LUKES LIKE A WINNER!

Humphries can't wait to team up with Littler at the World Cup

- BY MIKE WALTERS X@MikeWaltersMGM

LUKE HUMPHRIES can't wait to be Luke Littler's team-mate at the World Cup of Darts next month - because they meet so often as rivals.

Cool Hand Luke won the pair's ninth shoot-out in 105 days to reaffirm his credentials as world No.1 with a clinical 11-8 triumph in the BetMGM Premier League play-offs final on Thursday night.

Humphries became only the fourth man to complete the Triple Crown of darts - world title, World Matchplay and Premier League champion - after Phil Taylor, Michael van Gerwen and Gary Anderson.

And his £305,000 prize money, including three £10k bonuses on the Thursday night circus tour, underlined him as 18-year-old sensation Littler's biggest threat to dominating the sport.

Can I play you every week? Humphries would have no complaints if that's how it unfolds - even if it risks diluting their box-office rivalry.