World number one Luke Littler admits he was surprised by the calibre of players he came up against in last month’s ‘Beat Luke Littler’ special on Netlfix.
The streaming giant poured plenty of resource into promoting the Manchester event, with a mammoth jackpot of £501,000 up for grabs for whoever was able to beat Littler in a one-off leg.
Female darts player Fallon Sherrock, who famously reached the third round of the PDC World Championships back in 2020, was the winner on the night as she beat Littler to bring a halt to his 14-game winning sequence.
Plenty of pundits and fans criticised the decision to include Sherrock, who was part of a field that also included leading younger players tipped for bright futures in the sport.
Speaking to the Press Association, the back-to-back world champion said of the show: “Before I saw the line-up, I thought it was just pub players. Whereas obviously when the line-up came out, I probably knew just over half of them.
“Mitchell Lawrie, Zach Griffiths – I played with him on the Development Tour – obviously Fallon, Katie Sheldon and a lot more.
“I mean Fallon, she’s never had a Tour card, so she went for the qualifiers and she made it through. But then she wasn’t guaranteed to play. She went in on a vote.”
Littler, preparing for this weekend’s Grand Slam of Darts, admits though that he would be up for another series of ‘Beat Luke Littler’.
He added: “I want to grow darts as big as possible. I want to grow my profile as big as possible. There aren’t many people who could say they’ve got their own show and I’ve had my own show on Netflix, which is just still bonkers to me.”
