DURRANT KEEPS HIS BDO DARTS CROWN

MARK McGeeney missed two darts for the title as Glen Durrant defended his B D O Wo r l d Darts Championship title with a 7-6 win in Frimley Green.

The 47-year-old Englishman had to bide his time as the first eight sets went with the throw.

Having finally taken a set against the head i n the ninth to lead for the first time, Durrant then began missing a string of shots at double, 10 of them, to move to within a leg of the title.

However, a 149 checkout finally put Durrant within a leg of victory and, although he missed his first three darts to retain his crown, Durrant eventually took out double three.

“My bottle had gone, there was no way I was hitting doubles at one point in that match,” Durrant said.

“Somewhere, I f ound some and, to get back to 2-2 i n that l ast set was incredible. That’s probably my best performance.”

McGeeney took the first two legs of the match but Durrant took out 97 to break back, although, having l evelled at 2-2, McGeeney held throw to take the opening set.

The match continued to go with the throw, then that 149 checkout gave Durrant the break in the fifth leg.

As the match drew to a close, McGeeney missed two shots at double for the title and that 149 checkout gave Durrant the break.

With a two-leg advantage needed in the decider he still had to hold throw, which he did.