WE LIKE BIG BUNTS...

...and cannot lie as super Stephen KO's Wright

- MIKE WALTERS

SPELLBOUND Stephen Bunting sprang from his last trance saloon to end Peter Wright's defiance of Father Time.

In a surprisingly routine demolition of two-time champion 'Snakebite' Wright, 'The Bullet' stormed into the Power PDC World Championship semi-finals with his eyes wide shut.

Paddy Bunting's 5-2 win, garnished with three century-plus checkouts, could have damaging consequences for Wright's hopes of retaining his Premier League place.

But for the No.8 seed from St Helens, it's been happy daze on the oche since he started working with hypnotherapist Chris O'Connor.

Hyp, hyp, hooray! Bunting has only dropped four sets in the whole tournament and, for most of this plain sailing, he looked like a potential champion.