Postpublished at 21:15 Greenwich Mean Time 3 January 2022
Smith 2-2 (0-1) Wright
No signs of Smith's fightback unsettling Peter Wright - he misses the bull in the fifth set's opening game but hits single 9 and double 8 to take out 25.
Summary
Peter Wright beats Michael Smith to win second title
Smith 5-7 Wright
Scotland's Wright storms back from 5-4 down to take trophy
Wright, 51, won the 2020 title, beating Michael van Gerwen after finishing runner-up to him in 2014
Smith, 31, was also beaten by Van Gerwen in the 2019 showpiece
Postpublished at 21:15 Greenwich Mean Time 3 January 2022
Change of darts alert!published at 21:14 Greenwich Mean Time 3 January 2022
Siân Price
BBC Sport at Alexandra PalacePeter Wright has changed his darts... How will Snakebite throw with this new set?!
Get Involvedpublished at 21:10 Greenwich Mean Time 3 January 2022
#bbcdarts or Text 81111 (UK only - texts will be charged at your standard message rate)
Sean O'Connor: Come on bully boy you can do this.
Turning point?published at 21:10 Greenwich Mean Time 3 January 2022
Siân Price
BBC Sport at Alexandra Palace
Image source, Getty ImagesIs this a turning point in the match? Smith will be more settled and feeling the nerves less now he's levelled the match at 2-2 at the first break in play rather than going into it 3-1 down.
Smith levels up at two sets allpublished at 21:10 Greenwich Mean Time 3 January 2022
Smith 2-2 Wright
Smith misses one dart at a double but Wright misses two! Then Bully Boy lands D10 nervelessly to level matters at two sets all!
What a fightback from the ninth seed.
Postpublished at 21:08 Greenwich Mean Time 3 January 2022
Smith 1-2 (2-2) Wright
A huge 140 from Smith leaves 76 to take the set but Wright responds with 180 to leave 46!
Postpublished at 21:07 Greenwich Mean Time 3 January 2022
Smith 1-2 (2-2) Wright
Snakebite holds his throw, relatively comfortably.
Huge deciding leg now in this fourth set.
Postpublished at 21:05 Greenwich Mean Time 3 January 2022
Smith 1-2 (2-1) Wright
Where Smith was earlier wasteful (terribly wasteful), now he's clinical.
D16? No bother.
Now both players begin the next leg with 180s. Captivating.
Postpublished at 21:03 Greenwich Mean Time 3 January 2022
Smith 1-2 (1-1) Wright
Peter Wright threatens a nine-darter in the second game of the fourth set. It falls short with the sixth dart but he holds comfortably.
Big set now this - huge difference between 3-1 and 2-2.
Support for Smithpublished at 21:01 Greenwich Mean Time 3 January 2022
Siân Price
BBC Sport at Alexandra PalaceThe crowd are getting louder and louder here every time Smith gets a checkout. The Englishman has the crowd behind him tonight- is it going to give him the edge?
Postpublished at 21:01 Greenwich Mean Time 3 January 2022
Smith 1-2 (1-0) Wright
Oh, Smith is motoring now.
A 180 puts him in pole position.
But, hang on, Wright is on 170... treble 20, treble 20... and in inch away from the bull!
Smith tidies up, hitting a treble 20 and D10 to take out an 80 checkout. He was missing those doubles earlier.
Smith takes third setpublished at 20:59 Greenwich Mean Time 3 January 2022
Smith 1-2 Wright
Cracking effort from Bully Boy.
That 167 finish proves crucial as he holds his throw by hitting D13 to pull within a set.
Sensational from Smith!published at 20:57 Greenwich Mean Time 3 January 2022
Siân Price
BBC Sport at Alexandra PalaceSmith nails a 167 checkout and the crowd erupted!
Smith hits 167 finishpublished at 20:56 Greenwich Mean Time 3 January 2022
Smith 0-1 (2-1) Wright
Image source, Getty ImagesIs this the turning point??
Bully Boy hits the final's biggest finish thus far - treble 20, treble 19 and bullseye - to break the Wright throw.
He's throwing for the set now.
Postpublished at 20:55 Greenwich Mean Time 3 January 2022
Smith 0-2 (1-1) Wright
Good response from Smith as he hits D20 to hold - but even then he needed two darts at the double.
Postpublished at 20:54 Greenwich Mean Time 3 January 2022
Smith 0-2 (0-1) Wright
He really does, Sian.
But no immediate sight of that happening in set three as Wright routinely holds his throw in the opening game by hitting D4.
Bullseye!published at 20:52 Greenwich Mean Time 3 January 2022
Siân Price
BBC Sport at Alexandra PalaceWright hits the bullseye right in the middle to take 124 - his second ton-plus checkout of the match. Smith must get on the board and win the next set.
Postpublished at 20:52 Greenwich Mean Time 3 January 2022
Michael Smith's doubling success ratio is 10% thus far.
Obviously the World final pressure is a different scenario but that ratio won't win you a game at the Dog & Duck let alone the Ally Pally.
Postpublished at 20:50 Greenwich Mean Time 3 January 2022
Michael Smith has plenty of support inside and outside Alexandra Palace tonight - but the way the first two sets have gone, he's going to need all the help he can get.
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End of twitter postWright wins second set with bull finishpublished at 20:48 Greenwich Mean Time 3 January 2022
Smith 0-2 Wright
Image source, Getty ImagesSmith is scoring well but he can't hit the outer ring.
Wright was struggling himself earlier but, wow, he's put that behind him.
He follows up the 148 checkout in the previous leg with a 124 by finishing with a bullseye and that's two sets to nil for the Scot, both by a 3-1 margin.