‘Anyone got an idea?’ – Stuart Bingham asks audience for help as Judd Trump leaves him in pickle at World Championship

Stuart Bingham used up one of his lifelines during his World Championship quarter-final with Judd Trump by asking the audience for help. Trailing 4-3 in the first session and pinned in a difficult situation by his opponent, Bingham was left racking his brains about how to escape without presenting Trump an easy opening. Ad/> The 2015 world champion deliberated over the shot for over a minute before he asked aloud: “Anyone got an idea?” /> World Championship‘Anyone got an idea?’ – Bingham asks audience for help after Trump leaves him in pickle36 MINUTES AGO “It’s ask the audience time,” said David Hendon on the Eurosport mic as laughter echoed around the Crucible Theatre.

Then a cheeky punter piped up in the crowd. “Maybe we could get some drinks?” Cue more laughter. Hendon continued: “Someone has got some ideas by the sounds of it… not sure they were necessarily related to this shot though.” After abandoning his brief Q&A with the spectators, Bingham eventually settled for an ambitious cut into the top left pocket.

He missed, leaving the red over the pocket, as Trump swooped in to steal a 5-3 lead in their best-of-25 clash. Bingham, who saw off Kyren Wilson and Lyu Haotian to reach the last eight, has revealed his main goal at the Crucible is to make a 147 in snooker’s greatest theatre – a feat Neil Robertson achieved on Monday in his 13-12 defeat to Jack Lisowski. The Ball Run came close to the perfect break during his match with Wilson, breaking down on 97 as he pursued a maximum in the 18th frame.