<P> Taylor, looking to improve upon England's second round exit in 2010, represented England alongside Adrian Lewis in his second World Cup of Darts . Taylor began the tournament sluggishly, losing his singles matches against Ken MacNeil of Canada and Gary Mawson of the United States . Despite this, England progressed following a sudden - death leg against Canada and a doubles victory against the United States . A comfortable 5--1 win over Wales booked England's place in the final against the Australian pairing of Simon Whitlock and Paul Nicholson . Taylor won both his singles matches (including a 105.93 average against Whitlock). However, England lost the doubles meaning that the tie was level on points at 3--3 and consequently, would require a sudden - death leg . It proved to be a tense finale as Australia missed four darts to win the title . Taylor also missed two before Lewis took out double five to clinch England's first World Cup of Darts title . </P> <P> Four days later, Taylor played Lewis in the first week of the 2012 Premier League and managed to draw 7--7 despite being 6--1 down . He averaged 112.79, which was until 2015 the highest average achieved by someone without actually winning the match . Taylor hit the ninth televised nine - darter of his career in the second week of the Premier League on the way to an 8--5 win against Kevin Painter . Two weeks later, he beat Simon Whitlock 8--4 and registered the highest three - dart average in the history of the tournament of 117.35 . In week 13, Taylor beat James Wade 8--1 and averaged 116.10 in the process . Taylor ended the league campaign top of the table (eight points ahead of second placed Simon Whitlock) and was the only player to have a positive leg difference . In the 14 game league phase, Taylor had registered five of the top fifteen televised three - dart averages in the history of the game . In the semi-finals, he faced James Wade against whom he had inflicted heavy 8--1 and 8--2 defeats during the league stage . The semi-final, however, was much more competitive . Taylor trailed early on before winning four consecutive legs to lead 6--4 before Wade responded to level at 6--6 . Taylor then took out a 149 finish, with Wade on 57, to break before closing out the match 8--6 to reach the final against Simon Whitlock . Taylor looked to be heading for a comfortable win in the final as he raced into a 7--2 lead . However, the Australian stormed back to level at 7--7 . Nevertheless, Taylor held his nerve to win the last three legs of the match to complete a 10--7 win and to seal his sixth Premier League title . </P> <P> Taylor won the third event of the Players Championship in March with a 6--1 victory over Wes Newton while averaging 113.54 . He also hit a nine - darter earlier in the tournament during his second round match against Tony West . He reached the final of the fourth Players Championship event a day later where he lost 6--5 to Dave Chisnall . Taylor hit his second nine - dart finish of the weekend in a first round match against Peter Hudson . </P> <P> In June, Taylor looked on course to win his fifth UK Open title after registering convincing wins over Ronnie Baxter, Terry Jenkins and Denis Ovens to book a place in the final against Robert Thornton . Taylor won the first two legs, but the Scot then won nine of the next 10 before closing out the match 11--5 . Taylor had missed a total of 23 darts at doubles and, in doing so, suffered his sixth defeat in a major PDC final out of the 72 he had contested . Taylor then played in his first European Tour event and gained revenge for his defeat in the World Championship by beating Chisnall 6--2 in the final . He had beaten Raymond van Barneveld 6--5 in the quarter - finals and Wes Newton 6--3 in the semis at the event in Berlin . In July, Taylor walked off the stage at the Shetland Open during a semi-final match with Raymond van Barneveld . </P>

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