Phil Cartwright
BBC Sport

I spoke to Martin Adams in preparation for this final and he spoke of getting the crowd on your side.

"They will support good darts, whoever's throwing them" said 'Wolfie'.

Perhaps why Waites is getting the bigger of the cheers thus far. He's looking good for this two-set lead.

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Waites is averaging 92, while Smith is down in the mid-80s. He has to hold throw in this leg to have any chance not being 3-0 down at the break, but he's again struggling to find the T20 bed. Smith for 102 as Scotty waits on 68. D18? Yes! Huge dart for Smith.

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I tell you what, Waites is cooking, while Smith is all over the place, like a maple leaf caught in the wind. There's a break after this set and the Canadian could be 3-0 down. Waites with the darts, opening with a maximum. Scotty for 95. D16? One dart in hand? Nailed the green bit! Waites is bossing this final at the moment.

Waites has been jolted into life, opening what could be a crucial leg with his first maximum. Still Smith's scoring is shoddy, with Waites miles ahead. He has six from 122, and even six more from 68. D18 missed, but taken at the third attempt. Waites takes the second set against the Smith throw and is 2-0 up.

Waites had actually missed nine doubles in a row before that double two, so the solid finishing of the first set has gone AWOL. Smith, though, is struggling to score, so both men have their problems. Waites, against the darts, is first to the business end, and has a shot at a 102 out. Nailed with double 16! That's a break of throw and the highest checkout of the match. Waites will throw for the second set...

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Waites is livid with himself for not taking that chance to break, almost snarling through some groomed facial hair. Not rowdy in the Lakeside yet, just the odd smattering of polite applause. Waites needs double eight, but after two more misses, cleans up with double two.

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Smith now with the darts in set two, so under pressure to hold throw. He's wayward, scoring deserting him, so Waites steals a march. The Yorkshireman is first to a finish as Smith gives himself a talking to. Waites on tops as Smith can't make an impression on 152. Waites misses his first double of the match - three of them in fact, but Smith can't take advantage. Three more missed by Waites, all at D5. Smith was nowhere, but gets out of jail on D8.

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Waites, in blue, has one gold star on his shirt for his one world title. With tungsten in hand for the set, he's down to 131 after nine. 91 leaves tops with Smith back in the 200s. No pressure from the Canadian, so Scotty for the set... taken with D20! Waites has hit three doubles from three arrows and takes the first set.

One-hundred-and-eigh-ty! The first maximum of the night is thrown by Jeff Smith, who has this leg for the first set. Waites, goatee beard, responds with a 177 to get down to 24. Break back with D12? One shot is all that is needed. Very good standard so far. Waites back in control of the set.

Now then, Smith has effectively pinched the arrows and is hunting a break. He will have a dip at 170, top of the shop. One T20, but the second is just a smidge too high. Still, he'll come for 72 for the break. Tops? Just too low. Waites is still miles back, though, and Smith seals a break with double 10.

Phil Cartwright
BBC Sport

There was no sign of nerves from either player in the practice room before the match, and now not many signs of nerves on stage either. One solid finish each will have settled any lingering butterflies.

Smith, slick-back hair and glasses, has the arrows. He's being pressured by some solid Waites scoring, but has a crack at 153. Very quiet in the Lakeside as Smith returns for D16. No trouble in the green bit. Both men hit their first shot at double.

Waites makes the early running, keeping Smith at arm's length and just missing the first 180 of the match. On a finish after nine, coming for 72 while Smith waits on 70. Tops? Waites nails a double with his first attempt. Good start.

We're under way. Waites has the darts in the first set. Seven the target.

Bobby George
Former World Championship runner-up

"I've got to go for Scott, he's been here before and he's got the t-shirt. He's a competitive guy."

"A three dart finish will win this match. There is not much in their scoring, so it will come down to their finishing."

"Playing in his first BDO World Championship final, the Silencer, Jeff Smith."

Smith has the Tragically Hip's New Orleans Is Sinking as his walk-on. Obscure.

A few practice darts being thrown...