Durrant fights back to make it three in a row

GLEN Durrant won the BDO World Darts Championship for the third year in succession with a 7-3 win over fellow Englishman Scott Waites at the Lakeside club i n Frimley Green.

Waites held a 3-2 lead as the early stages were tightly contested but Durrant then raised his game significantly to rattle off five sets in a row and claim the first prize of £100,000.

The 48-year-old from Middlesbrough is the first player to win the BDO title three years in a row since Eric Bristow in 1984-86.

“That means the earth and back and to do it against a Lakeside legend like Scott Waites, that really was the icing on the cake,” Durrant said.

“I thought for four or five sets there he was much the better player and I just kept finding that double like I did against Jim Williams in the semi-final. I think I got just a little bit lucky.

“Just remember Eric Bristow won it when it was a unified organisation. I know I’ m not playing Michael Van Ger wen, Michael Smith, Gary Anderson, the works. All I can do is beat legends like Scott Waites.”