Stuart Bingham v Jak Jones LIVE: World Snooker Championship scores and updates today

In the end, it’s a break of 24 and Bingham wins the first frame of the evening to lead 13-11. Game on!

Nearly 40 minutes for that frame, continuing the trend of this match.

A scrappy opening frame but eventually, Stuart Bingham will win it after Jak Jones gives away another four penalty points and the Englishman pots the decisive red.

He needed a quick start and will get one.

Bingham has been struggling with his long potting so far in this semi-final and that continues. He misses a very makeable pot from long range to the right corner – his long-pot success rate is now below 40 per cent for the match.

Jones left a simple red to start but then he rattles the pink in the jaws of the middle pocket. It clatters from side to side but stays out! A let-off from Bingham. It was only the pace that kept it out.

Bingham seems to be rattling along nicely but then misses a fairly routine red. The break ends and Bingham’s lead is 53-4 in the frame- but there’s plenty of points still available

Eventually it’s Bingham who wins the safety battle as Jones makes a mistake and leaves a relatively simple pot on. The black is up the table but the pink is on its spot and the reds are well spread so it’s a decent scoring opportunity

Jones accidentally flicks the blue with his cue to give Bingham five penalty points but no real damage done as he doesn’t leave a pot on. Another eight points then head to the 2015 champ as Jones misses contact trying to catch the very edge of a red.

22-4 to Bingham as the safety battle resumes in earnest.

This break is tough going so far, running up and down to baulk and then battling to keep position by cannoning off the pack of reds. He can only make 9 before the break ends when he’s hampered on the blue and he plays safe.

Bingham gives away four early penalty points with tough bridging over the brown ball but then crunches a long red into the left corner a few shots later. Nice nerve-settler that.

Tough to maintain position but he could make a few points at least here.

And we’re underway. A cagey start to the opening frame of the evening, as we’ve come to expect from these two.

Incidentally, a 17-16 match finishing at 1am would suit final opponent Kyren Wilson down to the ground!

Here come the players – walking out into the Crucible arena! This one has the feel of a late-night finish about it – Bingham and Jones haven’t exactly been motoring through the frames so far and it will only get more tense.

So settle in for some snooker drama (the best kind of drama!)