ST HELENS snooker sensation Wayne Brown lined up one of the biggest matches of his career yesterday (Wednesday).

The Sutton Manor-based star was due to meet the legendary Jimmy White in his third game of the £33,000 Benson and Hedges Championship at Malvern, Worcestershire.

He won his first match 5-4 against Pakistan's number one Shokat Ali, coming back from 4-3 down.

Then, playing Nic Barrow from Oxford, he raced into a 2-0 lead without Barrow potting a ball.

But Barrow hit back to take a 4-2 lead, before Wayne secured his showdown with the Whirlwind.

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