‘What sort of moron does that’ – ITV commentator furious as referee tells crowd off during Luke Littler match

LUKE LITTLER breezed into the 2nd circular of the World Masters aft silencing nuisance whistlers.

The Nuke – connected the oche conscionable 10 days aft his 18th day – outclassed Belgian qualifier Andy Baetens 3-0 successful Milton Keynes.

The erstwhile WDF Lakeside satellite champion – making his main-draw TV signifier quality connected the PDC circuit – was clinically dumped retired of the revamped ranking tourney successful 10 minutes and 45 seconds.

Reigning satellite champion Littler averaged 104.33 and took retired six of his 9 checkouts successful the three-set whitewash.

Yet referee Kirk Bevins had to intervene earlier the last limb arsenic immoderate punters successful the assemblage began to whistle, shouting: “Stop whistling, convey you.”

It was precise distracting to ticker connected TV, with ITV commentator John Rawling fuming: "What benignant of a moron comes on to a large darts lawsuit and starts whistling?"

But for Littler, it was nary contented arsenic helium secured a Last-16 clash with James Wade connected Saturday.

Littler, the satellite No.2, loved being called retired by MC John McDonald for the archetypal clip connected UK ungraded arsenic the “reigning champion of the world”.

He said: “It felt astonishing to perceive the walk-on.

“Even erstwhile John McDonald called maine the satellite champion for the archetypal clip retired successful Bahrain.

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“This is my archetypal clip and debut here, it’s a antithetic format, it’s set-play.

“It has not sunk successful yet being the satellite champion. I cognize it should.

“This is darts, we person to transportation connected for the adjacent event, fixed each the travelling that we do. But springiness it a fewer months and it volition settee in.

“I’m looking guardant to the Premier League again. A agelong 16 weeks ahead. If I tin warrant the apical I volition spell backmost to the O2 Arena and effort to support the Prem again.”

Scottish qualifier Cameron Menzies – who lives successful the metropolis of factual cows with his spouse Fallon Sherrock – shocked No.6 effect Dave Chisnall 3-1.