Wade gives England lead in Jocky Wilson Cup

JAMES WADE made a stunning comeback to defeat Gary Anderson 6-4 in the opening game of the PartyPoker.com Jocky Wilson Cup.

Anderson seemed set to coast to victory when he stormed into a 4-0 lead in front of the Scottish crowd at the Braehead Arena, only to miss three darts to lead at the break before seeing Wade reel off six successive legs.

Double five gave Anderson the opening leg, and he hit the game's first 180 in taking the second with a 14-darter against the throw.

He landed another 180 and a 96 finish in taking the third leg, before taking out 118 for a 4-0 cushion.

However, a total of four misses at double 16, eight and four in the fifth leg allowed Wade in to take out 85 on the bullseye to get off the mark.

Wade returned from the break to take out double ten for a second leg, and repeated the finish to pull back to 4-3.

A missed double top from Anderson allowed Wade in on double 12 to level, before misses at the bull and double 16 and eight enabled the Englishman to move in front on double top.

He then posted double ten in the next to seal a sixth successive leg and victory.

"I was really lucky," admitted Wade. "For the first four legs I couldn't hit anything but I turned up and played in the second half of the game.

"If Gary had gone 5-0 up that may have been it but I managed to take my chances."