Mark Allen makes 147 maximum after calling for table to be ‘burned’

The world number three had hit out at the “absolutely embarrassing” conditions at the Centaur Arena in Cheltenham

TABLE ISSUES: World number three Mark Allen had hit out at the “absolutely embarrassing” conditions in Cheltenham. Picture: Steven Paston/PA

Mark Allen made a 147 maximum break during his third-round match against Ben Mertens at the British Open – where he had said the table should be “burned”.

Allen won a final-frame shootout in his opening match of the tournament against Gary Wilson before describing conditions at the Centaur Arena in Cheltenham as “absolutely embarrassing”, adding “the table needs to be burned”.