The big guns of darts are getting rolled out again, with Luke Humphries heading the elite cast at the 2025 Winmau World Masters.

World No.1 Humphries is the biggest star as the darts show gets on the road at Arena MK in Milton Keynes. Following Wednesday’s qualifiers, the final 32 has been finalised. And now the TV cameras have arrived to show all the action on the screens. Humphries begins his title challenge against former Premier League runner-up Joe Cullen, who won The Masters in Milton Keynes back in 2022.

World Series winners Stephen Bunting and Rob Cross are also in action, as well as Gerwyn Price the Iceman, Michael Smith and Danny Noppert. Scots stars Peter Wright, Willie Borland and Cameron Menzies are also on stage and Record Sport takes you through the matches and timings for day one to ensure you won’t get lost in Milton Keynes, the city of roundabouts.

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Session One - First round matches - Thursday 7pm

Josh Rock v Jermaine Wattimena

The Northern Irish kid signalled a return to form with a good run at the Ally Pally before going out at the hands of Chris Dobey. Wattimena was the highest-ranked player to progress from the qualifiers after following up straight-set wins over Nathan Girvan and Niels Zonneveld with a comeback win against Nick Kenny.

Damon Heta v Ross Smith

The Aussie, seeded eight, missed out on the Premier League selections despite smashing a nine-darter at the World Championships at Ally Pally in his loss to Luke Woodhouse. Smudger suffered disappointment in the big one when he was hammered early by Paulo Nebrida. Both players hunting a run here in MK.

Rob Cross v Willie O’Connor

The World No.4 recovered from a horror early exit at both the Worlds and the opening World Series event in Bahrain to take last weekend’s Dutch Darts Masters with a rapid return to form. O’Connor dispatched Richard Veenstra in convincing style to book a tussle against the former World Champion.

Gerwyn Price v Florian Hempel

The Iceman has started the year with plenty of promise having made the quarters of the Worlds and semis of World Series in Holland, as well as the Final in Bahrain. Hempel will make his World Masters debut following his straight-sets success against his fellow countryman Gabriel Clemens, having averaged 110 in his last 64 victory over Mensur Suljovic.

Peter Wright v Kevin Doets

Snakebite is out of the Premier League and concentrating efforts on ranking titles this year. He made the quarters at Ally Pally and is threatening a return to top form.

Dutchman Doets also won through Wednesday’s Preliminary Rounds overcoming Andy Boulton, Radek Szaganski and Dylan Slevin to set up a showdown against the two-time World Champion.

Luke Humphries v Joe Cullen

Humphries is aiming to get back on track having lost before the Final in each of the two World Series events which have backed up the loss of the World crown. Cullen is a dangerous opponent and looked to be a good form at the Worlds as he lost an epic encounter against Gerwyn Price.

Stephen Bunting v Willie Borland

Bunting has started the season in flying form and just failed to go back-to-back in the World Series when losing the Final in Den Bosch to Cross. Scotsman Borland claimed the scalps of Dirk van Duijvenbode, Alan Soutar and Mickey Mansell to confirm his big stage return.

Danny Noppert v Michael Smith

Ex-Lakeside champion Noppert was hammered at the Worlds by eventual quarter-finalist Ryan Joyce and lost last week to Price, but he won the 2022 UK Open and remains a permanent fixture in the Top 16 of the PDC rankings. Smith needs to regain his best form and fast having fallen down the rankings with his shock Worlds exit at the first hurdle to Kevin Doets.

WHERE TO WATCH: ITV4, ITVX, PDC TV