentioned that I sat down and watched a bit of the FA Cup tie with

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Jamie before this semifinal. I had a word with Scott as well, wanted to

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know how he was feeling. He was at pains to point out that once, in the

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quarterfinal, I miss counted and I thought he had left himself 159 when

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in fact he had left himself 158. A big difference because 158 as a

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finish and 159 is not. So officially, I apologise, Scott. He

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was quite cross about it! We have, this week, seen the most

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dramatic darting U-turns, not least in the second-round match between

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good divorce and Scott Waites. Geert de Vos looked as if he was

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going through, it was almost exhibition stuff, suddenly he came

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within one set of victory and it was as if the match was played in a

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mirror. Geert de Vos lost all confidence and Scott Waites won a

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match. He's now going in for double 16. What great throw. To go further

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in the lead, double 16, the shot, the market is there.

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We've had some great players from Yorkshire, and Scott Waites is

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certainly one of them. The only player left in the drawer who knows

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what it is like to win the world title. Only lost five sets in all of

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2013, when he was crowned world champion, Scott Waites. Then he had

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shoulder problems, he had an operation, his throwing arm is

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completely free and he says it is the best thing he has ever done,

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deciding to have that operation, and all of us and in we are looking at

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the Scott Waites of three years ago, again. Look at this, 140, 100.

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Relentless. Jamie though with two terms, he's got a chance in this

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one. -- with two tonnes. Not a semifinal that will live long in the

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memory, not the first three sets of it anyway but this is a race to six

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sets and there is still time. We are holding that hope, and we? It is

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like everything. The longer the distance, you think you've got more

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time, and then suddenly you are in trouble.

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Leaves double top. Jamie, you cannot finish. Scott with double top when

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he comes back to the Gorky. -- oche. Come on, Jamie. Only 13 legs so far

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and Scott Waites has won 11 of them. Those five doubles missed by Jamie

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Hughes were in a leg that he won. His mum and his grandmother there

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together, having a bit of a chat and asking what is happening to my son,

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my grandson. There is Hugh, who is, for the time

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being, refereeing his final match. An emotional day for him. He had a

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hint of a tear in his eye as he will walk into the venue this morning.

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Hugh is 22. He needs to sort out a career. The refereeing was taking up

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too many weekends. It is a shame, she is absolutely magic. I know how

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difficult it is up there. Total concentration, permanent

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concentration. I mentioned my mistakes, the referee cannot get

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away with them. Bull for double 16. That was for the set. Jamie,

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something like 144 to getting going. Oh, can't finish now. Only a

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fraction away. Having some bad luck. His darts were flowing yesterday,

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today he is trying to force them. So for a 4- set lead, double top. And

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there it is. Scotty Too Hotty, and he is too hot

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for Yosser just now. Here we go, the fifth set, leading 4-0. Scott can

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average 90, he can throw much better than this, he just doesn't need to.

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He is rattling away the doubles. Not giving Jamie any chances. Jamie has

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only had darts at a double twice, all match, in two legs, all match.

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He won them both so if he can sort out his scoring, maybe we will have

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a semifinal to savour. There's a break after this set but if it is

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5-0 you think it will come too late for Jamie, even if he comes a

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different player. I believe in your! Trouble 20, troubled 17, and the

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bull. 161 is still the highest checkout of the week. Not this time.

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So is God will come back for 71. Treble 13, double 16, I would think.

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Single 18. It is double top. And it is there.

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There is shame, Jamie's brother. -- there is Shane. We'll be so upset.

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When he does go back to Tipton and reflects on his week at Lakeside, he

:49:31.:49:35.

did what he came to do, which is, reached the semifinals. Though good

:49:36.:49:44.

thing is as well, he is amassing league points, to come back next

:49:45.:49:49.

year. That is a good thing. That's why he wanted to reach the last four

:49:50.:49:54.

because you are automatically invited back, or four semifinalists

:49:55.:49:58.

back next year, no matter what, zooming they want to, and he does.

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-- assuming that they want to. Not much doing for Scott, either.

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He's only been here once before, Jamie Hughes, he lost in the second

:50:20.:50:24.

round to an inspired Glen Durrant last year. He almost made it in

:50:25.:50:29.

2012, reached the last qualifying round in Hull but was timed at

:50:30.:50:33.

contrition and before his match with Andy Bolton. Again he reached the

:50:34.:50:39.

final qualifying round in 2013 but he lost, 2-1. So, 144. Go on, Jamie.

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Yes. Treble 16, maybe treble 8. Anyway he will be back. There's a

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chance. 16, double 16 will give him the leg.

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Every time he has had a dart at the double he has won the leg. That is

:51:22.:51:25.

only the third time that has happened. If he can find a way to

:51:26.:51:35.

break, and this has become a little tougher, maybe all is not lost. You

:51:36.:51:43.

never know. 5-0, you probably do. Never give in. Never. Your motto?

:51:44.:51:59.

Yes, without shadow of a doubt. And around the game too long. I have

:52:00.:52:05.

seen so many times when you think you are just on the last double. And

:52:06.:52:11.

you are three sets behind and lose the match. Good last dart, finding

:52:12.:52:30.

be treble. It is not a finish, he has a lead. Get the music on. It

:52:31.:52:41.

will not be long. There are not any actual edges on a dart board but we

:52:42.:52:43.

have some in the crowd. OK. Treble 19, maybe. 99. -- double

:52:44.:53:21.

nine. He is quick. To break the throw. Ten. He made sure of that. A

:53:22.:53:28.

dart at tops to break the throw for Jamie Hughes and he has had it! --

:53:29.:53:38.

he has hit it. Come on, Jamie, they scream. He is throwing first, he

:53:39.:53:46.

could win a set here. The best cheer of the match is for Jamie. Remember

:53:47.:53:57.

there is a break after this set. So often we see it, a player struggles,

:53:58.:54:01.

goes backstage for five minutes and comes back rejuvenated. A chance to

:54:02.:54:12.

just take five. Take stock. Get off that stage, which is a very lonely

:54:13.:54:15.

place if you are not playing your best.

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Scott will be hoping to keep the metaphorical foot on the throat.

:54:26.:54:36.

Good marking, that one. Needs a treble. Only 60. Back comes Scott.

:54:37.:54:52.

Punishing, punishing. 100 native! -- 180! Just when you thought it was

:54:53.:54:59.

safe to go in the water, a maximum, from Scott.

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The way that he's been throwing, you wouldn't back Jamie to take this

:55:13.:55:23.

out, but no pressure. The biggest finish that there is, 170. A 13 dart

:55:24.:55:33.

finish. And to break back more importantly. Double 10. Double five.

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Set point, Jamie Hughes. 18 four bull. One dart at the bull's-eye to

:55:51.:55:54.

win the set. Double five! That is way out! But

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that is not. Scott Waites with the darts. And

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throwing for a five set lead. And seemingly in no mood to let Yosser

:56:28.:56:42.

back in this. That will rattle his cage. 140. Keep going, Jamie. 140,

:56:43.:56:52.

100, coming so close. Tonnes are not enough for Jamie

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Hughes committee needs to break the throw. Look at that again, another

:57:16.:57:25.

140 from Scott, terrific matchplay. 121 left. Nice finish. Treble 20.

:57:26.:57:34.

That would have been 17. 88. -- double eight. Well, well,

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Scott Waites is leading 5-0 in a race to six. Jamie Hughes looks a

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forlorn figure as he walks offstage for a short break. STUDIO: We said

:58:23.:58:32.

the players would need eyes in their veins today but Jamie Hughes is

:58:33.:58:37.

frozen and it would take a Disney storyline to bring anything other

:58:38.:58:45.

than a win for Scott Waites. Bobby, we love darts but when we come on

:58:46.:58:50.

this alchemy we take the truth cell sometimes and that was grim.

:58:51.:58:57.

Terribly grim. Jamie Hughes has not played like he did yesterday. He's

:58:58.:59:04.

got 80 averages and normally the semifinal is better than the final.

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Unless he does what Scott does and comes back to beat him. An

:59:10.:59:15.

interesting situation, in the last couple of games he has come back

:59:16.:59:19.

from the dead and a man who knows all about the ups and downs is the

:59:20.:59:28.

former champion and our friend, Steve, Scott has come back from the

:59:29.:59:30.

dead twice, this is the opposite of that. And not a bead of sweat. He

:59:31.:59:37.

doesn't have to play great darts at the moment to win legs. The thing

:59:38.:59:42.

is, she's been here before and he knows what it is like to win the

:59:43.:59:47.

title. Jamie is probably trying to hard. Now he's got to try to stay in

:59:48.:59:52.

the match. One more set for Scott Waites and it is game over. If you

:59:53.:00:00.

are backstage, trailing 5-0, is there any consolation, any

:00:01.:00:03.

motivation? At least he has the darts in the next set. That is a

:00:04.:00:05.

starting place. He might relax and may win this next

:00:06.:00:26.

set. He was 3-0 down in his first match and you can see it in some of

:00:27.:00:31.

Scott's play because he is incredibly self-motivated. He has

:00:32.:00:34.

not been in this position all week, he has always been behind, this is

:00:35.:00:40.

like a practice session, he has been hitting his doubles, he can score,

:00:41.:00:45.

no pressure, a different game, if you are both doing it, it becomes a

:00:46.:00:55.

good game but it is a shame. It is a small list that come here and win at

:00:56.:01:00.

their first attempt, some win on their second attempt, it is almost

:01:01.:01:08.

the moment before the dream, Jamie Hughes is a capable player,

:01:09.:01:11.

averaging 100 through the season but having the nightmare right now. He

:01:12.:01:16.

has proved on the circuit that he is quite high up. He is a fantastic

:01:17.:01:23.

player, away from it, he is a lovely lad as well. I was tipping him to

:01:24.:01:28.

win the Lakeside last year. The experience he had coming into this,

:01:29.:01:36.

but to win this title you need to be at 100% of your best, especially

:01:37.:01:40.

against Scott Waites playing as well as he can, it will be difficult. You

:01:41.:01:47.

make a good point, it is a long format, you go from your second

:01:48.:01:51.

round and then your next day, quarterfinal and next day,

:01:52.:01:54.

semifinal, if he goes out and wins this in straight sets, he will feel

:01:55.:02:01.

like he has had a half day off. He will too be honest. He will want to

:02:02.:02:08.

get it done 6-0 and get off and probably go down to the working

:02:09.:02:12.

men's club and get ready for tomorrow's final. He is probably

:02:13.:02:15.

already in the backroom celebrating and thinking he is in the final,

:02:16.:02:20.

Jamie has to come out firing and take that set and put the pressure

:02:21.:02:24.

back on Scot to win the game rather than labouring over the line. The

:02:25.:02:29.

problem is one set does not put on any pressure, he would have to win

:02:30.:02:34.

three in a row for any pressure but do you understand what Stephen is

:02:35.:02:39.

saying? Scott Camero get ready for tomorrow's final or are we jumping

:02:40.:02:44.

the gun? He is not going to think he is through, he will think he has to

:02:45.:02:49.

get one more set and then he is through. You have the final the next

:02:50.:02:54.

day, and there would be no pressure but if he can do that, it is a

:02:55.:03:00.

lovely feeling, going through a semifinal with no one taking games

:03:01.:03:11.

off you. That is the Lakeside. I cannot see him coming back from 5-0,

:03:12.:03:16.

it is a big fight back. That cheer as well was for him coming out, the

:03:17.:03:23.

crowd trying to GM up, even Scott Waits's family want to see him win a

:03:24.:03:28.

set. It is that kind of atmosphere backstage, no one wants to see the

:03:29.:03:32.

whitewash but we are on the cusp of it right now. We will go back to the

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Lord of the darts, but he is only getting paid per set. LAUGHTER

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COMMENTATOR: I have a great page of notes, and the way it has panned out

:03:53.:03:55.

so far, it looks as though I could have had an extra half an hours kip.

:03:56.:04:01.

He is so much better player than what he has shown so far? Jamie, I

:04:02.:04:05.

wonder if psychologically, having proved a point, is showing that he

:04:06.:04:16.

is more than a pub player. I wonder if psychologically part of him

:04:17.:04:19.

thought he has done that and this is a bonus from here. That is what he

:04:20.:04:23.

was saying, I spoke to him last night in the bar and he said he

:04:24.:04:27.

would be relaxed and you never know and that he could produce his best

:04:28.:04:31.

darts but ahead of a semifinal, you need to be thinking the better then

:04:32.:04:37.

maybe produce your best darts, you have to persuade yourself that you

:04:38.:04:41.

will. And the fact that Scott has been there and done it, his problems

:04:42.:04:47.

on and off have been well charted but he is something back to the form

:04:48.:04:52.

that he is capable of. He has the big stage experience, winning this

:04:53.:04:56.

title and the grand slam, it will clearly play in his favour and he

:04:57.:04:59.

will take some beating in this tournament now. I think he will be

:05:00.:05:08.

favourite to win it. He is the only man who knows what it takes to do

:05:09.:05:17.

it. Why not, spin them up. His first of the match. C if we can get a one

:05:18.:05:24.

to four from Scott Waites. Bull's-eye. Double 13. To hold his

:05:25.:05:46.

throw. Well done. That is good, he had Scott Waites in his slipstream,

:05:47.:05:50.

poised to pounce if anything had gone wrong with that bubble macro

:05:51.:05:54.

13, that may have settled him down a touch. Scott Waites has been the

:05:55.:06:04.

comeback king. The crowd would just like to see it go for a set or two

:06:05.:06:13.

longer, possibly meet included. The bank manager will anyway. I will

:06:14.:06:18.

remind everyone of what happened in the 2007 final, Martin Adams was 6-0

:06:19.:06:29.

up against Phil Mickelson -- Nixon, he came back after the break, 6-1,

:06:30.:06:38.

6-2, 6-3, 6-4 and all of a sudden a deciding set. You never know, that

:06:39.:06:43.

is darts, I remember that one vividly, that match, Nixon, bless

:06:44.:06:55.

him, what a nice man. No finish here for Waites.

:06:56.:07:06.

That was an attempt at triple 18 but it went in the treble 1.

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Dear Oded, when it is not your day. To hold his throw, double extreme.

:07:24.:07:41.

There we go. Jersey classic last year, Hughes beat Waites in that

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final, 5-4, this is their first televised meeting. Good start. His

:07:47.:07:56.

scoring is a lot better since the break, it could not be much worse if

:07:57.:08:06.

we are being honest. Hughes in the black

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Hughes in the ways of the Blackstone was all heart, he takes his name

:08:09.:08:19.

from that, his nickname, Jamie, he wants to prove he is not falling

:08:20.:08:26.

apart but it is a big task to make a decent fist of it from here. Alan

:08:27.:08:35.

Bleasdale wrote that. I am told that it was. You are not 14. Having said

:08:36.:08:48.

that, you probably were at the time it was broadcast, if that. He has

:08:49.:08:57.

won the Romanian classic, the Jersey open and the Swedish classic, Jamie,

:08:58.:09:03.

but this is a televised event, a whole different set of circumstances

:09:04.:09:06.

and pressures and not least of which, the huge financial incentive

:09:07.:09:14.

of getting to the final. ?100,000 for the winner. 98, to hold his

:09:15.:09:24.

throw, he will be back if he misses triple 18. Jamie said last night "Of

:09:25.:09:34.

all the world champions who have been crowned, if he wins it, it will

:09:35.:09:44.

change his life the most." It looks as though he will have to wait

:09:45.:09:49.

another year. He does have the game, a lot of people watching this for

:09:50.:09:53.

the first time might say it does not look like it but he does have the

:09:54.:09:57.

game, I promise, if he could just put it together and play on the big

:09:58.:10:09.

stage. If we are going to see a comeback, even the start of a

:10:10.:10:13.

comeback, he has do hit this and he does. That is more like it, his

:10:14.:10:22.

supporters up there on the player 's balcony Webb the families sit. Scott

:10:23.:10:33.

has a retinue with him. Has indeed has Jamie.

:10:34.:10:41.

Waites, throwing, absolutely with his back to the wall has been the

:10:42.:10:50.

highlight of the week for me. He has played wonderfully, I said at one

:10:51.:10:54.

point in commentary, when he was playing Glenn Durrant, the betting

:10:55.:10:59.

exchanges when he was 4-2 up clap, had Glenn Durrant as 1-33 favourite

:11:00.:11:06.

but Scott still came back. 1-33 in a two horse race. That is Mike Tyson

:11:07.:11:14.

against Buster Douglas. And then some. He beat him 5-4 from 4-2 down,

:11:15.:11:27.

winning his previous match 4-3 from 3-0 down. If he comes through this

:11:28.:11:32.

you will be in the final against either a Canadian or a Dutchman and

:11:33.:11:35.

I think he will get a fair measure of support if he gets through to the

:11:36.:11:43.

final. The other semi will be a good game, but we thought this one would

:11:44.:11:50.

be mind you. That is true but on paper it was. Unfortunately, sport

:11:51.:11:54.

is not played on paper, not this one anyway.

:11:55.:12:06.

Hughes has to jump all over this, if he ever needed a 180, never a better

:12:07.:12:14.

time, somewhere towards that, a good first dart. Can he find another one

:12:15.:12:31.

somehow? The answer is negative. Double 16 to level the set, very

:12:32.:12:37.

impressive, it really is. It is not always easy to find those doubles

:12:38.:12:43.

when your opponent is struggling as much as Jamie is but Scott Waites

:12:44.:12:52.

has been very steady. You just have to play your game and try and focus

:12:53.:12:57.

but he is on the cusp now, on the verge. Easier said than done. Must

:12:58.:13:13.

hold his throw or he is out. That does not help a great deal. Waites

:13:14.:13:20.

watching on, he thinks he can close this one out. There is one treble

:13:21.:13:23.

and two of them. Yes, well done. Keeping his hopes

:13:24.:13:45.

flickering, not on a finished yet but Waites might be after this. A

:13:46.:13:51.

loose last one but two great trebles. Wants to take a big chunk

:13:52.:14:01.

at the 192, not doing at the moment, treble 20 helps. 154, for the match,

:14:02.:14:10.

there is the treble, that is not in trouble 18, missed by a whisker so

:14:11.:14:17.

it is not on this time. Hughes's flickering hopes not quite

:14:18.:14:23.

extinguished yet. Treble 19, treble 18 for double 12, eight. To stay

:14:24.:14:35.

alive and win a set, yes. Happy days and a wry smile from Scott Waites

:14:36.:14:42.

and a celebration from Jamie Hughes, they are pleased for him. They are

:14:43.:14:50.

on their feet all around Lakeside. You have never seen such a reaction.

:14:51.:14:58.

That is a pretty good reaction as well. They had only just barely sat

:14:59.:15:10.

down. That was Scott's fifth maximum of the match, six in total. And his

:15:11.:15:20.

13th of the week, Jamie has had 15 but only one today. He really did

:15:21.:15:29.

play so well against Wesley Harms, and since he came back from the

:15:30.:15:34.

break, he has not been anything like at the same level, only averaging

:15:35.:15:41.

82, Hughes. He loved the moment though, didn't he? That is

:15:42.:15:51.

acknowledging the huge cheer he got for winning that set. Yes, there it

:15:52.:16:03.

is. His second of the afternoon. 134 is makeable but not now, Hughes is

:16:04.:16:06.

not on a finish. Waites will come back with eight

:16:07.:16:28.

treble 20, double 8 possibility. Hughes is an 80, that complicates

:16:29.:16:35.

things a little bit, 11 would leave bull's-eye, here he goes with Hughes

:16:36.:16:45.

waiting. Good dart. Lucy his girlfriend, smiling happily. First

:16:46.:16:54.

winning bull's-eye of the match. Oh dear. Only 39.

:16:55.:17:13.

In the first two sets against Wesley Harms, Jamie Hughes averaged 105,

:17:14.:17:20.

that is why he was so pleased, he did not give up that standard for

:17:21.:17:24.

the rest of the quarterfinal but not far off it and that is why he was so

:17:25.:17:28.

pleased that he had finally shown at the darts he was capable of on that

:17:29.:17:34.

stage but today, it has not followed him. The pros will say it is all

:17:35.:17:39.

right doing it on one day but you have to do it repetitively, that is

:17:40.:17:43.

what separates the players at the highest level. And this is

:17:44.:17:51.

amplifying that particular sentiment because with the darts he is under

:17:52.:17:58.

all sorts of pressure again. With a 39 and a 28 to his name already.

:17:59.:18:14.

Add a 43 to that mix. Not good. Waites is too long in the tooth to

:18:15.:18:21.

let that opportunity go. Coming back with tops, this one is

:18:22.:18:38.

to go two up and within a leg. Always nice to take out 220 with

:18:39.:18:51.

four darts. Good play, he is not going to let this one slip, surely.

:18:52.:19:04.

Serving for the match. A steady 100 to start.

:19:05.:19:16.

The good news for Jamie Hughes is that he will be back next year and

:19:17.:19:23.

he knows with what happened last night that he can produce on the big

:19:24.:19:32.

stage. Waites is storming towards the finishing line now, just 261

:19:33.:19:37.

remaining between him and a place in the final. He won the title three

:19:38.:19:47.

years ago, Scott Waites. Only dropped five sets in that entire

:19:48.:19:56.

tournament. He is on a finish, 161, that would be a spectacular way to

:19:57.:20:00.

take it out, equalling the best finish of the week by Scott

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Mitchell. Let us see if he can do it. All yours, Scott. Yes, treble 17

:20:07.:20:18.

for the bull's-eye, do it in style. The crowd would have loved that one

:20:19.:20:26.

to go in. Lucy knows it. Hughes is not on a finish so Scott will

:20:27.:20:35.

return. 25 when he comes back for a 14 dart leg and a place in the

:20:36.:20:48.

final. There is the single nine. Double four, there it is, never

:20:49.:20:53.

really in doubt. Never in any doubt at all. Scott Waites through to his

:20:54.:21:01.

second Lakeside final, Jamie Hughes will be back and throw an awful lot

:21:02.:21:06.

better when he does come back but today, this afternoon, belongs to

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Scott Waites. Ladies and gentlemen, a round of applause for Jamie Hughes

:21:19.:21:27.

and the man contesting his second world final, Scott Waites.

:21:28.:21:44.

Scotty to hottie did not need to be more than lukewarm to own a place in

:21:45.:21:49.

the final, maybe a step too far for Jamie Hughes this year under the

:21:50.:21:54.

microscope that is the Lakeside stage. Electric performances in the

:21:55.:21:59.

quarterfinal and second round, and easy Saturday afternoon, must make

:22:00.:22:04.

him hot favourite for his second Lakeside title tomorrow. As you

:22:05.:22:15.

said, Jamie might make a set but too far to come back. Too hard. From 6-0

:22:16.:22:25.

down, it you can do it but you have to be right on your case and he was

:22:26.:22:30.

not on his game today. If it had been yesterday and not today, he is

:22:31.:22:37.

not the same guy. Waites did his job, just averaging over 93, he has

:22:38.:22:43.

gone along this session in his head like he is practising with no

:22:44.:22:48.

pressure. But he did not play as well as he did before. He has done

:22:49.:22:56.

his job, he is in the final, this one was like a walk in the park for

:22:57.:23:02.

him but tomorrow, he has to play well, whoever he meets in the final.

:23:03.:23:07.

From Scott's point of view, you do what you have to do, whether it is

:23:08.:23:11.

your back against the wall of being streets ahead, he has done what he

:23:12.:23:17.

had to do so credit to him. You have to switch that off, he is thinking,

:23:18.:23:26.

would he do the same to him because it can happen, he did his job,

:23:27.:23:31.

scored well and finished well, average nearly 94. You know he wants

:23:32.:23:38.

to get away, he likes to go somewhere quiet with his partner.

:23:39.:23:46.

Congratulations. That could not be any more different than the other

:23:47.:23:53.

couple of games? No, it seemed a bit more straightforward today, than the

:23:54.:23:58.

previous two days. Difficult with a friend on stage and he is having a

:23:59.:24:04.

nightmare and you are comfortable ahead,. His first two games, he was

:24:05.:24:08.

saying how badly he was playing and then the last game he played really

:24:09.:24:13.

well. In the practice room, we have had a bit of banter because we are

:24:14.:24:19.

decent mates. He has been practising pretty well and then he got on

:24:20.:24:24.

stage, like playing a completely different player. He is such a

:24:25.:24:29.

fantastic player and he knows he did not perform today. From your point

:24:30.:24:37.

of view, and you are playing someone averaging in the high 70s, you were

:24:38.:24:42.

still taking out your doubles, 45%, and still averaging over 92, way

:24:43.:24:47.

ahead of what was needed, from that point of view, you are showing the

:24:48.:24:52.

same deadly finishing you have all week. It is difficult because you

:24:53.:24:58.

have to keep your focus. You are up there for one thing, to win the

:24:59.:25:02.

game. It does not matter how much you want your opponent to try and

:25:03.:25:05.

get back into it or feeling sorry for him, because I did, I wanted him

:25:06.:25:12.

to get a set but in some respects I did not because I was 6-0 up but I

:25:13.:25:18.

want the lad to play darts and he did not. He is darted playing after

:25:19.:25:24.

we came back after the break and I was thinking "Don't start playing

:25:25.:25:29.

now." Those who have been watching during the week, you were warning

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us, the shoulder is better, Scott Waits has won the grand slam of

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darts and you do not do that with Mickey Mouse arrows. He won the

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grand slam, he got his shoulder done, I have had mine done, it is

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horrible but you have worked at it and played good darts, I said he was

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hiding, but he cannot hide any more because he is in the final. Will you

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watch the other semifinal tonight? Will you leave it alone? I tried to

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watch the other game last night and fell asleep halfway through. I was

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shattered after my game and that was it. I will keep an eye on it but I

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have a 50-50 chance of winning. Congratulations, feel free to give

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the crowd wave on the way out, thank you so much your time. Scott Waites

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through to the final, the second men's semifinal, we will have

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highlights later on tonight but join us at 4:30pm on BBC Two for the

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women's final, no one predicted it but anyone who knows the story

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behind it would not dare to miss it. Join us.

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