Darts crowd goes berserk after Michael Smith hits the first Premier League 'nine-darter' since 2017

Tyler Lauletta

February 28, 2020 6:08 PM

Michael Smith sent a Dublin crowd into hysterics on Thursday with his "nine-darter" against Daryl Gurney.

Michael Smith darts

Smith tossed what is the darts equivalent of a perfect game, hitting off a pair of 180s before closing out the leg with a triple-20, triple-19, double-12 combination.
It's the first time a Premier League player has accomplished the feat since 2017.
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Michael Smith wrote his name into the darts history books on Thursday night, thrilling a Dublin crowd with his nine-darter against Daryl Gurney.

The "nine-darter" can be thought of as the darts equivalent of a perfect game, or possibly an immaculate inning .

For those unfamiliar, in each "leg" of a darts match, both players are racing to drop their total from 501 to precisely zero. The quickest a player can achieve that is with nine darts, all perfect.

That said, you don't need to really know the rules to know what Smith accomplished was special just listening to the crowd makes it clear he had done something otherworldly.

After earning huge cheers for his first two 180s three darts that all hit triple-20, the crowd's cheers rose in anticipation with each of his final three shots, culminating in a delayed, euphoric release after he closed the leg on double-12.

Take a listen.

Smith's nine-darter was the first one hit in the Premier League since 2017, and just the 55th televised nine-darter in the history of the sport.

There truly is nothing like a great darts highlight.