Reigning champion Adrian Lewis secured a quite remarkable come-from-behind World Championship semi-final win over James Wade at the Alexandra Palace, late Sunday

Lewis won 10 legs in a row to come from 5-1 down to beat Wade 6-5 and book a final meeting with Andy Hamilton, but it had looked for such a long time that it would be his opponent who would be going through.

Wade had a dart to win the match in the eighth set but broke down, allowing ‘Jackpot’ Lewis in to check out on 98, and the Stoke thrower did not lose a leg after that.

As a backdrop to the drama on stage, there was the sideshow of the players leaving the arena for a 20-minute period early in the game, with both complaining about a breeze.

Wade was 2-0 up at the time and, with Lewis clearly angry at both the conditions and the now customary abuse he was taking from the crowd, he could have been forgiven for attempting to carry on.

He did not, though, and ultimately paid the price as he melted down to allow Lewis in.

Earlier, Hamilton came from 5-3 down to beat Simon Whitlock.