Darts world No.49 James Hurrell had to withdraw from this week’s Players Championship 28 with a torn bicep.But the 42-year-old didn’t sustain the injury at the oche…Hurrell injured himself away from dartsGettyHurrell injured at the crease not the ocheAs revealed by commentator Dan Dawson, Hurrell actually did trying to hit a six while playing cricket.“He went and played a game of cricket,” Dawson explained. “Apparently he’s a good cricketer.“But not good enough to avoid injuring himself quite significantly on his throwing arm while trying to hoik it over the boundary.“Full marks for Hurrell, who has got the arm strapped up, and he has managed to find some tape which sort of fits in with his gingham outfit.”Hurrell had to pull out of his second-round clash against Charlie Manby at the latest Players Championship event in Leicester.Hurrell ‘in too much pain’ to continueFormer professional darts player Chris Mason gave more detail on Hurrell’s injury.“He has got a bicep tear and a tendon tear. He couldn’t have done more damage if he tried,” he explained.“He had to pull out on Wednesday because he was in too much pain.”Former world champion Luke Humphries went on to win the tournament, beating Brendan Dolan 8-6 in the final.Dolan himself had produced an upset in the semi-finals, defeating two-time reigning world champion Luke Littler 7-4.Littler was stunned by Dolan in the Players Championship 28 semi-finalsGettyLittler’s dominationLittler has dominated the PDC circuit in 2026, winning every major title on offer so far.But ‘The Nuke’ is currently on course to miss out on November’s Players Championship finals in Minehead.The top 64 players in the competition qualify for the finals, but Littler currently sits 125th, £16,750 off the top 64 in prize money.That’s mainly because he missed the first 26 Players Championship events of the year as he managed his busy schedule.Littler successfully defended his World Matchplay title in July with an 18-9 win over Gerwyn Price in the final.He also broke the great Phil Taylor’s longstanding record by averaging a whopping 111.04 over the course of the tournament, as well as becoming the first darts player ever to bank £3m in prize money.