I'm off to back the Wizard….

Come on the Aussie.

No I’m not talking cricket – have had a belly full of that – but talking of belly full’s it’s the arrers tonight as the World Championship (sorry but there is only ONE WC and it’s this one) reaches the semi-final stage.

I’m having a decent bet tonight on the Wizard from Down Under AKA Simon Whitlock in the first semi due on the oche at 7.15pm

To help you get in the mood with the walk-on music….

“I come from a land down under
Where beer does flow and men chunder
Can’t you hear, can’t you hear the thunder
You better run, you better take cover.”

Whitlock is playing well and has a 3-2 head to head record over Wright who has scraped into the semis with a 4-3 win over Michael Smith in the third round and overcoming Wes Newton 5-4 in a tie-breaker in the quarter finals.

By contrast Whitlock’s progress has been much smoother. He didn’t drop a set until also getting involved in a semi-final tie-breaker where he had to use all of his experience to get past Ian White 5-4.

Whitlock’s half of the draw was blown wide open by the shock second-round exit of 16-times world champion Phil Taylor, the man who defeated him in the 2010 final.

The fourth seed this year Whitlock can win this and get in another final.

ADVICE

BUY SET SUPREMACY S.Whitlock/P.Wright at around 3.5

• Any spread prices quoted are indicative and as always prices are subject to fluctuation.
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