Manley silences crowd with 6-0 demolition

PETER MANLEY was on his best behaviour last night as he demolished Wayne Jones 6-0 to reach the final of the Ladbrokes.com World Championship in Purfleet.

The anti-hero of darts, who courted controversy when accused of gamesmanship in his quarter-final victory over Adrian Lewis, did not need to resort to any dubious tactics against the Wolverhampton qualifier.

That was because the fifth seed was on tip-top form, producing some impressive scoring and a series of outstanding three-figure checkouts that never gave his opponent a chance of gaining a foothold in the match.