Premier League Darts: Week Eleven

The eleventh week of Premier League Darts was hosted at the NIA in Birmingham. The fixtures were the rematches of the opening week and a lot has changed since then. Webster beat Wade 8-3 at the O2 but since then Wade has surged to sixth whereas Webster has been thrashed for the last six weeks. Again Webster unfortunately didn't turn up and the aggressive Wade made sure it was another thrashing. Wade kicked off with a 120 checkout followed by a 110, he then made it 6-0 with a 170 checkout. Webster avoided the whitewash with the seventh leg but Wade went onto win 8-1.

It was tight match between Jenkins and Van Barneveld at the O2 with Jenkins winning 8-6, but it was tighter at the NIA. After losing the first leg, Barney made it 3-1 before Jenkins took out a 105 in the seventh to make it 4-3. Jenkins then fought back to 5-5 until Barney took out a 106 to restore a one leg lead. But again Jenkins wasn't to be denied and managed to earn himself a draw, the second of the league and Jenkins has been involved in both of them.

The third match was a record breaker between Whitlock and Anderson, Anderson won 8-5 in the O2 and there was a sense of deja vu here. Despite taking a 2-1 lead, Whitlock soon found himself 4-3 behind. Anderson made it 5-3 with a 104 checkout but Whitlock won alternate legs until Anderson was the eventual 8-5 winner. Anderson managed eleven 180s which eclipses Barney's record of nine that he achieved against Colin Lloyd in a single match. Between the two players they managed a total of sixteen 180s which is also the highest in any single match.

Phil Taylor was 8-1 by the newly crowned World Champion, Adrian Lewis, at the O2 but yesterday saw Taylor not get full revenge but some retribution. Taylor stormed into a 3-0 lead with a 139 checkout in the second leg. Lewis tried to reply but found himself 6-2 down before Taylor checked out with a bulls-eye in the ninth to make it 7-2. Lewis managed to prolong the inevitable but only for Taylor to check-out 130 in the eleventh to win 8-3.

Taylor is already through but moves up to twenty points. Anderson is also pretty much there with sixteen points. Barney should be safe with thirteen but he still has to wary with Whitlock and Wade on ten and Lewis on nine. Jenkins manages to move further from the bottom with six points leaving Webster down on four.