Adams books final spot

Martin Adams reached the final of the Lakeside World Championship for the first time in 12 appearances with a 5-0 whitewash of Australia’s Simon Whitlock today.

The England captain, for so long the nearly man of darts having been a semi-finalist in 1995 and 2002, produced a near-flawless display to obliterate the challenge of the man nicknamed ‘The Wizard’.