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MICHAEL Smith will hope to return to winning ways in the Unibet Premier League double-header at Rotterdam Ahoy on April 18-19.

Smith will face Gary Anderson in Rotterdam on Thursday and then Simon Whitlock the following night.

A 7-5 defeat to Robert Cross in Sheffield on Night Ten allowed the world champion to draw level in the table on 14pts with the St Helens darter.

They remain four points adrift of leader Michael van Gerwen.

For Cross it was a seventh win in his last eight matches against an in-form Smith, who had won on his previous two previous League outings, but the world champion's 106.26 average proved to be too good.

Cross began the match taking out 107 to break the throw before Smith fought back to eventually level at 2-2.

The Hastings thrower then turned on the style, moving in to a 6-3 lead before a fightback from Smith took the match into a deciding leg.

Cross, though, held his nerve in the decider.

"It was a massive win," said Cross. "I knew it was a big game coming into the night and I really enjoyed the game.

"I felt like my old self. I was oozing with confidence and it's nice to be like that, and I want to stay focused now and keep winning.

"I switched off in the last couple of legs but Michael never goes away. I had a chance to win it and missed but I really focused in the last leg and got over the line - I didn't panic."

Other results, Night Ten, The FlyDSA Arena, Sheffield: Raymond van Barneveld 3-7 Daryl Gurney, Gary Anderson 7-2 Peter Wright, Simon Whitlock 1-7 Michael van Gerwen, Raymond van Barneveld 2-7 Peter Wright.

Fixtures:

Night 11, April 18, Rotterdam Ahoy: Michael Smith v Gary Anderson, Rob Cross v Daryl Gurney, Raymond van Barneveld v Simon Whitlock, Peter Wright v Michael van Gerwen, Rob Cross v Gary Anderson.

Night 12, April 19, Rotterdam Ahoy: Simon Whitlock v Michael Smith, Daryl Gurney v Gary Anderson, Rob Cross v Peter Wright, Michael van Gerwen v Raymond van Barneveld, Daryl Gurney v Simon Whitlock.