Open Singles Quarter-Finals World Indoor Bowls Championships

Hello, everyone, welcome to Potters,

its quarterfinals day in the open

singles so we have only eight

players left the chance of winning

the most coveted prize in the sport.

For some it has been smooth progress

and others bumpy ride.

This year we have lost so the big

seeds early doors, well played on

the guys that have won and got

through.

It's unusual we have lost

so many big names so early.

Anyone

can win the games, if not

unfortunately you are going home.

Quarterfinals is the turning point,

if you can get through that one you

are into the business end of the

tournament.

Here are the eight players left in

this year's tournament. Jason

Greenslade and Darren Burnett,

Mervyn King and Robert Paxton, Wayne

Willgress and Greg Harlow, but we

will kick things off by showing you

what happened in the first

quarterfinal of the day which took

what happened in the first

quarterfinal of the day which took

place this morning when Mark Dawes,

world number 12, took on Mark Royal

ranked one place lower.

world number 12, took on Mark Royal

ranked one place lower.

This was Royal's 16th appearance in

the world singles, his best

appearance in 2011 in the

semifinals, whereas Dawes never got

past the second round in his

previous three appearances. Dawes

built a three shot lead after the

first two ends only for Royal to

come back to level the scores and in

the fifth end Dawes came up with a

lovely final bolt to snatch three.

But again Royal struck back in the

next end, the 43-year-old from

Stowmarket producing a double with

his final bowl. So, going into the

last end of this set the scores were

level at 7-7 and Dawes managed to

get over the line drawing a single

with his fourth bowl which Royal

could not better. Royal kicked off

the second set with a double but

after that it was all one-way

traffic for Dawes, the Lancashire

man had this draw in the third end

to collect two double. And in the

next end he came away with a triple

after Royal got a terrible break

from this runner to leave Dawes with

a four shot lead after four ends. By

now Dawes was in relentless form and

continued to pile on the pressure

with singles in the next three end

this, which ultimately forced Royal

into submission in the eighth end.

Mark Dawes, through to the semis,

where he will face either Jason

Greenslade or Darren Burnett. Mark

Dawes tipped yesterday by one of our

experts on the BBC is the first

player through to Bisegni finals. --

to the semifinals. Here is said

expert, John Price standing next to

me on the rink. You must have been

really impressed once again by just

how consistent Mark Dawes was today.

He was a close in the first

how consistent Mark Dawes was today.

He was a close in the first set but

excellent in the second of bad luck

for Mark Royal but he was the better

player overall and has shown great

maturity.

You must be feeling good

about your selection.

I don't get

many right but I got that one right.

The other matches, Mervyn King

Higgins Robert Paxton, quality on

both sides of the match.

I think it

will be very close, Mervyn is

drawing well but Robert has a great

all-round game, I would not want to

call that one and I will stay on the

fence but a great game.

Wayne

Willgress against world number one

Greg Harlow, you cover the match

last night in which Wayne in the

ditch Stewart Anderson in front of

an easier stick crowd.

Anybody here

would have enjoyed that, it's what

all bowls is about at this level,

fantastic evening, Graeme Bowles by

both players and Wayne came through

at the end, wonderful shots, turning

the jack for four hours.

We will

talk about that later but now

the jack for four hours.

We will

talk about that later but now it's

the match between Jason Greenslade

and Darren Burnett, the former

champion at Potters, some of you may

remember Jason spoke about losing

his dad late last year earlier in

the week, so he has plenty to play

for on a personal level.

I have had a hard couple of years.

My game has not been great, I have

not really played well, haven't

practised a lot. My head and my time

of being with my dad. But now I feel

as if I've put in enough time and my

game is at a nice place, I think.

I've been speaking to my daughter

every day and she really wants me to

win because she wants me to buy this

very expensive dog, I think it is a

carapoo

carapoo or a multipoo, so I've got

to win. She'd love to walk on the

green with me at the start of the

game. She's not shy, nothing like

me. She loves crowds and chatting.

The plan is hopefully if I can win

in the quarterfinals my wife, my mum

and my daughter is going to travel

up.

Quarterfinal of the World

Championships is obviously a huge

match, Jason Greenslade has been

playing well, he came into the event

having slipped down the rankings and

we'd all be under pressure if we

were down where he was but he's

played really well, done very little

wrong, so Jason could be

unpredictable to play, he is capable

of drawing and also capable of

attacking early. I think it will be

an interesting game. The key will be

getting the first two bowls as close

as I can and forced Jason into

playing an attacking game. I've been

quite relaxed this year.

quite relaxed this year. Unaware the

last time I won the Championships in

Glasgow. I'm not putting any

pressure on myself but it would be

great to have another great run like

that here so close to the

Commonwealth Games where your form

can be up-and-down in this sport

like any sport so one or two wins

and your confidence is sky high.

A

couple of good wins for Darren

Burnett so far, this is how both

players got

Burnett so far, this is how both

players got to today's

quarterfinals, Jason defeated Robert

Gordon in the first round and

defending champion Paul Foster in

round two. Darren Bennett overcame

Graham McKee in the first round and

Jamie Chestney in the second.

Two players who know what it is like

to be here and two players who have

gone deep in this tournament and

other major international

tournaments. What can we expect from

both?

Good drawing bowls, they can

both play shots, players looking to

take opportunities and an aggressive

game so it should be a good match

for the crowd.

Who will be more

aggressive? You spoke about Jason

not being afraid to take a chance.

He will take a chance, he can be but

he's drawing well, so both players

will play a character leading gay

but he will take an opportunity if

it presents itself -- will play and

aggressive game.

He wants to make an

impression on this year's

tournament.

For personal reasons he

wants to win. Saying that Darren

will want to win, he'd like to get

the second title, both great players

so they will both want to do it for

different reasons.

You need to make

a prediction. You have been good so

far this week.

If Jason plays as

well as he can he has an excellent

chance of getting over the line but

it will be close.

Very close. He's

going to get off the fence any

minute now and head up to the

commentary box. In the meantime we

are heading over to our MC Richard

Bear waiting to introduce the

players.

ANNOUNCER:

The warmest of afternoons

as you join us at the International

Arena at Potters Resort where the

excitement is fantastic, as it is

quarterfinals day. Who is going to

go through and join Mark Dawes in

the semis? Without further ado let's

get the boys on the blue. This

steady and consistent player is no

stranger to the final stages of a

world ranking event, a former

Scottish Masters and Welsh

International Open champion, it's

the Welsh wizard himself, Mr Jason

Greenslade.

And it's always a pleasure to

welcome this popular family man from

Scotland and the only player ever to

win all six WBT titles. Ladies and

gentlemen, the 2014 world indoor

singles champion, it's Darren

Burnett.

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DAVID CORKILL: GREAT afternoon of

bowls ahead of us, always exciting,

Jason Greenslade sporting a cap for

the first time in this event.

the first time in this event. Just

decided that the world singles was

the time to introduce a cap. He

thinks it's better for his

concentration, Gibson that bit of

tunnel vision.

Just giving John Price and all two

after hightailing it up stairs into

the commentary position. We have

said it many times, haven't we? The

thing about Jason is he is

unpredictable, he is a maverick on

the green. You just don't know what

you are going to get. That's a

slight problem for his opposition

because sometimes they are covering

things and in reality he plays the

exact opposite.

That is the case,

sometimes you've got to play your

own game against Jason, don't get

wrapped up in what he's going to do

too much. Darren will know him well

and he is a top-class player, his

record is remarkable indoors and

outdoors. Sometimes he gets

overlooked, when you get Alex

Marshall and Paul Foster up there

but Darren is on a par and a

tremendous competitor and fighter so

he will know all about Jason. It

will be very close but Jason is a

bit of a roll and he's getting his

form back and we know he has the

talent to beat anybody.

talent to beat anybody. You have to

work very hard to score shots

against him, he doesn't give them

away too readily, barely plays bad

ends.

Some players have a bad end

and they lose a tree or a fall but

that's not the case with Darren.

Wonderful second delivery by Darren

Burnett. Just to underline his

talents.

Darren Burnett onto the other side,

his forehand, dropping back. On fire

on the first end, brilliant bowls.

Time-out called. Jason has four

time-outs remaining.

Jason must be a little bit careful

here, John. But he will want to

reach into it to get into there. But

if he gets the front ball onto the

jack and stops the green one he

could be a number of shots down.

He's already two down, I don't think

it will be an awful lot worse but

there is another bowl to come.

He

doesn't really have a choice, is got

to play down them, or on the draw,

could blow something more if he

wished.

It's just on the draw,

that's the way to play it, just

trying to arrive at it so if he

picks up the jack heap takes it with

him. Closer with this one. He needs

to hurry.

He has a chance of that

bowl. He played it well.

bowl. He played it well. -- picks up

the jack, he takes it with him. He

just got a straight and of the front

ball.

Darren has three balls six

inches away from the jack and he is

shot down. The standard is going to

be high.

That's great news if it is.

Darren is attacking. We said they

would be aggressive, both of these

players, he is close.

Great result

on that. What a result that was. He

puts his hand up. He was in the area

and hit the target. Slight apology

to Jason for the result. He was bang

on target.

on target. Jason will be hoping

that's not a sign of things to come.

Out of the blocks with a runner. I

couldn't see three shots.

You

wouldn't have predicted that but in

fairness to Darren he was on the

target looking for something into

the front bowls. That was a real

bonus to get out of it with three

shots.

APPLAUSE

Ten inches short of jack high.

He's probably forced Darren to

change to his forehand.

Very comfortable, Darren, changes

sides, very confident player.

sides, very confident player. Good

again, looks in good touch.

again, looks in good touch.

In good

form, no doubt about that.

REFEREE:

Five inches short of jack

high.

Little bit awkward for Darren, he

doesn't want to get to the jack and

squeeze the jack, got to be very

quiet if he's drawing in.

Really had to be careful, he didn't

want to leave the shoulder, so quite

deliberate to come through a little

bit. One thing about Jason is you

don't have want to leave the

shoulder to play-off, he plays it

with weight and he plays it well.

Just trying to get up to the jack on

the high side of it, on the high

wide side. It's propped up. Could be

the shot. He won't want to get too

close to that.

close to that. That's the thing,

Alan Thornhill will just be careful

here.

You would not be surprised to

see that ball fall over at any time.

Leaning onto the jack.

I think he would have been into that

a bit stronger.

That's an ideal

position on his last ball. Jason

needs to be careful, he doesn't want

a bad connection. He could easily go

three down.

Well, we expected the ball to drop

at any stage but Darren has wandered

off for the Matt Burke Jason

Greenslade says go in there. --

wandered off for the mat, but Jason.

Two very good end is to start with,

Darren Burnett and Jason Greenslade

playing great bowls, just the edge

with Darren on the first connection

on the first end. Jason has done

nothing wrong until now.

Darren Burnett had two tough games

in the first round, qualify, Graham

McKee from Ireland, hovering just

outside the top 16, very good

international player, he qualifies

for lots of these events. And Darren

played Jamie Chestney, who has had a

wonderful event. In the other

disciplines. That was really tough.

No easy road to the quarterfinal. It

hasn't been easier for Jason

Greenslade either, Robert Gordon

from Scotland, qualify and a very

good player again. He just got over

the line against Paul Foster 2-0.

8-7, 8-4. Both players have had

tough games, and that is good

because it sharpens EU.

It's much

better to play good bowls against

top players and get through, it

helps you get along because it's not

going to get any easier -- sharpens

you. Darren Burnett on a very good

line here.

APPLAUSE

This is what Darren does very well,

if the opponent has a loose end he

will capitalise on it. He very

rarely plays a loose end himself.

This is really close, it needs to

drop back. He has. It's close to

second. A good recovery one.

Yes, he

has cut its two one.

has cut its two one. Really Darren

Burnett would be quite happy with

one if he gets to the two read

bowls, if he got to the nearest red

that would be perfect but anything

covering the nearest red would be

perfect. --

perfect. -- two red bowls.

Generally

speaking the backhand has been

avoided most of the time by the

players. People might wonder why he

didn't go with it.

Under the

circumstances Darren didn't want to

get back into his own green shot

bowl, little chance of doing that on

the forehand. The problem for Jason

is he has not got much choice, one

second bowl and can't play much

weight and remove that so it is

really a draw for Jason Greenslade.

He is playing a runner and taking a

risk. He doesn't want his own bowl

here. He's got it. That was the

problem.

That was never the shot to

play, it was just too obvious,

everything holds off with weight, if

that read bowl had been on the

inside it would have been no problem

but you just can't do that. He knows

it. He was one down and now looking

at two out, third one is in and we

think it is four.

If Jason can

control that part of his game, the

natural instinct to attack

everything, if he can do that he

normally does well but that was the

wrong choice of shot, too much

danger. It was just too obvious,

John.

He knows this rink and knows

that if you go outside the line it

will hold and hold. It looks good if

you flick into the green bowl and

you pick up a couple but the risks

were 5-0 down or 8-0 down.

Jason probably asked for that

measure to calm himself down a bit.

He is playing well. It is a definite

four so Darren has a very healthy

lead.

We are always interested in

questions that come through and I

was asked an interesting one earlier

by one of our resident experts, but

at the same time wasn't quite sure,

and that was, could you use four

different types of bowl but all the

same,? They are matched sets, coded

sets, so that's what the umpires

always check for, to make sure that

all four bowls are made together and

checked together and stamped with

the registration code. -- but all

the same colour? As liars they are

all love one, that is fine -- as

long as they are all of one colour.

They are green and red. When you go

to the clubs they are multicoloured,

in fact, there is a real dolly

mixture out there.

mixture out there. Darren Burnett

has his tail up now going for a

quick finish in this set.

Super for Jason, no option there.

The shot bowl is ten inches past

jack high.

No option, no danger.

No option, no danger. Darren's very

good at the running bowl as well.

So, quarterfinals. Still

So, quarterfinals. Still over nine

ends, which doesn't change until the

final and then we change it to 11

Ends.

A little bit unlucky, it has opened

it a little bit for Darren Burnett.

The jack is now available if he

wants to run it. Option on the two

tuna tartare and the jack clean

through. -- the two bowls. Oh, he's

under.

That's going to get Jason on the

card.

card.

Yes, could do with adding this

one, Jason, get a three out of this,

gets him back into it.

Aiming with

the forehand. If you touch the jack,

you can take one away. Better with

the backhand, you can take the rest,

something that enables you to be

positive with it without doing any

damage.

damage. He is in the area again.

Looks like he's made it.

Free shot, Jason Greenslade.

Hindsight is a great thing, isn't

it? That three he picks up makes his

last decision very silly.

Yes, 5-3

instead of 8-3. A bad mistake. A

Rush of blood to be had, I think,

but typical Jason!

CHUCKLES

He's enigmatic, unpredictable. But

highly entertaining.

Yes, with or

without the cap.

without the cap.

Jack length, 27

metres.

Your bowl? 18 inches.

Nothing too close with the first

four bowls.

This is the first one getting really

close.

One red.

One red.

Leadbitter the Lucent, John, but

it's only the one shot.

Yes, look to reach that side ball,

dropping off that.

That's good, just like that, very

good bowl.

Darren has the best back

bowl but only one bowl left, so

can't afford to really attack this.

Just try and draw it off. Not easy.

The front red ball is in the way,

the forehand is almost closed out,

so if he takes a risk here, he has

to get bowl on bowl stockier and

think he's going to take the risk,

try and get the green into it. Once

again, one that bowl in the head and

there is a chance he will take your

own out and that will bring in extra

shot in. I don't think it's four but

it's certainly three.

Three and a

look.

It could be four. Our rings

have now come in, it looks like four

shots. I just can't believe he

played that. Must have been some

sort of decision out there between

the two of them? If there's one bowl

in the head, just don't have a go.

Certainly in aggressive mood.

Goodness me, hard to believe. Darren

is a very measured player.

I thought

Darren might have thought, I'm going

lose two here... But he went for it,

in fairness he decided he was going

for that green into the reds. But

there is always that danger, though.

And you are always taught, don't

attack a head with one bowl in it,

there's a chance of something going

wrong. If it's only three, it's

different, because it's only one

more shot. But if it's four... Well,

just doubling up.

Looks like four to me.

You can hear

the crowd murmuring it's four.

That's remarkable, it really is.

Four shots, Jason Greenslade. 7-8

after five ends.

That card is

reading like something out of

one-day cricket. It really is.

Jack length 29 metres.

This bowl is chaos.

We said at the

start, both aggressive players. We

know Jason can be a tad predictable.

They look like they are going for

the knockout, both players.

Absolutely. It's great for us, just

wonderful, but hard to believe 15

shots in five ends, averaging three

shots and end. -- an end.

Darren Burnett looking for an

adjustment on his first bowl. It's

solid. Just got the edge.

It is

quite refreshing to see two guys at

this stage in the World Championship

going for shots, no doubt about

that. Normally it's quite

conservative and measured.

One red.

Off the shoulder. Played it again

with a little bit of width to make

sure he was there.

One green.

Yes, and good bowl by Darren

Burnett. Jason Greenslade will look

at the same sort of line in,

movement on the jack is good.

APPLAUSE

He's made it.

One red.

That's more what we're used to,

these players, isn't it?

Yes,

problems for Darren Burnett here.

Not a lot on, David, very difficult.

Time out called. Darren has four

time the Mirror remaining.

Darren

Burnett has to think about this with

the forehand because you have that

this is a -- that facility. With

good weight he won't hit it over

enough but if he is a bit heavy, he

will catch it. I can't see anything

on the backhand whatsoever. If he's

looking to strike bowl on to green,

it's a possibility. If he really

wants to play he could drive through

there and hope to get it right, but

my goodness, that's dangerous.

Yeah, he's playing the draw which is

very sensible. Does get past the

green bowl. It's got a chance.

I

think that's what he was looking

for, John. He wanted enough weight

that if he got the front bowl he'd

get something out of it. That was

the right shot to play.

8-8 after

six ends.

First three ends 8-0 and now 8-8.

What fun!

That stage, when you think about 16

shots, we've seen matches where

there's only 20 in a whole game.

Yes, you'd call this an open match

at the moment. At this stage,

though, in the set, I think they'd

be a bit more considered when they

come to playing those weighty balls

because anything you drop now, it

might lose you the set.

This looks

under.

He missed his line, totally

missed his line.

No dramatic change in tactics that

either of these players. Not going

very short towards the end of the

set. 27 metres should be comfortable

for both of them.

APPLAUSE

APPLAUSE

One red.

One red.

Jason will want to hurry up with

this one, try and turn it round the

corner. Slide round, 15-18 inches is

good. A bit further than that... Not

quite what he was looking for.

Yes, I think so.

One red.

It's not going to make it any

easier.

He found a good line in, Darren

then. Just about there for going

green slate.

He needs to play it

because the red ball could pop out

of the head. Darren looking for two

or three shots. Needs to try and get

close with this one.

APPLAUSE

It's hidden behind the front green

bowl. Darren will certainly be

reaching this, no reason not to.

Back bowl is against him, of course,

but he won't be too concerned. He is

two down at the moment. If he gets

it right, it could bring the jack

right through.

Darren Burnett is normally very

accurate, but he missed that by

quite a distance.

A big miss by his

standards. Four ends in a row, ten

shots of Darren Burnett.

Jack length, 29 metres.

If anyone is feeling a bit sleepy,

that would have certainly woken up,

wouldn't it, those flashing lights?

Yes, reminds me of those discos in

the 1970s, David!

Saturday night

Fever all over again.

I bet you

still have the white suit as well.

I

have the white trousers!

Well, it's certainly turned, this

set. 8-0 down and now 10-8 ahead.

Jason Greenslade.

Just dropping that little bit, but

has got one just behind the jack.

Darren can afford to reach this,

rest on the bowl or reached the

jack.

He has played it deliberate,

overplayed it, so he knows he is

going good there.

He turned away, I think he's very

confident he is getting to that

green bowl.

He knew he was there and

didn't need to worry about it. Still

very drawable, but Darren will drop

a little weight with this one.

Good weights, it really is. The

second shot, as well.

APPLAUSE

Bring the jack back for three, if he

gets it absolutely right he could

actually make four.

Yes, I think Darren is two down at

the moment, he won't be losing at

two.

He might decide to go quicker.

Yes, he's interested this time.

Oooh, good result. On target.

Yes, a

lot more direct within easy shot,

got a good result. Hit it well.

APPLAUSE

Gray 10-10 after eight ends.

APPLAUSE Gray 10-10

after eight ends.

All interesting stuff. He take on

board when it came onto the jack,

where ever it was going to go after

that no idea but it dropped to the

double. If it had gone to the side,

probably still two.

If it was a

different stage in the set I think

he would have played a tray all shot

but he knew he couldn't lose two.

Had to play the strike. As I said,

hit it well, came out of it with a

very good result for two shots. Good

stuff by Darren Burnett.

Good

strike.

strike. 10-10.

Probably fair that

scoreline going to the last because

it's been very close, the set. They

both May a few mistakes.

There

hasn't been much between the two

players, to be fair. In some

respects it's a bit unfair one of

them will lose it because a tight

set would be, if anything, a fair

result on it. Both had interesting

moments, I think it's fair to say.

Who can get to the jack

first-tier...? Jason is just short.

-- get to the jack the first here.

Not quite going to get there.

How far is mine?

Your bowl, 2.5

feet.

Front toucher will be hard to beat.

It's who can get there first.

Needs an edge.

2-1 would have been

better but he still hit the edge to

get round it.

Not quite close

enough, I don't think. Need to find

that little bit of weight now with

that next bowl.

As he pushed into this? -- has he

pushed into this? He knew he just

delayed into that, just over pushed

his run through.

The trouble for the

forehand is you can leave that

space. I just wonder, will Jason

change onto the back and Chris, he

could make it on the forehand but if

he lands beside it, Darren will just

take it out.

I suppose the answer

for you... He's going to keep to the

forehand.

This has to be very

accurate.

Matching the back on, but to be

truthful, I don't think that's the

issue.

I would have been tempted if

I was Jason to go to the right-hand

side. Even if it was sure it would

have been on line. He's left the

door open. Another chance for Darren

Burnett.

He liked that one better.

Yes, he's

a lot more interested in this one.

Open hands, plenty of room. All a

matter of just stopping now. I think

he's dropping back. Looks good

enough to me.

Yes, one green. Just

too much room. He's made it, he's

made it. He thought he was a lot

better, Darren, thought he was right

on the jack. You can see him shaking

his head. Still a draw for Jason

Greenslade.

I think you need to on

the backhand, that red ball is just

in the way.

Jason has three alts

remaining.

A clear run in on the

backhand side. Problems are Jason,

wants to play the forehand, the

short ball just taking him on the

higher line. You have to have a good

way to get back.

That's the problem.

That's why I thought he should have

been on it with the backhand, he had

two bites at it. This will be tricky

to get past his own.

Staying on the

forehand side, going to try and

raise his bowl, pass it either side.

It is the hard road in. Needs to

miss his own. I don't think he's

going to get enough, is he? I don't

know, might have done enough. He

could see half the bowl. Enough

weight to punches on over. Oh, wow.

That is close. We think it is still

one green.

You wouldn't put your

life savings on fact, David.

Played

well because he gave himself a

chance to get his own bowl.

He could

have turned the short bowl in,

nearly got Darren's bowl solid,

slightly favoured the green.

Difficult to say from our angle.

It

is, very hard to say. We will know

when we see this measure going down.

It is well in. In by an inch. We

were right, the rings were correct.

Good effort but...

First set Darren

Burnett.

Always against him on the

measure.

Interesting set, I think.

It

certainly was, 21 shots. A

high-scoring set. Some very good

bowls played, some unusual results.

Just about everything in that,

David.

Jack length, 29 metres.

APPLAUSE

Well, John, we've had big margins

before with regards to winning a

set. 13, 14 or even 15-1 but total

shots scored. It is beginning to

look like a bit of homework for me

later on tonight.

Your bowl gap is

3.5 inches.

On red.

This will all be about hammers

Greenslade can react after losing

the first the opportunities were

there. He just couldn't manage it.

I

don't think that will be a problem.

Jason has been around the block a

few times and knows he can get back

into this and it's the same with

Darren if the shoe had been on the

other foot.

other foot. Jason's game management

needs to be better at times. He's

been very good in this tournament

but if he looks back, when he makes

a mistake he drops three or four and

he's got a cut that out.

The match

Kraft, you gain that over many years

and Jason has been around a long

time but he seemed to go a bit

wayward -- match Kraft.

Both of

these players have the hopes of a

nation on them, Darren, the

remaining Scotsman and Jason and the

remaining Welshman.

Good weight from Darren Burnett, it

fell in there, he might have made

it.

Jason Greenslade making sure that he

was behind the jack. Good receiving

position in case Darren thinks about

playing off Darren thinks about

playing off Darren thinks about

playing off correct bowl the left

off the red ball to the left of the

picture.

Good line again by Darren, if he

gets the gap he is very close. That

is a brilliant bowl by Darren

Burnett.

Perfect weight. Is it one,

two or three?

Jason's last bowls

turned out to be quite valuable.

This was all to do with the pace of

the bowl coming into the jack. Any

heavier it would have whizzed the

jack through to the red one.

De Lange glass trophy, and it is

very heavy -- the Langham glass.

Just waiting for someone to drop it

because it can't be replaced, at

least not initially.

REFEREE:

Jack length, 29.5 metres.

APPLAUSE

Darren Burnett opening with a great

bowl again. We have said so many

times, Darren is a great competitor.

He is one of the hardest players to

beat on the circuit. All the players

would agree. He never gives up on

anything, Darren.

REFEREE:

The gap on the shot, one

inch.

He is a hard man to score

shots against but having said that,

three and a four in the middle of

the set for Jason.

the set for Jason. Maybe revise that

a bit. I still think Darren Burnett

Izotov player to get past. He plays

the right shots normally at the

right time. -- is a tough player to

get past. 28 shots was a lot,

certainly not the highest. At the

moment we have folks squirrelling

away the databases trying to find...

Paul Foster against Billy Jackson in

Wales, Paul Foster won that set.

Those mannerisms by Darren, not sure

whether he liked that, just

overweight. Slipped free out of his

hand. That is a good position.

Better there than in short.

Better there than in short. Memories

of matches involving Greg

of matches involving Greg Harlow he

was playing Mervyn King bub hours

and 11 end final and the scoreline

was

was enormous -- but that was and 11

end final. Good bowl.

Confident call.

Darren is on that line again, the

weight is good, he can get to the

red, inside the red is good.

Unfortunately he got the outside

edge and it fell away. Still

therefore Jason Greenslade.

He's not sure. He's pushed it out.

It's going to have to have good

weight to get back from there. This

is going to be a measure for the

second, a definite one and I think

Jason might look at the second one.

Jason is asking for a measure. He

thinks it's just the one, Alan

Thornhill said two.

Thornhill said two. How good is

Jason looking at measures, John?

I

think he has a decent eye, when they

are this close it is difficult to be

sure.

sure.

They are down there so they

are a lot closer to the action.

are a lot closer to the action. No

doubt Francis Fletcher will sort

this out.

I slightly favour the

green myself but you can't tell.

This is the man that will give us

the decision.

Yes, it's very

accurate, can't go too far wrong

with measuring. We will see how far

it is to the green one. Surely it

has got to be the red one. It looks

like the red one to me.

It is the

red. I thought it was red all the

time. You can see why I'm wearing

glasses, David.

Pricey, honestly,

every end is precious.

We have to believe our rings. In by

quite a distance as well.

APPLAUSE

Darren is starting to get there with

the first bowl.

A lot of people interested in bowls,

by the way. David had a few calls

last night, one interesting one from

Lee Daniel, you might nobly come his

wife Laura won the World Match Play

oblivious ago and Lee is a good

player himself -- you might know

Lee. The groundsmen were watching

the polls on their break and he

said, tell everyone we are enjoying

the bowls.

He didn't mention the

recent match? That's good, I'm very

glad to hear that. But that's great,

isn't it?

isn't it? -- watching the bowls.

Talking about the football match of

the swans versus Liverpool, Michael

commented has been very good not to

mention the result. I know that a

lot of students watch the bowls.

lot of students watch the bowls. As

they sit around in the afternoons,

well, I was going to say that, they

don't, they study, of course, they

have it on in the background.

Another one in there from Darren,

putting some pressure on now.

Yes

and he's finding the centre of the

rink as well, that's the important

thing.

Trying to make a disturbance, the

front bowl is not clever. Put your

hand high up in the air and

apologise for that one, I think.

Yeah, solid on the short one. Two

and a possible three and comes out

with one, albeit it's a long way

away.

He acknowledges it, he knew he

was under the line.

You have to do

that.

That's the nature of the game

sometimes, you win some and you lose

some.

This will come very deep at

the end of its travel. Here it comes

now. That is quite a bit away. I

think Jason will play the other

side.

Good and it's all on the pace now.

Has he got enough? Maybe just in.

Hard to tell. He will want a bit of

chalk underneath that.

Yeah, there

it goes. It looks like he's in by an

inch or two. Jason didn't have much

to spare.

Jason's bowl. After the forward

movement you have 30 seconds to let

it stay there and a little chocolate

goes underneath the ball to make

sure it doesn't fall away. 30

seconds is the key after forward

movement.

movement. Came out of that pretty

well, John. I think he will be

relieved.

He came out of it very

well.

Jason has just moved the mat up the

green, the reason being that Darren

was finding a very good length and

line, getting a lot of front and

back touches and he needed to change

that.

He really needs to get that first

bowl within four or five inches.

That's the problem.

Darren has made

the adjustment to the new length.

Even though it's still a very close

match, David, you feel that Darren

is drawing a bit better than Jason

at the moment.

He is certainly more

on the lead foot. Having said that,

he's won the first set so he's in a

very good position.

very good position. 3-1 up, second

set, Jason has just played two short

balls. Third delivery, going to be

two against him.

You can only dip

into the big bowls to produce them,

eventually that will run out. You

end up missing one or two, and in

the meantime Darren is banging them

in.

Very good, this will drop now,

he played that well.

That's hard to

beat.

beat.

Jason's shot selection, as

we've said many times, is

unpredictable, you can draw the

forehand, draw the backhand. The

sort of player you would like to see

have a whiz at this.

Almost the

centre of the rink so it will take

some of the target away and he will

have to be close to that if he's

striking.

The strike is still on on his

backhand but the short bowl is

difficult, not in the way but it is

taking the eye.

It is one where if

you go a bit wide you struggle to

get back.

get back. Conservative, going for

the draw. Just nothing close enough

at the moment. He wants to hit his

own and hit it hard. Well, could be

second.

It's definitely two now, it

dropped out. Doesn't improve

anything for Jason Greenslade

either.

If Darren can find another shot in

the middle of the rink Jason is in a

lot of trouble.

That's the drive out of commission

now.

Looking at it at the moment he

has two choices, Jason, he could

lift his own bowl on the forehand

for second, or drop to the back

green and drop back.

green and drop back. Staying on the

forehand suggests he's looking for

that bowl, lifted in.

that bowl, lifted in.

I don't really

think he had the weight to punch

that bowl all the way up to the

jack.

jack. Darren looking for an extra

shot here. Two gives him a bit of

daylight, three would be a bonus.

REFEREE:

Two shots, Darren Bennett.

1-5 after four ends.

Scores are a little bit more normal

this set after four ends, 5-1.

That's a bit of daylight. But more

importantly for Darren Burnett he's

playing the better first bowls,

keeping the pressure on.

Coming on

strong at the right time now,

Darren. I just feel Jason needs to

pick his game up, the first two

bowls are costing him dear.

There is a chance.

Unusually for Darren Burnett two

short balls.

APPLAUSE

Too often Darren has failed with the

first two bowls and needs to recover

well with this bowl.

Good second shot but a chance for

Jason to extend the jack back for a

three. Jason's wife Ruth will be in

work but his daughter

work but his daughter Holly will

Beer school -- will be at school

watching, if they are allowed.

Darren's kids will be at school as

well, his wife Lindsey may be at

home watching. That's actually not

bad. One shot but it's not bad. I

don't think Darren will play

anything too fancy, just a draw, if

he gets a second bowl, he hasn't had

a great end and if he gets out of

this losing one he would be more

than happy.

Time-out called. Darren has three

time-outs remaining.

Can he get down? Just needs to pass

the red. That's costly, that's

another one.

another one.

That's what Darren

Burnett didn't want, to knock the

red into the jack. Another chance

for Jason if he can find another

good one. He could be back in the

set.

He gave it a chance, didn't he?

Always the hope of getting the red

ball onto the jack and making three

or four. He will be happy with that.

Set score 3-5 after five ends.

Jack Lang, 26.5 metres. -- Jack

length.

It is marked out in metres and we

use that for the distances of the

jack. There are little dots for each

meter going along, the maximum

length is 29.5 metres and minimum 23

metres.

metres. The laws of the game are

influenced by other countries, the

Southern Hemisphere in particular

where they use metres. We are feet

and inches people really up here,

aren't we, John? Whenever playing

bowls generally they don't say it is

a meter through, they say it is a

yard through. Two really good

openers.

That change over from feet and

inches, decimalisation, you would

remember that, you were in primary

school that year.

Yes, I admit I am

still very much a foot and inches

man.

Jason's bowl, two and a half

inches...

February 1971 Desai size

Asian came in.

Asian came in.

Chaos reigned for a

while. Now, Darren, can you drop

your own ball down? People coming

through asking that question. It has

now been answered. Jason, you would

really like to play this on the

backhand and get to the green ball

and age it out. But it's the

forehand.

Yeah, I think it's because

he prefers the forehand and he's

played most of his bowls on the

forehand side in the tournament in

this direction.

It doesn't make it

right, though.

right, though.

That jack where it is

sitting at the moment, on the

backhand, he's bringing it into the

green bowl on the forehand and

whether you like it or not

occasionally you have to play it.

I

would agree. He's shying away from

it at the moment.

it at the moment.

The same applies

for Darren, he could play the

forehand but there is a front red

one that he doesn't want to hit so

there is more reason to play the

backhand.

Well played here, if it

bends to the green he would drop in.

So close to getting the drop.

Sticking with the forehand side,

Jason, I think. Danger for him if he

played the back can now, dropping

the green in.

Doesn't look happy, it

must be heavy.

Yes. He knew that out of the hands,

wasn't going to get back.

Darren has

had a quick look at this on the

backhand side. Knows if he could

play the perfect bowl between his

closest Boult and the jack, he could

drop out that red. Not easy to do,

has to be a near-perfect delivery.

I

think he has to make the gap work

for him, pushed the green bowl out

to get back to the red one.

Playing

the inside, overweight.

It is a hard

shot, even for the best.

That is the

problem, I thought he would have

drawn that and hope to get to the

green.

green.

Still, tied at 4-5,

beautifully poised. Three ends to

go.

Jack length, 29 metres.

That is a good start for Jason

Greenslade. He's been looking for

that sort of bowl for a few ends

now.

Half an inch.

First delivery

always important in singles, makes

you much more confident then.

Beautiful stuff, this.

What a play

that is!

APPLAUSE

Beautiful to watch that level of

accuracy, isn't it, John? Over that

distance. Something an inch and a

half, an inch away isn't safe.

Both

players, good bowls being played.

Quite deliberate by Jason Bohn he's

gone back there for something he

could rely on later on if he wants

to play weight. Darren might be

advised here to go and match that

bowl.

Either side, didn't really

matter which way he played it but he

has to be find it. -- behind it.

Now then, Jason, make your mind up

time... Tempted to play this on the

backhand, try and raise the bowl

into the green or red. Using a lot

of weight.

He wants to score, wants

to disturb this, needs to get down

quicker. Oooh, great effort.

Goodness me, that was so close.

Perfect angle to be coming in to get

the red bowl.

Against the Darren, he will go to

the forehand, not to get close to

his green but beat that last red.

Anything inside that is good.

This is good stuff, isn't it?

It

really is.

One green.

He has position.

It's the same bowl

for Jason. Gets onto the red and

moves the green, and even if he

misses, he gets onto the green bowl

at the back, it could fall in.

He

will take his time over this. Down

to six seconds. I thought he was

using his time out. Down to two.

Goodness me. It's an important bowl.

Plenty of time outs available. He is

in the area again.

Needs to drop.

Needs a push on it, just a push on

it.

I don't believe it! Oh dear, oh

dear!

Yes, he played this so well. Just a

nice weight and that bowl has just

fallen back. He thought he was

perfect.

Time-out called.

Can't

believe it!

His reaction is enough.

Dummett, and then a second later...

No! -- done it. Such a good head of

bowls. Darren trying to drop in

again.

One green.

One green and I don't think he will

be too adventurous with this.

He has

to be a little careful, Darren.

to be a little careful, Darren.

It's

the last bowl. Puts him to- up with

two ends to go. Jason has to win the

set.

Cautious, and you can't blame

him for that.

I don't even think I'd

bother, to be truthful with you.

Still can't believe that bowl

dropped out, he really can't. It was

very unlucky. But when you're

chasing the set, John, big

difference 5-5 as opposed to being

two behind.

Potter 's leisure resort. They love

the Friday.

Neither player has played a good

opener here.

This one is travelling a little bit.

Certainly a lot closer. Still a foot

or so or maybe 14 inches away.

Your

bowl, 3.5 feet.

There you go, in

feet it's given.

38 centimetres would be just over a

foot, which is what I think the

green one is.

That is a good

adjustment, Jason.

Right in front.

That's what he needed, close to the

jack. Two behind in the set.

Darren fancies this, he is up after

it. Always a good sign, always a

good sign. Can he run?

He was spot on line. I think he

thought he was better then, David.

For Jason it's a matter of getting

two shots. He just wants to be in a

position where he wins the last end,

and forces the tie-break. Needs to

hurry. This needs to hurry to get

up.

Always looked just that little bit

short, John, didn't it?

Right online

but eases the pressure on Darren

Burnett. He knows he is only one

down now. See if he can add 15-16

inches to his last bowl. A little

bit of a missed opportunity for

Jason then.

Very close with this, if he drops

back. Could draw the shot reruns but

it's not running, pulls up against

quite well, second chance. Just a

foot or so on his last bowl.

These

little half chances, you need to

take them.

Will he run? Will he get past the

front? Better, very close. Yes, made

it.

That's all he wanted, wanted

that. That changes things

considerably. It means he can be

really attacking now.

6-6 after

eight ends.

It is what the crowd

wanted, as well. We like the

excitement of that one end. Darren

Burnett will have the last bowl, so

he will have the advantage of that.

He will be hoping he won't need it.

It has been such a close match, this

one. Very little between the two

players.

Jack length, 29 metres.

Jason trying to get to the jack

first now. APPLAUSE

Good to see Jason back playing at

this level again, isn't it? This is

as well as I'd seen him play in this

event for some years, to be truthful

with you.

It's the old saying, isn't

it... Form is temporary and class is

permanent and he is a class player.

The average scoring... It is just

scary, isn't it? Two shots and 1.9

shots per end. 33 shots, John. We

are not even at the end of the

second set.

Keeping with the

backhand side and I don't blame him

for that. Lady good first delivery.

Gets round the green.

He wants to

hurry, he doesn't want to be beside

it. It is not bad. It is up to

Darren how he feels, because he's a

very attacking player.

very attacking player.

Nearest bowl

to the gap is four inches.

Darren's

slang, ninth in the world, but his

lowest ranking since 2010. This will

help, if he can get through to the

semifinal.

He is on a similar line,

how is the weight? It looks close to

me, David, it looks close to me.

Doesn't want the jack first.

Doesn't

want the jack at all. I'm lucky,

very unlucky. Jason will scamper

across to the other side now.

It was a great bowl by Darren

Burnett. Just got the jack a little

too solid and scampered away. I

think maybe go to the spot position.

Can't improve this.

Jason is fighting hard. That is

good.

Very good bowl, that.

Darren Burnett, third bowl.

That is

the key moment, that is the key

place, that is where the jack has to

go to get it out in the open.

He's

playing it. Doesn't want to half it.

Wow! He was actually closer to the

edge of the jack.

I thought he was

very good for that solid on the way

down, he must have ducked very

quick, David.

I wouldn't go near this... I think

Darren may only have a draw so I

would block the draw.

Just leave it,

stay away with it -- from it,

whether it is short, wide, deep.

Darren hasn't got the spot, has he?

A strike is no good to him really,

unless he stays on the green and

gets lucky on a brat on the bowl. I

think he only has the draw.

If he

does want played, there is a

re-spot. That is the chance. The key

ball in that situation is this read

on because this is the one that will

be there all the way.

The thing for Jason is he has that

side covered. There is no deep

position for Darren to play with.

The Green might be useful in case it

goes up the green but I doubt it

will.

Going on his backhand.

A

tighter line. He is trying to block

it. This needs to bend. This will

never get back enough. Didn't make

centreline. He is more or less

saying to Darren, off you go. Do

your best with it.

A funny decision by Jason. I don't

think Darren was going to hit it

anyway. I think he was going to play

more of a drawing board to jam the

jack or draw it out.

Let's see what

replays.

He is playing weight, needs

a bit of luck with this if he's

striking.

Needs the inside edge.

Goodness me!

Second set, Jason

Greenslade.

Just didn't get down in time. It

really is quite appropriate that

this match is going into a three end

tie-break. It's been that sort of

game, we have loved it. 10-11, 7-6.

Darren won the toss and has given

the jack to Jason.

They toss the

coin to see what the choice will be

for the jack and Darren has won

that. He has given the jack to

Jason. Next end it will be Jason's

choice, but Darren want the last

bowl.

If it does go to the third

end, Darren will get the choice

again.

again.

So, three end tie-break.

There are a lot of people watching

you don't know... Cumulative shots

don't count. If we get to the third

end of the tie-break, just like

changing the rules once again, we

will explain it later. Jason

Greenslade, 75% between 25-27. He

has gone for the longer Jack length

which Darren Burnett has been

winning.

That is a great opener for him.

Well, yes, it is. It is slightly on

the short side. If it had been

directly jack high it would have

been different.

That is exactly what

Darren is asking!

He may have popped

it in the ditch if it was jack high.

He might still, no reason not to go

for.

Yesteryears, jack in the ditch.

Very attacking.

He got the bowl way.

It is a toucher and it will stay in

the ditch. It is a live bowl. As I

say, the tactics changed

dramatically. On the tie-break ends.

He has dropped it back. Back to the

draw now. That is a metre away.

The reason why I'm saying is a metre

is I can see the white marks and I

know they are exactly a metre, so

can judge it better that way.

A very good bowl for the second

bowl.

That is excellent, it really

is. It will be hard to beat. That

front read modern -- red one won't

help.

He might as well play it.

Forehand strike.

Forehand strike.

About three or four

inches now.

Possible to outdraw bat.

He is playing it, bowl to jack. Very

close, he could have this.

Got it,

clean the. Great shot for Jason.

Played it really well. Just saying

Darren, you put another one in.

Had

to play that, really. Move the bowl

away. Just be hoping now that Darren

doesn't put another front toucher in

there. More than capable of this,

Darren Burnett.

It is on a good line again here. The

weight is good, he's very close. Not

quite as good as the last one.

No,

but Darren has the last bowl so I

think he will try and draw this. No

point plucking this out. He doesn't

have a close enough red one.

The line is very good but how is the

weight?

Looks a little heavy to me.

Yes, he's overplayed it.

Darren Burnett, the first end of the

tie-break. Jason will have the last

bowl this time, if he decides to

give the jack to Darren.

Jack length, 29.5 metres.

One green.

Jason Greenslade has contributed

greatly to this match, but he's

actually only been in front on one

occasion, and that was in the

seventh end of the first set. He was

10-8 up and lost the set. But he has

never been in front in this match,

other than that on end.

It has been

such a tight game between the two of

them, though. You could see it going

right to the wire.

Darren disappointed with that second

bowl.

Well, Jason still trying to

fight his way through them. Open

hand on the forehand at this length

is pretty good. Needs to run with

this one, needs to hurry.

Putting so much into getting the

line right, just forget about the

weight. On the forehand the margin

of error is much bigger.

The thing

is, at the moment Darren may change

himself here.

He's not, he's persevering with the

backhand.

That doesn't really affect the

position.

Can still play it on the

backhand, the gap is big enough, two

feet wide. Just thinking about the

lines so much and he needs to do it

with this one.

He's thinking

about... He's going with it. It's

just the weight, he had the line

with two bowls.

It's threading a

needle when you don't need to. He

has dropped this. Oh, goodness me.

Wow. That I did not expect.

Not the

time to play a bowl like that.

He is

going to have to have... He has won

bowl left to save a quarterfinal.

Darren is just leaving the forehand.

He's thinking if Jason doesn't want

to play it, I will give him a

target.

He's also saying, Jason, you

can drive the bowl out. He needs

another one in.

Heat this looks

good.

Certainly it's better. Needs

to stop the second, and I think it

has. Interesting to see if that's

second shot or not.

Well, two bowls which means Jason

can't really drive out a shot, he

has to draw this. As for the last

one, sort of tempered the move, but

I think if you're going to move, you

move with the third one. You quite

often drop shot with the forehand.

Probably agree. If you're going to

change, the third is the time to go.

If he goes now he has to find a new

line, weight and feel on that side.

But it's what he's comfortable with

at this stage. If he fancies the

backhand, he has to stick with it.

I'd expect a better attempt with

this one. Backhand it is.

He's showing more interest in this

one. It is all about good weight.

Has to get down on good weight with

this.

It has a chance, I tell you

what, it's close... If it runs...

Don't drop! It might be enough, it's

hard to tell.

That is an umpire measure.

I fancy

red this time... I'm wearing

glasses, you can't rely on the!

You

are wearing glasses and you are

Welsh!

I am not biased at all, I'm

very professional that way but I

have bad eyesight CHUCKLES

I want a last end to the tie-break.

It is very close. We will see now.

Let's just have a good look at this.

It is in by an inch and a half. Well

done Jason Greenslade.

I love it when a guest of the last

end of a tie-break in an important

game.

He scrambled one in the end.

He's just clinging on, isn't he? --

when it gets to the last end. He was

in front in this match in one end

only, in the seventh end of the

first set and now the match is tied.

One end to go. The rules change

again in the last end of the

tie-break you can nominate to kill

the end, nominate as often as you

wish but only allowed to kill it

once.

once. As long as you are up to the

jack, Jason, it's important, but you

don't want anything in the line in

front. This is a decent start.

APPLAUSE

And the same applies for Darren.

Both attacking players, they want to

have a clear pathway through to the

jack. This is good.

That is very

good by Darren Burnett. Just stood

up a little bit, side on.

He's

tempted here, tempted for the jack.

Take the bowl, or run the jack.

Natural instinct would be to hit

this. Going for it.

GROANS FROM CROWD

Is Jason's jack high?

Jason's bowl

is two and a half inches past jack

high.

Darren swapping sides now. That's

the right thing to do.

Jason set his

stall out, surprising to go on the

backhand because the target is a

clear run to the ditch.

Jason likes

his forehand strike.

Exactly, some

players prefer one side or the

other.

That's pretty good, it's

locked Jason in a little bit but

it's not a bad bowl.

He will go

again.

The jack in the ditch is

great if he follows it.

great if he follows it.

Hurriyet!

He's interested

to get the bowl. He knew that was

close.

-- hurry.

He has two bowls

against one.

Yeah. On the bowl, good

strike.

Darren was so close to the

last bowl, you would expect him to

be in the area.

Going on to his favoured backhand

and he doesn't like it, he doesn't

like that one.

No, he's turned his

back on it. Sometimes it's hard to

tell with Darren with the body

language but on that occasion it was

very obvious. I think Jason needs

another one there. I really believe

he has to draw this on the forehand.

Yeah, I would go forehand if I was

Jason and try and draw another shot.

Needs to try and get a bit closer if

he can. There is a danger that you

force Darren into playing weight.

Yes, John, but he has to play, even

if it comes off his own ball, but

something in this sort of area, if

he gets into that area, but the

trouble is if he gets into this area

that leads the jack in the ditch,

but anything behind is good.

Yes, he's on the forehand, just

trying to put a really close bowl in

and not leave a target.

He's on a

wide line, which suggests to me he's

not even trying to get close,

playing the back bowl and leaving

Darren the draw.

Well, not even the

draw, the problem is he can run the

ball on the forehand or the

backhand. He's got two seconds and

that's what he's looking at at the

moment. I wouldn't be surprised if

Darren plays weight to this. He was

just so far away with the attempt to

draw with his third bowl and he's

very accurate, isn't he, John?

Yeah,

the only problem is the green bowl

down the rink is covering a direct

strike to those bowls and he needs

to time it and the red is into the

green so it's a little more

difficult than it would seem.

Yes,

it is, but it is there on the

forehand as well if he wants to time

it around the green bowl. Any

connection with the red will be on

the middle or the high side of it,

the wide side, meaning the red must

go out.

It's one of those, isn't it?

You've just got to go with whatever

your gut feeling is if you are the

player.

Yes, it's a toss of the

coin, run the bowls, or draw it. The

percentages are on the running shot,

I think. Two seconds, he has just

asked that, which gives me the

impression... I know, Darren, I

wouldn't like it either.

It is that

short one. He can't go direct.

Time-out called.

I can see the problem, I really can.

I think if he'd been two feet away

or even half a yard with the third

bowl, he would have just gone down

there and drawn it, but he's so

far-away.

That third bowl couldn't

have really stopped in a worse

position covering the red bowl,

straight strike. This is so

important to Jason. Really, it's

monumental in terms of what he's

trying to achieve this week.

Darren

is on his backhand.

Going for the

draw. He has got this one away a lot

better. He's trotting up after it

and he must know it's a lot closer.

Will it run? Will it run? He has

drawn it, great bowl by Darren.

He's

so good at that, he really is,

Darren Burnett. It took a long time

to work out what to do and he played

a brilliant bowl. Jason Greenslade

help the match for quite a number of

minutes as Darren Burnett decided

what to do. But what a wonderful

match it was, it was a fantastic

game, tight all the way in the first

set. 11-10 to Darren Burnett. Seven,

her second set 7-6 to grace, Jason

Greenslade and on the last bowl in

the third set. The drama started

from the first end in this match.

Exactly as we expected. Darren

Burnett with a drive, the shot

against, came out smelling of roses

with a triple and followed it up

with a single, but after that three

ends, Jason took his bowl out and

ended up handing Darren a four. He

played a good second bowl. And then

Darren, well, he replied with a

poorer last bowl and gave Jason four

back, and after that it was all

getting very interesting until the

measure and the green was pulled out

and Jason realised, goodness me,

I've lost the first set, and playing

great stuff as well. Last bowl for a

double for Darren and then the big

gap, very unlucky.

gap, very unlucky. Lost to two and

just the last bowl for Jason crept

in for a measure to force the

tie-break and the last bowl of the

tie-break, Darren Burnett gets

through, world number nine through

to the semifinal. It's been a

fantastic game. When you look at the

statistics, ends won, nothing in

that, the touches, nothing in that.

What an amazing game. And for Darren

to get over the line he will be

delighted with that performance.

What a great match, congratulations

to Darren Burnett through to the

semifinal once again. As you came

off a few moments ago you said, "I'm

drained."

Absolutely, the first set

was such a strange set, I thought I

was in control and Jason just came

into a really good game and probably

shouldn't have played a role when I

did and lost a four and just seemed

to implode and was lucky to grab the

first set but it was just that kind

of game, you never knew who would

get over the line, even on the last

bowl I didn't know if it would run

enough but thankfully it did.

Talk

us through that because your heart

must have been pounding when you

released it.

I played such a bad

third one, that's what confused me,

whether Tourond Jason's

third one, that's what confused me,

whether Tourond Jason's bowl, so

after a long time thinking about it

I decided the draw was the best

option, and I knew it was down a

good track but the last yard took

forever to roll and I'm just

delighted.

Just getting in the end

to win, what does it mean for you to

be in the semifinal. It means a lot,

this is the biggest event on the

indoor circuit, the greatest place