Summary

  • Luke Littler thrashes Gerwyn Price 18-9 to defend World Matchplay title

  • Littler finishes tournament with average of 111.04 - beating Phil Taylor's Matchplay record of 106.31

  • Littler has average of 111.53 in final, which is also a record

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  1. Postpublished at 21:10 BST

    Result: Littler 18-9

    Wayne Mardle
    Former World Matchplay finalist on Sky Sports

    Luke Littler has come along and he is setting new standards.

  2. Littler is World Matchplay champion again!published at 21:08 BST
    Breaking

    Littler 18-9 Price

    Luke Littler has done it again after one of the most incredible displays of darts you will ever see!

    Won on the bullseye as the 19-year-old is back-to-back champion at Winter Gardens.

    Phenomenal. Just phenomenal.

    A tournament average of 111.04 and a match average of 111.53 - a record for the final.

  3. Littler one leg away...published at 21:07 BST

    Littler 17-9 Price

    Big chance for Gerwyn Price.

    He misses a dart at bull for the big fish and even when Luke Littler fails to finish on his next visit, Price can't secure the hold.

    Littler hits tops to move to within a leg of victory.

  4. Postpublished at 21:06 BST

    Littler 16-9 Price

    I'll be honest, I can't quite believe I've had described someone who is averaging 110 as having had a slight slump.

    But from the level Luke Littler was at, it was! Still so much higher than the peak any of us could hope to reach, of course.

  5. Postpublished at 21:05 BST

    Littler 16-9 Price

    Wayne Mardle
    Former World Matchplay finalist on Sky Sports

    Gerwyn Price has played as well as he has in quite a while but he's walked into a man on a mission.

  6. The stats so farpublished at 21:04 BST

    Littler 16-9 Price

    Luke Littler's level dropped a little in that mini-session and his average is now a squeak below what's he done across the week.

    Look at the checkout percentage though. Just the six ton-plus finishes now too.

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  7. Littler hits 148 outpublished at 21:02 BST

    Littler 16-9 Price

    Luke LittlerImage source, Getty Images

    Slump over!

    A sixth ton-plus finish for Luke Littler to move to within two legs of the title.

    Gerwyn Price leaves 83, meaning Littler likely needs to take out 148.

    No problem. Treble 18, treble 18, double top.

    Sensational.

  8. 11-darter for Pricepublished at 21:00 BST

    Littler 15-9 Price

    Excellent from Gerwyn Price.

    He's playing as well as he has at any stage of this Matchplay.

    It's the Welshman's turn to hit an 11-darter as Luke Littler endures a mini slump.

  9. Price breakspublished at 20:59 BST

    Littler 15-8 Price

    Gerwyn Price ensures that Luke Littler will not win it in this mini session.

    Another break for the Welsh number one. He's digging his heels despite the fact he'll know it's almost certainly too late now.

  10. Postpublished at 20:57 BST

    Littler 15-7 Price

    Wayne Mardle
    Former World Matchplay finalist on Sky Sports

    Luke LittlerImage source, Getty Images

    It has just looked so smooth and simple.

  11. Postpublished at 20:57 BST

    Littler 15-7 Price

    John Part
    Former PDC world champion on Sky Sports

    Everything about Luke Littler in this year's Matchplay has improved.

  12. Littler breaks backpublished at 20:57 BST

    Littler 15-7 Price

    For a moment, it seemed that Luke Littler was just slowing up a little.

    I shouldn't have doubted him, another 180 to make it the most he's ever hit in a tournament and when Gerwyn Price misses double eight for a 111 checkout, Littler calmly picks off 62.

  13. Price breakspublished at 20:55 BST

    Littler 14-7 Price

    Gerwyn Price edges a little bit closer.

    A comeback might be pushing it but he's making the score more respectable.

    Luke Littler misses two at double 10 and Price is there to take advantage, hit double 10 himself and break.

  14. Postpublished at 20:53 BST

    Littler 14-6 Price

    Back to it. Luke Littler needs four more legs to claim the Phil Taylor trophy for a second time...

  15. The stats so farpublished at 20:51 BST

    Littler 14-6 Price

    The match average record (114.99) may be beyond Luke Littler now but he's going to smash Phil Taylor's tournament average of 106.31.

    Littler came into this match at 110.88 but that's only going to rise at the moment.

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  16. Postpublished at 20:50 BST

    Littler 14-6 Price

    Gerwyn Price gets one back to end the mini session.

    Delaying the inevitable but credit to the Welshman, he is still giving it his all as you would expect.

    Luke Littler has just been not so much on another planet and in a different galaxy.

  17. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 20:48 BST

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    Go out, get a dart board, and see for yourself just how difficult it is to do what LL is doing tonight. Phenomenally talented. Some people don’t like to call darts players talented but there can be no denying how much skill is required to do this. Massively impressive πŸ‘πŸ‘

    David, Oxford

  18. Postpublished at 20:48 BST

    Littler 14-5 Price

    Four legs away now.

    Luke Littler is on for a 10-darter, misses tops and has to settle for a 12.

    But, I'll say it again, he has been untouchable tonight - and all week, to be honest.

    Enjoy this, folks, because this is something special.

  19. Littler breaks againpublished at 20:47 BST

    Littler 13-5 Price

    All much more normal, or is it just that Luke Littler has normalised the extraordinary?

    The teenager breaks once again. Hitting double 15 for a 14-darter. He's slacking...

  20. Postpublished at 20:46 BST

    Littler 12-5 Price

    Wayne Mardle
    Former World Matchplay finalist on Sky Sports

    Luke Littler is so clinical.

    What I find really staggering is the focus of Luke Littler this week. He doesn't seem to have lost it for more than a couple of darts all week.