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Pretty much, most of the BDO players still play club/county darts.Gary Anderson's Lakeside record was appalling, one semi final was his best effort while he also had a handful of first round exits. It's whether players have the belief in themselves and the dedication to practice for hours on end to make the switch, and also having the bottle to perhaps give up a decent paying steady job.

Could be the Windies best result for a while!

De Villiers goes, smart catch by Anderson. Big test for SA now as this could go back wrong very quickly. Still 360 behind.

England take the new ball as soon as they can, and they look to Anderson to try and make a breakthrough.

Amla gets his 100.

Frustrating morning for England, SA get to lunch without loss at 199-2. Very little in the pitch to encourage the bowlers.

Horrific run out, barely got out of a jog.

He's plugged away quietly while Stokes has been clubbing it everywhere, played an excellent innings. Fastest 300 partnership in Test match history.

The ball must look like a Mitre size 5 for Stokes just now, he's middling just about everything.

England battering along, going at 7 an over or so this morning. Every time they show thar bit if the crowd with the fake beards I can't help thinking of the stoning scene from Life of Brian.

All Barney has to do is keep leaving himself 161!

He's certainly made a decent enough living staying in the BDO, not to mention that he will make a good few quid on personal appearances. I can't really blame him for not moving tbh, there might be better money on offer in the PDC but you are competing against better fields every week. I remember Scott Waites saying he was happy enough to stay there playing part time as he enjoyed it and didn't fancy playing under the pressure of having to make a living solely from darts.

No imagination from Glasgow at the end, kept pounding through the middle and went from 1 metre out to 10 metres. Fair play to Edinburgh's defence.

Yep, Weir dropped the fecking thing because he decided to call for the mark too late. Ref is having a mare, he seems to be getting more calls from the touch judges than he hus seeing himself.

Yep, but that doesn't excuse errors like overthrowing a line-out on their 5 metre line and Weir kicking it dead when he was going for touch.

Finally manage to keep going through the phases to work it out to Bennett who goes over from 5 metres out. Weir misses the kick, 8-6 Warriors.

Warriors beating themselves with mistakes again. 3 times they have been in Edinburgh's 22 and gave the ball away every time. 6-3 Edinburgh after half an hour.

Yep, really put the bowlers and Amla under pressure. Good position to get to 450+ tomorrow.

I honestly can't understand why people expect the standard to be the same. It's like going to a Vanarama Conference match and expecting to see top class internationals playing. The best players, barring a few shitebags (yes Martin, we are looking at you), follow the money to the PDC.

It's the one thing that Lakeside does far better than Ally Pally. The crowd are genuinely interested in the darts rather than getting pished and having a sing song. So what if the quality isn't PDC levels? It is what it is and a lot of people seem to forget that all the big names have come through here.

Yep, England have been just on top all day for me but another wicket or two changes all that.

England were looking comfortable at that point but with Taylor going first ball after tea then it all of a sudden doesn't look so rosy. 184-4 now, Root had scored quickly to start with but he has slowed down a bit now he knows he needs to stay around for a while.

England 129-2, Hales just gone edging one to the slips. Decent 60 from him, looked a lot more comfortable today.

Well played Barney, Smith started like a train but just couldn't keep it going.

This. In bucketloads.