Electrified Dott claws his way back

Shaun Murphy felt the full force of an electrified Graeme Dott as the Scot hauled himself level in their high-stakes Crucible battle.

From 6-2 behind at the start of the session, Dott forced his way level at 8-8, teeing up a tantalising climax to the best-of-25-frames second-round match at the Betfair World Championship last night.

Dott was terrific, which was to his great credit as he could easily have been put out of his stride by the static shocks he was suffering before the players took an early interval.