Stephen Bunting’s run at this year’s World Darts Championship has come to an end.The 40-year-old, seeded fourth, was sent packing by James Hurrell, who prevailed 4-3 in their third-round encounter.Stephen Bunting looks on in the World Darts ChampionshipGettyBunting’s exit meant he is now the highest seed to have been eliminated from this iteration of the World Championship.The honour previously belonged to No. 6 seed Danny Noppert, who was bundled out by tournament debutant Justin Hood.In total, six of the top 16 seeds have now been knocked out, in a tournament full of shocks so far. Hurrell performed better than Bunting on the night, averaging 98.48, while his opponent struggled on 91.43.The pair both hit six 180s in their third-round match, also hitting multiple 100+ checkouts at Alexandra Palace.In the sixth set, Hurrell looked to be heading to victory as he threw for the match, with the legs locked at 2-2. But Bunting fought back and checked out a 100 finish to keep himself in the game and take it to a seventh set.The World No.4 then won the opening leg of that set and looked to have the momentum behind him.But Hurrell didn’t give up, winning his first leg and then going on to break Bunting and take a 2-1 lead. And that set him up to progress through to the fourth round, checking out 100 to continue his dream run.View Tweet: https://t.co/59TualjgNDMore to follow…