Michael Smith hit back at comments from Peter 'Snakebite' Wright and admitted talk from the two-time world champion spurred him to victory at the World Cup of Darts.
Michael Smith hit back at comments from Peter 'Snakebite' Wright and admitted talk from the two-time world champion spurred him to victory at the World Cup of Darts. Smith partnered world No 1 Luke Humphries for the pairs event in Frankfurt, where England defeated Austria 10-6 in the final to claim a fifth World Cup title.
' How England claimed World Cup gloryThe title favourites raced into a 5-1 lead over 2021 runners-up Rowby-John Rodriguez and Mensur Suljovic, Humphries taking out 151 in the sixth leg and 121 in the next before Austria hit back to reduce their deficit to 6-4. A 180 from Humphries then set up Smith, who had struggled with his doubles early on, to take out double 15 before finishes of 130 and 112 from Humphries took England to the brink of victory.
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