we obviously had luke humphreys last night getting l humphreys last night getting through to the nextrong competition for luke littler and he will be in action for the three—time champion. lip the three-time champion. up auainst the three—time champion. ii? against brendan dolan, bit of a crowd favourites, but kind of put them in their own stratosphere, their own category, really difficult as we get into the later stages, that's when it such a good performance, such high scores, and then let's not forget, three—time winner here, two or three—time winner here, two or three years ago, even 12 months ago, but he is going to be really difficult man to beat. everybody is talking about the two luke's. 0n everybody is talking about the two luke's. on a certain dutchman. australia remain in charge of the fourth test in melboune, but india have hope, thanks to a superb first test century from nitish kumar reddy. playing only his fourth test match, the 21 year old hit an unbeaten 105 to drag his side from 191—6 to 358—9 at the close of play. you can see what it meant to his dad here. a special

and the defending champion luke humphreys going out and that spells danger of being at this stage of match. lots of people talk about the fact that before christmas for the big names it is a case of getting through, just do enough. get yourself into the last 32, the last 16 and then you have to try and unlock something from the treasure chest of, you know, potentially and a game, b+ game. luke humphreys last night played ok, didn't pull any trees up but peter, who were writing him off, as somebody who may be over the hill. do that at your peril because as we have seen, so many big names all gone. so now it is all about players like michael van gerwen and luke littler. luke littler is odds—on favourite to claim the trophy on the 3rd of january. he is up against ryan joyce. joyce has two of the antei and find the level he has never found before if he is to beat luke later on. stephen bunting gets the evening session going, the world number eight and with his walk on song, titanium, ithink number eight and with his walk on song, titanium, i think this arena will be rocking. that's all f

let's look ahead to the evening because it will be all eyes on defending champion luke humphreys.ious and the pressure is on to continue to perform. he and the pressure is on to continue to perform-— and the pressure is on to continue to perform. he was not his brilliant best when he _ to perform. he was not his brilliant best when he first _ to perform. he was not his brilliant best when he first took _ to perform. he was not his brilliant best when he first took here. - to perform. he was not his brilliant| best when he first took here. nearly two weeks ago, in the opening day of the championship, what he's done in that time, who knows? i'm sure we'll probably find out after his match this afternoon. he's up against nick kenny, who knocked out in the previous round. we also have peter wright, who knocked out another one of the big names. kicking off the evening is another world champion. a real treat for spectators later. his first up againstjoe colon and price has not been at his best since he won in 2021, but he's still one name that gets talked about —— cullen. but he's still

and luke humphreys and the whole - — luke littler.e you from going in fancy dress. actually, last yeari going in fancy dress. actually, last year i was there and i may have put something on with the fans, i can't remember. there is a good when kevin sinfield returns here to his home of saddleworth, injust over one week time, he will have completed seven ultramarathons in seven cities in seven days. his fifth annual charity challenge. but the first without his former teammate and leads rhino legend rob burrow, who died with motor neuron disease in the summer.— burrow, who died with motor neuron disease in the summer. there's a big difference. first _ disease in the summer. there's a big difference. first of— disease in the summer. there's a big difference. first of all, _ disease in the summer. there's a big difference. first of all, the _ difference. first of all, the nightly text message i won't receive. i think it's important we are doing justice, i want to represent his family as best we can but also, the mnd community. rob was suc