Cameron Menzies lands World Cup nod as Scotland legends brutally warned over end of era
Rising Cameron Menzies has been touted as Scotland's next World Cup star with legends Gary Anderson and Peter Wright warned their time could be over.
The terrific Tartan pair have led a historic period in the country's darts history with their magnificent successes as individuals and as a unit.
Anderson collected back-to-back PDC World Championship crown in 2015 and 2016 as he cemented his place in the game's folklore.
Wright then joined him as he won the Alexandra Palace title twice himself in 2020 and 2022 to take his place amongst the greats.
Anderson and Wright also teamed-up to win a World Cup in 2019 having twice been defeated in the Final beforehand in 2015 and 2018.
However, after last weekend's brutal and horrific 8-0 whitewash loss to Netherlands, former World No.1 Colin Lloyd thinks it's might be the right time for new faces.
Menzies is amongst those in with a shot of storming up onto the scene having quit his job as a plumber to go full-time onto the PDC scene in his quest to get to the top.
Lloyd said: 'Will it be those two performing next year for Scotland? Who knows. Cameron Menzies is blasting up the rankings, so we might have a different pairing next year for Scotland.
'It was a sloppy performance. They averaged 78 between them as a team. It was very unlike Gary and Peter. 'I will defend them on that front, but let's not take away the level of performance the Dutch put in averaging 100 as a pair. They had plenty of opportunities and they took them all. You would not expect Gary Anderson and Peter Wright to put in a performance like that.'
Anderson and Wright had a paltry three darts at double in the entire hame in Frankfurt as they were talen apart by Danny Noppert and Gian van Veen. The first seven legs of the game took just 13 minutes to complete as the Scots were svavaged and put out of their misery after the one leg played following the mid-match break.
Lloyd could symapthise with the situation of the format, but not with the manner of the setback and the torturous nature of the outcome and the final scoreline which may have signalled a sad end to a special era at the World Cup.
He said: 'Listen they would have been disappointed. It is a funny old game pairs. Sometimes you don't feel like you get the flow or rhythm going and it very much looked like that for those two guys.
'If they were going to get beat by Gian and Danny, I would not have expected it to be 8-0. That was a shock. Not that the Dutch beat the Scottish team but in the fashion that they did.'
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