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England pair Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis scraped past America's Darin Young and Gary Mawson to reach the Cash Converters World Cup of Darts semi-finals on Saturday night.

The duo will be joined in the last four in Hamburg by Australia, Wales and reigning champions Netherlands.

Taylor and Lewis had needed a sudden-death leg to defeat Canada in the second round of the £150,000 tournament - and were again pushed hard as the American pair almost caused a huge upset.

Taylor lost his Singles game with Mawson 4-3 before Lewis edged out Young by the same scoreline in a dramatic second clash, before the world champion helped to secure a 4-2 victory in their doubles contest

The Welsh progressed to the semi-finals in dramatic fashion against South Africa following a thrilling tie, which saw Webster whitewash Shawn Hogan before Devon Petersen produced a 12-darter to defeat Burnett 4-3.

Australia saw off Belgium in their quarter-final, with Simon Whitlock defeating Kurt Van De Rijck 4-0 before Kim Huybrechts impressed in a 4-2 win over Paul Nicholson.

Netherlands, meanwhile, secured their spot in the last four with a 4-0 defeat of Northern Ireland.