Luke who's in Prem hot seat

ON his first night in the grown-ups' private club, the boy who would be king was the new Prince of Wales.

- MIKE WALTERS

Luke Littler (above) will never forget his BetMGM Premier League debut, a 6-2 win against Luke Humphries in a reprise of their PDC World Championship final 29 days earlier.

With a Welsh crowd favouring the 17-year-old ahead of the world No.1 in the latest battle of the Lukes of Hazard, the kid showed no trace of nerves in the rock 'n' roll atmosphere of Cardiff's Utilita Arena.

He averaged 100.30 and didn't just look to the manor born again - he announced himself with another teenage rampage.

In fairness, Humphries (right) was twice distracted by an ill-mannered, high-pitched whistle on game shots, and Cool Hand Luke had a face like thunder at the post-match handshakes.

Littler took out six of his 10 shots at a double, while the 'other' Luke hit only only two of his 10 attempts - but take nothing away from the Warrington whizzkid. As Premier League debuts go, that was impressive by any yardstick.